Sunday, June 15, 2014

Samurai Flamenco EP1 Review

The first episode of Samurai Flamenco was very...interesting.

At first, it begins with the certain formula of guy being the straight man, kind of like in a comedy, and he lives alone and he's a cop so it's all good. This guy is Goto.


Then, as we witnessed at the beginning of the episode, he encounters our second main character, Masayoshi.


This guy is a model. He grew up with superheros and the like and then found himself wanting to be one. He is eponymous (the show is named after him) and is much more fun and quirky than Goto who is slightly more serious and down to Earth. They have the popular best friend dynamic that is popular in anime and media in general that for some reason really reminds me of Domeki and Watanuki from xxxHolic.

Anyhow, onto plot and stuff.

Basically, the show begins with a very interesting first impression where Masayoshi is nude in an alley beside his superhero outfit and Goto meets him and then the outfit is set on fire and through a list of events Goto ends up rescuing Masayoshi after encountering a band of middle-schoolers who just beat him up cause they're thugs and stuff.

While the concept is similar to Kick-Ass, I certainly love the originality here, and the characters. For an anime, it surely seems like it could even be a TV series and is extremely grounded but still has an anime feel to it that is nice and makes it much more lovable.

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