Monday, August 2, 2010

Arakawa Under The Bridge - Episode 3

A man with a star head named Hoshi spots Nino leaving Kou's room, and drags Kou into a confessional where he has Sister act as a lie detector. Kou reveals he has yet to go on a date with Nino, and Hoshi's jeers prompts Kou to ask her out on one. However, Nino doesn't really understand what a date is. She eventually decides to go to the mouth of the river to see if the grass boats she had been making had reached the sea.
The jokes in this episode are very well written, as usual. Just about every joke is comedy gold. They keep shooting more and more jokes at you, but not so many so fast that you will feel overwhelmed. What's really impressive about this, and most other episodes, is how they portray Nino's emotions. Her dull, lifeless expression can be changed drasticly with just a slight movement of the eyebrows or her mouth opening slightly. It must be difficult to get a character with no pupils to show any emotion whatsoever, but leave it the artists of Arakawa Under the Bridge to pull it off.
Any other Arakawa Under the Bridge fans out there? Comment and tell me what you think! Feedback is always appreciated ^_^

2 comments:

  1. I'm a big fan of Arakawa Under The Bridge, have you seen kou's new evil like face.

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  2. Yes. That was epic. I love this series, but its so great that with some episodes I'm a bit too intimidated to review them. So I don't think I'm gonna review every episode. Just the best ones :P

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