Railgun Rewatch 2021: Season 1 Episode 20
Jul. 31st, 2021 12:16 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
eternaldivafirst i'll address all the episodes that came in between this. they were side stories about that one antiskill lady, the dorm mistress, and the tokiwadai dorms which i guess was just an excuse to draw a bunch of girls in maid dresses?? honestly, they were very good filler episodes and they added a lot of development and depth to the supporting cast. plus, you can tell they're planting the seeds for some kind of payoff in the main story, but it's not exactly clear until they actually make it relevant. my only complaint is that putting all these filler episodes in one after another starts to get pretty stale and i got impatient a number of times for something to actually happen.
hallelujah, in episode 20 something finally happens.
uiharu gets a new roommate named haruue eri, who is the girl who lost her locket in the antiskill lady's episode. from what we saw for a brief second in the episode where she was originally introduced, haruue has a photo of the little headband girl from kiyama's flashbacks. she bonds with the main cast, they go to a fireworks display, and the main plot starts kicking in with an explanation for the earthquakes that have been happening. (and THIS is where telestina comes in, my bad.)
overall score: 6/10
uncomfortable moments: like 2
one thing i will say about this anime is that they really are good at writing characters with depth. like, haruue was JUST introduced and i already love her, even though she's a new introduction to the main cast close to the end of the season. that's impressive.
it's always so nice to see the little details they sprinkled through otherwise mostly inconsequential episodes come to pay off little by little. like, the earthquakes, the orphanage...it's exciting when it feels like they actually have something planned. this episode is still one of the slower ones, so it doesn't show right away, but it really makes me want to watch the next one.
oh yeah. and kiyama is in this one for like half a second. so that MEANSSSS I CARE ABOUT THE SHOW AGAIN!!! YES!!!!
what am i going to do when this season ends and we never get to see her again........
hallelujah, in episode 20 something finally happens.
uiharu gets a new roommate named haruue eri, who is the girl who lost her locket in the antiskill lady's episode. from what we saw for a brief second in the episode where she was originally introduced, haruue has a photo of the little headband girl from kiyama's flashbacks. she bonds with the main cast, they go to a fireworks display, and the main plot starts kicking in with an explanation for the earthquakes that have been happening. (and THIS is where telestina comes in, my bad.)
overall score: 6/10
uncomfortable moments: like 2
one thing i will say about this anime is that they really are good at writing characters with depth. like, haruue was JUST introduced and i already love her, even though she's a new introduction to the main cast close to the end of the season. that's impressive.
it's always so nice to see the little details they sprinkled through otherwise mostly inconsequential episodes come to pay off little by little. like, the earthquakes, the orphanage...it's exciting when it feels like they actually have something planned. this episode is still one of the slower ones, so it doesn't show right away, but it really makes me want to watch the next one.
oh yeah. and kiyama is in this one for like half a second. so that MEANSSSS I CARE ABOUT THE SHOW AGAIN!!! YES!!!!
what am i going to do when this season ends and we never get to see her again........
