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Live blogging: Princess Tutu
2011-08-07 04:59:09
edited 2011-08-08 16:39:21 in Liveblogging
MORONS! I'VE GOT MORONS ON MY PAYROLL!
Once upon a time there was a drunkard watching an anime. The last anime he watched was one he promised to watched with a Colombian. "I'm sick and tired of moe anime!" cried the Colombian. "I'm sick and tired of shonen fight scenes!" cried the drunkard. In the end, it was the drunkard who ended up watching this weird anime that seems really girly but supposedly is not.
Okay, so we've got the opening I just watched. That was pretty forgettable, honestly, but it fits the themes I've been told about, unlike AIJOU YUJOU and HOLY CRAP ACTUAL BALLET MUSIC.
Wait, the main character is a duck? Will we solve a mystery? Or rewrite history? Seriously, I had no idea this was coming up.
The duck's monologue is reminding me of that one Taylor Swift song...
HOLY SHIT EVIL DISNEY EYES!
Oh the main character's not a duck... just an otherkin.
HOLY SHIT BIRD HOLOCAUST.
damn kid, don't open those windows. You've got a Hitchcock movie outside there.
DON'T BE FRIENDLY WITH THEM THEY WILL KILL YOU WHEN YOU DISPLEASE THEM YOU FOOL!
Her idea of a good dream is being trapped forever from her loved one due to differences as species. Well, at least I can relate to the character in having incredibly weird dreams.
OH NO SHE'S LATE FOR SCHOOL!
Evidently her name is actually duck(tales woohoo!) and her housemates think she is KAWAII UGUU! She'd also give her life to dance with the dude she was dreaming of.
No one in school. Instead there's just a record player that looks like it was designed by doctor Seuss. Oh and the Senior Mutou boy dancing to the nutcracker suite (hey look I identified a ballet song! I am so refined and educated! ^_^)
and of course Duck freaks out in a way that's much more cartoony than I expect when noticed.
She trips and is rescued by the guy. He reminds me of the smug dick from The World Ends With You.
YES WE GET IT YOU'RE A SPAZ
BUT MUTOU DOESN'T THINK YOU ARE DOESN'T EVIDENTLY.
In comes Senior Fakir who is a prick to Mutou and really demanding of him. That noise you just heard was the lady spunk of a bunch of teenage fanfic writers.
and Fakir also hates Duck. As if I needed any more reason to want to punch his smug bishie face in.
And ballet practice establishing that Fakir is the best and Duck just has a crush on Mutou. Okay, seriously, is 'Duck' a common name in Japan?
HOLY CRAP CAT PERSON
Mr. Cat evidently.
If you speak up you have the marry him. Mormon beastiality. Lord help me.
The cat brings in the special class, along with harp music, to accentuate sexiness I think?
The special class also aren't wearing stockings. I'm no ballet scholar but isn't that kind of a standard piece of equipment?
The dancing animation is nowhere near as good as I expected. I also can't place this piece, though I know I've heard it before. Poo. I am an ignoramus. ;_;
Duck is impressed and her friends are bitches.
Cat, uncharacteristically for a Japanese teacher, seems upset at the prospect of marrying an underage girl.
Her friends are being bitches about sticking up for her. BUT STILL THINK SHE'S KAWAII!
Duck is agonizing over going into the boy's room and is treated like shit like the asshole bishie.
He evidently ticks Duck off. This doesn't make you unique, Duck.
Fakir is totally tsundere for Mutou and more controlling than Edward Cullen. Seriously. Watch the scene and tell me you don't see it.
HOLY SHIT EVIL DISNEY EYES AND PENDULUM!
I'm saying it's another dream.
"Tell Me a Story." How about a liveblog instead, it's five in the morning, dude.
Fakir Cullens out some more and Mutou just takes it.
Why is Duck friends with these girls?
One of the girls just said she'd comfort Duck if needed. Confirmed for gay.
NO NOT THE BIRDS! NOT THE BIRDS ALFRED WARNED US!
Mutou looks like he's gonna jump. DO A FLIP MUTOU!
Yeah. Jump out three stories to catch a falling chick. That way on impact he'll be crushed by your falling bones!
Duck remembers that she's Princess Tutu and in the name or the ballet she will punish you! (That's what Sailor Moon said, right? I honestly have no idea)
I really wish I could place more of these ballet pieces, especially since my mom dragged me to so many of them as a kid. =/
Evidently flowers can break a fall. Take note IJBMers, when falling, aim for rose bushes!
AND THE CHICK IS ALRIGHT YAAAAY!
"How do you know my name? And who are you?" Just your friendly neighborhood Princess Tutu! (Note: She doesn't actually say that last bit)
Actually she says 'QUACK!'
And she actually turns into a duck. (woohoo!)
and the ED airs with even more forgettable music. In spite of all my snark, that was actually pretty engaging. I might actually have to watch episodes before liveblogging them next time to fully appreciate them.
Okay, so we've got the opening I just watched. That was pretty forgettable, honestly, but it fits the themes I've been told about, unlike AIJOU YUJOU and HOLY CRAP ACTUAL BALLET MUSIC.
Wait, the main character is a duck? Will we solve a mystery? Or rewrite history? Seriously, I had no idea this was coming up.
The duck's monologue is reminding me of that one Taylor Swift song...
HOLY SHIT EVIL DISNEY EYES!
Oh the main character's not a duck... just an otherkin.
HOLY SHIT BIRD HOLOCAUST.
damn kid, don't open those windows. You've got a Hitchcock movie outside there.
DON'T BE FRIENDLY WITH THEM THEY WILL KILL YOU WHEN YOU DISPLEASE THEM YOU FOOL!
Her idea of a good dream is being trapped forever from her loved one due to differences as species. Well, at least I can relate to the character in having incredibly weird dreams.
OH NO SHE'S LATE FOR SCHOOL!
Evidently her name is actually duck(tales woohoo!) and her housemates think she is KAWAII UGUU! She'd also give her life to dance with the dude she was dreaming of.
No one in school. Instead there's just a record player that looks like it was designed by doctor Seuss. Oh and the Senior Mutou boy dancing to the nutcracker suite (hey look I identified a ballet song! I am so refined and educated! ^_^)
and of course Duck freaks out in a way that's much more cartoony than I expect when noticed.
She trips and is rescued by the guy. He reminds me of the smug dick from The World Ends With You.
YES WE GET IT YOU'RE A SPAZ
BUT MUTOU DOESN'T THINK YOU ARE DOESN'T EVIDENTLY.
In comes Senior Fakir who is a prick to Mutou and really demanding of him. That noise you just heard was the lady spunk of a bunch of teenage fanfic writers.
and Fakir also hates Duck. As if I needed any more reason to want to punch his smug bishie face in.
And ballet practice establishing that Fakir is the best and Duck just has a crush on Mutou. Okay, seriously, is 'Duck' a common name in Japan?
HOLY CRAP CAT PERSON
Mr. Cat evidently.
If you speak up you have the marry him. Mormon beastiality. Lord help me.
The cat brings in the special class, along with harp music, to accentuate sexiness I think?
The special class also aren't wearing stockings. I'm no ballet scholar but isn't that kind of a standard piece of equipment?
The dancing animation is nowhere near as good as I expected. I also can't place this piece, though I know I've heard it before. Poo. I am an ignoramus. ;_;
Duck is impressed and her friends are bitches.
Cat, uncharacteristically for a Japanese teacher, seems upset at the prospect of marrying an underage girl.
Her friends are being bitches about sticking up for her. BUT STILL THINK SHE'S KAWAII!
Duck is agonizing over going into the boy's room and is treated like shit like the asshole bishie.
He evidently ticks Duck off. This doesn't make you unique, Duck.
Fakir is totally tsundere for Mutou and more controlling than Edward Cullen. Seriously. Watch the scene and tell me you don't see it.
HOLY SHIT EVIL DISNEY EYES AND PENDULUM!
I'm saying it's another dream.
"Tell Me a Story." How about a liveblog instead, it's five in the morning, dude.
Fakir Cullens out some more and Mutou just takes it.
Why is Duck friends with these girls?
One of the girls just said she'd comfort Duck if needed. Confirmed for gay.
NO NOT THE BIRDS! NOT THE BIRDS ALFRED WARNED US!
Mutou looks like he's gonna jump. DO A FLIP MUTOU!
Yeah. Jump out three stories to catch a falling chick. That way on impact he'll be crushed by your falling bones!
Duck remembers that she's Princess Tutu and in the name or the ballet she will punish you! (That's what Sailor Moon said, right? I honestly have no idea)
I really wish I could place more of these ballet pieces, especially since my mom dragged me to so many of them as a kid. =/
Evidently flowers can break a fall. Take note IJBMers, when falling, aim for rose bushes!
AND THE CHICK IS ALRIGHT YAAAAY!
"How do you know my name? And who are you?" Just your friendly neighborhood Princess Tutu! (Note: She doesn't actually say that last bit)
Actually she says 'QUACK!'
And she actually turns into a duck. (woohoo!)
and the ED airs with even more forgettable music. In spite of all my snark, that was actually pretty engaging. I might actually have to watch episodes before liveblogging them next time to fully appreciate them.
Comments
And Princess Tutu is THE best anime ever.
I'm not even saying it subjectively. It honestly might very well be the best. :>
Also,
Well, they're implied to be in Germany or something...
Not that it's a common name there either.
Also, Mytho's name is spelled Mytho. I have no idea how that ends up being pronounced "Myuuto", but hey.
Miss Anteaterina
Miss Ostricha
Miss Crocadilia
Mr. Armadillon
Miss Goatette
and maybe some others.
I can't believe I remembered all those. XD
Oh look it's that intro again.
Oh good god, the heart shattered with shards scattered around the world. It's Inuyasha all over again! ABORT! ABORT!
...sorry... that show just sends me to some bad places emotionally.
The intro's taking some getting used to but I think I can learn to dig it, though at this point I think should have a completely different intro.
"Malkavian, you neurotic Adonis!" I hear you cry. "How far are you going to run that joke into the ground?" To which I answer "TO THE FUCKING CORE OF THE EARTH!"
Duck awakens to find that she's a... well, a duck.
This opening scene is so damn foggy. Can't see anything.
The baddie reveals himself as Drossermeier. Correct me later.
Damn, people love telling stories in not-Germany.
I'M SURE THESE SIMILARITIES TO THE SWAN PRINCESS I'M NOTICING ARE COMPLETELY ACCIDENTAL.
Wait, this is a story about stories? Someone call Neil Gaiman! His shtick's being stolen.
Duck can't act like a duck in any way. Does that mean she can't swim or eat bread?
Duck freaks out to find out she's a duck. Man, I've had that trip.
You're rather defeatist there, Duck.
and she's a girl again. Okay.
ORGAN GRINDER IN THE SWAMP! (Also the name of my groove metal band in college)
Her name is Eda. A woman with a normal name? DOES NOT COMPUTE!
Aw shit, Duck's getting all existential.
Cuckoo clock! Also Duck gets her stalk on for Mytho. Damn, this kid is just a psychotic breakdown from being a rule 63 Bella Swan.
Why do you think he wouldn't have recognized you as Princess Tutu? It's not like you were wearing a mask.
THOSE WOULD NOT BE MY RESPONSES TO DISCOVERING THE GIRL WHO HAD A CRUSH ON ME WAS ACTUALLY WATER FOWL!
DEM EYELASHES. Mytho clearly doesn't hold be with the eyelash extensions.
This kid is as engaging as cardboard. No, I take it back. Cardboard sometimes contains delicious pizza inside of it. Fans of this show, it is on you to tell me in what ways Mytho can be more interesting to me than pizza.
DUCK IS A SPAZ AND MYTHO IS AN ANDROID BEEP BOOP
HOLY FUCK ANTEATER
You know, Duck, I think Mytho will take you actually being a bird just fine.
Silly anteater, Mytho is incapable of emotions.... and sometimes that makes him sad.
This is wrong on so many levels.
"QUACK!" is not as awesome a transformation phrase as "HENSHIN!" Just sayin'.
Water turns Duck back into a human and let's her streak. At least she understands shame.
Getting those clothes was like one of the fox-chicken-worm puzzles.
I can understand why people assume Mytho and this brunette are together. They both share that lack of emotional range.
Fakir calls Mythos out for being a sociopath. That's not even a joke. While you're right Fakir, people who live in an extremely self-important houses shouldn't throw stones.
Cat's going Sgt. Rock on these kids. I guess I'd be mad too if I was cursed to be one of the few not-sexy catpeople in anime.
The anteater is a bitch and Duck's friends think it's romantic. They are, by proxy, also bitches.
Mytho's here! What a conveniently dramatic twist!
"What are you doing Jerry?" "Oh nothing, dad. Just watching a show were an anteater is dancing with an emotionless boy in a ballet competition to get the girl she dislikes thrown out of school."
I don't see why they're so worried about the brunette. Data's daughter looks like she's doing fine.
Duck thinks BALLET NEEDS TO COME FROM THE SOUL
The brunette (named Ru) asked Duck to be her dancing partner. Confirmed for gay.
One of Duck's friend is somewhat less of bitch as she seems actually worried for her friend.
I'll say the animation does a good job of making Duck look inexperienced at ballet without overselling it.
ANTEATER JUST GOT TOLD.
Fakir is the only one with the balls to call out the anteater it looks like.
More Mytho being abused. Damn son.
After smacking around Mytho Anteater has a breakdown about how it's not fair that she failed to humiliate someone she didn't like by stealing her boyfriend. In my opinion, if you get your comeuppance for being a horrible person, that is exactly the way the world should work. (Hey, God: Call me. I've got thousands of ideas like this!)
And there's a nice red Mythos... OH I GET IT!
She's gonna ruin those nice slippers in that mud.
Anteater says she's not going to dance with Princess Tutu... then dances with princess tutu.
ANTEATER USED SANDSTORM! PRINCESS TUTU'S ACCURACY FELL!
Anteater thinks art needs to assault the audience into submission. Must have been a fan of Bay's Transformers. (Buh-ZING!)
I really don't feel 'Anteater is jealous of Ru' qualifies as a plot twist at this point, show.
I kind of want to edit this dancing with The Hustle instead of traditional ballet.
So it turns out the red thing is a specific emotion: this time bitterness. The weird thing is this also now reminding me of Kamen Rider OOO.
You know, giving the emotionless boy the emotion of bitterness alone sounds like a pretty terrible idea.
Wait! He says he's glad... but he's the personification of bitterness! So how can he...
Mytho brings him back the emotion and he goes anemic and contemplates emotion.
Anteater has decided to be true to herself. I'd say that would be going into the woods and eating ants, but what do I know?
Cat reminds Duck that she is utterly worthless without people propping her up. Teaching, ladies and gentlemen!
And that was episode 2. I see where this show is going. When do the electric guitar ninjas show up?
Also, "Eda"'s name is actually "Edel". And Drosselmeyer is Drosselmeyer, not Drossermeier.
^ No, not really. But the second season is when things get actionier and whatnot.
I figured they get character development as the whole point is finding Mytho's
shikon jewel shardsheart shards.That's what you think~. >
Episode 3: The Princess' Vow.
We get another opening story. Evidently the heart shards seek out those who have voids in their heart, including story tellers. Are we going to see J.K. Rowling finally flip her shit in this?
Oh hey, the Tutu word in Japanese looks like a ballet shoe. /slowpoke.
Duck is in remedial lessons and one friend is being an asshole and the other is insistent that it's not her fault the she's an autistic freak with a complete lack of any dexterit.
The girls start drilling Duck on why she's been acting weird. Maybe it's just me but it might be because everyone has been treating her like she's something unpleasant they stepped on.
AGH NAKED MYTHO. Welp, I'm sterile now.
Her friends interrupt her and say she's just reciting an old story. Like I said, bitches.
So it turns out Drosselmeyer writes fairytale books. Considering how much time he's been around near-naked kids, he did give off a Lewis Carrol vibe...
It turns out Drosselmeyer died a long time ago. AM I GETTING INTO TIME TRAVEL SHENANIGANS?
So it turns out Mytho isn't real. He just popped out of a storybook and lost his emotions. Duck wonders if that's why he's so handsome. I guess that Bakura 'do is big with the ladies.
Duck muses that maybe she should practice. Erm... isn't that why you came in the first place.
NO. GO AWAY FAKIR. I DO NOT LIKE YOU.
Fakir flips out when he finds out Mytho went out with Ru. Seriously, Mytho. There are shelters for people like you.
Duck asks Fakir about the story and the kid totally bites her head off. Chill, dude. It was just a question.
Duck blows off class to stal- I'm sorry protect Mytho with her magical ballet powers.
BEAVER CAR! Then Edel. Why does the one with the most normal name have the weirdest design?
Too many 'that persons' to be comprehensible. To be fair, Edel's answer isn't much better.
Well... that accomplished...bugger all. What are you thanking her for, Duck?
Duck has found her stalking victim. Ru wants Mytho to say he loves her. Mytho responds in kind and then gives Ru what I can't see as anything but beer.
Ru pours it out and asks for water because evidently she's the designated driver.
Duck panicks and runs away and then practically jills herslef to the inner fantasies of Mytho saying he loves her.
Then she runs in Mytho and, for a change of pace, spazzes out.
VERBAL FART
Mytho further establishes he's a socipath. He also establishes that Fakir and Ru clearly don't care if he gets hurt. Real catches, those two.
Duck swears that she'll do her best, weirding Mytho out, then shows how those two years of girlscouts paid off by cleaning his wound.
Duck goes off to get more water for Ru and needs to find the finest. OFF TO THE RIVERS OF OLYMPUS WITH YOU, DUCK!
She finds a restaurant and is greeted by a lady who reminds me of Mrs. Lovvett from Sweeney Todd. (as an aside Sweeney Rodd is a great pornstar name)
She's got no business. Someone call Gordon Ramsey for her. I can see him handling 'You opened a fucking restaurant in the fucking forest you nob!'
The restaurant owner evident has one of the
jewel shardsheart pieces for another life pointheart shard Princess Tutu needs to get.BAHAHAHAHA FAKIR LOOKS SO SILLY ON THAT HORSE!
Fakir and Ru start being catty bitches to each other. Don't worry, Mytho thinks you're both pretty. Ru probably wins the bitchfest for pointing out how stalker-y he's being.
DON'T EAT THAT FOOD, YOU FOOLS! MRS. LOVVETT'S MEAT PIES ARE ACTUALLY PEOPLE!
The food is cold and tasteless. Seriously, get Gordon Ramsey in. I'd watch the crap out of him swearing while Duck spazzes out.
MYTHO DOESN'T CARE BECAUSE HE IS A ROBOT BEEP BOOP!
Duck excuses herself, presumably to transform.
OH FUCK I WAS RIGHT ABOUT THE PEOPLE FOOD THING!
And there we go. Hansel and Gretel this time. No surprise there.
Mytho isn't even a robot now. The second law of robotics at least means robots will try to avoid dying.
Duck finds recipes while Mrs. Lovvett forces her to stay and gorge herself.
YOU ARE NOT HELPING MYTHO!
I gotta say, Drosselmeyer is probably my favorite thing about this show.
Wa-wait... when was it established Princess Tutu has Poison Ivy powers? WHEN?
She invites Mrs. Lovvett to dance. Mrs. Lovvett is not a dancer... she is a food artist.
"But Why?" and Mytho's head explodes from trying to process the paradox.
So... this emotional personification is... hunger? That's less of an emotion and more of a survival instinct, isn't it?
OH SHIT MRS. LOVVETT JUST WENT ONE-WINGED ANGEL ON US.
Princess Tutu is making the very good argument that stockholm syndrome isn't a real good idea if your name isn't Yuno Gasai or Fakir.
And it's time to dance!
Okay, she's not a cannibal. Never mind, she's just a widow and ronery. So she turned to kidnapping. Totally reasonable.
Oh wait, it's loneliness. Okay, that makes sense. So now Mytho can be lonely and bitter now. Wonderful.
Okay, that bit with the recipes her husband left behind... that was really touching. not gonna lie.
So we've got the bitter lonely android.
and Tutu runs away like a spaz.
Yeah, Mytho, considering Fakir's past actions, mentioning another woman touching you probably isn't a good idea.
Evidently Tutu's part of the story too. STORYCEPTION.
And Pricess Tutu is fated to be unhappy. Join the club, Duck.
And that was episode three. That was actually the best episode so far.
Time 3D. In any case, tonight's episode is "Giselle"!
Presumably Princess Tutu will be teaming up with the Real
Ghostbusters this episode.
Tonight's little prelude delves
into an unfinished story of tragic love due to the creator's demise.
The story is now forced to wander for its ending. Hold onto your hats
kids, I think we just stumbled onto one of the show's major
themes!
WHY IS A PENGUIN PLAYING PIANO TO RU DANCING BALLET?
This episode got surreal right after the damn intro song.
Duck
and her friends are orgasming to Ru's ballet. Duck wistfully hopes to
be as good as her and... her friends for a change of pace are bitches
to her.
Duck wonders if she's really Princess Tutu or not
which is weird since we've been given pretty concrete evidence she
is, but I'll let it slide on the grounds of existential crisis.
Ru
dramatically falls after what seems to be the implication of...
getting hit by a bird?
Mytho is staring wistfully, wondering
about Princess Tutu and Fakir is mad at him for displaying emotion.
Mytho explains a burning desire to meet with someone. Foreshadowing
that he's under the effects of a level four Presence
discipline?
Holy crap Fakir just went full on Cullen again
about how much he hates Mytho's face. Evidently, Fakir doesn't want
Mytho to have emotions which at least sheds a little light on him
being so obsessively protective.
And Netflix instant streaming
decided to go all crap. >_< Holding position.... Gonna watch
Batman until it starts up again...
Yay it's back!
Oh
wait. Evidently Duck distracted Ru and ruined the performance, and
Mr. Cat is not amused and makes her do more remidial practice, along
with the marrying threat. Has he ever made good on that threat I
wonder?
And so of course the first thing she does is stop
practicing to stalk Mytho. Might you see a pattern on why you suck at
ballet, Duck?
She gets all depressed about how she's fated not
to be with and decides to live in denial! Excellent choice! You're
just a six-pack of Newcastle and an unkempt beard away from being
me!
Ru is assuring Mytho that she loves him in a tone that has
me convinced she's actually Poison Ivy in a clever disguise. Nothing
doing though, as Mytho's new experiences with his emotion chip are
making him react poorly. Fakir comes along and barks at him to go
back to his room and the fucking tool just goes along with it. God
damn I hate that kid.
Ru suggests maybe Princess Tutu made her
have feelings. Get it? She's being sarcastic, but that's what
actually happened! That's what we call a refuge in audacity
people!
Duck's friends show up to find her not sucking anymore
and like the best of supportive friends start acting disappointed
that she doesn't suck anymore. Why does she hang out with these
people again? Well at least they agree to practice with her, will Mr.
Cat watches with a pedobear glint in his eyes.
He landed on
his feet. OH NOW I GET WHY THE CAT'S THE BALLET INSTRUCTOR!
...I
feel dumb now.
So evidently he's not going to marry her.
Please tell me that's the end of that running gag. And she's back in
the beginner class.
Duck comes out to see that Mytho is lost
without orders uploaded into his programming so he's asking what he
should do.
AND WITH A GUST OF WIND HE DISAPPEARED! MYTHO:
BALLET NINJA ROBOT!
And Duck spazzes right into Ru. Ru thinks
she crazy and then recognizes Duck as the one who ruined her dance
time. Duck acts like a social retard about it then runs off and Ru
chases after her.
Duck evidently can run much better than Ru,
so when Ru catches up to Duck she of course has to be a total bitch
about it.
Duck suggest splitting up to cover more ground.
Jason Voorhes appearing in three... two... one...
Ru takes
this as an opportunity to be a Patrician bitch to Duck some more.
Then again people being aloof cocks to each other is a good
representation of school life. Okay, then she pulls a total 180 and
decides not to split up. Oi yoy.
Duck tries to get some
smalltalk started and Ru gets huffy over being referred to by her
name. Normally I'd chalk this up to Japanese familiarity in names,
but considering the European storybook motif and the lack of surnames
its presence is really befuddling. Evidently she demands to be called
'Lady Ru'. Duck is about as thrilled with the idea as I am and I
don't even have to say it. Duck then decides to call her Ru anyways
since it's cuter and their brief walk together means instant
friendship. I like to call it the 'Yui Hirasawa' school of logic.
A
bat passes by, presumably to crash into the window of the house of
young Bruce Wayne to inspire him on how to instill fear in a
superstitious and cowardly lot.
They see a group of spirits
pass by into a dead end and sadly don't do a comical Scooby-Doo
overreaction.
Miss Edel shows up to be the two's spirit guide
through this Halloweenish episode I guess.
Duck tells Ru that
Miss Edel is totally cool and almost lets slip the fact that she's a
bird. Ru looks like she would react poorly to knowing Duck is a bird,
but considering the their teacher is a cat and Duck is... well, named
Duck it shouldn't have to come as much of a surprise.
Duck
tells Edel their predicament and Edel decides to be
characteristically unclear and tells a story. Ru quite fairly asks
what the hell that had to do with anything.
....and my
connection crapped out. Gonna play Ghost Trick until it gets better.
And it's back! Huzzah! In any case,
Duck is gonna see how this plays out because she's read a whole lot
of Sandman and knows how this whole stories connecting thing goes.
The story has a maiden waiting for a lover who gets tired of waiting
and dates another jerk... the show makes it sound sadder than I just
did.
AND THE CLOCK STRIKES! ASK NOT FOR WHOM
THE BELL TOLLS! IT TOLLS FOR THEE, DUCK!
And the dead-end pathway opens up after
talking to Edel. What is this, a JRPG?
They catch up and evidently Mytho
wasn't nuts. He was just being jerked around by spirits.
Ballet spirits! Their ballet magic
opened a secret door! There's a Zelda Game in here somewhere! Legend
of Zelda: Ghost Ballet! It'll be a top seller, you bet!
Just as Mytho is about to take some
eeevil rosemary from someone named Giselle, Ru starts dancing to
distract him. Wait.... it works that way? It would be nice if that
had been establish ear- NO! BAD MALKY! FAIRY TALE LOGIC FAIRY TALE
LOGIC! ADJUST EXPECTATIONS!
Dancing time!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FG1NrQYXjLU&ob=av2e
Ru is having trouble keeping up and not
even the vast power of a ballet remix of the thriller can stave the
ghosts away! (Watch. Someone's going to mention that the thriller is
taken from some ballet move and make me look like an idiot)
AND RU IS DOWN FOR THE COUNT! WHO CAN
SAVE US NOW?
Look! In that recycled animation! It's
a fetus! It's an egg! It's... PRINCESS TUTU!
The ghosts start asking existential
questions like 'why' and 'who are you'. Princess Tutu asks that they
have a bonding ballet over the fact that their boyfriends dumped
them.
Giselle asks why Princess Tutu isn't
sad about losing her boyfriend and Tutu basically responds that it's
because she's not an emo bitch and that Giselle should being one as
well.
Wow, that was the nicest ghost busting
I've ever seen. Good thing she didn't cross the streams.
So now, Mytho has Bitterness,
Loneliness, and Sorrow. Boy Duck is just making this kid downright
chipper isn't he?
Princess Tutu runs off as Ru finally
acknowledges her existence. Well, hopefully she'll be slightly less
of a bitch and this won't create a “Flash Thompson thinks
Spider-man is awesome but Peter Parker is lame' scenario.
And it ends with Drosslmeyer pointing
out what I've already pointing out: that all of these emotions she's
giving him are quite unpleasant.
And that was episode 4. Not as good as
the last, but still decent. If this is the standard baseline for the
episodes I'll be okay.
...
/slowerpoke
Episode 5 was the first one I ever saw, can't wait to see what you say about that one~. :>
So once upon a time there was a guy who knew nothing but happiness then by magic learns of sadness and anger. So wait... how would he understand these emotions? What would his yardstick be if he was happy the entire time?
Ru is alone reading so Fakir decides to, of course, be usual stand-up self and harass her. He starts accusing Ru of giving Mytho back his emotions and I have to say I love what a total bitch Ru is being right back at him. She even gives a little supervillain giggle that, after playing some Silent Hill, creeps me the hell out.
Duck has forgetten what she's going to wear to the Fire Festival and what the fire festival is as well (because she's a duck) and her friends of course are condescending bitches about how 'cute' it is.
Mr. Cat is not amused at her being confused about him calling her duck. So the fire festival has a lot of people dancing around a bon fire in archaic clothing and the best dancers get the golden apple and those who get it are bound together forever. Okay.
Also, for some reason Mr. Cat has a lisp.
You know I don't see how the marriage thing is a punishment. If she does marry him, she can just nag him until he gives her an A, amirite fellas?
...I'm sorry.
Fakir is upset that Mytho developed free will. He hadn't given Mytho the emotion chip yet!
Drosselmeyer cameos in front of Duck just to be a dick and remind her of how she's fated not to be with Mytho. Honestly, I found it more funny than sad.
Mytho is dressed like a pirate for some reason. Arrr. ...or a prince. whatevs. And Drosselmeyer trolls her even more. Best character in the series, I swear.
Mytho asks for Ru and evidently he's been waiting for her. Duck is confused at Mytho having feelings which she really shouldn't since she's the one who has been implanting them. More reasonably his calling her by name surprises Duck. Then Mytho decides to dance with Duck... because he's lonely I guess?
Duck muses that Mytho is dancing because he's regaining his heart. The animation is these dance scenes is consistently disappointing. I mean, seriously just stills? It's not like you're lip synching or anything.
Duck is fangirlgasming with a coitus interuptus realizing he wants Ru. Fakir shows up and for no real reason she turns back into a Duck. Her saying 'quack quack' instead of actual dialogue is kind of funny though.
Meanwhile Fakir is Cullening out again and really there's a point where you stop establishing a character trait and just make an annoying douche bag.
Duck is upset at being called Duck-like, after which Mytho says her name is Duck. It might be the booze but this show is giving me a headache.
Fakir is of course angry that Mytho is showing any sort of free will but in the end caves to Fakir's cullening. Hmm are we setting up foreshadowing?
We're supposed to be stunned by Ru's dress but, mostly due to the art style, it's hard for me to differentiate it from most of the pretty stuff in the show. It does seem more queenly though. That's something I guess.
So it only takes a drop to transform? Good to know.
After putting on her clothes surprisingly fast, Duck decides to have a heart-to-heart with Ru. Duck tries to dodge the fact that she danced with Mytho and Ru decides to not-so-subtly let loose that she's on to Duck trying to steal her man. Duck decides to be a total sis and support Ru in being with Mytho.
Duck goes to the library where Fakir is taking a lesson from the Dursleys and locking him in a cupboard. Mytho has upgraded his circuits and learned how to ask 'why?'. He also tries apologizing but Fakir doesn't want to hear your lies. He's tried so hard. This is the only option.
Duck bitches out Fakir but also gives Mytho shit for not acting with free will. I do actually like this girl, I have to say.
Fakir gets suspicious and realizes that Duck knows about Mytho's secret. Fakir doesn't want Mytho to have a heart so he'll be completely numb to feelings. Duck rightly thinks this a bunch of bullshit and Fakir acts like she's being naive because Fakir is a Cyberman.
NO MYTHO! THAT GLOWING TILE MEANS THERE'S A WALL-GRABBER THERE! RUN AWAY!
Duck wonders if she's doing the wrong thing when Miss Edel shows up with more cryptic stuff that Duck actually understands as 'don't fear what you don't understand.' If this episode turns out to be fear, Batman sure as hell better show up.
Duck turns into her (HENSHIN!) Duck form and flies into the place and lands on the glowing tile which is a secret passage way because evidently this is Castlevania and not Zelda.
The physical comedy with Duck falling down the stairs is pretty great I must say.
That bit of water turning her back was convenient.
Evidently the school is just above the temple of doom and Duck has never seen a horror movie because her first instinct is to follow the creepy giggling.
The voice then goes into a riddle game because that scene from The Hobbit was totally awesome. Duck sucks at riddles by the by. So the ghost-voice traps her in a dusty creepy room. Seems fair.
DROSSELMEYER! =D
She is vengeance! She is Ballet! She is...PRINCESS TUTU!
The voice thinks she's super hot as Princess Tutu and asks her to dance. As Princess Tutu she figures out the riddles no problem. Considering how much more competent she is as Tutu it's a wonder she goes back to being Duck.
Turns out the voice is a naked ghost with a heart shard. She refuses to give it up, and Ru is all alone at the ball oh no!
The ghost won't dance with her.
Even so, it's dancing time!
It turns out that the ghost only wants to shine for someone and not be forgotten, just to give others light. Dammit Princess Tutu, stop having thins I empathize with!
And so she kidnaps mytho. Of course. Tutu points out the contradiction and gives her ballet therapy. It's not as emotionally gripping as the best episodes so far, but it really works so far.
Oh, it's the feeling of affection. Nice to see him have a good feeling so far. Let's just hope that with the others it doesn't turn him into a rapist.
Mytho shows up way too late and forces Ru to dance with her but Ru seems more pleased than creeped out. Then she's creeped out again. Evidently she doesn't want him to have feelings either.
Drosselmeyer shows up to be awesome and cryptic for a change and that's the episode.
Other than the endless back-and-forth between Ru and Fakir which goes nowhere this episode was pretty enjoyable.
>Duck is fangirlgasming with a coitus interuptus realizing he wants
Ru. Fakir shows up and for no real reason she turns back into a Duck.
She actually lets out a teensy quack, then realizes "oh shit still in front of Fakir" and books it down the hall to hide.