[Locke]

Cutie Honey 05. This episode was problematic.

As much as I love to look at Hara, she feels really miscast - someone so womanly doesn't come across well as a cute schoolgirl, even fetishistically. Honestly when she isn't fighting, I hate pretty much every scene with her in it.

But honestly the extent of how much I disliked the character of Honey wasn't really defined for me until I saw this episode which attempted to mirror Honey's escapades with Miki's in her correctional facility.

Miki's show is the show I want, it's more consistent, it's more engaging and it was painful every time we had to cut back to Honey dancing on tables or overacting while eating her lunch or whatever else.

In terms of production, there were some distractingly low production values and continuity errors throughout but given the general silliness of Honey's powers so far, seeing Miki dramatically growl 'Honey Flash' was initially hilarious before she broke out in a surprising and impressive brutal rampage of vicious violence. There was some really good music this episode too.