[DreamSword]

Episode 4: What is this Thumping Heart?

I liked how they remembered to make Yomogi's' shoes squeak due to them being wet. That aside...

A majority of this episode deals with something that frankly does not interest me.

As such you can probably once again guess that this was another episode that, while I don't think it's terrible or anything, it really doesn't gel with me.

I think what it mainly comes down to is that this show keeps dropping new elements into the bucket without really making any big steps towards its other lingering threads, and thus feels like it's meandering.

Case in point, alot of this episode deals with Yomogi having a sudden crush on Yume, and not only is romance not at all something I'm keen on, but the two really don't share any chemistry and it highly distracts and takes away from the much more interesting plot threads that the show has already presented.

I really wish that this episode had focused mostly on Yume discovering more about her sister Kano, because that was not only far more interesting to me, but something that I feel would be alot more powerful and would get me to like her character more than simply an episode where she makes literally only a single step while a boy crushes on her.

It didn't do Yomogi's' story any favors for me either. The first episode made it seem like his parent's' divorce was going to be some major driving force in his arc, but so far outside of the voice dramas it's been a total non-entity, which double sucks for me since I was really interested in seeing how a show this would handle that; Especially considering I've never actually seen such a plot thread brought up in this style of anime before.

As for everyone else in the cast, they don't really get much outside of some very slightly funny moments. I still take issue with how the show is pushing this question about if the Kaiju Eugenicists are bad or not. Not only is this a thread that should've been tied up twice over now, but again, I feel like we're headed towards another Akane situation and I'm not gonna bother you all with my thoughts on her again. I guess that bonding moment at the end of last episode really wasn't good enough for Yomogi, huh?

Also I'm calling it here. Whatever this chick's' name is, she's totally Yume's' imaginary friend. She's never seen interacting with anyone else, and only seems to hover around Yume in private. I will be very surprised if she actually exists in-universe.

But yeah, in the end, I'm sorry to say that this was another episode that I just didn't find very engaging. It's not terrible; I've seen far worse. But when it comes to my own personal tastes and how I like my character arcs to flow, it did nothing to satisfy that.

Atleast the fight at the end was cooler this time.