[DreamSword]

Episode 8: My Daughter, Pick a Man!!

Out of all the episodes so far, this one was by far the most Inoue for me.

And by that I mean that I felt that this episode had something going, only for it to fizzle out and just be kinda nothing to me by the end.

The episode centers around Eri and her relationship with her father. And there are two different and conflicting messages going on here that just muddy things throughout the episode.

At first the idea seems to be that Eri wants to take charge of her own life, which, you know, fair enough. But then at the end the episode seems to more side with the father's' doting over his daughter's' livelihood? And all because he took pictures with her as a kid?

I dunno, it just leaves a really sour taste in my mouth. Maybe this is some sort of deal with gender roles in Japan that I as an American just don't understand, but even if I ignore that, it's not like the comedic elements of this episode were any sort of highlight in order to make up for it. It's Inoue's' usual misunderstandings shtick, it's just played for laughs here.

It's a shame too, because an episode focused on Eri in and of itself is not a bad idea, given that's she's had the least focus out of the main cast so far. But unfortunately, none of the stuff that has made Changerion fun to watch was present this time around, which just sank things even further. Not the weakest episode in the show, but one that I can't see myself looking back on fondly, if I even remember it at all.