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SHOTARO HIDARI HARDBOILED DELUSION DIARY EPISODE 8 - “WHAT IF AKIKO WAS A HOUSEWIFE?”



It is very funny to me that we have a Delusion Diary on the topic of Akiko getting married, with only 17 episodes left to go in the series, and a) Shotaro never considers the possibility of Akiko getting married to Terui, and b) Terui doesn’t show a preference towards Akiko getting married in the future. Kind of hard to feel like the show always planned on Akiko and Terui getting together, if this is how the concept first got handled.

But it’s non-canonical, and still very charming. Since it’s covering the last four episodes, it starts off as a gritty crime drama before devolving into a slapstick samurai duel. It’s one of those Delusion Diaries where Shotaro is 100% along for the ride, sputtering ineffectually at diegetic stagehands and mysteriously-resurrecting husbands. His reactions to every increasingly bizarre turn are matched by everyone else’s commitment to playing their nonsense as straightforward as possible. It’s exceptionally funny, even for the type of ridiculous idiocy these shorts traditionally get up to. (Akiko suddenly having a revolver!!!)

So, yeah, solid short! Just sort of surprising that there’s no sense of Terui-interest – in either direction – during a story about Akiko being married.

(PROGRAMMING NOTE: My next week starts off incredibly packed, so I’m jumping ahead on this one because Monday night is almost definitely going to be a night off. Thanks for your understanding!)