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Trailer - Shark House Reboot

So Shark House is getting rebooted and rebuilt, the reason behind this is due to lack of views as my rambling channel Fantasy Zone gained 3000 more views despite updating Shark House more, in fact I've had less than 100 views in the last three months for Shark House.
To combat this, we'll take the world of Shark House and create a number of smaller stories, I have seven in planning stages.

1. Highway of Dreams
Short stories of Bayside Highway's street racing scene and its quirky cast.
2. The Prince and the Scientist
A prince falls for a lady scientist after a chance meeting at a major formal event.
3. Slip into Something Comfortable
After being sacked by her gaming team for being revealed as a girl, the gamer girl must now choose her path.
4. The Reluctant Teacher
A teacher attempts to hide their secret life as a vtuber until the new hire finds out.
5. Wonderland Wars
The battleground is the toy store, as former band camp rivals battle for leadership of the store.
6. Dungeon Dumpster Fire
An amatuer dungeon master attempts to run D&D with no experience.
7. I Heart Rangers
A shojo power rangers parody mixed with behind the scenes shenanigans.

Defeat Script - Say What You Want, Famous Games are Usually Fun

This anime gave me so much to talk about right from the start as we look at Bottom Tier Character Tomozaki episode 1 - Say What You Want, Famous Games are Usually Fun.

Tomozaki is the best player in Japan of the game Attack Families of whom he refers to as a god tier game, upon playing against classmate Shuji, he beats him pretty easily, a frustrated Shuji blames the game for his failure which Tomozaki scolds him for, most of the first half of the episode has Tomozaki calling real life a trash tier game as he monologues how his classmates were given the best builds to begin with while he's stuck in the bottom tier with his social bankruptcy.
The only person he thinks might understand is the second best player in Japan, dubbed no name on the leaderboard next to Tomozaki's name Nanashi, when No Name wants to meet up, Tomozaki is shocked to find out that not only is No Name a girl but is Aoi Hinami from his class, someone who excels at everything.
Hinami feels cheated that Nanashi is Tomozaki, the two fight as Tomozaki calls out Hinami for having perfect stats for real life while bemoaning his own stats but Hinami calls Tomozaki out for blaming the game of life for his failure, essentially calling him a hypocrite seeing as he used the same quote on Shuji.
Not wanting to feel shame, Tomozaki reluctantly agrees to let Hinami teach him the game of life, at her house she immediately proves her point by taking off her make up and switching to lounge wear, she shows Tomozaki the basics of playing the game that it requires commitment and effort starting with character presentation, she even makes Tomozaki wear a mask so he could practise smiling without freaking people out.
The following day in school Hinami sets out the goal for Tomozaki saying he's got to date a girl successfully by the end of high school, the opening theme plays revealing that the anime is going to be a harem.
Four takeaways from this episode.
1. Attack Families is an expy of Smash Bros with the Family part referring to Nintendo's Nes and Snes being called the Famicom and Super Famicom, Famicom being short for Family Computer.
2. Nanashi also translates to No Name so both Hinami and Tomozaki use the same name.
3. Hinami has kinda missed the point.
To start with, she thinks that Nanashi is someone who has the effort to make anything happen, considering she can't beat him no matter what she tries, anyone who has been best in the world at any video game knows full well that the person at the top is there because of the amount of effort he puts into the game, the life they lead outside is never going to have the same dynamic and Hinami's mind set comes across as being selfish.
4. The fact that this is a harem just robs this anime of any dignity because you know that Tomozaki is never going to earn his position regardless of what he's meant to learn.

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Sailor Moon

Victory Script - February 13: Heart and Body

Been a while since I've done one of these episode reviews as we cover Hidamari Sketch Episode 5 - February 13: Heart and Body.

Yuno awakens to find she is not feeling well, she's running a high fever and her friends suggest she stays at her apartment instead of school, what begins is a sequence of dreams where Yuno finds herself doing chores at the school in her teacher's cosplay dress, the first sequence broken up when Miyako changes Yuno's clothes and towel.
The second dream sequence starts in a factory as her temperature starts improving where she walks down familiar places she normally goes, she's awakened by her cellphone where her friends ask how she is and ask about Valentine's day, when she starts moving around to grab a drink, she gets baffled over the rabbit made from an apple next to her table.
Yuno's friends discover their art teacher in the nurse's office as Ms Yoshinoya laments having to work with a mild cold.
Yuno falls asleep remembering her mother taking care of her as Yuno's friends deliver medicine to her and cook for her.
Yuno explains her dreams as her friends tell the story of Yoshinoya, Miyako even doing a dead on impression of the principal, the girls discuss Valentine's day but Yuno says she's normally sick so often misses the day.
After Yuno returns to sleep her friends each check on her one more time, the episode ends with Yuno eating before a brief state of awakeness before sleeping.
Three takeaways from this episode.
1. The style of animation gets to shine here as a mixture of rough animation and frequent photography really makes Hidamari Sketch a unique work of art much like the premise of being an art school.
2. Ms Yoshinoya is very relatable as the amount of times I power through colds and still work is too many to count, I've had three sick days in my near 20 year working career and one of those was for collapsing at my desk, the other was two days off to a bad infection that needed antibiotics.
3. When you are ill and run down, Yuno's dreams are very much what it's like when you are trying to sleep whether you can or not.

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Bottom Tier Character Tomozaki

Defeat Script - Igglybuff Twins VS Jigglypuff Singing Pokémon Concert

I was torn on whether or not to make this a victory or defeat script but are just so many moments that don't work in Pokemon Episode 243 - Igglybuff Twins VS Jigglypuff Singing Pokémon Concert.

Ash with Brock and Misty are making their way to Blackthorn City when they meet Brittany who is teaching her two Igglybuff a dance routine, Brittany is an idol singer who performs with her two Pokemon although she claims the fans watch the Pokemon not her, Team Rocket are watching with Jessie seeing the potential of stardom for stealing the Igglybuff twins; Jigglypuff enters the scene but Ash has the sense to confiscate her microphone, Jigglypuff clearly jealous of the Igglybuff twins takes every opportunity to bully them behind the backs of Ash and co.
At the concert we see Brittany in full idol dress as she performs her songs while Jigglypuff searches for her microphone, Team Rocket interfere with their song version of the motto and steal the Igglybuff twins. Jessie daydreams of the type of idol she'll become not much different to Brittany only with added drama, the daydream is interrupted by Ash's Noctowl who brings their balloon crashing down, wanting to take revenge herself, Brittany battles and easily dispatches Team Rocket.
During the battles, Brock had been keeping the crowd busy until Brittany returns to do her final song, Jigglypuff finishes the episode by putting everyone to sleep and drawing on everyones faces.
Five takeaways from this episode.
1. This was my introduction to Japanese Idol culture, playing a number of references to the genre including the so called fan groups as well as Team Rocket referencing Morning Musume.
2. Brittany is naive to think that her fans came to see her Pokemon when it's obvious that she is the star, Brock pretty much confirms this but he is being creepier than normal.
3. Jigglypuff is a real bitch in this, while I hardly consider her an antagonist but she straight up assaults the Igglybuff twins multiple times.
4. I'm sure Lisa Ortiz isn't a bad singer, but those songs were dreadful, makes me wonder what it sounds like in Japanese.
5. This is pretty much peak Pokemon filler, introduce a Pokemon, attach it to the character of the day and go through the motions with team Rocket; it's a pity really since I actually like this episode but it's just so lazy.

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Hidamari Sketch

Victory Script - Dream in Seventh Heaven

It's been far too long since I last talked about a quality anime episode as we look at OVA Episode 2 of King of Bandits Jing - Dream in Seventh Heaven.

Jing and Kir are in solitary confinement as Campari shows them a vision of the past to a time when Jing and Kir first met.
In the vision, Jing is given an egg by his friends but end up being punished by the big sister of the group Cassis; Jing has his right arm hidden in his jacket, this is because he received a parcel from his mother on his tenth birthday from a mysterious postman, said postman gave the instructions of, "It'll be needed for your right hand and your hand will know when it is needed, which explains why Jing is covering it up, said gift is a Crime Royale firearm, the wholesome moment is broken when Kir awakens and makes fun of Jing for being a mommies boy, Kir still in the egg is asked by Cassis whether Kir is a boy or a girl, Kir hasn't decided so then asks her what is needed to be extra special friends with her in which she replys a boy, the peace is interrupted by a pompous police officer who mistakes Jing for a kidnapper, but is quickly dispatched by Jing and his friends with Cassis' bat, but Cassis gets kidnapped from under them, Jing along with Kir track her down to an area where townsfolk are turning into trees and women are being petrified into statues, Jing discovers the source being a tree monster who has Cassis captive, Jing's right arm glows which prompts him to use the Crime Royale only for the monster to destroy it, Kir inspired by Jing's bravery finally hatches and combines with Jing's arm to fire a powerful energy blast called the Kir Royale, saving Cassis and destroying the monster.
Jing then gives the postman the gun asking him to deliver back to Jing in twenty years, as he leaves, the postman remarks that being with Kir suits him.
Three takeaways from this episode.
1. With the series being unfinished story wise, it's still unclear why Jing has this power in his right arm.
2. It's been widely speculated that the Postman, known in the anime as Postino is actually Jing's father.
3. This is probably one of very few times where I've seen a character allowed to choose their gender.
Overall the episode fits surprisingly well into the OVA despite having no relation to the Seventh Heaven story as it was a standalone chapter in the manga.

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Pokemon