Basquash! 16 – Doing it wrong
nekosasu | July 23, 2009 | 1:13 am
Insert random “Stop! Hammer time.” joke here.
After watching this episode, I feel torn. More like, disappointed. It was so… rushed. So superficial.
I’m not saying that Basquash was never surrealistic and fast-paced before, but this episode kind of blows it out of proportion.
And I’m still having a sore throat. Plus I’m tired, but I can’t yawn because of throat. So I’m obviously very grumpy right now.
Within a couple of minutes, Dan disappears into the Underground and is locked up – only to be thrown into an arena to duel against some rabid axe-swinging fatso, just like in the old times of Gladiator. Suddenly, a DESTROY ball appears out of nowhere, and JD knocks his opponent out cold with some Basquashing. Of course, as he refuses to kill him, horse carriages Decepticons Bigfoots rush in and shoot at JD who of course has his own mecha at hand, and makes a swift escape, only to dive in deeper to the Dead Bottom, where he encounters another mysterious mecha which throws stone basketballs. And apparently, Iceman is related to all of this.
See where this is going? No? Of course not, because this is utterly random! There was a plot, something about Dan being the legend of gods who could throw lightning balls (faster than Destroy), the relationship with the giants on the moon and what-not still being obscure, and the massive concern of the Bubble-smoking fag and his long-haired trap minion who want Dan on the moon so badly. It was good! It was interesting!
But then, Taiga appeared. I mean, dominatrix Flora. A tsundere, not only at heart.
But suddenly we’re dragged into something completely out of hand. Suddenly, Flora’s real identity doesn’t matter. Suddenly, our girls manage to enter the Underground (without being arrested like JD), and they become waitress and pedo entertainer in a TitK bar. Suddenly, a new character with insect eyes! Suddenly, Eclipse’s manager wants Dan dead, and hires a hitman called Price. Suddenly, what is this I don’t even-
Where are those epic, thrilling moments of basquashing action? Why must I have my usually composed reverse trap loli become a leather nekogirl dominatrix and yell in exactly the same tone as a certain Aisaka Taiga?[1] Why must I think of any more useless, frustrated questions? Strike one. No wait, wrong sport. You can have up to 5 fouls in Basketball. I cannot fathom what will happen in the next episodes, and I don’t want to – get the hell back on the moon, I want to see Rouge!
Late edit: I admit it was a little rushed because I was sick and tired (in a literal kind of way), but I maintain my point. The trip to the Underground could have been told at a much slower pace, and it would have made a lot more sense than this constant zapping through random events. Add to this that the whole thing just took a very serious turn – moral questions (to kill or not to kill), life and death, etc, and yet everything seems just so… easy. This episode pretty much escapes the usual non-serious Basquash spirit. I really do hope it will return to its old craziness in the next one. Don’t turn into a bad shounen series, Basquash.
Anyway, here are some more basquashy signs. Note the many anal puns.
Pip show? More like Peep show amirite.[2] Note the carefully designed breasts. And the asterisk or dead spider in the top right.
Please, dear okyakusama, enter our Rectum Bar, which is located just behind the UrAnus club. epic lol le deluxe.
