Anime Music! OP/ED and Soundtrack Reviews.
I’ve made the complaint before that Sakamichi too often advanced the plot at the expense of the music. It seemed previously incapable of balancing the context of the story with the story itself, and that was one of its biggest shortcomings.
Then this episode happened.
You wa SHOCK!
The line resounds boldly and the speaker is so assured of this proclamation that it bears repeating.
Hokuto no Ken – Ai Wo Torimodose
As Aftershok has seemingly had a mental breakdown from the lack of jazz in Sakamichi no Apollon’s episodes as of late, allow me to take over while he recovers. The one thing to keep in mind is that this was written before I had seen episode 7, so do keep the criticism of a certain rendition in episode 6 in mind as something solely confined to episode 6 and not 7.
A new school year, brings with it a new start. An empty slate. Where past grades don’t really matter too much and students have the ability to shape their destinies however they wish and pave a path that will take them where they need to go. At least, that’s the sort of rose-colored glasses I bring with me for the first week of classes until the laziness sets in! [Read more...]
I suppose it’s the price to be paid for heavy plot development, that the jazz aspect of the episode gets pushed a little bit to the side. Maybe that’s why it took more than 2 weeks to get this post out? Or was it due to laziness?
Definitely laziness.
