Anime Review: Shakugan no Shana III - 19
Lectures on love: I’d rather not listen, to be honest.
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The first five or so minutes is pretty much the highlight of the episode. After that, well, you will feel like punching a wall and be left scratching your head in that order. The good five plus minutes offer a decent fight between Yuuji and Shana, and then it gets better once Shana finally decides to show some emotion and Falcon Punch him mid-flight. So swords can’t connect a decisive blow but a slowly developing punch can? Okay.
Then all the bad parts. Or not so bad but the very confusing parts. I was actually looking forward to Kazumi doing something useful but after she speaks of doing (or not doing) things out of love, the theme erupts. Cool, she summons Pheles because she seeks a miracle and won’t lose her life. No, those aren’t the parts to laugh at, and honestly, Kazumi’s death here would have meant something for perspective. Pheles’ calling out Johan out of Yuuji’s body and allowing him to give Yuuji a love lesson 101 is the laughable part. I’m not sure what kind of logic Johan follows but it’s clear that those two lovebirds prance about at their own pace. The whole time, I was anticipating some kind of side battle but nope, they just hold hands and leave via a van. And leave the whirlwind in place. Marvelously epic.
Everything else in consequence is just a mess. My grasp on this series is quickly slipping again and I feel the former reluctance returning. Such feeling has been established about five episodes into the final season in regards to how slow and undecided the plot was going to be. I’m trying to hang in there but there’s absolutely no way I can keep up when new elements keep piling up and all people do is talk and not make much sense. The big grand scheme is cool and all, but can we just focus on the whole Yuuji and Shana thing? And their love troubles? No more special guest speakers on love please unless you really want me to punch a wall.
GO Rating: 2/5
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