you really think so?
In her anxiety to find a husband, Yuriko has a crisis of confidence in her career choice after a disastrous traffic safety session with some school kids. On top of that, she gets ripped off by a fortune teller who exploits her naivety.
But she saves one of the kids from some Very Kind People through bluster and her extensive knowledge of offences, regaining her confidence in her career choice. ‘I became a policewoman to help others!’ Oh, and to chase cute teachers while she’s at it.
History repeats itself, Marx has said, first as tragedy, second as farce. Or as blood out of a stone of a venerable and much beloved anime franchise. I’m not saying that Solid State Society sucked, but it certainly did not live up to my astronomically high expectations. For Haruhi’s sake, this is Ghost in the Shell after all, Ghost in the Shell!
I went into it with my eyes open, informed, in equal parts, by Washi’s review *gentle poke for post-raw thoughts* and by a raw I downloaded. Bought the GITS:SSS DVD from Forbidden Planet. It was beautiful, it was well paced, it was entertaining, it built on the stories of GITS:SAC and 2nd Gig, it ended nicely with the major threads tied up but also with a big loose end hanging out there. That is, GITS.
But the formula seemed somewhat diminished. Still good, relative to many other anime OVAs or movies, but rather less good, relative to its own franchise. There’s only a certain number of times that the Major can leave. And then return. Likewise for the tachikomas. Or for stories, drawn from the original manga, retold in a different light, in a different context.
Moetry is the only anime blogger I know of who has the balls to regularly blog about the latest H or ecchi anime that he watches. That’s what I call blogging with integrity and carving a real niche! ;)
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