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EP. REVIEW: Tokyo Mew Mew New

Is Erica Schroeder reprising her role as Mew Lettuce when the English dub comes out?

to the one who doing the tokyo mew mew reviews. it not rushed at all since it not the aliens final plan. there is many of things left to cover about the aliens and mew aqua after that battle. at least another 13 episodes contest if there will be second cour

elior1 wrote:

to the one who doing the tokyo mew mew reviews. it not rushed at all since it not the aliens final plan. there is many of things left to cover about the aliens and mew aqua after that battle. at least another 13 episodes contest if there will be second cour

Yeah, I've already mentioned here previously that its mostly going to end up being a season finale since those remembering the manga and the original anime know that it ending on the Tokyo Tower fight is just the halfway point. And that a second season is more than likely to happen, considering the main villian has yet to appear and some other plot points that they'll include from both the manga and OG anime for reference along with possibly some original content for the pacing.

to the one who doing the tokyo mew mew reviews. it not rushed at all since it not the aliens final plan. there is many of things left to cover about the aliens and mew aqua after that battle. at least another 13 episodes contest if there will be second cour

elior1 wrote:

to the one who doing the tokyo mew mew reviews. it not rushed at all since it not the aliens final plan. there is many of things left to cover about the aliens and mew aqua after that battle. at least another 13 episodes contest if there will be second cour

The reason why people are confused is that a second cour or season hasn't been announced yet, as far as I'm aware. So if there's no second cour/season then this is going to be a finale, regardless of the manga's story.

Anyway, as far as I'm concerned I'm also creeped out by the whole bell thing, not really because of the ownership aspect, but it's just overall creepy and patronizing IMO. Like, yes, cat, it's a thing in this show, I know. But Ichigo is still a human girl. If someone I fancied gave me a bell on a collar, and told me to wear it so that I'd be their "cat", even teenage me would "GTFO you creep". (And this is coming from someone who used to pretend to be a dog, collar and all, and play fetch as a child ) This is an overall thing with Aoyama, like in this episode when he gives his hoodie to Ichigo and goes "if you were a cat I could take you home like this" - what? Excuse me???

I know there's probably nothing behind this, just the usual sloppy writing (let's face it, even in the manga TMM is not well-written, and the anime is not improving on it at all, as this episode demonstrates). It's meant to be romantic while working in various aspects of the characters, but it's done so badly it just ends up weird. Like, Aoyama blushing around Ichigo and barely being able to talk to her in one moment, and then doing the "sexy assertive male romantic interest" thing in the next one, this is wtf spoiler[even taking into consideration future plot twists].

But yes, this episode was just terribly written all around, with the effect of Ichigo's absence being over-emphasized in hilaribad ways - "hm, no Mew Aqua here. Oh Ichigo! you're so important to me, and I'm so worried about you!" Who wrote this, a ten year old? But, bad writing aside, this is why I preferred for example the anime for Sailor Moon, manga purists can go on about fillers and how this and that were different, but the anime did absolute wonders establishing characterization, character and group dynamics, etc. I haven't seen the old TMM anime, but this new one really should have benefited from something like that...

On the plus side, Nakamura Yuuichi's "doumo~" when Ryou and Aoyama met was so good, I kept replaying it.

i agree with most about bad writing. what i liked about it mostly is of course the set up to the season finale. but as you know most of the times season 2 or second cour announcements coming after credits of the last episode most of the times

yes and also the aftermath of the tokyo tower fight is going to be important. did you always predicted that character who will always aid ichigo is going to appear in the last episode of the season?

elior1 wrote:

i agree with most about bad writing. what i liked about it mostly is of course the set up to the season finale. but as you know most of the times season 2 or second cour announcements coming after credits of the last episode most of the times

That's what I'm counting on, frankly. But since it hasn't been announced, I have to write the reviews with the available information. I realize this can come off as me not being familiar with the source material, but I promise you that I am - I've got all of the books on my shelves.

elior1 wrote:

yes and also the aftermath of the tokyo tower fight is going to be important. did you always predicted that character who will always aid ichigo is going to appear in the last episode of the season?

Not saying that I'm predicting it, but most TMM fans who have already read the manga and watched the original anime (including myself) are expecting that "he" might show up towards the last episode of the season, but given the way "New" has went with the pacing lately, who knows if it might happen.

I feel like I'm the only vocal one here who is really enjoying this anime.

Saeryen wrote:

I feel like I'm the only vocal one here who is really enjoying this anime.

I enjoy the show for what it is, but let's not pretend it's well-written. Then again, as far as I'm concerned the manga is not very good either, it has its charm but it's not what I'd call "A tier". (Doesn't mean it can't be enjoyable or loveable or anyone's favorite!)