August 11, 2004
Ai Yori Aoshi Episode 14
"Servant"
I like to joke about how I love watching anime at conventions. There's nothing like packing a bunch of anime fans into a dark room and showing them anime. The best part would have to be the random laughing at things that aren't funny at all. You never know what minor thing will set someone off. Once one person starts, it's pretty infectious. The most ridiculous case I've personally experienced would have to be in the last episode of Comic Party, when one of the characters did "look I'm being devious" fangs, the whole room cracked up.
Then there was the time at AX a few years ago, watching a screening of Escaflowne: The Movie, when the entire room oooh'd and aaah'd at the black Escaflowne's billowing cape.
Rambling segue aside, I thought that there were actually some genuinely funny moments in this episode.
However, I'm still generally irked by Aoi and Kaoru's relationship. First of all, it doesn't seem to be going anywhere. They've been at the same point for what seems like forever. Sure they hit a little bump in the road every once in a while, but that's about it. On top of that, I'm just completely turned off by Aoi's worship of Kaoru. I know that she probably appeals to many, many guys, but I just don't like her subservient housewifeiness. When she's not wrong, she apologizes, when Kaoru does something wrong, it's almost as though she thinks it's her fault.
I guess the problem isn't that there is no conflict, it's that there is no conflict between the two of them. Hopefully, something happens to spice it up a little.
Rating: B-
Posted by Kei at August 11, 2004 02:01 AM