[旧文]RD潜脑调查室(Real Drive) 3/10

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After watching episode eight, I said to myself:” Thank god it’s over. Now I can finally drop it.” And I’m not saying that just because of the female character design, even though I don’t understand why the directors thought that the audiences would like to see a bunch of fat girls running around (there is a reason why getting fit has become a trend and not the other way around). IMO, either the writers are all amateurs or the show is aimed for little kids from the start. First of all, RD hasn’t shown any signs that it’s going to present a serious theme. Up to episode eight, all I see is some random happenings caused by the metal. Some people might argue that RD doesn’t need to deliver a theme because the whole metal concept is unique enough. I disagree. It might be super unique like twenty years ago for all I care but it’s definitely not unique in 2008.
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Since RD is mainly plot-driven, there is no need to delve into the characterization. I’ll say this though, lack of deep characterization doens’t mean that the protagonist has to be stupid. Did you hear what Minamo said in the end of ep8 (in a really loli voice):”But if other people could use your personal space, wouldn’t that change your personality? YADA, KOWAI!.” and some other noises she made. The idea of sharing personal spaces is a good idea and is worth some serious discussion but Minamo’s personality completely ruined it.(What? Haru is the progatonist? You should really take a look at his screen-time).
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The main problem with RD is that the plot is even worse. The first episode is ok mainly because it only serves to introduce all the characters. From that point on to episode eight, the show literally becomes “the moe-adventure of a loli and a grandpa”, and it just gets more and more stupid. In the first few episodes the audiences at least got to see the grandpa do some diving. Then the adventures soon change to things like looking for a dog, fighting a masked guy, school ghost hunt, reading a book…I think you get my point. That’s why I was shocked when I found out that RD is actually a late night anime when clearly this is aimed for little kids.