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Girls' Last Tour - "Accident/Technology/Takeoff"
Nominated by: Xeybozn

The opening and closing themes were excellent. In fact, the opening credits were a very Vertigo-esque style of art, and I definitely had I expectations coming out of the first minute or so. This episode, however, seemed to sink into a very slow, muted story that plays as the third act of a multi-part story. Without the motivation of the characters or an understanding of what's going on in this world, I'm really flying blind here.

The idea of inventing flight (or reinventing it) is always a magical tale. The noble tales of man engineering their way into the realm of birds are as old as Daedalus and Icarus. We love to witness the birth of flight no matter the medium or genre. This time, however, I had some concerns. For one, the gimmick of the two lead characters, children, being naive to everything grew old very quickly for me. And the standard Two-Face style split of a grounded intelligent child and a manic pixie child is about as uninteresting and overused as possible. I've seen, I don't need to see it again. Also, and this was a real killer for me, but naked children taking baths. Pass. Hard freaking pass.

The moment of flight itself was very powerful and moving, and the subversion of the miracle of flight with a critical failure caught me in my throat for a moment. If only the solitary, lonely technician hadn't just been a bespectacled teacher's assistant style shrinking violet that felt like the trope had been ripped off of a website and plastered into the episode. That kind of embodies all of the characters here. They drag a very interesting story down.

But, there was a very engaging, moving moment at the climax, and that matters,

Writing: 8/10
Characterization: 3/10
Scarlet Factor: 5/10
Overall Rating: 16/30
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