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I really like BTOOOM!'s phasing. I like how the first two
episodes were made to introduce the two main characters of the series. I like
how this episode has told us the things we need to know about the environment,
the hows and whys of Ryouta's situation.
Right from my very
first post on this series, I've already been wanting to find out how Sakamoto
Ryouta got into the island and why is it that he doesn't know the mechanics of
the game while the big guy who attacked him seem to know what's going on.
Now
this episode has clearly shown why Ryouta didn't know a single thing regarding
the game. The number one thing that got stuck to me in here is why the heck
would BTOOOM!'s makers go through this much effort? It's really
horrifying. This is more traumatic than SAO. As of now,
it doesn’t make sense. It would be really annoying if they would just like to
see the players kill each other (ー_ー;)
The mechanics of the
game is really easy. Seriously. Unless
you're ready to kill people to save yourself. Doing some practical thinking, if
you're sane and a real coward or have some sense of stupid justice, you
probably won't kill anyone and try to 'save' everyone. You know that's the usual
way of thinking. I mean who would want
to kill anyway if you're just a regular teenager (or adult) with a 'normal'
life like going to school, hanging out with friends and such?
Kiyoshi
Taira (Ookawa Tooru), who explained everything to Ryouta, doesn't really look like
someone who would last in the game. Okay, his way of thinking when Ryouta told
him the conditions for teaming up was pretty convincing but just looking at him
struggle, he definitely looks like he can die any time soon. Either way, I bet
they won't last that long anyway since Ryouta should be teaming up with Himiko
who expectedly run away from him. Too bad Sakamoto (*￣m￣)
Now thinking
carefully, team play is pretty much impossible for survival. Of course it'll
also be difficult surviving alone. Base on what Kiyoshi said that there were
approximately 30 people in the plane and the rules saying that one player must
have 8 of the radar-thing in order to get off the island, a team of more than
three would be really, really
impossible. Sorry if I'm being a nerd in here but looking at it carefully 30/8
= 3.75 which means that only 3 people should
survive. The number could be lessen to 1 or 2 if you consider the idea that the
radar could get loss when you kill someone (i.e. the big guy that Ryouta killed
and the fat-otaku that Himiko killed).
The cliffhanger at
the end of the episode was pretty interesting. What type of character would I
want to see in this kind of series? It's this kid. He looks young, insane and
probably have gone through a lot of fucked up times. I'm really interested in knowing
his story.
In an overall look
on how this episode went, I'd say that this series is getting more and more
interesting. The phasing is really good and the main characters are well
established. The side characters, however, are not very well introduced but
that's pretty much okay. We'll get to know them better as the story progresses.
On a
final note, I really had fun writing this post. I know that I sound like I'm
over thinking things and I find myself funny as well. LOL. But that's the fun
part about it. I remember nitpicking an episode way back at winter when I was
only blogging Another. Anyway, my curiosity in this series is just
getting into me~ I'm really glad that I decided to blog about this （＾ｖ＾）
