With so few pieces left on the board every move is critical now, and Minene always seems more at home taking the fight to enemy than waiting for it to come to her.
Minene is a very good manga character who made the transition to anime perhaps better than anyone in the cast – somehow seeing her in motion (and with Mai Azawa’s voice) multiplies her appeal by a factor of ten. Of course, any episode featuring Minene is going to have a head start, and she was very much the star here. This is like a great trashy novel or pulpy action flick, the kind people love but prefer not to admit it to their more “sophisticated” social circles. It’s better reacted to than analyzed, and an episode full of unpredictable and outlandish events like this one is a real thrill ride. It’s not so much a story as a sensory assault, making you laugh and shocking you and horrifying you and surprising you, all in turn. Mirai Nikki is at its best when it doesn’t give you a chance to breathe. I’ve said this before, but I think the breakneck pacing that the adaptation has left for itself in the home stretch – just under three chapters per ep, give or take – actually works to its advantage. Speaking as a huge fan of the manga, I’m extremely pleased with what Asread did with the chapters that made up this week’s episode – some of the most important of Mirai Nikki, and among my favorites.
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