What They Say:
Kou comes to a certain city, in search of his older brother Takumi, who ran away from home and disappeared. Thinking it’d be rather difficult to find his older brother, Kou decides not to go back until he finds him… but he ends up finding him immediately. However, when Kou is reunited with Takumi, he had become the head of the Mikuni Detective Agency. Takumi appears to have no intentions to go back home. Kou then decides that if his older brother isn’t going to come home, he’s going to stay at the Mikuni Detective Agency.
The Review:
Content: (please note that content portions of a review may contain spoilers)
Bringing in more characters wasn’t a surprise in the start of this season with Nana here, and a nod towards her trying to bring Takumi home, but it’s not something getting a lot of immediate use. Which is fine since the episode wants to go for a Takumi/Kou body swap gag for things here, which lets the two of them have fun even though everyone else just kind of rolls their eyes over it and goes on about their day. There is some decent bits between the two brothers about how to act more like they’re supposed to, but it also goes for some weird butt comedy that, while I will admit it fits in with the nature of the show, is just weird to watch.
In Summary:
Body swap stuff is usually fun, even when it’s bad, and this is pretty dull overall. There are a few quick quips and bits that make you smile a little, but nothing that raises to a chuckle. The whole butt grab and shake moment is definitely amusing if just for the visual of it all, but man, it just looks weird and is another piece of mostly out of place and hard to process material that leaves you wondering why it’s funny. Or why it thinks it’s supposed to be funny.
Grade: C
Streamed By: Crunchyroll
Review Equipment:
Sony KDL70R550A 70″ LED 1080P HDTV, Apple TV via HDMI set to 1080p, Onkyo TX-SR605 Receiver and Panasonic SB-TP20S Multi-Channel Speaker System With 100-Watt Subwoofer.
