Now I want a Fashion: Impossible movie.
What They Say:
In Japanese, “JK” is an abbreviation for “joshi kousei”, or high school girl, and “meshi” means “cooked rice” or “meal”, so it is only suitable that the anime focuses on 3 high school girls, Reina, Ryoka, and Ruriko, who have mastered the art of cooking simple, B-class dishes called JK meshi.
The Review:
Content: (please note that content portions of a review may contain spoilers)
Sometiems throwaway lines or gags can make for some fun, which is what kicks things off here as we get a couple of the girls talking about the recent Fashion: Impossible movie and how it was just a poorly done spy movie. That makes for some cute comments until Ruriko falls outside from the floor above. Don’t ask why as she doesn’t understand why it’s weird that she does so and then it goes into bits about canceled classes and waiting for Ruriko. The show has done some pretty random episodes so far so this doesn’t surprise me much at all, but it’s just such an odd bit that it feels strange even for this show. Thankfully, the show moves onto the food of the week and that’s margherita pizza, or zzapi as Ruriko calls it just to be quirky.
In Summary:
They go for some interesting pizza designs here and while I do adhere to the belief that there’s no such thing as bad pizza, Japanese pizza always makes me a bit afraid. This episode feels even more offbeat and quirky than it usually does – in a bad way – as it doesn’t feel like there’s enough cohesion to what little we get. It gets a mild save due to the pizza side of things but it’s Japanese pizza and that’s not worthy quite as many points.
Grade: D
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.
