“The Situation at Inabayama Castle!!”
What They Say:
The year is 1555, the middle of the Warring States period, and one young man holds on to a very big dream. That young man, known as an empty-headed fool, is none other than Oda Nobunaga. Enchanted by his dream, a certain young girl who admires Nobunaga swears that she will become his ninja one day. Nobunaga has one goal: to unify Japan by military might! Decorated by a colorful cast of characters, including the airheaded Kichou, the errand boy Hideyoshi, the tsundere Nene, the straight man Mitsuhide, and the half-dead Hanbei, this heavy-hitting wartime gag anime is about to begin!!
The Review:
Content: (please note that content portions of a review may contain spoilers)
While short-form shows tend to run a single cour and that’s it, this one looks like it’s up for two and that makes us really happy. Chidori’s mission to take over the enemy castle with just twenty people is a difficult mission to be sure and one even she’s not certain she can pull off. That they basically work a front door approach is even more comical since they basically look simple and innocent enough and are let in by the guards, which results in a lot of bloodshed and violence all around, which is hilarious in how it’s presented since Chidori looks so intense and nervous at the same time. Hanbee certainly provides a lot of help even as he does all of this so he can retire.
In Summary:
The pairing of Chidori and Hanbee has definitely been a favorite for me with what it does as they play off of each other well with their personalities. This episode works a good bit of action to it and that continues to simply feel very weird when taken in context to the cuteness of the show in general, yet it manages to work in its own strange way. There’s a lot going on in this episode and just the nod at the end that there’s more coming makes us smile pretty damn big.
Grade: B
Streamed By: Crunchyroll
