07.27
Sugane = me, O.D. = 4chan
Welcome back to Crowds-Sourcing, where Gatchaman Crowds tries everything in its power to rape my childhood harder than George Lucas! Last time, nothing happened… then they caught a MESS cube. Then some girl with pink hair turned out to be Recon from Fairy Dance… wait what?
This is apparantly Gatchaman.
Well surprise, surprise! Hajime’s MESS idea actually worked!…much to the annoyance of Pai-zano who’d rather blow up Rubics Cube monsters instead of getting all touchy feely with them. With the main threat defeated…sorta, and Gatchaman having nothing to do at the moment, its time for (groan) SLICE OF LIFE FILLER! Or more importantly, figuring out who the hell the mysterious cross-dresser Rui is. Apparently he’s the controller of President X, the main source of information running the GALAX social media network site that so many have become addicted to with Japan’s government coming apart at the seems and the economy in the toilet (LOL SATIRE!). So when some major news item hits the fan , President X relays it to the faithful before anyone else does, like…say…malpractice at the local creamery!
My name is Sugane Montoya... you killed my brother... prepare to die!
Yes, this week instead of fighting monsters, Sugane and Hajime try to prevent dumbasses from drinking milk. There is literally no sense of actual accomplishment and it only leads us to the conclusion that Gatchaman’s basically playing second fiddle to the GALAX system since its literally everywhere now. This becomes apparent when a rail disaster puts several Galaxters in danger and Rui is forced to reveal his secret weapon: the titular Crowds themselves. Black blobs with computer code for faces. If Gatchaman’s basically playing hero behind the scenes, then GALAX wants to be the hero for its customers in real life. Meanwhile Jo finally encounters Berg Katse face to face for the first time and Itsu-tsu gets some dialogue other than “I’m dreamy!” or some permutation of that. Oh and… no transformations this week…. seriously.
Thank you for that sound advice, insane girl!
It seems to me that what Kenji Nakamura is basically trying to do with Crowds is show how social media and the internet rules the world now. When the GALAX ad says “It’s not heroes who’ll update the world. It’s us.”, its because the mass media has taken over and the real heroes, IE: Gatchaman, are being forced to fight a forgettable battle where they’re nothing but urban legends, while the villains (and really they are) have got the mind and body of Japan already enraptured. Its a nifty deconstruction but executed it doesn’t quite work and means I just wish this Gatchaman team WOULD DO SOMETHING already… other than complain, waste time, and annoy me.
Wait THESE THINGS are the title characters?!?!
In the end I believe Jo said it best…
Indeed buddy. 3/10