Mr. Villain's Day Off / Kyuujitsu no Warumono San Episode 1
Overall Rating So Far: 9/10 (i WILL buy merch for this)
MR. VILLAIN IS TOO MUCH CROW BAIT.
I have a thing for curly bowl cuts. I like goth-coded characters, and this demon does a decent job. I love Yakuza/Gangster/Evil coded villains that have gap-moe (a side to them that seems completely counter to the personality they present). Most of all I LOVE SHINTAROU ASANUMA'S VOICE.
He's probably most famous for being Samatoki, the gangster rapper and leader of the Mad Trigger Crew, from Hypnosis Mic, and I've seen him perform at multiple live viewings and his character has a rabid following. His other famous roles are Saiki Kusuo, Ugetsu from Given, and he's in Ensemble Stars, A!3, and Tokenranbu (can you tell this dude can sing).
He has a lovely deep voice and is an absolute sweetheart, despite being able to growl like a rabid dog. It's the perfect match for the character.
The show itself looks like it will be a cute and fluffy show that is low-risk and chill. Most importantly, it's teaching us the importance of Work-Life balance!
It seems to be based on Sentei/Ranger style shows, but set as if the show is the real world, and the characters are NOT actors. Who knows WHY Mr. Villain and his fellow demons are here to destroy humans, but the Ranger's are here to protect us!
Spoilers and screenshots for episode 1!
Holy shit, Mr. Villain is /adorable/ in both work mode and relax mode.
This almost feels like it's trying to be sexy in the same way the Uramichi Oniisan was, just for the hell of it in a show with almost zero fan service apart from Soft Boys.
The show is basically three little shorts strung together, but gives us a great glimpse of the world.
We get to meet Red Ranger who.... I killed myself laughing over this, but is just as directionally challenged as my Capybara is. We go anywhere together and he starts walking in a direction, and its a 90% chance that it's the exact opposite direction he wants to go in.
Mr. Villain leads him to the train station he was ACTUALLY trying to get to, and as Red Ranger skipped happily through the ticket gate, Capybara said "See, now I'd just get lost and not know what platform to go to."
....only for Red Ranger to have this immediate problem, lmfao. I'm so excidted for more non-existant-sense-of-direction shinanigens, if only to tease the Capybara.
So, Quick Japanese Cultural Lesson -> This is called a Showa Yankee lmao. It's a street gangster / troublemaker with a soft spot for animals. This comes from a brand with cute dogs on it that was popular among the rough and tumble street gangs oh the 1980s and earlier. But you will see this trope across various anime and manga, and I LOVE IT. Gap-Moe at it's finest.
Along with the animal loving, Mr. Villain can't eat spicy curry (Is he British? lololol) and despite getting ready to murder any human at hand because they're sold out of Mild Curry Roux, the panda special immediately calms him down and settles in to watch.
MR. VILLAIN HAS A SPECIAL INTEREST AND I VIBE.
I may not care that much for pandas (Would saying that get my killed by Mr. Villain? Probably, but I'm one of the few people who don't go "awww" when they see a panda, and instead can only remember the baby panda sneeze video lmao) but I hope to keep enjoying all this fluff, especially as I try to push through the last few episodes of Jujutsu Kaisen from last season.
Mr. Villain has his priorities straight, and I'd be happy to hand over the world to his control as long as I don't die :D
Let's hope his faith in humanity continues to grow even as he uncovers more atrocities like the incarceration of predatory beasts for human viewing pleasure.
ep2 ep3 ep4 ep5 ep6 <- these will eventually become links, I hope.
I was this close to putting an andless list of live performances, because everything is great in a unique way during HypMic lives.
But this one definitely slaps on another level.
This song is already beautiful in its own right, but the live ver is a whole other emotion. The guitar, combined with the movements of the seiyuu on stage, sends me into EKUSHTASI (reference for a few connoisseurs), completely.
When Subaru starts singing followed immediately after by the flames shot skyward to his C'mon! it's bloody exciting! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!
I really like how they exchange looks when the "Dare no banda?" moment starts. Everyone is so in character! And when they make the TDD sign with their hands? akjdhgaldj
Tsuchida Reiou (Suou Tsukasa’s VA) does an impersonation of all Knights members when reading a convo from their Knights LINE group.
【talking about the demo for Mystic Fragrance】
Itou Masami (Sena Izumi): Done with the key check for the new song--! I’m okay with the original key. You guys too, right--?
Kitamura Ryo (Arashi): I’m fine with it!
Asanuma Shintarou (Leo): What’s that?
Yamashita Daiki (Ritsu): Whatever’s fine with me~
Asanuma-san (Leo): I don’t really get it, but if Masami says so, then let’s go with the original key!
Itou-san (Sena): Then it’s decided--! This song is really cool! You sure wrote a good one, King--
--about an hour later--
Tsuchida-san: That’s too high. One key lower, please. There, it’s decided.
Context: After hearing the demo for Mystic Fragrance, he thought that the key was a bit too high and told his manager. Later that night, it seems like he’s the only one who thought so ^^;;