{"id":619,"date":"2006-07-31T22:49:34","date_gmt":"2006-07-31T12:49:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/batrock.net\/anime\/?p=619"},"modified":"2006-07-31T22:49:34","modified_gmt":"2006-07-31T12:49:34","slug":"utawarerumono-episode-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/batrock.net\/anime\/?p=619","title":{"rendered":"Utawarerumono – episode 17"},"content":{"rendered":"

“The Young Emperor”<\/p>\n

or<\/i><\/p>\n

“The Adventures of the Lazy Gay Emperor in a Time of Peace”<\/p>\n

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It’s another “peace time antics” episode of Utawarerumono<\/i>, but it fares marginally better than the one before it.<\/p>\n

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Hakuoro receives a visit from the emperor of Kunnekamun, Amururineuruka Kuuya, who reveals that she is a Kuneyetai of the Shakoporu tribe, who were blessed by Onbitaekayan and reject utterly the teachings of the false god Witsarnemitea.
\nExcuse me for a second, but that was the single best sentence ever in the history of anime recounting. I haven’t had such a buzz from meaningless terms since RahXephon<\/I>!<\/p>\n

The parts of the episode not dealing with the meeting of the minds is devoted to peace time, and specifically the spy peddler trying to peddle a mythical rabbit called a “Mikyuun”. An assassination plot bubbles!<\/p>\n

The hilarity of the episode springs from external influences: every scene involving Oboro is about a billion times funnier if you want Dori and Gura to be boys. It’s the eternal battle between fandom longing and Japanese trapping, and I really like the idea of the two of them seducing Oboro. Unfortunately when they’re seen in bed their buttocks have particularly feminine curves, as if to deny us our birthright.
\nWhile the fans may have won, I say that we reject the castration of these twins and embrace the gloriously homoerotic program that is Utawarerumono<\/i>.<\/p>\n

Am I the only one who thought that Oboro actually wanted the Mikyuun liver to cure his hangovers forever? It’s that sort of episode, where you think of drunkenness before you think of your sick, blind sister. Utawarerumono<\/i> can’t really do that sort of comedy because it’s not equipped with the right colour scheme.
\nIt’s quite clear that the writers don’t even think of what they’re trying to say sometimes, because Eruruu tries to get Oboro to drink her hangover cure by assuring him that Aruruu drinks it all the time. Why does Aruruu need a hangover cure, Eruruu? Because she’s high on life from running through the moe<\/I> fields? I think not! You fiends!
\nThen we get Touka acting totally “girly” because she’s confronted with a cute thing, which is so moe tsundere<\/i> that it’s guaranteed to make your heart burst with love for your fellow man (Dori and Gura). It’s a fan service episode through and through, to the point that we even get a Kamyuu panty shot. Damned Kamyuu.<\/p>\n

So I’m damning a lot here, but this episode was mostly pointless but overall okay. It is nice to know that Utawarerumono<\/i> isn’t totally “up its ass”, as Steve Carell would say.*<\/p>\n

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*You know who is, though? Oboro.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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