91 Days Episode 2 Discussion

sorcery said:
Not awful, but globally unimpressed. Presentation is pretty listless as it's mostly about expotalk with panning over the scenes. As for the plot it works together, yet it's in a shoestring as it devours whatever potential characters could have in terms of depth. There's little chemistry to feel in their interactions, because the events are moving forward too quickly. Indeed, episode 2 sees the death of Tronco, Vanno's outburst at the party and the execution of his plan, all along. This looks so conveniently staged it breaks the immersion for me overall. Something as serious as a revenge gotta soak and be delayed all the more by exterior factors before the optimal conditions are met. That, to capture maximally the frustration of protagonists like Angelo or Vanno. And before you counter my point, I say no, time skips never count in the process of development. It must exist only to have plotline disregard irrelevant moments.

Talking about the contract on Fango's head, Vanno doesn't even offer basic support like learning to Angelo the basics of firearm wielding. He comes off as amateurish, even more so he's not even able to determine the reliability of a recruit after so much time in the mafia. That's lame as it makes his potentially moving relation with his slain friend worthless, reduced to the state of a plot device created for the benefit of Angelo.

The confrontation with Fango is easily the biggest highlight. I'd normally say an anime with a cast full of the likes of Fango is edgelord, but in this case he represents an added value coloring the show positively. In fact, he reminds me Nicholas Santoro in Scorsese's Casino: a batshit crazy character very short in temper, to the point it creates all sort of problems around him. I like to hate him. As for the others, due to the points I raised above, I hardly care, to be honest.


tl dr;
Fango is a great antagonist, the characterization is poorly exploited and plot staging is dull.