I’ll give them this, I was not expecting that post credits scene of the previous episode setting up the plot of this one to go completely ignored lol, they got me, of course I knew it wouldn’t be an actual serious plot twist but I thought it would at least be a big plot point, oh well, funny deer mascots I guess lol. Yeah this was a pretty fun finale ngl, the first half of the episode didn’t do much for me but I did find the deer mascots to be interesting (and also Koshi’s dance), the Rocky reference with the training montage paired with a song that sounded like a mix of “Eye of the Tiger” and “Burning Heart” was also cool. But the 2nd half of the episode I think was among the best bits of the show, and this is mainly thanks to the last few moments, I especially liked Nokotan dropping bombs on everyone lol, and the bit where Sento-kun came flying through the smoke also got me, that dude just looks so goofy so seeing him do that was a enough to do me in. And of course it’s no surprise Nokotan didn’t get deported in the end, but I can appreciate the silliness of the match, that last shot of her and Koshi was a nice final moment.
And finally, the goofy deer show is over, and I say finally because this one unfortunately did not live up to the hype for me, I remember week 1 there were so many people flocking to this show calling it peak brainrot or a 10/10 generational anime, but now I’m not seeing so much praise. Of course there are those that are still of this opinion and that’s fine, more power to anyone who loved this, but it’s not quite the same for me, and this is mainly thanks to the comedy. Yeah, comedy is subjective, I know that too well because there have been plenty of shows I found hilarious but many others didn’t, but Nokotan unfortunately is on the other side of that where I’m one of those that didn’t find it funny, and while comedy is subjective, I think I can pick a few reasons why this didn’t hit well with me. The first is the narrator, there may have been a handful of times I found him funny but most of the time I feel he ruined what would have been funny jokes, I just don’t think a show having a resident joke explainer is a good idea lol. The second thing is the ost, good lord that “Shiiikaaa” music was overused imo, maybe the first few times it was amusing but eventually it started ruining otherwise good scenes, even in this episode I rolled me eyes when it started playing.
And I’m sure I could probably go on about the execution of some jokes and whatnot, but I am not the king of comedy or the comedy police, I think I’ll chalk stuff like that up to it just not being for me, and I’m sure some jokes would have been funnier if I was Japanese, like in this episode maybe the deer mascots would have been better if I had the knowledge of them already. But all that being said, I did still find myself enjoying this show thanks to the other things like the CGDCT aspect, all the girls were cute and had great designs, and I generally enjoyed their silliness even if I didn’t find it funny most of the time. I also just liked the absurdness, maybe it didn’t hit with me comedy wise but I can appreciate it for the fun aspect, and of course the show was well made too so from a production standpoint it was nice to look at, and I can’t forget to mention the OP which took the Internet by storm, it is damn catchy after all lol, as well as the ED with real life footage which I liked.
So yeah, while I didn’t find it very funny, I liked the show, and I think I’ll miss the weekly adventures of Koshi and the deer club, it was certainly a unique show I don’t think I’ll be forgetting. And now that this is over, I think in the very near future I’ll give Asobi Asobase a rewatch just to confirm that it’s still funny to me because I saw someone use it as a comparison to this but I found that show gutbustingly hilarious, and I may also give shows like Nichijou a first watch just to see if maybe those are more for me, and it’s not just that I don’t like this kind of humor. (Also sorry for the huge post, I had a lot to say lol, no one will read it most likely but I wanted to put it out there) |