March 26, 2016
And Then Suddenly The Show Inadvertently Stumbled Upon its Long Lost Plot
Episode 12 of Phantom World begins with an explanation of the legalities that make folktale fanfic the safest fanfic...
....which cleverly ensured that no one was expecting this week's villain to be Carmen SanDiego.
"Yeah, that's her, but she never mentioned anything about geography."
The seemingly inconsequential stretch of recent episodes actually provided a good bit of background that made this story more impactful. Besides important insights into the protagonist's backstories those installments offhandedly introduced some background characters who make this episode somewhat more impactful.
This tale is a lot darker than the previous ones and the story is (rather belatedly) really starting to move. Whether it will live up to its considerable early potential is unclear, but next week's episode certainly bears watching. Things certainly have gotten serious for our heroes.
Mai oh my!
One thing that I have begun to wonder, although Haruhiko is the narrator, I do wonder if Mai is actually the protagonist.
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