***Spoiler Warning: The Truman Show (1998)***
I hope you are ready for some furore and controversy as we duke it out over whether The Truman Show is an isekai or not. It's a film starring Jim Carrey from the late 90s, and what a great film it is! We cover almost all of the big twists relevant to our discussion, so if you somehow haven't seen it then - damn - I wish I had your brain. This segment runs from (19:37) to (30:02).
In The Otaku Glossary we do a deep dive analysis of the opening and ending to The Devil is a Part-Timer. We even do some close reading of the song lyrics and, folks, it gets dramatic. There's something about Sasaki Chiho they're trying to tell us and it's by means of Charlie Chaplin. Go figure! This segment starts at (30:02). We leave no frame unexamined!
In this episode we summarise:
Episode 7: The Devil's Budget Is Saved by Neighborliness (1:04:56)
Episode 8: The Hero Enters the Fray (1:35:03)
Episode 9: The Hero Learns the True Meaning of a Lover's Quarrel (1:56:29)
Closing thoughts at (2:13:45)
It's a thicc ep, we just can't help it. Luckily our analysis is equally thicc. Thicc with vitriol, that is. We simply can no longer stan Maou, we've made our choice. He's a chump, a creep and a bootlicker and we get into all of that. The people around him, however, continue to shine. We get a couple new characters added to the roster and they're almost immediately endeared to us. There are some highs and lows. Stick around, get cosy, we got a lot of anime to talk about
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