J2, a visual retrospective

Warning: major spoilers ahead.

I am quite unhappy with Koinosuke's behaviour, and, by extension, character. That he went AWOL from his quest and got married, I can understand. Not ideal, but... Heck, if his own master deserted in the same way, who am I to judge him? But pulling his daughter into this mess was absolutely inexcusable.

Finally, the bogeyman of the Global Warming put to good use. Not sure if this sequence came out funnier than the creators intended, but all the same.

The evil Frieza is very cool (well, until she turned to nasty tricks). In words of Rob Balder, "My whole life will be a success if I ever get to be half as evil as you, my Lady!"

Now I know where creators of Gurren-Lagann were getting their ideas. Caption: Kamina, is that you?!

Rarely seen style of Japanese living.

Wholly wrong chemistry. Don't forget that Francoise is married...

Monkeys turning human were great. I liked those moments.

Francoise again.

LOL Disney animals!

Young Koynosuke and Bon.

Bon without glasses.

I think it's quite sad when you tell a joke and nobody laughs, because it hits home too much.

Just a cool image of Frieza.

What can you say. I'm a sucker for mature women.

Astute viewers probably foresaw this from the start, but still... I saw the idea implemented in DBZ and nonetheless I thought it kind of cool. Also, they didn't dwell on it too much, unlike DBZ.

I'd like to know just how Frieza is going to adapt to the normal life now that the overriding reason for her existence is gone. Unlike our favourite clan of retards, Odagos Sr. and Jr., she's not a wandering ghost, so she cannot just shivel up and die, although I suspect she'd love to walk into the sky. Failing that, she might want to blend into the foster family. The final frame showed her optimistically, but with the source so full of gags you can't believe anything. I think someone could do J3 for 6 episodes just on this material...

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