Kylaran on AmaBuri

This is too good not to share. Buried in a slicer post at The Behind, the first impressions of Amagi Brilliant Park:

Look, I understand the need to differentiate your story from other light novels. I certainly understand that originality is more valued over writing finesse in this area of Japanese literature, and that these books are often popular with high schoolers to college students. But there is a limit to how absurd the basic premise of a story can become, because I’ll be honest: Amagi Brilliant Park isn’t very fun. The basic story of 1) crazy girl threatens guy to go to an amusement park, 2) they meet with the owner of the park, 3) she decides to make the guy (a high schooler) command to manage the entire theme park is just ridiculous. Of course, he’s some entertainment production prodigy and has the management skills to deal with crazy staff members.

Even if you like light, fluffy comedy, there’s a limit to how crazy shows can get.

Talk about missing the point. For added zest, the above is written after seeing 4 episodes, so ostensiblty he watched the already famous compare-and-contrast episode too. And yet!

BTW, I think AmaBuri is on a thin ice, although for a more substantial reason. Someone told me that KyotoAni is trying to stretch a single book to 12 episodes. So, the ep.5 is a portend of bad things to come. Expect more filler until the final arc.

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