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“Do you like the change in me?” is another episode of Undead Unluck that (mostly) manages to strike the perfect balance between crazy shenanigans and obscenely bloody action, even with a bit of surprisingly affecting character writing thrown in for good measure. It still suffers from some of the same problems it had from the start, but even those shortcomings seem to be improving somewhat. Honestly, as long as you can handle the series’ unique sense of humor, along with its sometimes rough-looking visuals, then I think you’ll find that Undead Unluck continues to be a trench warfare The hero is rewarding and fun and one that has the potential to become something truly special once it finishes making some of its kind (pun very intended).
One of my favorite aspects of the show is how it creates such interesting action sequences from its (relatively) simple mechanics. To be fair, that could just be a result of me being tired of the Jujutsu Kaisen franchise with its endlessly complicated and unnecessarily complicated powers and abilities, but either way, I love the system. Negator system that Undead Unluck has been using. It’s complex enough to justify Andy and Fuko constantly strategizing mid-battle, but it also has the benefit of prioritizing the visual impact of the violence, rather than asking the show to constantly pat itself on the back for put so much effort into twisting your script into knots just to explain how one guy punches another guy. Gina’s power is “Unchanged”, which is an externally targeted ability that can cause all non-living matter to stop changing. Gina essentially alters the air around her, which explains her force field, her psychic combat tentacles, and the reason she always has to keep a very small gap in the air unchanging air under her feet, because otherwise she would freeze. on the spot (and probably, like, suffocated to death, or something).
Thus we have a twenty-minute battle of wits and erupting veins as Andy and Fuko set out to claim the soon-to-be second open seat at the League table, and it’s a lot of fun! Watching Andy and Fuko run around in spurts of blood from his severed body parts is as entertaining and funny as ever, and I really enjoyed watching them both as they confused as to how they would go. to defeat Gina. The show does an even better job of applying Andy’s “maximum surface contact” Unluck strategy to the proceedings. The sight of Andy’s body appearing underneath Fuko’s shirt is too stupid to be appropriately offensive, and the show is becoming a lot clearer about communicating information about Fuko’s company about all of this. Don’t get me wrong, the episode still hinges the heroes’ victory on whether Fuko can smash her breasts against Andy’s bare flesh long enough to secure his severed head ( and Gina with him) will be wiped out by a giant space laser, but it’s clear at this point that Fuko and Andy becoming a couple is actually where all of this will take place. , so I tend to run after Undead Unluck’s stupid sex jokes.
However, I was less inclined to laugh at the little jokes about Gina’s breasts and cleavage at her real age, which made me worried about where this episode was going. Thankfully, and surprisingly, “Do You Love the Change in Me” was finally done right (mostly) by Gina. It’s silly that the show isn’t committed to showing us the real person, a sixty-six-year-old woman who’s being covered up by all that “makeup,” even as she’s dying and insisting that Andy shouldn’t look at her when she “looks like this,” but at least the feelings are expressed in a serious way. When Andy says he would never let a few wrinkles get in the way of Gina’s beauty, you get the impression that he means it, it’s the kind of behavior that can almost make you see how he He can flirt properly. Fuko, someday. Will Undead Unluck win the Drama of the Year award? Of course not. However, it’s another sign that there’s more to this story than meets the eye, and I’m excited to see what strange and wild places it takes us to next.
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