Episode 2 Review (Welcome to the Creator!)

I think this is when the show really started to get good to me, and not just weird. Whereas in the last episode where Sato was kind of just losing himself in his thoughts, he goes out in this one. He responds to Misaki the next day. He wasn’t at first but he assumes she’ll get raped, the press will hear how he didn’t show, and attempt to break into his home… that’s awesome thought process. But I love Sato and Misaki, they have a strange romance formed from this nothingness. Where it’s mystery, and always focused on Sato. And later in the series, it opens the envelope, but you want things to come back to normal, and when the nothingness comes back, it’s fond. In fact, I can’t think of an anime/manga relationship I like more. I’m glad the show isn’t just one dude sitting in a room, lost in thoughts the entire time. I actually like when there are new characters. And speaking of which, Sato got drunk, and finally confronted the person playing the song next door. And he finds his old high school buddy, Yamazaki. And he finds his friend in tears, listening to that song that… can’t be described, surrounded by women… and by that I mean toys, posters, and lots of Otaku items. And the two have a nice conversation, and get drunk together. And despite not seeing each other in awhile, they kind of seem to be putting on an old glove, and talking like they saw each other yesterday. We learn that Yamazaki met Sato because he tried helping him when he was getting bullied, and he’s a game designer. Sato, who was trying to convince Misaki that he’s a "creator” of something, uses this to tell her he’s a game designer. (Misaki looks so unconvinced it’s funny) But Yamazaki hears, and they argue a little. Yamazaki almost uses this to rant about there isn’t any games he can make, they all take staff and money. Aside from one genre that will make them rich as fuck, and cost very little. Hentai games. Let’s let the weirdness begin. Oh, who am I kidding, this was weird from day one. But yeah, I loved this episode. I actually got me thinking of what I liked about in the series, why I liked certain things. The relationship between Sato and Misaki progressed to the stage I like, Yamasaki, although a little over the top character I really like, and then there’s Sato, who is just awesome by being him. Just how he thinks not showing up to the park who get somebody raped, and have people barging on his door shows how panicky he is, and the last thing he wants is for people to find out who he is. He hates what he is, but the more he tries to escape it, the more of it he becomes. Anyway, I should finish the episode, just say it was great, I really did enjoy the hell out of it.

Welcome to the NHK Episode 2 (Welcome to the Creator!) gets a 5/5

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