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... Nii. The anime series is streaming on Crunchyroll onWednesdaysThursdays. ⏎ How was the first episode? ⏎ Christopher Farris...
... season awkwardly ending just as a new story arc was⏎ getting underway is that this new season canpretty well jump straight into the action. Sakura⏎ gets the boys back in town to head down to one of those warehouseswhere they film tokusatsu fights⏎ in for a big brawl with KEEL. There's...
... bit of a preamble power walk and some trash talk⏎ before the biggest group fight yet seen in this anime erupts—and that's discounting the cold⏎ openopen, which just throws audiences right into the most dire, dramatic moments of the throwdown⏎ that's going on. Wind Breakeris immediately backimmediately returns to doing what it does best. ⏎ Granted,...
... coming to Wind Breaker for any reason other than snappily⏎ designed boys punching each other real good, this lack of an eased-in return might leave you⏎ wanting. The series has had other qualities, to...
... sure, but they aren't necessarily putting their⏎ best feetbest foot forward here. The sections of characters standing around sharing dramatic exchanges look⏎ noticeably stiff and rough—and even the big brouhaha is backed with clunky CGI extras shuffling⏎ back and forth with one another. Moreover, the dark interior of the warehouse put a murky filter⏎ over everything thatdoesndidn't quite pop with energy the way Ihopehoped for from this show. ⏎ All that said,...
... between named characters, including a whole host of new⏎ minibosses introduced for KEEL, still look pretty good, and characters show off their distinct fighting styles, like...
... general sense of how the tide starts to turn against⏎ Furin—and how the arrival of Kaji and pals...
... ⏎ The ideas powering that turn haven't quitecrystalizedcrystallized beyond what the preceding few season⏎ one episodes spent time setting up, though. Sakura's got an arc going alongside his first outing⏎ as grade captain—and learning to be responsible for his team subordinatesareis counter to his strong⏎ independent streak. This has to get drilled into him by Kaji, whobasically swoops in to steal the⏎ spotlight for a bit this episode on Sakura's behalf. So, Sakurakind of falls by the wayside in a⏎ premiere episode that's supposed to be a major marker on hisown journey. ⏎ He's not the only one hit by the efforts at ensemble focus, as this episode presumably tries to rope viewers back in⏎ from the last season—there's just a...
... in general. Nire gets a moment to try stepping⏎ upup, too, but perhaps comes off more hilariously ineffectual for his efforts. I get the sense that this⏎ is plotting a bigger arc for him in the future. But for now, it just speaks to how sacrifices like him⏎ or Anzai only seem to exist here to get dropped for the benefit of bigger, badder boys who are⏎ already competing for the spotlight themselves. ⏎ So it...
.... It's still pretty entertaining, despite how⏎ down I may seem like I'm being on...
... a symptom of putting this at the top of the⏎ new season after the trailing-off of the previous...
... episode on its own, it's an engaging⏎ entry into the action portion of this new story—and there are at least some palpable signs of⏎ growth from these guys who can otherwise only communicate their...
... interested in seeing how far it can go with that, and toand meeting all the other good "punch pals" who...
... the start of a new arc, I can imaginethere's plenty of folkswho might have forgotten some of the details during the break. Thankfullythe content of the episode, the episode's content is pretty straightforward, as Sakura leads his new crew into breaking into the turf of another gang calledKeel in orderKEEL to rescue one of its who's been...
... going south pretty quickly when the Bofurin boys end upbeing outnumbered, and while they're able to make...
... turns back in Bofurin's favor when the second- year leaders arrive to lend a hand, and Sakura...
... to give one of Keel's leaders a well- deserved punch to the face. ⏎ If it feels...
... delinquent violence. Of course, since that'sbasically what I signed up for, I'm happy...
... delivers that in spades. The first season gave usa lot of great fight choreographyoutstanding fight choreography, and the team at Cloverworks consistently deliveredon action scenes that matched the level of intensity needed for...
... so I'm happy that we also got somebits of development for Sakura and Nireiin between all the punches. Even if it mostly ended up backfiring on him, it waskinda nice to see Nirei attempt to defend his fellow delinquents...
... this season is picking up mid arc, I havebasically no idea where it's going, but if the rest of it can keep matching all...
... all here for seeing these boys stinking up the classroomyet again.