Oops. Spoke too soon, huh?
I have spoiled myself enough to know that there’s a conflict and story coming in the last few episodes of the show, but having just finished episode eight, I’m just really bored, and evidently so are the characters, given that said episode revolved around the princess convincing Mao to kidnap her so she can watch Yulia save her. The problem I face with Endro! is that it’s cute and I like the idea well enough, but that idea sort of ran its course and it spins its wheels a lot while running out the clock, so we can have the usual Dramatic Two-Part Finale Where Something Actually Happens, but in the intervening time…
There’s been no character development for any of the four party members, at all. The show won’t admit that Mao is its main character by virtue of being the only one with any kind of arc, while Yulia and friends have been static basically the entire time. I just don’t find it very stimulating, honestly, and I don’t feel invested enough to make it to those last few episodes when I could be finishing The Morose Mononokean or Mob Psycho, or catching up with my massive backlog of older shows.
For a brief moment, the show looked like it was going to gain a cute yuri angle as the princess fell in love with her hero, but that hasn’t actualized into anything at all, just like every other idea presented, so…meh.
5/10.
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