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| In which Dr. Budweiser(seriously) hires an unwitting Fujiko to give Lupin athlete's foot so he can get a sample of his skin to use in his plan to make Lupin clones! So yeah, this was a silly episode, or at least should have been. When I read the outlandish premise I was anticipating some craziness like we'd see in Series 2 Lupin such as when those giant pop corn kernels were all over earth. I figured we'd see the clones of Lupin causing havoc, but we got none of that. Instead this was probably the dullest, most boring episode so far. Definitely some missed potential. The entire second half where they destroyed the clones before they were even ready felt lazy, especially with how stupid Zenigata had to look to fall for it all and make everything go exactly as planned. It also felt extremely kiddy with the forced dialogue explaining what Lupin was doing. Which I guess is fine theoretically as I'm sure kids watched this, but here I found it grating. The only slightly interesting note I found here was some eerie parallels with the Cell Arc from Dragon Ball. Fujiko's bug recording and the incomplete clone Lupin destroys felt extremely reminiscent of stuff from that arc. Did Toriyama happen to watch this episode before writing it? But yeah, no screengrabs this time, this one's not worth it. |
| Aww, now I'm feeling itchy too Haha that acting when Zenigata arrived Got pretty good laugh from it |
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| There is only one and only Lupin III. Fujiko was the one who put him in that situation, but at least she told him what that man was planning on doing. And it was really funny to see Lupin, Jigen, and Goemon playing with Zenigata like that, the poor guy played right into their hands. xD |
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| I hope this is not the direction the series is taking. The last two episodes have been pretty average, with one-dimensional, ridiculous antagonists and a cartoonish style. Overall the franchise isn't really at its best when there's an opponent; it's better when the main obstacle is a sequence of traps rather than the person who might set them. |
Oh lawdy, the art style changes finally be happenin'!! It's small, but Lupin is starting to go off model little by little. Also, did Goemon just get briefly possessed by the spirit of Dan Schneider? I really don't like that look in his eyes, it's like he found his new weakness, next to slots and women. I think I'd rather not have sock fetish Goemon exist. |
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| Okay that might be the weirdest episode of Lupin I've seen so far. Though I suspect it'll be usurped at somepoint in this pink jacket run. |
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