The new staff is basically trying to be super nuanced and metaphysical about a gag anime that started in 1966. The jokes are weak, and they're talking about heavier topics. I don't think they're trying to be a comedy animated, anymore.
in episode 4 they tackled the issue of being a divorced single parent, but then follows up with a joke that kind of pissed me off. I liked everything about the bit, but tackling such a serious topic to have it end like that was in poor taste. but in episode 5 they had the boys do more contemplating about how their lives are going and what they want for their futures in terms of relationships.
I think I was right about what I said about season 2, about how we see everything through such a heterosexual cisgender lens, but that's because we're only seeing the world through their lens. They have a strict social structure that they are only reflecting off of, and the reason why we only see heterosexuality and cisgenderism is because that's all they know. the issue that they tackled in episode 4 in direct contrast to the conversation they had in episode 5 feeds my perspective on that.
this might be a story about how they're being pressured to fit into this mold that they can't fit into because of who they are. I'm willing to stick by this to see how the issues come to a head. I'm also ready for this to be the last season, because if they do all the same things they did in the past two seasons and don't resolve any issues less and less people are going to bite and I doubt they'll be able to squeeze out a fourth season.
the new studio seems to be more interested in them growing as characters instead of the jokes. Speaking for myself, I came into this comedy anime expecting jokes. but if you don't want to be a comedy anime anymore, that's fine. just be transparent with the audience and let them make a fully informed decision to decide what they want to watch.
In the movie and season 3, the brothers are interacting with each other on a more normal level. If you watch the first two anime from 1966 and 1988, you'll see their interactions are more familiar than what we got in the reboot season 1 and season 2.
I saw it more notably in Jyushimatsu in the movie and season 3. As children, J was the different one, but he kept the level head. He wasn't necessarily the most observant, but stuff like that can change with time. As an adult, J is very underrated observant. I guess the new staff realized that locking them into archetype modules isn't fun.
They're also steering away from Osomatsu being the leader. Technically, the movie was about Karamatsu.
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