Post-Apocalypto

As you can see from my last preview, I'm getting pretty swamped by all the kansō I wanted to type, so I'm not getting any done. As a mitigating measure, I think I'll cut them down into very small chunks [one here] so I'm more motivated to get some of them done.

So, despite the fact that I've been too lazy to watch any other videos lately, I eventually caught on to ICE from my usual source. The problem with Japanese videos is the fact that, since no one managed/was willing to help me set up my Internet connection, I have to use Western sources. Since I don't have any way of knowing what'll be good until (Ms.?) Amagasa reviews them, I'm generally too late to get anything without supporting the translators. However, this one is an OVA, which means slow release schedules, so I got the review in time to get Vol. 2 and was desperate enough to get a soft-subbed .mkv of Vol. 1.

And it was rather nice—although some parts were unintentionally silly. The heroine is quite a badass, despite the fact that the actress has a lot of young boy roles on her résumé (remember LOVELESS?). Sadly, she's one of the deviants in the world who don't show their friendship through sex. Also, I was easily able to spot the fact that the dictatrix is played by our old friend Ishida, master of annoying villains for the last decade. It's pretty common to have actresses play young or effeminate male roles (which is one of the things that bothered arifyn about RuroKen), but I don't remember ever seeing a man playing a human lady before. If it turns out that she is indeed the last man on Earth, they certainly gave it away (the opposite of how they did it in BLEACH).