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(Three episodes watched): This struck me as a wacky show, and I soon decided to watch episode two, but 'wacky' and funny aren't necessarily the same thing. I still had little idea after episode one what the basic conflict that all these girls are fighting about is. The synopsis above is basically news to me. And I feared the wacky effect would wear off relatively soon and there wouldn't be enough laughs for comedy to carry the show forward by itself. A lot of weird and potentially interesting stuff is introduced in episode one (which is one reason I continued watching) but I hoped we would get a solid explanation of what was going on soon and not just a continuing torrent of wild stuff. I doubted if anyone could come up with enough ideas to keep up this pace anyhow. But the characters seemed likeable, and I hoped that the show would tell a worthwhile story and wouldn't just melt my brain with inane jokes. Episode two largely consisted of a big battle with an eyeball-like giant robot; whats-her-name, the blonde mad scientist woman apparently built this thing but somehow her assistants let it go wild. I think. Why was this fight-of-the-week sort of escapade included in the show? Does it have anything to do with what happened before and will happen afterwards? I don't know. I feel ambivalent about Pandora because it has a mix of stuff I like (Nene and Idiom) and stuff I don't like, like the plot which seems to wander aimlessly about. I was thoroughly confused during episode two, but I don't recall laughing much. In order to be funny, something has to make sense in an unexpected way, not just make little or no sense whatsoever. I wished that either the positive or the negative aspects of this show would grow enough to outweigh the other, so that I could make up my mind whether it was worth watching. I felt a distinct frustration that this anime was dangling some neat features in front of me, yet demanding such a high toll in the form of confusion that I didn't know if watching it was worth the trouble. I started watching episode four but again found myself painfully confused about what was going on. A good show has a clearly defined conflict while Pandora just seems like a garble of competing factions and odd people. Having fallen far behind in episode watching of all Winter 2016 anime due to technical problems, I ultimately decided to drop this show. Last updated Thursday, August 30 2018. Created Saturday, January 16 2016. | ||||||||
