Link Click

Overall	Art	Animation	Character Design	Music	Series Story	Episode Story	Reviewer
Unevaluated 4							Stretch	[series:4319#628]
Link Click (Two episodes watched): A show with a title such as this seemed likely to be about the world of computers, the internet, and hacking, which are often fun. It quickly became clear that this is a Chinese series, what with the BiliBili group being involved. I found no mention of it at ANN, despite Funimation carrying it. A problem quickly became clear as well: this show doesn't explain its premise very well. Apparently these two guys have somehow acquired the ability to temporarily insert one of their minds into the body of a stranger in order to conduct some snooping (they are looking for some sort of valuable info that a executive keeps to himself in episode one). How the hell do they do that? Is this story taking place in the not-too-distant future, where everyone has some sort of microchip in their head? Or is it simply a matter of magic? What happens to the mind of the person who has been commandeered? Are these the good guys or are they just trying to steal valuable information? No explanation is provided. At one point I stopped watching to check if this was really episode one (it was), because it seemed that I was expected to already be familiar with the premise. An interesting point was that when you do this, you 'inherit' the feelings of the person you have hijacked. Time travel may be involved as well; several times it is mentioned that the guy who has been inserted into secretary Emma's head must be careful not to change the past. Apparently all they need to do to take over someone's body in another time and another place is have a photo and slap their hands against each other(?). Something goes seriously wrong at the end of the episode, which suggests that there will be an ongoing plot rather than a fight-of-the-week structure. But episode two makes only a brief mention of Emma--no attempt is made to undo what happened to her or punish the person responsible. Instead the two boys take on a new, unrelated case--finding the secret of a delicious ramen recipe. They heal an old quarrel between two former friends, but that wasn't very fulfilling since we barely know them, and at any rate it hardly make amends for what happened in episode one. So, basically an interesting premise but one which does about everything it can to squelch that interest by being confusing and frustrating. Last updated Saturday, May 15 2021. Created Tuesday, May 11 2021.

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