The Otaku Review: Akihabara@DEEP eps 1&2

Wednesday, May 30, 2007

Akihabara@DEEP eps 1&2

First off, all I have to say is WOW! At first glance, this series is about otakus, ok well duh, thats why i downloaded it. After watching the first 2 episodes i've decided its much more than that.
Mystery, suspense, thrills, comedy, MOE!! lolz!

The first episode introduces us to the initial 4 characters. Page (our narrator), Box, Taiko and Akira. They are all socially outcast otakus brought together by an online helper (Yui-san) They meet and form the team "akihabara@deep" to help Akiba (short for akihabara) become a better place. In this episode they fight the "otaku hunters". They are a gang sent out by the head of a corporation to beat up otakus and film it for his amusement. The scenes with the corporate guy are very vague at this point and i still have no clue who he is @_@

The second episode continues the story of our 4 heros with the addition of 2 more characters. Doruma the cosplay recluse turned wanderer and Izumu the 16 year old female programmer who quit high school on her first day because "the teachers were idiots". This episode focuses on the launch of Akira's official website which is built by the Akiba@deep team. Then the focus switches to her cat fighting. The team produces her entrance at the fight and in the end she wins the tournament and 2million yen. After the fight is over they are eating at the cafe that Akira works at and they get a call the Yui-san wants to meet them in person. They go to meet her and are standing on opposite sides of the street waving when Yui suddenly collapses. They rush to her and find self inflicted wounds on her arm, old and new.
There are a few appearances by the shady corporate guy in this one too and Akira mentions that she used to live in the building that is now his HQ.

I'm quite looking forward to more of this series ^_^ Nya~~

~~shinchan

posted by Diina☆STAR @ 1:19 AM

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