As much as I try to muster interest in Metallic Rouge and/or Majo to Yajuu, it seems to be a losing battle.
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「紅は暁に奏でる」 (Kurenai wa Akatsuki ni Kanaderu) "Crimson Is the Sound of Dawn" Bones delivers on cybernetic action and sleek visuals for its 25th-anniversary anime.
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Rouge likes chocolate. That’s more or less the only coherent part of the plot.
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I can’t shake the feeling that this is all very prefab, like a kit house - a Bones mecha series as designed by ChatGPT or Google Bard.
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Metallic Rouge Episode 13: We finally know who killed Roy Junghardt – and now that person is about to wrap up the operation.
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Metallic Rouge Episode 11: Naomi and Rouge lead a team to Venus. Where their enemy is waiting for them. In force.
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Okay, sure. Let's totally rewrite this character in the eleventh hour. Impressions: Not helping the impression that the writing has totally fallen apart here with another pretty…
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Episode Guide for Metallic Rouge: Naomi and Rouge's mission: kill the people who killed Rouge's father. But things weren't what they seemed.
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Metallic Rouge Episode 8: Ash Stahl, Noid 262, Rouge, and Gene search her old home for clues to her origin. It was not a happy homecoming.
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Metallic Rouge Episode 3: Naomi and Rogue investigate an Immortal Nine sighting in a Nean settlement. Naomi's snark went on a rampage!
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Metallic Rouge Episode 4: Rouge, captured, tries to plan her next moves. Will Naomi help her? What will the detective from Earth do?
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Metallic Rouge Episode 6: Naomi and Rouge headed to Earth on a luxury liner. Unfortunately, so did a murderer -- who could change appearance!
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Metallic Rouge Episode 2: Naomi and Rouge take a bus into the wilderness to look for clues. Unfortunately, they found mercenaries instead.
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If you have trouble following what’s going on this episode, I think that’s intentional.
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Few answers, but fewer new questions makes this feel like a slow-burn affair. Despite that, we still got some impressive action and solid world-building.
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Visiting the Visitors