Jodžóhan time machine blues

As a loose sequel to The Tatami Galaxy, Tatami Time Machine Blues certainly doesn't fall behind. The good old cast of characters is there again, the series has quite an interesting idea that it develops very well (instead of playing with different possibilities, it’s about time travel this time as the title suggests). The main idea, presented in the fifth episode, is also great and makes you think. It has those strange and original visuals which I like a lot, and the score (especially the opening and ending) is excellent. It's still quite heavy on dialogue, which is very fast, and you have to concentrate not to miss any important details, but that's what I was counting on, and it gives the series a nice kick of energy. Admittedly, I had mixed feelings about the fourth episode and the way it resolved the problem with a certain object which was at the center of the action and played a much more important role than the time machine itself. Even though I was told that everything was okay, I suspected that it wasn't and that things didn't work that way. Obviously, the authors knew that. They saw everything through until the end, closed the rest of the logical holes that I found, and revealed all the punchlines. The finale itself is a bit redundant in the story, but it ties it all back to the original concept of The Tatami Galaxy, so I was glad it was there. It's a good show, a bit shorter, so some of the characters don't get as much space, but it's still handled very well. 8/10 (12.10.2022)