Board Thread:SMG4 Discussion/@comment-38355399-20190602175523

Ugh...I don't know what to say here. You've dragged the arc for over 2 months, and the episode really doesn't feel like something to rewatch over. There;s still the same basic fundamental mistakes that are still there. You gave SMG4 a couple of voice clips (not the memey ones) here and there. So, let's go over the positives:

1. Mario, Swag, and arguably Luigi and SMG4 continue to be effective at being a comic relief. I got what Mario did at the Thursday joke. The Bon appetity joke based on Swag's humor I believe works.

2. Painting Francis as this power-hungry villain builds his character a lot, and I kinda like him being a hatable villain, but I feel most of the work could've been done by Axol (with the stupid neuron as the leader and Francis as a pawn). Francis is surprsiingly ok and I'd argue this is his best incarnation so far, compared to Doki Doki Mario, Lemonade Stand, and Saves Anime.

3. Desti being a sacrifice build her character a bit. She's improved slightly compared to her previous appearances. Same with Meggy.

I still give negatives.

1. The basic problems are still there. Tari still doesn't do anything besides voice her redundant lines (ok, maybe 1-2 unique lines, but that's it), Saiko's animations are still mediocre and her personality really hasn't improved. Boopkins and Axol are still pretty poor characters (the latter being a captive and not doing anything makes me wish he's the bigger villain). Despite Desti improving slightly, I still consider her personality to be a bottom-tier character.

2. SMG4's human voice lines. Couple of times I noticed he spoke in his "commercial" way. Like, stick with the meme lines! You were doing great last week! But I think he still improved the most from his personality/humor still being there.

3. You can't really mix seriousness and humor well when you have too many characters clogging up some plot points. Most of Tari, Saiko, and Boopkins' appearances could be done better if someone else like SMG4 or even Bob. Every appearance Tari makes merely wastes time.

Overall, I think this episode has notably improved from last week. However, much of the basic problems are still there, and I really don't want to watch it again since there's some points where a couple characters (Saiko/Boopkins/Tari) could be erased to make a more powerful episode. In addition, the humor mixed with seriousness here is like mixing water and oil. You can't make Saiko and Swag effective characters if you put them in a kitchen with cups of tea.

Final score: 5/10. 