So I watched it...

...and...

I dunno.

I know, it's only 2 episodes in. But I think I'm pretty sure that "Tsubasa Chronicle" is not going to be my kind of show. Despite my overaged fanboydom for Koichi Mashimo and Bee Train.

Okay, okay, I'm in a grumpy mood overall, and that doesn't play well in to my ability to suspend disbelief enough to get into any show, let alone one of Mashimo's. I bet I could even fire up Madlax right now and be all fidgety and distracted. So it really is too premature for me to be passing judgement on the show just yet.

But episode 2 sure hasn't done anything to stoke my previous enthusiasm, either. Mind you, my favorite part of the series so far -- Sakura's expressiveness -- is pretty much not going to exist for a while... because she's comatose!! I think I might be able to dig Crim... er, Kurogane, but beyond that, I haven't been too thrilled with the other characters. Add to that the "manga-esque" humor bits (Kurogane's reaction to that critter on his lap, the swirled fingerprint on the extreme finger closeup in the preview for the next episode) -- well, that shatters the old theory that he was escaping that sort of thing. Admittedly, it's been rather minor, and really, just before "Noir" there was plenty of "cartoony humor" in his stuff. But...

Oh, I dunno. Like I said, it's aimed more at a "mainstream" audience by default. And I'm more attracted to elements that defy the mainstream. But I'll get over it, I'm sure.