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What They Say:
“The Harvest Show” is a concert where all of the different grains show off their beauty to everyone watching, and “HarveStars” is the name given to the grains who put on the best performances. In this age of rice acreage reduction policies and Westernization of eating habits, bread has become the most popular grain in Japan, and tables are dominated by “Yeast King,” the bread HarveStars. But five new rice students have enrolled at Kokuritsu Inaho Academy, a school on the verge of shutting down, and they form a new group called “Love Rice” that’s practicing to beat Yeast King…
The Review:
Content: (please note that content portions of a review may contain spoilers)
The shift to things about noodles has been part and parcel of the show since early on even with Hino’s love of rice along with the others. With Hino back in the mix with the group, now expanded properly, the show pivots elsewhere as the group is brought in to be stand-in’s for a movie .Yes, this apparently makes sense, as much as anything else in this show. The parodies that are brought into the mix are amusing, especially the Psycho-Pass version, and it just reinforces for me that the series should have just been a straightforward parody instead of trying to work its own magic. There’s a little trouble in the mix as well to give it tension but that has little weight and just distracts from the fun side of things.
In Summary:
A focus on Sasanishki isn’t bad but it doesn’t really bring us anything new or engaging in a way that changes anything else. The episode works better than other ones recently simply because it goes for simple parody humor and delivers there. Beyond that there’s still very little to almost nothing to recommend this show with.
Grade: C
Streamed By: Crunchyroll
Review Equipment:
Sony KDL70R550A 70″ LED 1080P HDTV, Apple TV via HDMI set to 1080p, Onkyo TX-SR605 Receiver and Panasonic SB-TP20S Multi-Channel Speaker System With 100-Watt Subwoofer.