BAKUMATSUStreaming on Crunchyroll.I just want to preface this by saying that CR’s new player i

BAKUMATSU
Streaming on Crunchyroll.

I just want to preface this by saying that CR’s new player is not good for taking screenshots. I don’t know how to turn off subtitles anymore. The second I press my ‘FN’ key so I can press my ‘Print Screen’ key the screen grays out and the play button appears. I managed to get an okay screenshot this time, but my bar was set low. All I wanted was the glasses guy looking at the screen. It wasn’t hard to find a spot to get that where no one was talking. Even that took 5 tries to get the screenshot. So forgive me if future screenshots have subtitles or aren’t that great.

Anyway, whatever that’s enough about that, let’s talk about BAKUMATSU! Even if I don’t really want to.

BAKUMATSU is about a bunch of good looking guys (this one pictured being the best looking of the bunch for he wears very period accurate spectacles for a story that takes place in historical Japan.) who get shifted to a parallel universe where the badguys have used a magical mcguffin to change time, take over, and teleport old war heroes into their timeline to be their bodyguards.

Oh I forgot to mention that when we timeshift, all the dudes go from wearing pretty standard clothing to Idol Boy with Traditional Japanese flare. It’s all very subtle, you know.

The first half of the episode is useless. I spent it not following anything and I could only pretend to get interested when they introduced a plot element. I mean I guess finding a dude chained to a table and just walking away was pretty funny. That’s all I got out of anything before the universe jumped.

I’ve already given this show more words than it deserves.

Let’s just leave it at: It wasn’t very good.

Will I watch Episode 2? no.