If ever I become an evil overlord, I will ensure my minions’ idea of security does not involve walking slowly in the open, towards an attacker, while firing wide of them from a range no greater than a slightly oversize dinner-table. “You just can’t get good henchmen these days.” Star: Rika Hoshimi, Asuka Misugi, Saya Kobayashi, Yoko Fujimura However, it only happens intermittently, rather than with the consistency necessary to be truly successful. This is the kind of thing where the performers need to throw all inhibition out the window: when that happens, you can certainly see where they’re going. The main weakness is probably the lead (Hoshimi, I think – though since this doesn’t appear to have an IMDb entry, I’m kinda guessing), who is kinda bland and colourless, especially beside the actresses playing Maki and Ranko. Here, with refreshing honesty, that’s virtually the opening move. Most obviously, it’s almost de rigeur in the originals for the heroine’s top to be ripped open when she fights. In other words, it’s basically a pastiche, gluing together the tropes familiar from just about any example in the field, and turning the dial on them all, just a little bit higher. However, the principal retaliates by turning to his brother, head of the Inagaki Gang, who retake the school while Midori is busy dealing with Maki, setting up the final, explosive battle. There’s an uneasy truce between Ranko and Midori, but that is shattered after Harue seeks protection from the former, and her plight reminds Midori of exactly why she dropped out of the gang business.įrom there, things escalate in the way they usually do, with Midori honey-potting a politician and the principal, then using the photographs to foment rebellion among the other students. But worse still is Ranko and her Demon Gang, who operate as the strong arm of the principal and pimp unwilling members of this fine educational establishment out to his lecherous friends. For instance, there’s Maki, who has been trying to defeat Midori since they were both children. But, as you can imagine, she isn’t left in piece. “It’s a mess, what’s the point? This way, I can do what I want,” Midori says. Invincible Midori, the Wild Chrysanthemum – used to be a big shot, but now just wants the quiet life for her and her friends at her school, even though she could run it if she wanted. By name I am Red Malice, Yumi the Cockscomb.” From age seven, I slaughtered chickens, 444 in total. But, if you’ve seen enough of the movies that inspired it, you will appreciate from where it’s coming.
If not, this will seem over-wrought, incredibly over-acted and more than slightly ridiculous, not least in the way that bras are apparently an unknown item in Japan. It’s important to realize that you need to be familiar with the pinky violence genre that this lovingly replicated and parodies, in order to get the most from it.
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