4 (Oobaadoraibu waikyokuou 4)Overdrive: King of Distortion 4As usual, Warawanai tends to make me think in metaphor, and this episode was certainly no exception.

3 (Oobaadoraibu waikyokuou 3)Overdrive: King of Distortion 3Its started to click into place for me that the way you have to approach this series is the same way you would a song.

2 (Oobaadoraibu waikyokuou 2)Overdrive: King of Distortion 2Boogiepop gives you answers, but at the cost of more questions.

1 (Oobaadoraibu waikyokuou 1)
"Overdrive: King of Distortion 1"

If there's one thing I can say about about Boogiepop after 14 episodes it's that it's not especially interested in making things easier on the audience.

(Yoake no Bugiipoppu)
"Boogiepop at Dawn"

Watching this arc immediately after "VS Imaginator" was interesting, because they seem to represent the two tonal extremes of this series.

VS 5 (VS Imajineetaa 5)VS Imaginator 5On their own either Boogiepops pure intellectual ambition or its historical importance would make it notable as a series. Together, theyre more than enough to stamp it as one of the more interesting and important anime of the season.

VS 5 (VS Imajineetaa 4)
"VS Imaginator 4

It's probably fair to say at this point that I find the longer arcs of Boogiepop wa Warawanai more involving that the really abstract ones.

VS 4 (VS Imajineetaa 4)
"VS Imaginator 4"

For an episode with no Boogiepop, Boogiepop sure gave us a lot of Boogiepop this week.

VS 3 (VS Imajineetaa 3)
"VS Imaginator 3"

What strikes me after six episodes is that Boogiepop is narratively like a body of water covered by whirlpools which are constantly on the move.