Sparks of Tomorrow Episode 10 Review: a Slog That Hits Its Theme Twice
The review argues Sparks of Tomorrow keeps setting up human, real-world-informed conflicts and then failing to develop them, which robs the show of tension as its final episodes approach.
Reporting from 1 source: Anime News Network.
Anime News Network's review of Sparks of Tomorrow episode 10 gives the episode a community score of 3.1. The reviewer criticizes it for hammering its communication theme twice, for confirming a romance between Noriko and Seiroku that was never developed, and for spending the rest of its runtime reuniting Kengo and Noriko instead of letting the characters talk. The review argues the show keeps robbing itself of tension.
Episode 10 opens with Inako and Kihachi still at odds over the electric catalogue he turned over to save her from a child bride arrangement. Kihachi refuses to explain his reasoning, and the two only reconcile after Inako finds him trying to build an electric airplane. The review's sharper complaint lands after that: the episode confirms a romance between Noriko and Seiroku that had been implied since the start, then spends the rest of its runtime trying to reunite Kengo and Noriko instead of letting anyone talk like adults.
The reviewer argues the show would have worked better if that romance had been explored earlier, and that the blueprints Yosuke Mizoe uncovered for the electric nishiki probably will not revive Seiroku, since Kihachi is blase about the invention. The episode carries a community score of 3.1.
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- Anime News Network Sparks of Tomorrow Episode 10