Pupa Episode 06 - Encroach

You know, I could be wrong but I am pretty sure their target audience for Pupa is "those guys who are flipping through the channels waiting for their next show to come on" because it is just so goddamn short. Not only is it short, but it lacks any kind of real substance at all, because it is told in a story format that poorly fits the kind of story they are hoping to get across here.

Bah, whatever. Another three minutes of my life I'll never get back. Or in my case more like a half hour because this shit takes forever to type out. But hey, at least you'll get to laugh. Or shake your head in shame. Or reel back in horror.

I'm not gonna judge. How can I after half the shit I force myself to watch?

So today's episode begins with a little girl simply saying "Meat". Gee, I wonder how long it will take for that to be taken horribly out of context. Five seconds? Sounds about right.

Five and a half seconds. Close enough.

So the girl leans in towards her brother, they pan to the floor to show all of their clothes on the floor, and even though you know exactly what's going to happen here, you have to ask yourself "how did they think people WOULDN'T get completely the wrong idea here?" I mean seriously guys. Yes, I know they're not incestuous. I don't care. YOU DO NOT DO THIS SHIT EXPECTING US NOT TO EXPECT THAT SHIT. YOU ARE SICK IN THE HEAD AND DESERVE SOME KIND OF TREATMENT FOR YOUR INCREDIBLY OBVIOUS ILLNESS.

Oh but then she licks his stomach as he lies on his back. Yeah, clearly not sending THE WRONG SIGNALS HERE FOLKS. NOPE NOT AT ALL.

And of course she bites down and we see her baring down on the camera when it cuts away to that god-awful teddy bear WHICH IS NOW SUDDENLY STAINED WITH BLOOD OH NOOOOO. Seriously guys, not really that shocking.

Oh no the bear and the blood it is too much to bare aaaah.

Then we get to see her digging into his back while he gets the bed all bloody and bites down on some pillows. Boy is that backwards. Then there's the close-up of his face like he was some sort of anime lady being ravaged and we get to see his sister... being whited out as she devours his back flesh.

Dudes, I know I'm not supposed to complain here but considering in the first episode you showed a dog's intenstines molesting a little girl's face YOU ARE SERIOUSLY GOING TO PUSS OUT NOW?! God damn I hate this show. AT LEAST BE CONSISTENT YOU PRICKS!

Then there's some more of her swallowing his flesh, and him bleeding all over the bed, and more whited out devouring which didn't get censored in the first episode but is now I guess too disgusting to show on television, and then a lovely shot of little girl but while eating her brother's back flesh which, even with context? Still looks pretty f***ing wrong.

Super mature guys. Super mature.

Eventually, she finally realizes oh wait no she's just going to eat some more and a butterfly is going to flap its wings. Then she swallows, and we hear more flesh tearing and eating and even more disgusting visuals that really help to hammer in home the idea that she is basically giving him some sweet sisterly love. Because Japan loves that shit for some reason.

Then there's more eating, and more incredibly suggestive camera angles. Oh, and another shot of that bear because it's so important.

I'd make a 'time of the month' joke here, but that would
just be totally crass.

Another close-up of her face as she breathes in relief, we see he's passed out, or put in white contacts or something, and I guess now she is done eating, and just kinda sits there. The end!

No. I'm not joking. That is the end of the episode.

You know what that makes this?

FILLER MATERIAL.

Why? Because it doesn't show us anything new. Because it just exists for the sole purpose of existing. The only two things that ever got said were "Meat" and "Oni-chan". That's it. Your entire dialogue for episode six. Consists of those two words. Otherwise, it is two and a half minutes of seeing a little girl devouring white glares while sitting atop her older brother.

Not a single god-damn thing was gained. You could remove this shot entirely, and you know what you would lose? About three minutes of wasted time that's what you would lose. Which if you think about it? Is actually a net gain in time when you consider the double-negative there.

In conclusion: When your short, twelve-episode series that are only three minutes long requires F***ING FILLER, your production has some SERIOUS F***ING PROBLEMS.