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One thing about this show is that it isn’t afraid to be over-the-top and absolutely ridiculous—that’s the appeal! However, this second half of Gokushufudou has proven that if people violently reject your vision, simply reassert it and they may come to understand, or in this case, you’ll end up with a story that is even funnier and wholesome than it was before.
This half had more focus on Tatsu’s interactions with people outside of his home and immediate circle, such as the former members of gangs he crushed, clerks at video stores, and more. Our favorite scene from this season is when Tatsu’s wife, Miku, is unable to go to any video retailer to purchase a limited edition OVA of Policure, her favorite anime franchise. Miku asks Tatsu to stand the long queues and get it for her, which he is glad to do; however, there’s a catch…phrase: one can only purchase the limited-edition OVA if they greet the store clerk with a special (and highly embarrassing) catchphrase! The hilarity of this scene reaches its peak when the otaku character arrives at the video store to get the same limited release Policure. They form an unlikely partnership, one which helps Tatsu to remember the catchphrase he needed to get access to the merchandise, and Otaku-kun even goes as far as taking their partnership to another retailer where, together, they could do a super special catchphrase and get a limited-edition card!
Other standout side-splitters include the time Tatsu ran into the former member of a gang he crushed single-handedly. This man, as threatening as he appeared, merely wanted to get his revenge in a one-on-one rap battle! Tatsu dazzles his opponent and the crowd with his rapid-fire bars about household appliances, and his opponent retorts in short, snide yet powerful lines about Tatsu’s failings as a man. Tatsu hilariously leaves his opponent nearly in tears when he drops the scathing line, “Your clothes are weird!”. Having realised that he hurt his new friend’s feelings, Tatsu offers to keep things going with innocuous raps about random themes, but the emotionally-injured MC refuses to be a part of something so corny. Tatsu’s reformation is one thing, but the fact that he is in some ways a jack-of-all-trades adds to the overall hilarity and goofiness of this anime, and that’s a very good thing in this case.
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