Rideback - Episode 2: "Challenge from Tamayo?! S.L.F.: Spread Legs Form"

Guh, what? Huh? What the hell is Spread Legs Form and how can it possibly not be referring to something sexual. I thought we were past this, anime. Also, that is a long and unwieldy title. Not easy to say at all.

LAST TIME: Some poor girl hurts herself doing ballet, and now she’s sad. But then she meets a cute boy robot, and they drive around and stuff. That’s…about it.

0:08 And she’s mounting it again.

0:26 So, are they going to explain how she didn’t die when the rideback landed?

1:20 Gah…it says Standing Leg Form on the dial of the motorbike. Gross.

2:26 Ooooh. White ridebacks. Those sound exciting.

3:00 That doesn’t make any damn sense. A sense of balance means that you are very aware of gravity, not breaking the rules of it.

3:31 She is squeezing a mayo bottle while she’s…gushing.

3:45 He looks like he’s from another planet because there are no whites in his eyes!

4:17 Not to be too presumptuous, but here’s a bill for the motorbike you wrecked.

4:53 Is there a reason it looks like she didn’t brush her hair this morning?

6:44 Why would she take this challenge? Couldn’t she just join the rideback club?

7:23 That’s a remarkable specific analogy. British noble?

8:12 We kinda know how to spell Shangri-la…

8:52 Why would cell phones suddenly be ridiculously tiny? Those look inconvenient.

9:25 I’ll just refuse to answer your question and you won’t find this suspicious!

9:52 Oh cute, a little sponge man to use in the…..shower….ok, I’m just looking for reasons to be skeezed out now.

10:27 Where did she get a custom-made cheerleading outfit?

11:21 Wouldn’t one of your riding suits not…um…fit her?

12:01 No! Those are some very reasonable rules!

12:29 Does this guy think he’s the narrator? Who is he talking to?

13:09 Am I actually seeing two ladies on implausible motorcycles? Where I am? Why do I have a headache?

14:41 So…you can just wait or something?

15:08 Are they driving through the school? That seems reckless.

16:13 “I know I’m agreeing with you.” Something you don’t have to actually yell.

16:55 Stop saying Spread Legs Form! It sounds gross, and I don’t like it.

17:47 OOOOOOHHHH SHIT!

18:00 Stop sounding so smug! You just killed her!

18:27 Apparently getting wet does not in fact damage the rideback in any way.

20:02 That is kinda awesome. She just stood the bike up and pirouetted through the alley.

20:56 Only a mild concussion. Not big deal.

21:47 Oh great, just what you want to hear. Your weird lady stalker just happens to join the same club as you.

23:43 Don’t call it murder?

Verdict: Yeah this show isn’t bad! It has just the right amount of characterization and common sense that it seems to roll pretty well. I like how completely reasonable that lady was with the rules to her bullshit race. She was actually pretty nice about it!