Reviews

Let's get right into it. I'll be blunt; this is one of the most appalling pieces of shit that I've ever seen. To pass this off as the result of adaptations in shows typically going wrong would be the understatement of the entire series, as this show has gone out of its way to be sadistic and torture its audience as much as possible. One forum commenter also apparently agreed, stating it took them two years to finish and they only did it for nostalgia and the soundtrack. (this poor poor soul....) The show's "overarching plot," if you will, is so loosely tied together that at a glance it seems completely random with no elements of foresight whatsoever. The reason for this is likely due to the overwhelming monster of the day element; Him releasing the black particles would be fine as a normal monster of the day element. To use it as an excuse to have the EXACT SAME PLOT for more than 80% of the series (This was happening ever since the villain after Mojo was introduced) is completely inexcusable, especially considering the lack of any sort of lore or buildup the show would've been able to have. Aside from their relevance to the lore, the Chakichaki girls are COMPLETELY irrelevant and serve almost no purpose in the entire story whatsoever; the same can be said for the American PPG cameos, although they actually were only on-screen for less than 1/4 of a second flying into the air. This ruins the entire point of the Easter egg by COMPLETELY denying the viewer any interaction with them, let alone SEEING them outside of glowing colorful trails. At least the when AMERICAN Powerpuff Girls included crossovers (to other shows, namely Dexter's Lab) they at least had the courtesy to SHOW the characters on-screen outside of a blur. The show also features an overwhelmingly aggressive amount of abuse towards Mojo that surges to uncomfortable moments where it's clear someone on the writing staff absolutely hated Mojo and wanted to abuse him as much as possible, as seen when they try to rob him of as many moments as they can get away with. Nearly every character on this show has been written in such a way that they were even more unlikable than the American version. The Powerpuff Girls Z themselves suffer from overwhelmingly poor characterization which results in character moments that come off as UNBELIEVABLY forced and stiff especially when coming from the original series for reference. This wouldn't be a problem if this was an ADAPTATION, meaning anyone here is AUTOMATICALLY from the American series by default and knows how these girls should be acting and behaving, and the like for the villains. I could rant about this show and everything wrong with it for hours, but instead I will leave you with some memories of the worst episodes by far of the entire show; a dung beetle falling in love with a female dung beetle (who almost dies in a single episode), a bowl of ramen wanting to correct everyone for not eating ramen "properly," Buttercup not just falling in love with a man because he's handsome, but becoming willing to change her entire personality and wear girly skirts and dresses just because of this, the Powerpuff Girls literally abusing Mojo when he's sick in the hospital...these are a FEW OF THE HORRID, NUMEROUS MOMENTS IN THE SERIES. This series has been incredibly painful and under no circumstances would I recommend watching this show unless you have a masochistic tendency to watch your favorite characters be completely dismantled and worn down into hated versions of those of whom you've known. Another example would be Miss Keane, who I have an intense aversion towards now; due to her abusive behavior towards Mojo, I'm unable to find myself liking her, at least in this version. I'll need to cut it short here but in essence: NEVER watch this show whatsoever, unless you have severe masochism for ruining your childhood. This show scraped past a 1 (just barely), with a total 2/10.