User blog:Deathfire2001/Deathfire's DTC Review - Outsiders and Opposites: Chapter 6

Welcome you all to the sixth chapter of this review, and I have zero idea your tuning into these Outsiders and Opposites reviews unless your here to read me ragging on this volume, but pick up your military hats, throw on your cadet seals, because it's time to take a look at Bowser's Army.

Spoilers for everything ahead, I've forgotten about them in previous reviews

I do like the philosophical questioning that Larry feels every time he dies, and that would be a question I have as well. You always want to learn more about death, but it's not something you want to experience it head on. I like his internal reaction that he always questions it, and he always questions his feelings about it, even once he's been desensitized to the whole thing. I also like how he always has to question himself since he doesn't believe he's actually competent, and his siblings are always outperforming him.

Anyways, we learn what Larry's favourite thing is, making sports, which is honestly surprising since it is incredibly hard to think of any new sport ideas nowadays. They've made like a sport out of everything nowadays. I also love the fact that we don't learn about any of these sports, Schm couldn't even think of anything new and just scrapped the ideas for any new sports entirely. Anyways forshadowing.

We now get to the plot, and we learn that Ludwig has been spreading some plans of his own. Lemmy and Wendy are at the same place, which I mean, Bowser should've come up with this idea himself, but I suppose that Bowser just didn't want to ruin the tradition. Ludwig is clearly working his own agenda, and I'm going to be clear, I don't like it. I know it spices up the mario storyline, but the conclusion to the story is lackluster in my opinion. Now I won't dock this chapter any points for it, I'll just be saying that this is really just Schm loving Ludwig a bit too much, and it does sometimes affect his writing abilities.

I love their reactions to learning about the two mario's. Lemmy's just so scared and Wendy's like, are you serious right now. I like how Lemmy's like wait there's two of us, we have a chance, when in fact they do not. Anyways nice forshadowing to the Ninji's, I like how they're used here. But we could honestly probably name Iggy and Roy, but it's alright. Anyways, Ludwig critisizing Larry for doing his actual job instead of following Ludwig.

Anyways, we finally see Bowser, and after a SMB3 animated series watchalong I cannot imagine him as anything other then what he appeared like in that show. So, I've just got a giant green turtle in my head who's speaking to peach and it's hilarious. Anyways, Bowser and Peach technically reminsice about how it all started, and I assume they just do it all the time, this isn't an unnatural occurence. I also love to imagine that Mario and Bowser are just casually friends and do mario party and mario kart together, because it's referenced in DT Arc volume 1. This also reminds me of the solid jj skit about Mario realizing the truth. Anyways, off topic, I like this exchange and it works.

Bowser and Peach's reactions to two Mario's is also enjoyable, and I like Bowser Jr and Morton setting off in order to point and laugh at Mario. Anyways, Peach's last line implies that she has been getting tired of Mario, and thus, the peach and bowser love life continues. Their mariage on Odyssey was consentual.

'''Anyways, final score of the chapter will be 7/10. It isn't a bad chapter, and the most enjoyable so far, and probably will be the best chapter in this volume except maybe one down the line, but my opinions do change from time to time. There isn't really any glaring issues with the chapter, all the characters are good except for one character that the creator simps over. There just really isn't anything good about that chapter that makes me want to place it anywhere higher then a seven. Anyways, stay tuned for next time when Dire Dire Sea is a thing, once more showing us that Schm has terrible names.'''