I don’t think we had any more cause to doubt it, but any fears that Akiba Maid War might take itself too seriously for its finale are dispelled pretty early on. We get a cut to the Oinky-Doink crew at Ranko’s funeral, which by all accounts should be the ultimate expression of grief and regret. But then the first thing we see at this gathering is a memorial photo of Ranko in her baseball uniform, of all things, and I just burst into sputtering laughter. Then it’s revealed that seemingly all the other photos for the service are also of Ranko in the baseball getup, alongside remarks from passerby about murdered maids always using this same funeral hall. It’s wry, it’s goofy, and it’s the most confident Akiba Maid War has been since the first episode.
There are still spots of comparatively serious reflection among all this calculated absurdity. Nagomi’s trip to blood-red…
