S01.E06: Translator

[AnimeMania]

There's something very wrong with this place. 

Premiere Date: Tuesday, November 19, 2024     Hulu     

[arc]

Has Uncle been human trafficking/underground railroading people out of bad fiction? It would explain why the nail salon girl wasn't actually dead. But then again, why would she have come back to Chinatown?

Haha, look at Karl with his cutting insight! He shoulda been a mean waiter long ago!

(BTW, I said earlier that I thought Fatty was a cook, but I guess he was a busser? What was Karl before he got bumped up to busser?)

Nice, I didn't expect Former Tech Guy to show up again.

I'm also fascinated about the literal glitching going on. What layer of unreality is this?

Also, LMAO that they caught Uncle and Willis at the docks and don't even recognize Willis as the new translator.

I hope we get an explanation of how Lana "broke the rules" by solving the case of the week almost before it even got started.

[shapeshifter]

On 11/28/2024 at 7:06 PM, arc said:

Has Uncle been human trafficking/underground railroading people out of bad fiction? It would explain why the nail salon girl wasn't actually dead. But then again, why would she have come back to Chinatown?

Because she got a new role? Maybe?
But the theme of the show seems to be getting out of Chinatown. 
So the nail salon girl coming back to Chinatown probably symbolizes that she was just an extra and is now back to working in the salon or unemployed.

 

On 11/28/2024 at 7:06 PM, arc said:

Haha, look at Karl with his cutting insight! He shoulda been a mean waiter long ago!

I haven't watched beyond this episode yet, but I hope we see Karl do his "cutting insight" on some customers. 
But if he does, likely the restaurant will no longer be popular.
It's one thing to be the Angry Waiter. 
It's another to by the Crazy Insightful Waiter (who yells at you about all your failings). 
I guess that could go either way. They might like it.

Edited December 8, 2024 by shapeshifter