Hello folks, and welcome back to Wrong Every Time. Today I\u2019ve got a hankering for some high-octane sports nonsense, and thus feel it\u2019s about time to get back to the course with Birdie Wing. The show\u2019s first episode introduced us to underground golf ace Eve, who employs her devastating \u201cBlue Bullet\u201d drive to raise money for her family of orphans. After handily defeating two professional contenders, Eve ultimately met her match in the form of Aoi, an apparent legacy golfer whose diminutive stature belies her ability to smack balls really, really hard.<\/span><\/p>\n Eve\u2019s preposterous concept aside, that blunt summary does little to evoke the delightful silliness of Birdie Wing in action. Eve has so far fired off golf balls between train cars and straight through trees, faced off with masked golf jesters, and even shot a pensive music video detailing her rough life on the fringes of Golftopia. The production is hitting that precise golden ratio of absurdity of concept versus commitment to mechanical drama, and I only imagine things will be getting even more charmingly preposterous as Eve is drawn further into the cutthroat underworld of high-stakes golfing. Let\u2019s see how her bout with Aoi continues as we return to the course!<\/span><\/p>\n Episode 2<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cInnocent Tyrant.\u201d Presumably Aoi\u2019s golf superhero name. Feel like golf would be a much more popular sport if it embraced wrestling titles and kayfabe rivalries<\/span><\/p>\n Actually a solid flourish of character acting as Aoi assesses her putt<\/span><\/p>\n Aoi employs her \u201csports vision\u201d to visualize the ball\u2019s path to the hole. An easy enough way to conceptualize an expert player\u2019s ability to gauge slope versus power, facilitated by this production\u2019s general embracing of fantastical visual metaphors<\/span><\/p>\n Aoi\u2019s apparent mother explains that she was born with two gifts \u2013 the blood of her own Amawashi dynasty, and the blood of her husband\u2019s apparently hereditary golf powers<\/span><\/p>\n A framing that could easily support a contrast of inherited gifts (and wealth) versus Eve\u2019s scrappy origins and hard-earned abilities<\/span><\/p>\n Ooh, this big band OP is a lot of fun. High-energy, anthemic, brimming with confidence \u2013 just the right tone for a story like this<\/span><\/p>\n The imagery makes the tonal contrast of our leads all the more obvious, with Aoi surrounded by icy blue crystals while a younger Eve stands proudly before a fiery backdrop<\/span><\/p>\n Though Aoi is framed as explicitly Japanese, our story takes place in the invented nation of \u201cNafrece,\u201d likely to facilitate an entirely golf-centered culture. Kinda funny how stories like this tend to imply worlds where everyone is always thinking about their chosen sport constantly, much like how every single person in a Pokemon game only wants to talk about Pokemon<\/span><\/p>\n We get a nice pan over their current course, a well-tended and fairly approachable-looking set of holes. I wonder if we\u2019re going the Sk8 the Infinity route of eventually setting up courses where balls must be shot over fiery pits and past lakes full of sharks<\/span><\/p>\n Pulling back a bit, we learn Aoi is here for the under-15 World Championship, whose competition apparently doesn\u2019t thrill her<\/span><\/p>\n Aoi is of course dazzled by Eve\u2019s swing, a love-at-first-sight revelation accompanied by drifting cherry blossoms. As I said last time, we\u2019re clearly playing the hits here, and that\u2019s fine by me<\/span><\/p>\n Amane already demonstrating her clear role as the commentator providing context for the audience, whether vocally or just in her head<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cShe doesn\u2019t look like a golfer.\u201d They\u2019ve hit on this \u201cshe\u2019s no golfer\u201d refrain regarding Eve enough times that I could foresee some \u201cthe true nature of a golfer\u201d philosophy coming down the road<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cIt was like the ball glowed blue when she hit it!\u201d Aoi is apparently capable of recognizing nen powers<\/span><\/p>\n They move to the hardest hole, Hole 14, for their contest. Once again, I appreciate the effort they put into laying out the conditions and unique challenges of each individual hole \u2013 the division of duties between farcical set dressing and mechanically grounded contests is an essential balance for this sort of show<\/span><\/p>\n The hole is an L-shaped fairway set between a cliffside and forest. Presumably Eve will just be firing straight through the forest, while Aoi will employ the wind to send a dramatic curved shot along the cliff, with their choices thus demonstrating both their strategic and temperamental differences<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cI ran countless simulations and couldn\u2019t find one.\u201d Amane neatly slipping into her archetype<\/span><\/p>\n As expected, Eve fires straight through the forest, ending up deep in the rough with 150 yards remaining<\/span><\/p>\n Aoi switches her drivers for the shot, once again evoking a fluid approach, in contrast with Eve\u2019s proud \u201cstraight ahead\u201d philosophy<\/span><\/p>\n Aoi reminisces about the \u201clast time she played with father,\u201d when she was apparently much younger. Thus her father presumably died young<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s reminding me how much fun golf is!\u201d As expected, Aoi\u2019s being set up as the one who will foster a true love of golf in Eve<\/span><\/p>\n Aoi pulls off an incredible slice shot, curving hard around the bend and using her momentum to roll practically all the way to the green<\/span><\/p>\n Amane reveals Aoi\u2019s third gift \u2013 a true joy of golf that never falters under pressure. Thus she keeps up that smile at all times, crushing her opponents under the weight of her carefree exuberance<\/span><\/p>\n Apparently Aoi exploited the one route to an eagle \u2013 the slightly raised lip between the bunkers, where if your ball lands, it is rocketed at a much sharper angle down the field. The sort of shot where any variations in your landing might instead send your ball bouncing straight up or even off the field; you generally just have to pray to the golf gods to be merciful with shots like that, but Aoi can actually execute it with precision<\/span><\/p>\n I appreciate that her talent is actually a conceivable faculty, in contrast with Eve\u2019s \u201cI\u2019ll just fire a golf ball through a fucking tree\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Eve then unveils her \u201cRed Bullet,\u201d which unfortunately lands in the rough just short of the green<\/span><\/p>\n She is stunned to for once be the piercee rather than piercer<\/span><\/p>\n Amane assumes Aoi\u2019s carefree strength will deflate Eve, but of course it only fires her up all the more. Jeez Amane, is this your first time watching a JoJo golf match?<\/span><\/p>\n Aoi describes Eve\u2019s style as \u201ccreative, aggressive golf,\u201d which is a very flattering way to describe always firing directly at the hole no matter what<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cEve. No last name. Just Eve.\u201d A choice that further emphasizes her outsider status, as someone who comes from nothing<\/span><\/p>\n Eve\u2019s \u201cGreen Bullet\u201d is, you guessed it, another straight shot right at the hole. This time, her shot bounces high off the small hill just before the green, but continues forward and hits the pin, only just bouncing outside of the hole. So presumably the different \u201cbullets\u201d are just the names for her three clubs?<\/span><\/p>\n We then cut to some rough customers engaging in illicit put-put under an overpass. This world is truly delightful<\/span><\/p>\n As expected, the game is rigged via magnets in the ball. Love the malevolent expressions of our petty mastermind<\/span><\/p>\n Eve of course sees this as a perfect opportunity to blow off some steam after her loss, firing the ball with such force that no magnets can stop it<\/span><\/p>\n She asks to see Rose Aleon, the apparent ringleader of this neighborhood\u2019s golf extortion enterprises. It seems like she also dabbles in actually real crimes like illicit importing, given the garish collection of paintings, pottery, and giant tortoises ornamenting her office<\/span><\/p>\n Rose provides an expos\u00e9 on Aoi, but advises Eve to steer clear of this surface-side rich girl<\/span><\/p>\n But Aoi made Eve promise to play her again sometime. Their bond cannot be denied!<\/span><\/p>\n Apparently Rose\u2019s own boss is Catherine, the main sponsor of the Under-15 Tournament. Unsurprisingly, the criminal end of this enterprise is just a secret subdivision of the overall public-facing organization. We\u2019ve basically just erased this distinction in the United States, with sports franchises actively promoting online betting because we live in Hell<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cEver since that day, it aches here. And it doesn\u2019t stop.\u201d Eve gestures towards her ominous origin story, which I presume involved her mentor being killed and eaten by a cannibal golf pro<\/span><\/p>\n And Done<\/strong><\/p>\n Thus Eve at last breaks into the professional leagues, spurred on by both her newfound rivalry and the painful burdens of the past! Birdie Wing continues in its delightfully melodramatic manner as our leads first cross clubs, each of them clearly inspired by meeting a player so different yet so undeniably talented. Frankly, this episode wasn\u2019t even particularly silly; excepting the inherent absurdity of Eve\u2019s golf strategy, this was actually just a sturdy, well-executed first clash of sports rivals, which is truly the secret sauce enriching all the great shows in this genre. Larger-than-life embellishments are great, but the bones of your sports drama must still be strong, and this episode demonstrated Birdie Wing\u2019s clearly got the goods. Onward to the Under-15 Tournament!<\/span><\/p>\n This\u00a0article\u00a0was\u00a0mad<\/a><\/em>e possible by reader support<\/a>. Thank you all for\u00a0all that you do.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Hello folks, and welcome back to Wrong Every Time. Today I\u2019ve got a hankering for some high-octane sports nonsense, and thus feel it\u2019s about time to get back to the course with Birdie Wing. 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