#turkey!

[demilypyro]

Two episodes in, Turkey seems really compelling in an utterly perplexing way. I'm really curious where it's going. Check it out if you're interested in something really strange that has to do with bowling.

[kaban-bang]

Watched the finale.

Anime of the season ✋🙂‍↕️🤚

[newtypezaku]

[eeveelynx3]

this is gonna be anime of the year CALLING IT NOW

[popsicleofdeath]

The OP switch-up is everything to me

[electriccelery93]

[penultimate-step]

The first episode of Turkey!, a recent bowling anime, focuses on imploding relationships of the protagonist's high school bowling club. The conflict stems from a disagreement between their new members on the club's purpose - the newest member, Rina, takes competitive bowling seriously, and wants to have a club dedicating to improving the skills of the members, while three of the others treat bowling more as a social experience, wanting the club to be a fun place where they can hang out with their friends. Club leader Mai has her preference left deliberately unstated in this debate; she prioritizes keeping the club together, stating that she wants to find a way to keep both parties happy. Everybody else in the club tells her that these are two conflicting ideals, that these two goals are opposite and you cannot structure the club in a way that achieves both.

Incidentally, Mai's own struggles with bowling skills are reflected by her rolling splits that break any winning streak she ends up on. Whenever she starts doing too well, she will roll a position in which only the two furthest pins remain. Rina accuses her of intentionally self-sabotaging. Mai's friend, though kinder, says that splits always end badly for her because she refuses to do the cautious thing and put down one pin. Instead, she says, Mai is the kind of girl to always try and hit both pins at once, leading her to hit neither.

It must feel really, really, good, as a writer, when you manage to set up a metaphor that comes together so cleanly.