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EP. REVIEW: Apocalypse Hotel

I'm not sure what it says about me that it bothered me to distraction that neither Yachiyo, the owner, nor the alien ever turned the teacup.

Though it's a bit hard to listen to, I like that the OP theme song is mostly just a bit off key in both vocals and music, almost like it's two different songs playing, or they're out of sync. It feels like it's meant to be unsettling, like it sounds bright and cheerful, but just not quite right for the "this is fine" mood it seems to be aiming for on a surface level. A sort of musical expression of “screams internally.”

Can someone tell me what word is being translated as the Environmental Bot's "babeh"? Just curious.

I watched the first episode and loved it.

With the introduction of the alien guest, kinda gave a "Humanity Has Declined" vibe.

The human owner should have canceled the Hot Springs project before leaving for space.

"Sorry Maid Bot 301, you are now assigned to the Hot Springs construction". "Replacing Porter Bot 9 who now is on indefinite leave."

Can someone tell me what word is being translated as the Environmental Bot's "babeh"? Just curious.

I wonder what those bills were made of, that they lasted seemingly in the open for a century. Unless they broke into a vault we weren't shown.

The atmosphere becoming toxic is a nice change from the more common plague/war end of the world scenario. Especially since it's less controllable/curable. Going into space or deep underwater is an odd choice though. Surely making domes above ground or even below ground or in mountains would have been a much easier choice?

Who says the river is far away? There are lots of rivers running through Tokyo (they're in Tokyo, right?) and parks, so the fact that it looks like a forest with wild animals doesn't tell us much, if you've seen a few episodes of Life After People. But the question of their water usage vs the needs of DoorBot still remains. I noticed they seemed to have reduced the latter to a spritz doing the trick, rather than a dousing.

Who says the river is far away? There are lots of rivers running through Tokyo (they're in Tokyo, right?) and parks, so the fact that it looks like a forest with wild animals doesn't tell us much, if you've seen a few episodes of Life After People. But the question of their water usage vs the needs of DoorBot still remains. I noticed they seemed to have reduced the latter to a spritz doing the trick, rather than a dousing.

The news stories shown seem to imply that the toxin was able to even penetrate their environment suits. Which seemingly was the last straw. So Underground Bunkers and Environmental Domes would have eventually failed.

If the toxin was biological in nature, it probably will still be around, just waiting for someone to dig a hole or clear land. So unless a cure has been found, the Earth is a lost cause. If material in nature, it might degrade after time. Another option it might have been a form of nano machine.

The ed seems to heavily feature some sort of tanuki family, but that might just be a mascot character for the hotel.

So I guess they mutated to give off an excessive amount of toxic spores. So unless those plants have died off, then they are still probably giving off toxic spores.
I wonder if any visiting aliens will make note of that...

I strongly suspect that spoiler[whatever it is that is contained in the vial that the alien left with Yachiyo will lead to the creation or mutation of the tanuki family considering that there was something floating above the substance in the vial that looks like the same leaf that the tanukis have on their heads in the ED.]