Anime First Impressions: The Master of Killing Time

High school.  For me, let's just say it's a time which was less than pleasant.  One common memory we have is that there'd be this one guy who could mess around and not pay any attention in any class, never ever get in trouble for it, meanwhile if you did anything you'd instantly be caught.  This is an anime about that guy.

From the sounds of things, this show is a one-trick-pony.  It's possible that this is a short gag anime with an episode length of only a few minutes, and if that's the case it could very well work.  But to do a full season of full length episodes, I don't think it'd work out.  The joke would get old too fast, but who knows.  I'm willing to give this a shot, so let's go!

The Master of Killing Time - Episode 1
0:00  Total length: 7:39.  Yep, it's a short, but a long one at that.
0:07  EVEN POWER TOOLS!?!??! Already?!  Anyway, while I was laughing, I didn't even catch that the intro song started.  It's fairly typical and gets the job done.  And background scenes establishes everything going on.  There's some normal but white-haired girl, and that guy.
0:47  It's over.  Boring class.
1:15  Dominos.
1:28  With block erasers.
1:52  I'm with her.  How does he have so many?!
2:45  And he's only getting started.
3:00  Any it only gets more elaborate.
4:15  After a close call.  It's even more elaborate.
4:35  I declare this guy to be Japanese Rube Goldberg.  And a ninja.
4:50  FIREWORKS!?!?!
5:06  Against all sense, he starts the chain reaction.
5:50  This is the most epic domino scene ever.
6:01  Of course nothing would happen. He's obviously not using a live one.
6:30  And this is the part where the girl gets in trouble, and the guy as quickly as possible cleans up his act.
6:57  And that's that.  The ending song plays, with that guy playing drums improvised out of school supplies.

Okay, the show is a one trick pony, but it's a good one and doesn't overstay its welcome.  Once a week, this is great.  I hereby approve of The Master of Killing Time for having the most epic domino scene ever, and can give it an all-ages certification.