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Annotated Anime Late Edition: Summer 2010 Week 4 photo

Welcome to your Late Edition of this week's Annotated Anime, the Japantor weekly recap that's really, really tsundere for K-ON!!. Brad Rice will never admit it, though. Look, sleeping Mugi!

In today's Late Edition, Bleach once again undermines itself, Ookami-san and Her Seven Companions becomes Ookami-san and Her Seven Maids, Amagami SS threatens to kill Brad, and Karen resigns from the student council.

Don't forget to check out the Early Edition for more sexy recap action! It's a great thing to do while waiting for Starcraft II to unlock. Hurry up, Blizzard. Good god, you're killing me here! Unlock already! DO IT DO IT DO IT!

Josh Tolentino

Bleach episode 280

If last week's episode was intended to set up the Visored as a bunch of SERIOUS BUSINESS bad-ass party-crashers, then this week's episode was intended to undermine all that. How, you ask? Comedy scenes, of course! 

Well, things are serious at first, as Hisagi continues his emotional histrionics over Tousen's betrayal. But things take a turn for the screechy when Hiyori calls Hitsugaya bald, and Lisa suspects him to be a secret yuri-fan. Yes, I don't quite get it either.

Meanwhile, Starrk continues to anally finger his guns. In front of Love and Rose. Awkward!

The last bastion of coolness remains, surprisingly, in Hachigen's kido, which forms a really kick-ass gate that restricts Barragan long enough for Soifon to stick a cruise missile up his skeletal ass. We'll see how it turns out next episode.

[Spoiler: Barragan laughs it off.]

[You can watch the Bleach simulcast on Crunchyroll]

Ookami-san and Her Seven Companions episode 4

This week's fairy tale reference is The Crane Wife, a Japanese folk tale involving a crane that, like Otsuu the maid, also had a fetish for reciprocity. But instead of some valuable silk, the repayment this time is in sexy personal maid services heaped upon an unwilling Ryoushi. Cue stress and slapstick.

Eventually, things take a turn for the awkward, as the rest of the bank decides to help Otsuu work out her personal issues by...becoming her personal maids for the day. Yup. Oh, and the boys get to wear the maid outfits as well. Score!

The show gains extra moe points from me for a certain scene, where Ryouko stumbling over the prim-and-proper speech patterns required for maid-ittude. It's a joke that only works if you've got a bit of Japanese listening skill, but it's cute!

In truth, I'm still conflicted about how I want this show to evolve. Do I want it to exercise more ambition and become a smart, emotionally involving romance show (i.e. Toradora!) at the risk of falling flat, or play it safe and remain the light, fluffy comedy that it is? Given the show's short duration and setting, I just don't see the former happening right now, sadly. Here's to hoping it pans out. And hey, Neko Neko Knuckles!

Brad Rice

K-ON!! episode 14
 


Oh, poor poor Azunyan. You're trying so hard to be a responsible member of the Keion Club, but you're quickly adopting the lacksidasical personalities of Yui, Mugi, and Ritsu -- even some of Mio's bad habits are falling in there. What is a girl like you to do?

In my professional opinion, killing yourself might be best.

As you can see, the Jazz club is doing all the things that you want to be doing, like playing instruments, being serious about music and acting like productive members of society should.

The show is once again in a downward spiral, with the plot becoming less and less -- to the point that it's just one joke stretched over a full episode. It's like the first episodes of Lucky Star all over again! Just think about that.

Amagami SS episode 4
 


HHHHHHHHHHHNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG.

This episode was incredibly straightforward, sappy and predictable, but oh my god, did it ever give me the warmest and fuzziest feeling in my heart. A date on Christmas Eve means only one thing, and this is the whole lead up to that.

Really, this show is going to be filled with nothing but warm and fuzzy feelings. I'm not loving this show because it's something exceptional in and of itself, but it has the unique ability to evoke a whole host of warm and fuzzy memories of romance.

My favorite show of the season thus far, I must admit.
 
Karen Leslie
 
Seitokai Yakuindomo episode 4
 

 
In this episode, it's Shino's birthday, so gutter-brained advisor-lady gets her a vibrator, pixellated to protect our virgin eyes, and it looks for a moment like Suzu might be doing something very naughty to Tsuda's lower extremities, but actually she's just drinking milk...uh, and a bunch of other sexual-but-not-really-funny jokes occur along the way. There's a part involving Shino and Tsuda walking home in the rain together that's almost very sweet, but it gets kind of lost in the shuffle.

I don't know why, but it seems like whatever soothing, hypnotic effect that this show was having on me for a while has worn off, and now I'm just bored. While the class trip in episode 3 wasn't fascinating or anything, it gave the show a chance to portray some different locales and scenarios and the, ahem, "deer-mounting scene" was certainly memorable. But I don't think I can put up with watching these characters make the same jokes in the club room for another eight episodes (well, I could, but I don't think I'm going to.) The shock-value appeal has worn off on me, and even though I like Shino's attitude- she and Yamada from B Gata H Kei definitely need to hang out- the humor has gotten too predictable, with one or two highly racy jokes per episode and a few barely funny, almost non-jokes stringing them together.

Seitokai Yakuindomo, you had potential, but I'm done. Admittedly, I will miss the ED, which has grown on me tremendously despite its strangeness. Maybe I'll just watch the ending animation once a week and leave it at that.

 

 


Annotated Anime Late Edition: Summer 2010 Week 4 photo
Annotated Anime Late Edition: Summer 2010 Week 4 photo
Annotated Anime Late Edition: Summer 2010 Week 4 photo
Annotated Anime Late Edition: Summer 2010 Week 4 photo
Annotated Anime Late Edition: Summer 2010 Week 4 photo
Annotated Anime Late Edition: Summer 2010 Week 4 photo


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I find myself genuinely enjoying Amagami SS but personally, while these past 4 episodes were nice, I'm actually looking forward to the next arc, because it features Kaoru, or as I like to call her: "Sex Hair."
I absolutely loved the "10 Years Later" thing on Amagami SS, I wish more shows offered that kind of closure.
Getting pretty tired of Brad's negativity towards K-ON already. Why not just hand it over to someone who actually enjoys it?
I second @Nebs. If you don't like K-On! just stop watching it.
XD ah, Brad...
I had the opposite reaction with Seitokai Yakuindomo. Episode 3 took me out of it, because like the joke insinuated, it didnt work with the 'ensemble' split up. Episode 4 brought me back. I'll admit, I can see myself getting tired with blatant sex jokes if they keep ramping it up the way they seem to be doing. But the umbrella scene will keep me watching. They could have easily not done much with that, but what really got me was taking the time out to show the wet shoulder, and then NOT calling any attention to that. That was perfect.

Still digging Ookami-san, and agree on the 'not sure which way I want it to go'. But either way, I'm here for the duration.

Amagami: Agreed with you all. (Especially 'sex hair'. She's gotta be my fav so far). Part of me wanted 'ok fine, on with the next story', but they finally gave the girl some personality at the end there, making it all around lovable.

And for the record, I'll just say I havent really disliked any of K-On so far. Maybe one episode towards the beginning of the season. This week's episode may have been a little... long?... feeling. But not enough for me to dislike it.
Quick Josh, those kids are on your lawn again!
I can't help but to HHNNNGGGGGG at the header with Mugi
^ Seriously. There were two things I didnt like about K-On season 1: Azunyan and Mugi. Season 2 has DESTROYED both of those hatreds. Ponytail-Mugi last week ripped out half my heart. Then the header pic above ripped out the other half.
I loved that episode of K-On, Yui was putting stickers on everything and was being super-kawaii HHNNNNGGGGGG ;)
I'm glad this arc of Amagami is over. I don't particularly favor Haruka. Fortunately, they start Kaoru's arc this week, which I'll thoroughly enjoy(hoping they'll somehow combine her nakayoshi and suki route story lines).
I love Lucky Star, and I love Mugi and K-On in general. What's not to love?
holy fuck can Brad PLEASEEEEEEEEEE stop reviewing K-On. Every week it's just "this sucks this sucks this is shit lucky star moe sucks durrrr" We get it, you don't like the show. Can you at least get someone that TOLERATES the show to do an actual whateveryouwanttocallthese of the show? Jesus christ. There's no substance in just saying "it's a downward spiral" over and over.
Oh come on.. this doesn't give justice to K-On!!
When Yui questions Azusa about her true self the young kouhai animation is incredible. She almost seems real.
And Mugi lagged scaring... adorable.


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