自分で考えなさい。
I am in the process of moving halfway across the world, from Singapore to London. Not sure when I will get my internet connection up again but hopefully within the next 2-3 weeks.
In the meantime, here’s some Lunamaria goodness that I got off moyism with whom I am also beseeching the Gundam God for a spinoff romantic comedy series!
I generally leave the harem series to Stripey but as this is the Asa-chan episode and I am an Asa fan, here I go. This episode is important in the way that Rin recognises Asa as an attractive girl for the first time after the whole school is ablaze with the rumours of the popular Takizawa’s confession to her. In Stripeyrian terms, this establishes the Basis of Attraction (BoA) for Rin towards Asa which is an indispensable part of any credible relationship. While I think it is highly unlikely that Asa-chan will get her guy (not aggressive enough a la Kotori in DC and DCSS), I do hope that somehow she’ll put up a good fight so that at least she can be happy that she wasn’t too passive and let the guy slip through her fingers.
Nobue fails to raid Chika’s piggy bank again and after a bizarre Miu-inspired session of playing doctor and nurse, she gets a job as a waitress in the local diner. Inevitably, she is found out by Ana who brings to the whole gang to oogle. Whereupon Miu leads the charge to feast on ice cream, on Nobue’s expense, like rabid but oh-so-cute baby vultures. A food fight ensues, leaving Nobue with just enough money left over to buy a packet of cigarettes.
Absolutely hilarous episode. Miu has got it so bad for Nobue. LMAO. And it’s quite ironic that Nobue is working for the sake of feeding her ciggie habit and that her workplace forbids smoking.
Torture. Tessa’s squeamishness at Vincent Blueno’s interrogation caused me to revisit the old debate about means and ends. I haven’t read the manga so I don’t know if this will have any bearing on the plot but if I may draw a parallel to GSD, Dullindal’s words of peace seem to be undermined by his use of lies (Meer as Lacus) but the dilemma is neatly made irrelevant when his Destiny Plan aka Brave New World isn’t something much to be desired. I wonder if the TDD1 crew will start to face this dilemma under pressure from Mithril’s structural problem of its mercenary recruitment and/or threat from Amalgam.
Haircut. This was a really tender scene and one of the few Sousuke-Kaname interactions that I actually enjoyed. The contrast in Sousuke’s reaction to the commercial hair stylist and Kaname couldn’t be clearer. Both confided in their complete trust in each other which Sousuke clearly displayed by being able to fall asleep. The way Kaname played his hair was also very sensuous.
The moment, screencapped above, was my absolute favourite scene in this episode. Itoko thinks that Harima has brought home a girl to have hot monkey sex with and it is none other than the younger sister of his big crush. I think it is reasonable to know that she can recognise Yakumo - afterall, she did trick Harima into telling his Basis of Attraction (tm - Stripey) story to her in the Chinese restaurant while the Tsukamoto girls were seated behind him. (Which ep?) Tiny quibble with the Mr.A sub in the conversation later - Yakumo is surprised that Harima lives with Itoko-sensei and the pun isn’t itoko as “candle” but “cousin” . Harima replies that it’s ok since she is his cousin (ore no itoko) but Yakumo hears it as “my Itoko” in the “Itoko is my gal” way which only multiplies her confusion since she can’t read his mind and suspects that he likes Tenma. Hmmm… think DC’s Kotori’s confusion when she lost her power.
The scene when Harima goes shopping with Tenma for a present for Karasuma was quite agonising as was the train ride back. The whole premise of this series is inability to communicate and the only character who has the power to read the minds of those who like her, can’t understand the concept of love or relationships. Harima is probably the first guy she felt comfortable enough with to ask about those things but after giving a good answer, the waters are muddied again due to his self-absorbed reaction. More on the non-communication and mis-communication basis of School Rumble when with my series review / ep 26 post.
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