I was going to make a joke about the kendo position jodan but Totali has already done it. And the compulsory orz subsequently too. LOL
moyism has also used the above screenie as his headline image. I wanted to find something different but it was just soooo cute. Behold the power of Tama-chan kawaii magnified by Kirino and Saya’s fangirling!
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Come on, guys and gals, it wasn’t that boring. Or if it was, that wasn’t to be unexpected - the first season was pretty draggy at the start, Shana was plenty annoying too, Yuuji was also super thick blah blah blah. But I’m still lapping it all up for Shana-tan Second no tameni! And keenly anticipating the arrival of Phellis. :3
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I can’t help but feel that there’s considerable irony in how Minori Chihara’s singing career was given a considerable boost by the popularity of her role as Yuki Nagato in The Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi. After all, Yuki was a ’silent character’ and not an inconsiderable number of fans, whom I disagree with, felt that Minorin’s rendition of the chara songs were, well, not very Yuki.
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Of the dozen, the Lucky Star Character Song Vol.002 featuring Kagami was my clear favourite. Really happy that Amazon.co.jp managed to get it to me within a week of my order (gushing post about Minorin’s Contact akan datang).
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After the fluff of the previous episode, I was quite surprised at the attempt at social commentary in this episode. It recalls the death of a baby, of heat stroke, after being left in the car while the parents played pachinko.
The portrayal of the mom was initially hugely unsympathetic, even if she was a victim of having her baby kidnapped. She’s shown to be priotising her mobile phone conversation (and not locking her car) and shopping over her child’s welfare. Her dress sense, especially the miniskirt, is probably supposed to suggest again that she prioritises her own appearance - again, at the expense of her child’s welfare. From Tokuno’s interview-interrogation, it seems that her shopping was for fashion bargains rather than household necessities. Her behaviour is so outrageous that the (supposedly) mildest person of the regular cast, Miyuki, who gives her a tight slap of great justice.
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