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MariMite Season 3 OVA Ep 4

There was just so many scenes that reminded me of the Sakaki x Kaorin sports festival episode in Azumanga. The commencing announcement. The gakuran. The dance. Much mirth on my part and thinking how Kaorin would fit into the Lilian eco-system (sans Kimura). I think Sachiko would be quite Kaorin's type but she's already taken. A real pleasure to see Yumi enjoying her soeur relationship with Sachiko. Also I have never understood the appeal of Yoshino, whom Admiral Erica Friedman raves about from her Yuri Space Administration Bureau flagship Okazu. Until this episode. Just for all the facial expressions that she causes Yumi to make, I give the thumbs up for Ms Insane Pigtails. LOL

I've also found myself changing my mind about Touko. While I understood her dramatic purpose in getting Yumi's angst to go into over-drive in the Rainy Blue arc, my empathy with Yumi was just so strong that I found myself really reeeaaaally disliking Touko. But now that Yumi is friends with her again and can even handle her so well, I'm starting to think our Drill Haired One is basically an ok person. Her strange rivalry with Kanako also seems to indicate to me that she is interested in being Yumi's soeur rather than taking over Yumi as Sachiko's imouto. Yumi surprise at Touko dere dere was also cute. Another candidate phrase for blog title: Hontou ni zannen deshita (also evoking Asa Shigure who is voiced by Miki Itou).

Meet the Parents. I found Sachiko's anxiety at meeting Yumi's parents to be funnier though, especially with the folks nearly choking. Nothing says good relations like happily sharing food though. The coincidence in Yumi's case was kind of expected but I was surprised that Touru is actually kind of rebellious and frivolous, completely contradicting my mental image of him as strict and wooden. On the Shimako front, her "OMG Stop it, Dad! You're embarrassing me!" squat was really adorable. I'd like to hang out with Shimako's dad sometime. If a monk like him can have such a beautiful daughter, maybe he won't mind a beer either?

Yumi's reaction after being volunteered by Yoshino for the relay race was also such a pleasure. "I'll remember this, Yoshino-san!!" That was relatively gentle compared to how she ever so calmly tore into the formerly haughty track club girl with the swollen ankle. Yoshino is such a tyrant. LOL Which is why she's so close to Rei who knows her so well that she can handle her easily, as well as to Yumi who is so good-natured that Yoshino's evil intelligence and strong pride is often disarmed. Which is also probably makes for a tense relationship with Eriko, Sei, Yohko, Sachiko who are alphas in their own way.

Hmmm... looks like Yumi will be a hands-on oneesama. Imagine that, sweet hapless little Yumi as an oneesama! And she has not just one but two soeur candidates. Now that Kanako seems rather less psycho, I'm more willing to plug for her - oh the comedic effects of the height difference and also because I really really dislike hair drills. Sorry, Touko (whom I have only just realized is mediated by the Voice of Tsundere herself). Oh, that above screenshot also makes me think that Hayate Yagami would really so sexu-hara her (female) subordinates if she wasn't so busy saving the world yadda yadda. Would have been utterly hilarous too if Miki Itou was voicing Carim Gracia and Hayate addressed her as: Oneesama~~ in her Yumi voice a la Konata cosplaying Haruhi. This OVA series has been good to me so far; I miss Sei just a bit but a happy Yumi is such a joy to watch.

Related posts:

1. MariMite: Vacation of the Lambs
2. MariMite 4
3. MariMite 5