Bamboo Blade 11

Kirino struggles to remember the name of their potential fifth member; Reimi sends her goons after Yuuji; Toraji (why is he called Kojiro?), KiriSaya step their hunt for Azuma; Tama-chan expounds the wisdom of Goro Taniguchi-sensei.

Kirino and Sayako fan service! :3 Girls dressing (as opposed to undressing) is also fan service! And I'm glad the back of Saya's neck as she tied her ponytail got screen time.

OMG! Is Dan The Man really the Dark Master and Miya Miya merely the apprentice!?

I have to agree with Kirino's assessment that the ending of Miya Miya's story was rather flat. After all, it doesn't explain why Reimi has decided to stalk her - from the story, you'd imagine it might have been for revenge ('taking away' her chance at the popular guy) but it seems like Reimi has become infatuated with Miya Miya and has started imitating her instead!

'Do you feel lucky? Well, do ya, punk?' Great to see Yuuji see Reimi's goons off in such a cool way. He was definitely this episode's MVP when he also suggested how Kirino could get the Fifth Element Girl's name again. And also LOL at Reimi's fearsome Zhao Banshan skill!

Dan The Man vs Goro!

Yes, Kirino and Sayako really spoke from my heart too: it's good to be young at heart like Tama-chan.

Like Totali, I really liked these flashback scenes too. With the additional factor that it reminded me of the ending in Evangelion where Rei Ayanami said: 'A rainy day can also be a good day.' I actually liked Ep 25/26 - although confusing, it felt really liberating - and felt that Anno really spat his distaste at fans with Asuka's 'Kimochi warui' ending in EoE. T_T

While it seems that Reimi doesn't seem to have some sort of secret weapon or shameful secret that would give her a lot of sway over Miya Miya, nonetheless I can see why Miya Miya is still so afraid of her. Someone who is not put off by Miya Miya's aggression and persistently continues to stalk her must be more psycho than Dark Miya Miya and thus really scary. In any case, being stalked would be a pretty nerve wracking experience in of itself.

Not surprisingly, the Boke Bamboo Pair's hunt for Azuma ends in failure. :3

But Kirino and Sayako's silly antics and personalities are really so lovely. And I found myself :O / 0_0 at Tama-chan's Goro speech too; a true believer!

Looking forward to next week to hear the reason why Azuma's parents forbid her from joining a kendo club in high school and how it will be overcome. But most of all, Kirino and Saya's attempt to capture her!

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