Ookamikakushi

[Draneor]

Official website. (http://www.tbs.co.jp/anime/okami/)
Production by AIC (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/company.php?id=27).
Directed by Takamoto Nobuhiro (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=11045).
Starts airing on January 07 at 25:59 on TBS.
Based on a Konami PSP game (http://vndb.org/v2377) conceived by Ryukishi07 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryukishi07) with character designs provided by Peach-Pit (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=27790).

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[Draneor]

As expected, I have no clue what the fuck is going on. I believe the upcoming festival doesn't bode well nor does the hassaku.

Everyone is super friendly in a really creepy way, given Hiroshi and his family just moved into town. Especially Isuzu. Hiroshi's first "male friend" gets crazy red eyes and is killed by the Nameless girl*. At the end, Ogasawara disappeared but no one seems to mention it, except Nemuru. Looking back at the opening, most of the characters seem to slowly disappear too. I wonder if the classroom will be nearly empty by the end... Nemuru is also creepy, but in an entirely different way. I wonder if she has some connection to the Nameless girl.

*I doubt anyone will get the reference, but I had to go for it.

[Fencedude]

Based on a Konami PSP game (http://vndb.org/v2377) conceived by Ryukishi07 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryukishi07) with character designs provided by Peach-Pit (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=27790).

Whew.

At least its not a story by Peach-Pit with art by Ryukishi07

[Fencedude]

Haha...oh wow. This is fucked up.

Isuzu is completely a Yandere in the making, and everyone else is pretty crazy too. Kaname might be sane. Maybe.

Nemuru is obviously the scythe girl.

[ilmaestro]

As expected, I have no clue what the fuck is going on. I believe the upcoming festival doesn't bode well nor does the hassaku.
I believe that *nothing* bodes well in this show. ^^; First ep *super* creeped me out, in that good way.

Love the design of the girl with the scythe.

At least its not a story by Peach-Pit with art by Ryukishi07
Hehe.

[Sly05]

Since Nemuru is the only character who isn't overly nice to Hiroshi, she's likely one of the few townsfolk who isn't crazy/a monster. It will be interesting to see how the masked people play into things. I guess maybe their job is to keep the people from the New Town in line?

Also, thumbs up for wheelchair imouto moe.

[untoldsorrow]

Also, thumbs up for wheelchair imouto moe.

The question is, what's happening to her? I wonder if her classmates are "super" friendly to her as well.

Episode 1 = Confusing as hell but it was fun to watch.

[Draneor]

Kaname might be sane. Maybe.

I wonder if only arriving eight months ago may help. Then again, it didn't help another character.

[Mitsuki]

That was awesomely creepy. Isuzu is very annoying, but I'm hoping there's something more to that, and Kaname's awesomeness makes up for that. Kaname's probably the only normal one anyway. I wonder what kind of welcome she got when she arrived.

Also, the disappearance of Ogasawara was creepy. I was expecting the classmates to be like, "Who?" when Hiroshi asked where he'd gone.

[HitokiriShadow]

That was a pretty intriguing first episode. Werewolves versus shinigami, perhaps?

Characterwise, Isuzu is cute but too annoying for me to like much at the moment. But the upside for her is that she was displaying pretty clear yandere signs in the pre-OP segment and even aside from that, she's so extremely clingy that its a pretty good sign on its own that she's mentally unhinged. So I have high hopes for her. Mana was pretty awesome in general, but I need more of the other characters before I can form an opinion of them.

[something]

Episode 1:

- Wow, these are really cute designs, which surprises me. Forgot this was Peach-Pit.
- Kobayashi Yuu as the lead male? Awww, she won't get to put on one of her crazy performances. Well, not that I mind seiyuu getting varied roles.
- What. The. Fuck. Why is Mana CG'd in the wheelchair? That's utterly, mindbogglingly retarded. It looks incredibly bad. Maybe I should drop this one. Haven't had a chance to drop a show for CG in a couple seasons now (since... jeeze, Rideback I think?). I totally need to rectify that! I mean, I like Mana so far but unless she dies in this episode and the CG dies with her, well... yeah. Not looking good.
- Wow, Isuzu is redefining "clingy". This whole class feels a bit surreal, really.
- Okay, yeah, pretty sure they all are demons (the ones chasing him and Isuzu presumably) and want to eat him.
- New town vs Old town eh.
- One classmate down. I figured this would end with what happened to Isuzu but I guess not yet.

I'll give it another ep but if they continue the idiotic bullshit with the wheelchair, I'm probably out.

[ilmaestro]

I'll give it another ep but if they continue the idiotic bullshit with the wheelchair, I'm probably out.
Seriously? I thought you were joking when I read the "main" bit of your post. ^^;

[Draneor]

Episode 1:Wow, these are really cute designs, which surprises me. Forgot this was Peach-Pit.

You're watching a Ryukishi07 anime? I'm kind of surprised.

[something]

Episode 1:Wow, these are really cute designs, which surprises me. Forgot this was Peach-Pit.You're watching a Ryukishi07 anime? I'm kind of surprised.
Why? I mean, it's not like there's a lot of history to base "trends" on, is there? :sd: There's Higurashi, and its sequels/spiritual successor. And Higurashi was, from what I could stand to watch, brilliant. Since this has no connection to Higurashi beyond Ryukishi and Peach Pit is involved, I have no way of knowing how it'll be until I watch it. At the start it's got nothing like the level of creepiness of Higurashi.

And ilmaestro, never underestimate just how deep and severe my utter loathing of this kind of disgusting, useless, pathetic, shameful CG is when used on characters (ain't much better in other situations, but characters... ugh). I couldn't fully express the hatred I have towards it if I strung together enough foul language to fill the next 100,000 lines in this post.

[ilmaestro]

And ilmaestro, never underestimate just how deep and severe my utter loathing of this kind of disgusting, useless, pathetic, shameful CG is when used on characters (ain't much better in other situations, but characters... ugh). I couldn't fully express the hatred I have towards it if I strung together enough foul language to fill the next 100,000 lines in this post.
Hehe, fair enough. Seemed a bit outrageous at first, but I guess it totally outrages you. ^_^

[Vegard Aune]

What. The. Fuck. Why is Mana CG'd in the wheelchair? That's utterly, mindbogglingly retarded. It looks incredibly bad. Maybe I should drop this one. Haven't had a chance to drop a show for CG in a couple seasons now (since... jeeze, Rideback I think?). I totally need to rectify that! I mean, I like Mana so far but unless she dies in this episode and the CG dies with her, well... yeah. Not looking good.
While I do think that considering dropping the show just because of some occasional CG-animation seems a bit extreme, I definitely agree that, yeah, it does look pretty awful.

[something]

While I do think that considering dropping the show just because of some occasional CG-animation seems a bit extreme, I definitely agree that, yeah, it does look pretty awful.
It's the specific kind of CG that makes me rage. Nearly all shows nowadays have some sort of crappy 3dcg but it's usually just, like... a car or some unimportant shit. I wouldn't drop a show because of that. This, though? Definitely a problem. A show needs to be Higashi no Eden level before I'll forgive this kind of thing (even there my patience was tested), and I'm definitely not expecting this to be Eden-quality. That or it needs to show up quite a few episodes into the show (or in a sequel), when I'm already committed to finishing it. Like the atrocious orchestra scenes in Nodame Cantabile season 2. Or finally the video quality could just be so bad that it partially masks the horror (the BOST Strike Witches encodes, for example). So far Ookamikakushi doesn't have any of those going for it.

[Funkatron]

While I do think that considering dropping the show just because of some occasional CG-animation seems a bit extreme, I definitely agree that, yeah, it does look pretty awful.
It's the specific kind of CG that makes me rage. Nearly all shows nowadays have some sort of crappy 3dcg but it's usually just, like... a car or some unimportant shit. I wouldn't drop a show because of that. This, though? Definitely a problem. A show needs to be Higashi no Eden level before I'll forgive this kind of thing (even there my patience was tested), and I'm definitely not expecting this to be Eden-quality. That or it needs to show up quite a few episodes into the show (or in a sequel), when I'm already committed to finishing it. Like the atrocious orchestra scenes in Nodame Cantabile season 2. Or finally the video quality could just be so bad that it partially masks the horror (the BOST Strike Witches encodes, for example). So far Ookamikakushi doesn't have any of those going for it.

I hated the annoying use of CG for background characters in Tokyo Magnitude so I see where you are coming from indeed

[Funkatron]

So yeah, something is definitely going on and it has to do with the whole Jouga wolf legend. Wolves as big as humans.... oh really? As surmised by people in ep one, I'm the whole town is full of werewolves or something to that aspect, especially with scythe girl calling her victim at the end a wolf.

What I want to know is what Clingy girl meant by protecting the newbie. Protect him from what, exactly? Yourself, perhaps?

[LenMiyata]

While I do think that considering dropping the show just because of some occasional CG-animation seems a bit extreme, I definitely agree that, yeah, it does look pretty awful.
It's the specific kind of CG that makes me rage. Nearly all shows nowadays have some sort of crappy 3dcg but it's usually just, like... a car or some unimportant shit. I wouldn't drop a show because of that. This, though? Definitely a problem. A show needs to be Higashi no Eden level before I'll forgive this kind of thing (even there my patience was tested), and I'm definitely not expecting this to be Eden-quality. That or it needs to show up quite a few episodes into the show (or in a sequel), when I'm already committed to finishing it. Like the atrocious orchestra scenes in Nodame Cantabile season 2. Or finally the video quality could just be so bad that it partially masks the horror (the BOST Strike Witches encodes, for example). So far Ookamikakushi doesn't have any of those going for it.
Grumble Grumble Grumble

I remember reading a translated interview of a producer (Production I.G. ???) who said that the studios are using more and more CGI work because they are forced too, as their having trouble finding animation artist who are good at key-framing moving objects...

Were starting to see the long term results of the practice of out-sourcing 'in-between' work outside of Japan. Nearly all of the lead artists in the anime industry current generation got their start doing 'in-between' drawings. And with this work now being out of Japan, there's nothing for a new generation of Japanese anime artists to gain experience from...

[HitokiriShadow]

I'm sure Issei was only interested in seeing the study to satisfy his academic curiosity and had no ulterior motives. Nope, no chance at all of any ulterior motives there.

Oh, and some guy is out for revenge because the shinigami killed his lover.

[Draneor]

I would have loved to have heard the conversation between Isuzu and Nemuru. It may be a little premature, but Nemuru looks like the villain here (and thus my hate begins). That bell on Isuzu's hand must have a meaning, but I have no idea what it could be.

Further confirmation that Kaname is normal. Well, other than being an occult otaku.

Issei has a pretty wide strike zone. College girls, Mana, Hiro... The man does not care.

Did the girl Issei give a ride too just get offed? And the pissed guy's fiancée clearly was killed too.

[Suwako Moriya]

In spite of the fact, she's given off a dangerous aura, I find myself some what attracted to Isuzu.

Actually, I think the fact that the characters in general give off varying auras of danger might be part of the reason why. Since I'm left thinking "It's not like anyone else is much safer"

Mana and her wheelchair moe powers have potential.

Hiro's life will never be the same again.

[Fencedude]

I would have loved to have heard the conversation between Isuzu and Nemuru. It may be a little premature, but Nemuru looks like the villain here (and thus my hate begins).

And my love begins <3 Not nearly enough Nemuru here.

Kana's cruisin' for an encounter with a scythe if she's not careful. Issei's...obviously related to Isuzu.

I don't know if Hiroshi's freaking out over Isuzu's advances is due to standard Anime Male Character syndrome, or because he recognizes how screwy she is.

The CG Mana is pretty obnoxious, actually.

[Draneor]

Kind of CG overload there, and the scene with the fishing poles was downright awful. The sukumizu made up for it though. Especially Kaname. <3

What are the Yamainu doing here? Men with baseball caps are never a good sign.

Issei is totally giving Mana the pedo smile. And apparently, to Hiroshi too. Issei's totally fucked in the head, but we got confirmation that the hassaku prevent the madness.

Running "blood work" for a cold is awfully suspicious. So is Nemuru's uncle's involvement with the biotech firm.

[Fencedude]

Oh man, Yamainu? Mysterious medical facility? People suddenly going nuts?

Someone's trying to reproduce Hinamizawa Syndrome...

Anyway, show still severely lacks Nemuru, but we get further proof that Isuzu's entire family is screwed up.

Kaname however is absolutely perfect.

[Sly05]

That would be one awkward care ride home. I guess Hiroshi doesn't have to worry about his imouto too much, at least.

It really is hard not to draw parallels with a certain other Ryukishi07 series. I hope that medication Hiroshi took is intended to prevent what ever it is the villagers have rather than induce it.

[musouka]

Since Fence asked, here are my thoughts on ep3.

It's still not a very good or interesting show (I guess that's what happens when you make Kanon into the leading character), but it certainly got hilarious all of a sudden. I especially liked the magical rape-b-gone sparkles when Issei's deodorizer got smashed.

Really, the problem overall is that, yes, there is a mystery here, but I'm not invested in solving it in the slightest. I don't really care about the characters or what any of them do, and showing me random people being hunted down at the end of each ep doesn't engage me much either.

[Fencedude]

Since Fence asked, here are my thoughts on ep3.

It's still not a very good or interesting show (I guess that's what happens when you make Kanon into the leading character), but it certainly got hilarious all of a sudden. I especially liked the magical rape-b-gone sparkles when Issei's deodorizer got smashed.

Really, the problem overall is that, yes, there is a mystery here, but I'm not invested in solving it in the slightest. I don't really care about the characters or what any of them do, and showing me random people being hunted down at the end of each ep doesn't engage me much either.

It really needs more involvement from Nemuru.

I think the show would probably be more interesting from her perspective.

[musouka]

It really needs more involvement from Nemuru.

I think the show would probably be more interesting from her perspective.

I would agree, but it's not like Nemuru has done anything interesting herself, besides be the cutest girl in the series. So it's more like the series seems like it would be better with more of her in it just because the way it is right now is so bland.

When the only reason to watch is to laugh at Issei huffing his Hiroshi-scented sweater, you know a series is on the fritz.

[HitokiriShadow]

Uuuuuuuh... wow. The yaoi is strong with this one. That was.... interesting.

Also, I liked how they framed the shot right after Hiro falls in the water: squarely at Isuzu's ass, as water drips off of it.

[HitokiriShadow]

It really needs more involvement from Nemuru.

I think the show would probably be more interesting from her perspective.

I'm skeptical of that. The entire cast needs to be a lot more interesting than they are. I'm looking forward to Isuzu going yandere, but her normal personality is rather annoying and she's currently lacking anything to make up for it. But at least the promise of her yandere side showing up at some point is more than any of the other characters have going for them at the moment.

What Nemeru has going for her at the moment is that she's involved from a different side than everyone else is right now and still has the potential to be interesting because we know so little about her. So basically, she's mysterious and hasn't confirmed yet that she's just as uninteresting as everyone else. What I've seen of the rest of the cast doesn't give me much confidence Nemuru will be any better.

[ilmaestro]

So, despite having even more of the episode be ostensibly light and fluffy than ep 1, this somehow managed to disturb me at least at much. ^^; I'm still wondering where the actual thrust of the story is going to come from, though, hopefully we'll get more out of things like the old town and the conversation we didn't hear between Isuzu and Nemuru soon.

[ilmaestro]

Pro tip: no more car rides from guys who "joke" about wanting you to leave your scent on their clothes.

But yeah, this is seriously on the slow burn. Like the next ep preview said, there's really not that much going on during the day, except for a general sense of dread, so hopefully next week will be what it looked like, and feature a lot more action, and a lot more of the chick with the scythe (I'm still gonna pretend it might not be Nemuru). At the moment, I still dig the atmosphere of the show (like the scene with the guys with the fishing poles in this ep), but I would like something "more" to happen.

Also, was Kaname always that stacked? ^^;

[ilmaestro]

Again, I feel like this show is on the verge of being really good next episode. Definitely a plus to see the researcher dude (does he have a name?) brought into it more, and adding another potentially "something" character in Kaori. Find it a bit weird, though, that in a town where things are so clearly strange, two young kids would just randomly accept an invitation to go in, drink tea, and have an impromptu violin lesson. And Hiroshi really should have learnt by now to run the fuck away from Issei.

Surely, surely "things" will happen next week, judging from the preview. Although I did enjoy this week's ep a lot more in isolation than last week. The usual creepy atmosphere, especially.

[HitokiriShadow]

Hmmm, so perhaps the reason the people are getting killed has something to do with getting involved with (i.e. falling in love or certain physical interactions) certain people they aren't supposed to.

I'm looking forward to seeing what kind of deep, dark secret Kaori has.

[Mitsuki]

Hmmm, so perhaps the reason the people are getting killed has something to do with getting involved with (i.e. falling in love or certain physical interactions) certain people they aren't supposed to.


That's what it seems like to me. It may be people from outside the town? I wonder if Isuzu is next on the list.

[Draneor]

Fuck the rules. Falling in love is not something you should kill anyone for.

[Fencedude]

Fuck the rules. Falling in love is not something you should kill anyone for.

Very true, though the girl wasn't too tightly wrapped herself as it is.

It'll be interesting to see how they handle Nemuru. If they ever get around to having her do something.

[Draneor]

Seeing Nemuru cry after killing Issei made her much more sympathetic to me. I think it's clear she doesn't really want to kill them but is somehow forced to.

My heart broke for Isuzu here. But I'm still happy she has chosen to fight the rule system--I can only hope she wins.

[HitokiriShadow]

Ah, so its not a matter of relationships being forbidden, its a problem of mouth to mouth contact potentially having severely bad consequences when done by those who are "wolves". Though Issei seemed to be having more problems that the others that were killed. But I'm more curious what happened to the girl that Issei almost (presumably) sucked the life out of.

At least now it finally feels like things are actually happening. Dropping hints and taking one's time is nice and all, but I think this show went a little too long. Granted, part of the problem is my ambivalence towards pretty much the entire cast. It would work a lot better if I actually liked some of them.

[Fencedude]

Nemuru's got a pretty shitty job, when you get right down to it.

Not to mention that everyone she knows is utterly terrified of her.

[ilmaestro]

Really thought this episode stepped it up. Shit actually happened, which is what was needed.

Suzu telling Hiroshi what really happened to her brother was a great move, story-wise, should make for some more dynamic narrative.

[Draneor]

Again, my heart broke for Isuzu. It's impossible for her to know if her feelings for Hiro are real or not. My hearts also broke for Nemuru. It's pretty clear she doesn't want to enforce the rules. I have a feeling the only other option, to solving the problem, is eliminating the one person causing the trouble: and that is likely Hiro. If so, Nemuru is actually protecting him.

I do think Hiro deserves some answers though.

[Moe Moe Taiga]

Poor Isuzu....all she wants in her man. I think we're almost caught up to the beginning of episode 1. The plot is still confusing, but it looks like we'll get more answers next time.

[HitokiriShadow]

Woohoo, Isuzu finally loses it and starts going mad, and we see the scene from the first episode (well, kind of).

Nemuru had some really nice parts too when she confronted Isuzu. Hopefully she'll continue to play a more active role in the story (and have more screentime that isn't her just sitting around looking angry or sad) than she has up to this point.

[HitokiriShadow]

I think we're almost caught up to the beginning of episode 1.

I'm pretty sure the scene from the beginning of the first episode was supposed to be from this episode's park scene, it was just changed up a bit in the first episode's scene.

[Fencedude]

I don't really like Isuzu much, so I was kinda hoping Nemuru would be forced to kill her.

Interesting episode though, it seems we're dealing with werewolves or something to that effect.

I wonder where Isuzu got those knife skills?

[HitokiriShadow]

I don't really like Isuzu much, so I was kinda hoping Nemuru would be forced to kill her.

I was just thankful Isuzu finally did something at least moderately interesting and entertaining. She's probably hit her peak this episode, so I'm not expecting anything like this from her going forward. Unfortunately, she seems to be the "main" girl, so the odds of her dying are low. I'd say Nemuru has a much better chance of getting offed than Isuzu.

I wonder where Isuzu got those knife skills?I was more curious about where she was hiding the knives and how she got them to shoot out like that. It's not like she has long sleeves to hide them in.

[LKK]

I wonder where Isuzu got those knife skills?I was more curious about where she was hiding the knives and how she got them to shoot out like that. It's not like she has long sleeves to hide them in.
Isuzu was wearing those jodpur style shorts, wasn't she? (The big puffy ones.) I could picture the knives being hidden somewhere inside those.

[HitokiriShadow]

I wonder where Isuzu got those knife skills?I was more curious about where she was hiding the knives and how she got them to shoot out like that. It's not like she has long sleeves to hide them in.
Isuzu was wearing those jodpur style shorts, wasn't she? (The big puffy ones.) I could picture the knives being hidden somewhere inside those.

It looked like they shot out from her sleeves or her back, but I suppose its possible she hid them in her shorts.

[something]

Okay, long weekend means finally having some time to get back to this series, since I hadn't officially dropped it. Also, I hear atrocious cg Mana goes away after a couple more eps, which would be nice to say the least.

Episode 2:

- Ooh, Suzu is rebelling against Nemuru. Of course we know that won't end too well. Although Nemuru does seem hesitant to do something about it right now.
- Kana is still the cutest by far, and pretty much the only normal one. Which doesn't bode well for her I guess.
- Wow, Izusu's brother's "friend" (dinner?) is damn hot. All the female character designs in this show are pretty fantastic really.
- Isuzu's brother wants to eat Mana too!
- More shots of the weird juice in a fruit on the dashboard thing.
- Sheesh, Isuzu's brother is dying to get a taste of Hiro.
- #*(!@&#*(&!@# argh, the CG. Every second of it undoes like 100 seconds of decent material. If I can just put up with it a little longer...
- And Isuzu's brother continues to be super creepy. Heh.
- While someone else gets killed.

...Okay, I might be noting Ookamikakushi down as one of those shows that gives away too much in the next episode previews. Not that I'm particularly surprised by what I saw. On a different note, sukumizu Isuzu hell yes.

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Episode 3:

- Very nice sukumizuservice.
- Cooking hassaku is taboo?
- Hahah, Issei wants to molest (or eat, or both in some undetermined order) Hiro like nobody's business.
- And now we've got an evil biotech company lurking in the background and connected to Nemuru's uncle.
- Hahahahahaha, oh Issei, why are you even beating around the bush? Just start ripping out his entrails and fucking his liver. You know you want to.
- "I was just kidding." YOU ARE BAD AT HUMOR. So the smell of the hassaku can snap him out of his lust?
- "The light's green". Hiro's brain must have melted by now. :sd:
- Ahh, medicine to tame his urges? I'm betting that's a pretty popular prescription in this town... Also betting he's going to get a visit from Nemuru sooner rather than later.
- I just hope he doesn't do something bad to Isuzu out of jealousy.

So... My take so far is that Nemuru and her uncle are in charge of keeping the wolf-people in check, the uncle through treatment and Nemuru through taking care of those who are untreatable. The hassaku are so revered because their scent keeps the wolves in check. Hiroshi, for whatever reason, really stirs the wolves up big time, making him quite dangerous (and probably why Nemuru's uncle took a blood sample). And he just happened to show up when the hassaku harvest is bad, limiting the ability to repress the wolf instinct. Interesting setup.

Still not sure how the old town fits in though - maybe that's where Nemuru's cloaked helpers come from. Weird that the "infected" would be in just the new town though, if so. I guess it could be something like the old town was built to a size that was properly balanced with nature. When the new town arose and expanded it overstepped its bounds and its inhabitants suffer from a curse.

[something]

Episode 4:

- Someone being cremated?
- And the tower is in the middle of their apartments? Maybe that's a different one...
- Looks like Isuzu knows all about Issei's, uh, tastes.
- Mmm, even when they dont cg Mana herself, she still looks very strange in the CG wheelchair. It just clashes and still causes her to look really bizarre and out of place aganist the rest of the art. At least they're cutting down the use somewhat, I guess. =/ I'm still really hoping someone will just go ahead and eat her so it can be over and done with. Sorry Mana, you've just got to die. Blame the evil animators.
- GOTOU YUUKO! She looks so nice. That either means she eats people or she'll be eaten. Then again, I imagine those are the only two options for 95% of the cast. But damn, this is sooooo her Hiro voice.
- Mana Mana. :sd:
- Oh, Isuzu has parents? Parents who feel compelled to remind Isuzu that they're her parents. Which means they're not really.
- Well, Isuzu's brother definitely seems to go both ways. The poor guy, he's just got so much LOVE to give! =P Seriously, I think he should bathe in hassaku juice every day. And carry it around in a squirt bottle, and use it as cologne.
- Aw, cute girl... you're so screwed. At least he managed to get her out without flipping out on her.
- I know Mana insists she's okay by herself, but Hiro leaving her in the middle of the street in her wheelchair still seems all sorts of negligent. :sd:
- So Hiro finally witnesses one of the killings and meets a guy (from earlier) who lost someone to such killings.
- And Hiro forgot the hat. I bet anything Nemuru brings it into school for him tomorrow.

Guess I'll stick with this since the Mana CG has been drastically cut back, and it's good enough to keep watching if that stays at the present low levels.

[something]

Fuck the rules. Falling in love is not something you should kill anyone for.
Yeah well the next step after falling in love is probably "eating their face" so I'm not terribly inclined to judge Nemuru's execution squad all that harshly yet. And if face eating isn't involved, then certainly I'd think that there would be a desire to stop the wolf genes/disease from spreading, or something along those lines. Regardless of whether the wolf-people themselves are innocent of being what they are, it really doesn't seem like whatever is afflicting them is something that anyone would want to "catch". Right now I'm viewing it as taking extreme measures to contain a deadly epidemic. We'll see how that changes as the show unfolds - clearly there's a villain somewhere, and the biotech firm certainly is the leading candidate. Creating the disease in order to market the antidote. That would be the "obvious" conclusion, but I'd be happy to see the show go with something more complex.

[something]

Episode 5:

- Hah, well, Issei is broken. More interestingly, we have old town people inviting his family over there...?
- Also, jeeze, we've starting the fifth episode now and the first scene of the show hasn't come to pass yet. Just how far ahead did they go with that?
- Christ Kobayashi, that scream was a bit much. :sd: At the very least, the surprise depicted on screen didn't match up to the vocals.
- Alright, we already knew that Isuzu and Issei suffered from the "condition" but it seems as if their parenents do not. In fact so far I don't think we've seen anyone who looks to be beyond their 20s that suffers from it.
- Heh, Kana thinks Hiro is just making up a story. Nemuru overhears...
- Hmmmmmm, might we be meeting back up with episode 1 now? Feels like it...
- Ahahah, wtf. I knew the dogs in the commercial were going to eat the guy but I still laughed. Especially when it cuts to a restaurant commercial afterward.
- Yeah, Hiroshi, I really don't think you should ever go outside after 6pm.
- So instead of running back to his apartment he just jets off in the opposite direction? And there's that over the top Kobayashi scream again. As much as I love her, I'm not sure she's the best choice for this role. :sd:
- Oh right, the tower we saw is for burning garbage. (and corpses)
- ...that's some really bad timing, cute short haired girl.
- Yep, I was right, the old town people are Nemuru's helpers. Also, sucks to be cute girl - with just a kiss the condition spreads? Yikes.
- Sucks to be Nemuru too. She obviously isn't enjoying what she has to do. ;_;
- Turned into a Kamibito eh.
- Man it's so obviously the biotech firm that is evil here, but as I said before, hopefully there's a bit more to it.
- And Isuzu can't keep the secret after all. Not once Nemuru is out of earshot anyway.

So we didn't still haven't met up with the first scene yet, but it definitely seems like we're getting closer.

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Episode 6:

- A meeting on the crisis facing the town. They can calm things down by eliminating one specific person... only one guess as to who that is.
- Yeah, Nemuru's uncle really does want to help.
- Ew, that looks unpleasant. What happened to Kaori? There was that talk of having your life force sucked out... is she a kamibito?
- Okay, *now* I think we're getting to the part where Isuzu rebels. Her chances don't seem all that great though. ;_;
- Nemuru's hair changes instantly between scenes.
- Yep, we're here. Yandere time. She's grabbing his arm so much it's bleeding. Bye bye, Isuzu. ;_;
- Holy shit! Why could none of the other wolves fight back? Izusu is pretty badass.
- Still no match for Nemuru though.
- And ahh, the "kamibito" are the wolves themselves, not the ones they fall in love with and kiss. Although I guess the latter become kamibito regardless.
- But at least Isuzu isn't dead. Yet.

Guess I'm undecided on whether Isuzu will make it to the end of the show, even if she dies at the end. They could kill her off in the next few eps but then I'm not sure who they'd transfer her role to. Right now she's Hiro's close personal connection to the kamibito.

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I don't really like Isuzu much, so I was kinda hoping Nemuru would be forced to kill her.I was just thankful Isuzu finally did something at least moderately interesting and entertaining. She's probably hit her peak this episode, so I'm not expecting anything like this from her going forward. Unfortunately, she seems to be the "main" girl, so the odds of her dying are low. I'd say Nemuru has a much better chance of getting offed than Isuzu.
Bah, so much Isuzu hate. I like Kana a little better but Isuzu is definitely my #2.

[Mitsuki]

Isuzu is definitely growing on me, and even reflecting back on her being annoying before, I can definitely sympathize with her wanting to be a normal girl and experience young love.

[Funkatron]

So we get a bit more exposition. Basically werewolves = gods in their legends. Werewolfism seems to be more like an STD than anything else: if you are a "god" and make out with the one you love, you get infected and become one yourself. Apart from controlling those that go bat-shit crazy, the rules I'm guessing are put in place to control who becomes a werewolf.

The moment library girl began explaining her hypothesis, I saw a deathflag pop up on her head. Thank goodness she didn't bite it cause I like he character but instead she's been taken prisoner by the shadow society that's running things behind the scenes. Thats what you get for being nosy.

I definitely want to see how far Sakiki takes things in the name of revenge and how he'll string along Hiro-kun. I also hope they spare Asagiri.

[Mitsuki]

Poor Kaname! Though I agree, I was thinking she'd die, so I'm glad she didn't. I'm very curious to see what happens next and still wonder what the old-town/new-town dichotomy is about.

[HitokiriShadow]

Ah, so that's what happened to Issei's girlfriend. I was a little worried they were only going to vaguely imply what happened to her and never show her again.

And I'm really surprised whatsername (Edit: Kaname, apparently) survived the episode. I was sure she was going to be killed after she left Hiroshi. It seems she may not be so normal herself.

[Fencedude]

Ah, so that's what happened to Issei's girlfriend. I was a little worried they were only going to vaguely imply what happened to her and never show her again.

And I'm really surprised whatsername (Edit: Kaname, apparently) survived the episode. I was sure she was going to be killed after she left Hiroshi. It seems she may not be so normal herself.

There is definitely something odd about Kana. She made a few rather unwarranted leaps of logic in her discussion with Hiroshi. Granted, that could be just bad writing, but I have more faith in ryukishi07 than that.

Very interested in seeing where they are going with Nemuru, as well as with Kaori.

[HitokiriShadow]

There is definitely something odd about Kana. She made a few rather unwarranted leaps of logic in her discussion with Hiroshi. Granted, that could be just bad writing, but I have more faith in ryukishi07 than that.


I felt there some oddities with that too, but I'm far more willing to blame it on bad writing. Not necessarily ryukishi07's, possibly just adaptation issues (like condensing the scene or removing relevant information), but he's not perfect and he's entirely capable of less than stellar writing if he's not putting his full effort into a work (or at least some scenes of it).

[Fencedude]

Nemuru's really badass.

And Sakaki's totally off his rocker, "complications" indeed.

Looks like things are really going to heat up from here.

[HitokiriShadow]

Oh wow, Nemuru was pretty awesome this episode.

I was also pleased at the almost total lack of Isuzu.

[Mitsuki]

Oh, Nemuru is awesome. I'm pleased I stuck with this show since it's gotten quite good.

[HitokiriShadow]

Nice job, Hiroshi, she tells you all that and then you go and take her ropes off and you should know that she would want to be restrained in this situation. It was necessary for Nemuru to be free so the rest of the scene could happen, and it was a nice scene, but I wish they could have handled it a bit differently.

It was nice that Nemuru could finally explain all that stuff, but I don't think it really revealed anything other than exactly why Hiroshi is a problem (the scent).

It was also nice to see some significant plot movement in several areas near the end, with Nemuru's father finally seeing the light and doing something and then meeting Hiroshi's father.

Too bad Isuzu is coming back. It was nice to have her out of the picture. Hopefully her role will lead to more interesting things than they did before, like another fight between her and Nemuru.

[Mitsuki]

I was actually beginning to wonder what had happened to Isuzu, so I think it was time they brought her back.

This show has some awesome background music in places.

[mellowrg2]

I think it's clear to me that Hiroshi is a closet masochist.

[Fencedude]

Well, if you are going to be attacked by someone, Nemuru's not a bad choice, really.

And its a Festival next time! Festivals are never, ever good signs in Ryuukishi07 works.

[HitokiriShadow]

Boy, things sure started to go to hell this episode. Too bad Issei's girlfriend went nuts and had to be put down.

It was nice to see that the guy that found Kasai wasn't a moron, and ended up doing the right thing.

Also, this show has some music far better than it deserves.

[HitokiriShadow]

So it seems that the uncle wasn't acting out of line by handing over that information to the supposed pharmaceutical company. It seems that Nemuru's grandfather and this other guy were aware of it and even approved of it.

So, a damn is built in such a way that an entire town can be destroyed just by opening the gates. Which can be done with the press of a single button. Of course, that makes perfect sense.

The ending was decent though. I was beginning to wonder if they were going to actually do anything with the Kaori sub-plot.

I was going to comment on this being one of those series with an odd episode count, but it turns out there is going to be an episode 12 after all, and its going to be a fun fluff episode.

[Fencedude]

Also, this show has some music far better than it deserves.

This is a common phenomenon with shows scored by Kajiura Yuki.

Anyway, interesting episode, things sure went to hell pretty quick.

Also, Hiro was very obviously Kobayashi Yuu this episode, he sounded exactly like Rio. Very distracting.

Sakaki would get along well with Telestina I think.

[HitokiriShadow]

Also, this show has some music far better than it deserves.

This is a common phenomenon with shows scored by Kajiura Yuki.

Yeah, it does seem to happen with her a lot, though I didn't realize she was involved with this series. I've felt the same way about a few other shows she had nothing to do with though (and at least one very recently), but none of them are coming to mind at the moment. *looks at list of shows watched* Oh, right. 11 Eyes is the recent one I was specifically thinking of. Some great music, mediocre show (aside from episode 11; there was no episode 12!).

[Fencedude]

So why does Kaori look exactly like Mieko?

Anyway, decent ending to the plot, even if it lacked Nemuru and Isuzu going all stabby-stabby.

I'm flabbergasted that there is going to be another episode, and Hiro/Nemuru looks to be the way things are going.

And since I don't feel like checking, anyone remember why the heck Kana calls him "Hakase"? I just don't get where that nickname comes from.

[HitokiriShadow]

So why does Kaori look exactly like Mieko?

Plot convenience.

Anyway, decent ending to the plot, even if it lacked Nemuru and Isuzu going all stabby-stabby.

A non stabby-stabby Isuzu is a boring Isuzu. Their fight really was the highlight of the series.

And since I don't feel like checking, anyone remember why the heck Kana calls him "Hakase"? I just don't get where that nickname comes from.

Uh, I thought it was his last name, but apparently not. I never really thought about and sure as heck don't remember how it came about.

[Mitsuki]

Hakase means doctor (as in PhD). I guess it's like Professor. Because he wears glasses? Maybe?

The Kaori/Mieko parallel confused me, as I wondered if they were supposed to somehow be the same person, but I guess not.

It wasn't a bad ending, but from the looks of the preview the next episode looks awful.

[Fencedude]

Hakase means doctor (as in PhD). I guess it's like Professor. Because he wears glasses? Maybe?

The Kaori/Mieko parallel confused me, as I wondered if they were supposed to somehow be the same person, but I guess not.

It wasn't a bad ending, but from the looks of the preview the next episode looks awful.

Next episode will either be terrible or utterly amazing.

And I know what Hakase means, I'm just curious as to why she calls him that of all things.

[Buster Darkwings]

The kanji for Hiroshi (for this Hiroshi, anyways) and hakase are the same.

[ilmaestro]

:lol:

Had to pick my brain up and put it back in as it started to dribble out of my ears during the first half due to Nemuru cuteness overload.

I thought the episode was genuinely really funny, but I was kind of hoping for a Buffy Season 4 "Restless"/Twin Peaks style "now you know what happened... or do you?" totally surreal experience.

I thought the show did alright in the end, once it got going. Bit overly contrived, but entertaining enough.

[HitokiriShadow]

Oh wow, that was pretty awesome. Nemuru won this episode so hard. Nemuru's casual clothing of choice is a goth loli outfit .... and she's an otaku for UsaEru, which includes cosplaying in a giant pink bunny outfit. And she supplied most of the humor, and the funniest parts were usually her doing, like the whole giant bunny costume thing (especially when she closed the mouth, leaving only some of her hair sticking out), her misinterpretations of Mana's ideas, and her hilarious reactions in the coffee shop.

That's not to say the others didn't have some entertaining parts, like Kaname and Isuzu imagining Hiroshi's reactions, Kaname getting fired up, Isuzu almost instantly falling asleep at Nemuru's explanation of research vs. pursuit, and then the stuff with Nemuru's father right at the end. This was definitely the best episode of the series, with the Nemuru/Isuzu fight being the only part that was anywhere near as good as this stuff. Definitely a good note to end the series on.

[ilmaestro]

(especially when she closed the mouth, leaving only some of her hair sticking out)
lol, I was going to specifically mention this, too, but I thought I would sound silly. Glad someone else felt the same way. ^_^

[Suwako Moriya]

Ah, so there are wolves involved.

Mana seems to have an attitude problem.

Isuzu interests me. Yes, I'll admit that.

[Suwako Moriya]

I could have done without that scene near the end....

Regardless, I'm glad to have gotten Kaname and Isuzu in swimsuits.

[Suwako Moriya]

Kaori is pretty. That much is for certain.

I understand scythe girl probably has her reasons, but she still gives off a vibe that I don't like.

[Suwako Moriya]

So what we have here are characters that are essentially victims of rules that are essentially evil. Whether the rules are a product of man or fate, I'm not sure yet. However I'm sure they're evil.

I swear this better end positively for Isuzu and certain others as well. Although I have a bad feeling that I may be asking too much.

[Suwako Moriya]

I like the idea that the final episode was a fun one instead of a serious one. Nice break from the err drama we've been going through.

Nemuru was awesome in this episode.

Over all, the series turned out better than expected. I'm glad I got past my hesitation.

I highly approve of Nemuru, Kaname, and Isuzu. They all have appealing aspects to them.

This puts me one step closer to wrapping up the one cour winter 2010 series.

[Fencedude]

Oh god, this show totally missed its calling. It was only middling as a drama, but its freaking fantastic as a comedy. I haven't laughed that hard in ages.

Nemuru took the episode and absolutely ran away with it on every level, though Hiroshi was surprisingly the next funniest, mostly because Kobayashi Yuu was once again clearly enjoying herself far too much.

And Nemuru normally doesn't sound much like Ise Mariya's other roles, but especially during the UsaEru scenes it became much more obvious that it was her.

[Vegard Aune]

So, a damn is built in such a way that an entire town can be destroyed just by opening the gates. Which can be done with the press of a single button. Of course, that makes perfect sense.
Yeah, good point. How the heck did I not think about that while actually watching the episode?:sweat:
I mean, if he was planning to like, blow up the dam or something, then that might have made more sense, but this just begs the question; Who was the idiot who designed that thing?

But apart from that glaring plot-hole, this was overall a pretty decent ending.

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Marathon time! Once I finish this (assuming I don't drop it, but I doubt I will) I'll only have one episode of Winter 1 cour anime left (Bund 12).

Episode 7

- Time to play "hope characters say each other's names a lot so I can remember who is who!"
- Ah, Kaname. The hot normal librarian chick.
- Kaori, the very very Hiro-sounding Gotou Yuuko role.
- Kaname has a hypothesis. That's the first step to "knowing too much", Kaname-chan. ;_;
- Lead character guy, don't let Kaname go anywhere alone. Wolves are gonna eat her! She does disappear like the other students at the very end of the OP, but I'm hoping that's just a stylistic thing so they can focus on Nemuru... yes I'm grasping at straws here.
- Kaname enters a rather terribly lit library. Totally not cool making people read in that dark building.
- Dude, Kaori ate Mana!
- Hmm, so Sakaki seems to be implying that Kaori was the previous death squad leader, and killed his fiance Mieko. If Kaori's condition is related to that, that doesn't bode well for Nemuru.
- Whelp, time for Kaname to get abducted.
- And dumped in a cell. Not bad for a prison cell, with the TV and futon and tatami and all. Still not a happy place to be though.
- Oh, so that's who that girl is. Issei's girlfriend. Points to Kaname for staying calm and playing along in order to learn more.
- Interesting rain effect.

Ah, just don't kill Kaname. That's all I ask. You can off everyone else and I won't mind, but please spare her.

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Responding to month and a half old posts, yay.

There is definitely something odd about Kana. She made a few rather unwarranted leaps of logic in her discussion with Hiroshi. Granted, that could be just bad writing, but I have more faith in ryukishi07 than that.
I was leaning toward "bad writing" myself, it kinda seemed like she was coming to all those unsubstantiated conclusions purely for story advancement reasons. She seems genuinely surprised enough about all sorts of other things she learns that I don't think she expected things to be quite this bizarre. Guess I'll find out for sure as I continue watching.

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Episode 8

- Yay, Nemuru is freeing Kaname. Of course she'll just start researching again and get herself in even worse trouble.
- Especially since Nemuru only seems to have influence over her organization to a point... there are others more than happy to make violence the answer to every situation.
- Urgh so much ugly CG Mana.
- Really cool shadow effect with Nemuru and the assassins on one side and Hiroshi in the light.
- Okay, I'd kind of been assuming that Sakaki was Pharmaceutical company guy seeing as how they look exactly the same, but for some reason couldn't remember if the show had made it official. The gap in viewing has messed me up. :sd: Anyway it's pretty interesting to see where he'll go with this.
- Well there goes Nemuru's ability to easily shield her friends.
- Haha Sakaki, Nemuru is a little bit more than you expected, huh?
- Boo, she could have killed him easily but dawdled and he got one over on her.
- Okay, nevermind, it was Nemuru that killed Mieko. I guess they did show a flashback or something. Kaori... just reminded him of Mieko? Bah I cant remember eps 1-6.
- Wow, Hiroshi, you're kinda dumb.

Sakaki is getting to be too much of a typical obsessed cackling villain type for my tastes, but ah well, things are still very interesting in general.

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Episode 9:

- Kaname, just go home and play a videogame or watch TV or something.
- So how many times is he going to dream that he's waking up from a dream? :sd: The tentacle hands were pretty fucking disturbing.
- Ooh, Hiroshi prodded Nemuru into an infodump.
- tl;dr, YOU SMELL PURDY, HIROSHI-KUN. So we must eat you.
- So, like, the whole time they've been in this shed I've been mildly unsettled by the huge arcing gashes in the floor and walls.
- Wow, Hiroshi is really, really dumb.
- Oh come on, now he looks at the knife like "omg what did I do?" How about you listen to the girl that knows a thing or two about this stuff, eh? Now you just made it worse for her.
- Go go Kaname! ...BUT DONT DIE, MMMK?
- Uh, what did baddie put in mr good doctor guy's drink? That looks considerably unpleasant. Like it liquefied his organs immediately.
- Hmm, Nemuru's father is moving now. And he meets Hiroshi's father and Kaname! Surprising the baddies were outed with 3 eps left.
- Damnit, Nemuru is hot even when she's looking like shes about to die.
- And seriously, fuck you Hiroshi. You could at least stand farther away or something. Even as a token gesture.

And happy ending! ...with too many eps left. Oops. Hi Isuzu!

[Fencedude]

- Damnit, Nemuru is hot even when she's looking like shes about to die.


I'd venture to say that that made her look even hotter.

[something]

Episode 10:

- Hey, Hiroshi's dad. Maybe your reaction should be, oh I dunno, MOVE TO ANOTHER GODDAMN TOWN?
- Isuzu~! Well, *I* like her, at any rate. It's not like the show doesn't explain her attraction to Hiroshi.
- Hmm, it's Kaori.
- She's the white wolf?
- And Issei's girlfriend doesn't look like she's feeling too good.
- Ehhhh. Bit too convenient turn of events here with everything going Sakaki's way so easily. It was all acceptable up tot he part where kamibito in the crowd are all like "yeah fuck it all let's make out with EVERYONE!"
- Well I didn't really like Kasai anyway, so I'm glad he's dealt with.
- Uhhh, the regular townspeople should PROBABLY be running right now. There's a girl with a scythe who just killed a crazy rampaging girl, and then a bunch of dudes said they were going to turn everyone into some kinda monster, and now the dudes and the scythe girl are squaring off... WHY ARE YOU GUYS STILL HERE?
- So yeah, Isuzu time. She's still the only Kamibito outside of the death squad that seemed to be terribly competent in a fight. I wonder if that's of any relevance or just because they wanted a cool fight. :sd:

Kind of a bit of silliness in this episode but it's all still moving in a fairly good direction. I'm glad Kasai's goon ignored his order to only tell the Kamibito.

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Episode 11:

- Hahaha, teacher is gonna defend his students.
- ...Wouldn't there be various systems in place to avoid the dam being opened to a disastrous degree by a single person?
- Also how is slow walking Sakaki still ahead of super fast Nemuru and friends? I'm thinking too much...
- HAHAHAH, meanwhile Hiroshi and Kaname have only made it up about 100 steps.
- Oh of course, it's one of those dams with a "MURDER EVERYONE WITHIN MILES" one-button feature.
- Well, okay, there was some damage but I guess Sakaki wasn't counting on the fact that other people know how to press buttons too. Flooding averted.
- So next up is... presumably Sakaki trying to turn Isuzu, appealing to her as someone else who lost a loved one to the kamiotoshi. I'd like to be wrong.
- Your death squad kinda sucks, Nemuru, if one guy with a revolver is all it takes to do them in. Well, at least he was stupid enough to only bring 5 bullets. Sakaki really does not feel like a villain who should be causing everyone this much trouble. :sd:
- And poor Isuzu, she gets out of the hospital only to get shot in the leg.
- Isuzu, just chuck one of your knives at his head.
- I think the most effective counter they have against Sakaki is that he's only got a limited number of bullets, and soooo many people just throwing themselves at him as sacrifices. :sd:
- Well, bye Kaori. Is it just me or did Kaori's condition never quite get explained?

...How is there another episode? Please don't tell me Sakaki will come back for one last hurrah. He wasn't a terribly good villain.

::watches preview:: Uhhhhhhh.

Well, pretty good ending. I basically watched this show in 2 chunks which isn't really ideal at all but it was decent anyway.

[HitokiriShadow]

- Well, bye Kaori. Is it just me or did Kaori's condition never quite get explained?


They explained basically fuck all about Kaori. We don't know what her illness was, what the significance of it was, why she was chosen for that strange festival to become a white guardian, or anything of significance about her. I'm sure the game explained it to some degree, but apparently that was all cut in the anime. It seems the anime decided it was more important for us to see Mana to take violin lessons from her than to explain anything at all about her.

[Fencedude]

- Well, bye Kaori. Is it just me or did Kaori's condition never quite get explained?


They explained basically fuck all about Kaori. We don't know what her illness was, what the significance of it was, why she was chosen for that strange festival to become a white guardian, or anything of significance about her. I'm sure the game explained it to some degree, but apparently that was all cut in the anime. It seems the anime decided it was more important for us to see Mana to take violin lessons from her than to explain anything at all about her.

Yeah, they probably could have used an extra episode to focus on this.

On the other hand, then we wouldn't have had episode 12, and honestly, I'll totally trade some unresolved plot points for the version of episode 12 we got.

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Episode 12:

- Haha, I love how the serious opening narration is interrupted by Isuzu and SUPER CUTE NEMURU.
- Ahahaha, do not piss Kaname off when it comes to her club.
- Serious music time, as Nemuru talks about... unimportant stuff. Suzu-chan falls asleep.
- Heh, Nemuru is totally into this.
- But even more totally into UsaEru. Ahahahahaah. Also, holy crap those are some sexy legs. Damnit, why is there such a dearth of fanart for this show? USAERU, PYON!
- "I'm numb with admiration" No, that's your paralysis.
- Ahahha, Nemu is absolutely lovely. And her imagination is... ... ...
- Oh god, Hiroshi has to keep self-defense hassaku mace with him.
- Sexy waitress Isuzu! And Kaname! Figured, I have the Megami spread of these outfits up on danbooru right now. :sd:
- Could do without waitress Hiroshi though.
- Ahaha, Nemuru. <3
- Damnit, don't have Nemuru take off her clothes and then show us nothing. ;_;

How bizarre it is for an episode like this to actually air on TV instead of just being a DVD bonus ep or OVA. Actually, hell, I'd expect it to be split up into parts and made an on-disc extra. :sd:

At any rate, very cute.