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「碓氷、敵に回る」 (Usui, Teki ni Mawaru)
“Usui, Turns Into The Enemy”
There’s been an amazing dearth of volleyball anime since Urano Chikako’s Attack No. 1 from 1968, which always strikes me odd since the sport’s pretty big in Japan.
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「森島はるか編 最終章 レンアイ」 (Morishima Haruka-hen Saishuushou – Renai)
“Morishima Haruka Final Chapter – Love”
In this final chapter of Haruka’s arc before the reset, they somehow managed to cram in both a pool scene and a hotel one before time-lapsing ten years into the future.
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「おおかみさんとおつう先輩の恩返し」 (Ookami-san to Otsuu-senpai no Ongaeshi)
“The Wolf and Otsuu’s Repayment”
Ryouko’s a maid! If this were Kaichou wa Maid-sama, the title would’ve easily been, “A Maid Even as a Wolf.” Incidentally, this was only a side effect of the actual story involving Otsuu and her obsession with repaying debts, which even had the guys in French maid outfits before it was all said and done.
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「一緒にできること」 (Issho ni Dekiru Koto)
“What We Can Do Together”
Technology is great. Not only do Striker Units help rookie witches control their magical power while flying, they don’t ride up the crotch area like a broomstick either.
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「花開院ゆらと清十字怪奇挖偵团」
“Yura Keikain and the Kiyojuji Paranormal Patrol”
This episode had me laughing out loud quite a few times. Rikuo sure doesn’t get a break in these episodes— from the haunted building two weeks ago to his own home this time. The introduction of the (what I assume to be) final main character, Keikain Yura, was nothing short of a heap of trouble for Rikuo.
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「Hidden」
While I would’ve been fine with this arc involving Mario’s indictment and facing seven years in prison dragging out longer, I’m quite happy about it wrapping up swiftly this episode so that the story can move on to more interesting things.
It’s been well over three weeks since the end of Angel Beats, but Key and Maeda Jun don’t seem to want to let us forget that easily. They’ve recently released another Girls Dead Monster song and a PV to go along with it. With a male band this time around, it’s less so Gldemo and more just LiSA with this “Day Game” song though. I’m a bit indifferent about the song after listening to it for the past while and still prefer Little Braver if I had to choose between the two, but it’s always nice to see more Angel Beats related stuff. The baseball bat scene at the end is undoubtedly a reference to Yui’s one in episode ten, whereas the gymnasium is reminiscent of the one in the series as well. LiSA’s school uniform gets my vote of approval, but the circular track that’s used for the camera in the gymnasium portions of the PV just makes me dizzy. In any case, the bonus fourteenth episode on the last DVD/BD volume won’t be coming out until December 22nd of this year, so we’ll just have to take whatever we can get for now.
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「先輩！」 (Senpai!)
“Senior!”
Yui’s whipping out stickers and plastering them all over the place, making her primed for a future career as an elementary school teacher. Musician? Pssh… If this episode hinted at anything, it’s what each of Houkago Tea Time’s band members will likely wind up as.
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「Democracy under the DEAD」
With the world in chaos, how can any government withstand when the foundations are crushed?
