Has anyone noticed that older-Hiiragi looks like... a blue-haired SAMUS?!!! Yes. This is Star Wars, too.
Garrick: Wow. It’s me. Again. Somehow. It’s been a while, yes, I know, but this anime just became too funny to pass up reviewing. The reason why I chose this title, is not only because that’s what the episode is about, but as I could surmise, it’s what the anime itself is about. In it appears all sorts of different loves… most of which are unrequited or impossible… and in this episode… some absolutely hilarious scenes come of it. And when I say hilarious, I mean hilarious.
Garrick: For one, we’re introduced to two new characters… a manga artist… (whose name just happens to be Hanamaru) and a girl names Mayumi Yamamoto. Yes. She shares the last name of Nanami Yamamoto. Why? Well, why else other than that they’re sisters? So… we add new family to the Yamamoto family, and we KNOW that this is going to be fun already.
Garrick: Anyhow, as it turns out, our manga artist Hanamaru is a little bit on the art-block side. And when his editor’s assistant (Mayumi) comes in asking for his manuscripts… he doesn’t have them ready. Of course, it turns out that Hanamaru is in love with Mayumi, because… that’s what always happens. And while in his un-drawing state, he’s contemplating his life in the park. That just happens to be where our trio of innocent tiny kindergardeners are. You know, Anzu, Hiiragi, and Koume.
Garrick: So, by some sort of awesome Hiiragi mind-reading, we get Hanamaru’s predicament… and, well… who just so happens to appear to give him this gift to motivate Hanamaru to work hard? Mayumi. Ah, yes. Don’t you love these random and funny appearances?
Garrick: As it turns out, the oblivious gene is in the entire Yamamoto family. Mayumi can’t tell that Hanamaru likes her. And… uh, we all know about Nanami… We, of course, get to see a 5 second long scene of Tsuchida and Nanami… where Mayumi can IMMEDIATELY tell that Tsuchida likes her older sister. And… um… at a dinner conversation, we get to see Nanami deduce that Hanamaru likes Mayumi.
Garrick: Cue simultaneous “Tsuchida/Hanamaru’s life must be tough.” I laughed for a minute straight.
Garrick: The second half? Dreams. The students all have dreams, right? Well, Tsuchida’s class is drawing them for drawing session. And… we get a bit of insight into everyone’s dreams. We ALL know Anzu’s. We ALL know hers from a bazillion miles away. That… was… interesting.
Garrick: Koume is adorable. Have I said that? Well, I have now. She’s got several dreams. A toy store owner, a florist, a bride… and in her mind… they ALL get jumbled up. And she’s adorable.
Garrick: And Hiiragi presents us with another laugh out super loud moment. Her dreams… to be an astronaut. With enough in it to be a combination of E.T., Star Wars, and ever other darn space story out there. Because she is AWESOME like that.
Garrick: And yeah. That’s about it. We get the teachers’ reasons for wanting to become teachers.
But…. that’s no fun. Although Kawashima is adorable, too. ^^
And might I say that seeing the kids all grown up is awesome?
Garrick’s Rating for Episode Nine: 10/10
Garrick’s Anticipation Scale: 9/10
1. He’s a dumbass.
2. He’s a total idiot.
3. He’s REALLY annoying.
4. He can’t mind his own business.
5. He thinks he’s involved in everyone’s affairs.
6. He’s gay.
7. He thinks he’s good in everything, for example, he thought he was better than Robert in math, even though he got an 8/38 in a math test, and thinks he’s really good in tennis, even though he sucks.
8. He can’t talk straight.
9. He spits whenever he talks.
10. He always mumbles when he explains something.
11. He always sleeps in class, EVEN in the middle of a test.
12. He thinks everyone’s his friend.
13. He’s really ugly.
14. He has a gay haircut.
15. He’s really weak. (He couldn’t throw a racket over a fence)
16. He comes up with really stupid answers for teacher’s questions.
17. He can’t pronounce things correctly.
18. He never admits that he’s wrong.
19. He always comes up with excuses for his failures and problems.
20. He can’t ever use his own phone.
21. He smells like …… you don’t want to know.
22. He wears the same clothes everyday.
23. He’s greedy. (He begged money from my grandma AND brother, even though he didn’t know either of them)
24. He stalks people.
25. He never leaves anyone alone.
25. He always leaves his crap in other people’s cars.
26. He tries to make his hair look good, even though it ends up looking the exact same way in the end.
27. He depends on other people way too much.
28. He can’t make up his own decisions.
29. He doesn’t know when to shut up.
30. He fools around way too much.
31. He touches guys quite alot.
32. He has horrible memory.
33. He can’t defend himself, or defend himself.
34. He doesn’t know the right time to laugh, or to be mad at people.
35. He cusses WAY too much in front of kids and parents.
36. He treats parents and elders like shit.
37. He is the nosiest kid you will ever find.
38. Whenever he hears his name in a conversation, he immediately says “What did I do?”
39. He tries to change the subject, or end the conversation when people are innocently criticizing him.
40. His voice sounds REALLY homo.
41. His mother is a bad monkey (That’s right my orchestra buddies)
42. He’s really inconsiderate and disrespectful.
43. He says stupid shit.
44. He disturbs the class.
45. He says stupid shit that disturbs the class. (Yes Doug, I got that from you)
46. He walks like a total douchebag.
47. He thinks he’s a flirt.
48. He thinks he’s a good-looking, and that all the girls wanna go out with him.
49. He’s a poser, he always wears earphones to look cool, even though he’s not even listening to anything.
50. He plays tennis like a TOTAL IDIOT. He jumps around to hit shots, and he looks so stupid when he serves.
51. He denies the fact that he’s annoying.
52. He has the memory equivalent to that of a goldfish.
53. He says the stupidest things when he talks to people.
54. He sounds like a total idiot when he talks.
55. He’s a pussy. (He couldn’t even defend himself from Leonard, he just ran away)
56. He thinks that you’re a man if you punch someone.
57. He comes up with the stupidest reasons and excuses.
58. He treats other people like shit, even when they do favors for them.
59. He’s gay for Robert, and tries to follow him around everywhere, even though Robert hates him.
60. He can’t respect people’s private property or space.
You are right, it really does look like a blue-haired Samus Aran! XD Glad to see you review Hanamaru Youchien again