SO I finally figured out the whole plot behind this anime. This is like the insect version of Romeo & Juliet. (I just hope they don’t die at the end.) At school Daisuke can’t stop thinking about Shiika and his project group teases him for it. They get into a discussion on bugs and Lady Bird girl (whatever her real name is) flips out when they say that bugs are disgusting. Later on she tells her team mates that there’s a “firefly” person in the park today and she wants to capture them and make them her ally.

If you haven’t figured it out by now, the “firefly” is Shiika and after their date in the park, she realizes Daisuke is I guess a bug destroyer and she pushes him away then runs off. Daisuke in the meantime gets a call from HIS team mates telling him there’s a few exterminations to be done and that Lady Bird is there as well. Daisuke goes and changes into his battle suit (and somehow his hairstyle changes along with it) and then he runs into a little girl who’s crying for her mom. Turns out the little girl has a bug and when he kills the bug the girl dies, and Lady Bird sees all this from the bushes and screams “NOOO!!”

Hm so yea it looks like bug of the person gets killed/person dies with it. (Where have I seen this plotline before? Jinchuuriki gets extracted, human dies? Hmm…*looks 2 posts below*) Oh well I’m just interested in the Daisuke x Shiika parts. I think bugs are gross and should be smushed and shot at anyway.

So while most of this week focused on goofy antics of our favorite gang, they did show a few flashbacks that I guess I don’t recall seeing in season 1. The episode is mainly about Rika telling herself that she has to face her destiny to get killed. Unfortunately she starts to get worse at hiding her anguish and Satoko starts to catch on. Meanwhile in town the locals still ignore Satoko’s existence and Rika has to be there to “protect” her. Continue Reading »

So this week was the beginning of the Sakura/Chiyo vs Sasori battle. The flashbacks were annoying as usual and them interrupting the battle with scenes of Naruto/Kakashi vs. Deidara was really disruptive. In the manga they had those scenes afterwards so that you had a continued view of the action. I swear the direction of this show is horrible sometimes. I also noticed they sensored things. Wow Naruto censoring go figure. When before the fight Chiyo said “Don’t worry we’ll finish this off fast” in the anime, in the manga she actually said “Don’t worry, I’ll kill you fast.” Like oh god forbid someone DIES in Naruto. Also I wish they had shown Sasori’s real face at the end but they’re saving it for the next episode.

Upcoming Attractions: Why in the name of god are they still showing Team Gai!? Finally Sasori’s true form.