I was hoping it wouldn’t come to this but it almost appears to be like a cookie cutter setup for this drama in a similar way that it was setup for Yukan Club. A mystery happens, the heroes solve it, they good off in the process, end of episode. It’s become quiet apparent that the first woman that Udagawa falls in love with is obviously the criminal. I guessed it right from the start and I was right. The difference was that in this episode her “murder” was justified because she did it because the guy she killed wanted to sell her father’s business…and everyone is okay with this. If this was America she’d still be sent to jail, whether or not her crime was justified. I mean what are they gonna do, blame the dead guy? Anyway I hope the show moves in to focus on Sakura and Udagawa (or both? ) because I don’t know if I wanna sit through another 11-12 episodes of “you’re not the criminal are you? oh wait yes you are”.

I actually enjoyed this episode mostly because it answered some of my DCII unsolved mysteries. The one big question I had was why the hell did they call Yoshiyuki as brother yet he did not live with them and had a different last name. Well alas thanks to flashbacks it was explained that he came to live with the Asakuras at a young age (although it does not say why) and because he was living in the same house Yume called him “niichan” and Otome decided to refer to him as ototoukun. Continue Reading »

It’s really interesting the pattern Persona has developed over the last few episodes. The episode starts out pretty calm with lots of talking and planing etc. We have some interaction between all the characters and when I’m tired I have trouble keeping my eyes open when watching. Then the last 8-10 minutes suddenly shit hits the fan, all hell breaks loose and I go “whoa wtf just happened??” That was basically the pattern this week as well. Continue Reading »

TOO CLOSE! PLEASE SEPARATE YOURSELVES.

The episode covers the inauguration of the 2 new Guardians Rima and Kairi as the new Queen & Jack. Tadase also recommends that in order to stop the growing number of X-eggs that they team up and help Amu. Lucky for them, Rima can also do a chara-nari and does so when they run into an X-egg at one point. She also acts like a tsuntsun bitch like she is (but we’ll forgive her because I read the manga) and tells Amu that her role as Joker is a failure. Meanwhile back at the ranch Eru wakes up at Amu’s house and tells Ran her sob story about Utau and their plans for world domination. There’s also the scene with Ikuto teasing Tadase about how he used to call him “oniitan” and how “Oniitan taught him how to ride a bike” Episode ends with Utau finding Amu’s X-egg.

Upcoming Attractions: Kuukai comes back for a short time & the battle with Utau. I am curious to know whether we’ll see Utau admitting her brother-con next week and the kiss!

Just for the record - Saturday is the only day I’ve attended and that’s it for me. My brain, ears and toes can take no more of the insanity. I really wish I could have met a lot more people than I did, but it goes to show you that if you really want to meet someone - get their cell phone number. Meeting up at a place or hoping to catch them at XYZ is like looking for a needle in a haystack. Alright so in the morning we had our last bag of Hotcakes, dressed up in our Reborn gear and headed off to the Javitz center. Continue Reading »