Konata’s grade goes on a trip to Kyoto. Tsukasa feeds deer, however she eventually gets trampled by them. Kagami receives a letter from a boy asking her to come out at night; she thinks it is a love letter and thus thinks about it all day, not even saying stuff against Konata’s childish jokes. However, it turns out that the boy called Kagami in order to get a doll that he was embarrassed to buy.In Lucky Channel, Minoru returns with water from Mt. Fuji. Akira drinks the water, but spits it out and throws the bottle at Minoru because she hates how the water is warm. Minoru loses his temper and grabs Akira, rants about how tough his life is on the show, and ruins the studio with his anger.
Yeah, Shiraishi was funny for about the first three times, and it’s been kind of downhill ever since. It doesn’t seem likely that they’ll bring back the karaoke ED, but here’s hoping, anyway…
Whew, that was a lot to squeeze in one episode. I should mention that my summaries for this show would probably make more sense if you read it alongside watching the raw, and just use the summary as a supplement to help fill in any holes. As always, I have to thank mewmew for all the help he’s given me filling in my own holes.Quite a lot to say about this episode – first off, the animation quality was noticeably improved from previous episodes, especially with the background characters now actually being drawn, rather than just being silhouettes. Beyond that, there seemed to be just a tad bit more detail in the character drawings and their various movements. There were also several new camera angles introduced, namely the diagonal one that School Days frequently uses (albeit for “different” reasons).Random tangent: Those diagonal camera angles in School Days are odd for me, and they are clearly there for purposes of showing “more” of the character (in most cases this involves things below the skirt), but is there more to it than that? I realized that whenever those camera angles are used, I’m less inclined to listen to what the characters are saying, and rather focus almost exclusively on how they look. Maybe the diagonal nature of it takes my attention away from their talking face and shifts it to the shape of their body, having more of it being on the screen than usual. It’s like when you’re staring at a hot girl from a not-so-far distance – don’t you tend to tilt your head to the side a bit? Haha.
The majority of the second half of the ep focused on the ramblings of Hiyori and her relationship with Yutaka and Minami. She’s a hilarious character because of how seemingly ashamed she is of her hobby, which is a complete flip from the nonchalant Konata. However, like Konata, Hiyori’s daily actions and thoughts are completely dictated by her otaku-ness, albeit in a more “artistic” form than Konata. Unfortunately, there was no Patty sighting this ep – so maybe we’ll get a lot of her next time around!
You know, I wouldn’t mind it one bit if Lucky Star season 2 focused on the kouhai foursome. Although they’ll have to make up for some serious weight without a tsundere queen in Kagami.
Is Shiraishi really going on his trek to the Mt. Fuji woods? Maybe he’ll bump into Razor Ramone there… Sumitani Luckystar-ified? HOOOOOOOOO
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