Man oh man, where do I begin. Remember how I said before that Lucky Star seemed to be alternating between episodes where they just talk, and episodes where something happens? It seems like that’s been redone in a condensed form, where half the episode has talking parts and the other half involves the girls going somewhere or doing something.That’s all fine and dandy, but how do we address the recent explosion of Haruhi references in Lucky Star? I’ve always held my ground on the point that Lucky Star is able to tackle several different sources of humor – one of them being reference-based, and juggle them around masterfully. It’s just that the majority of the referential humor is easy to pick up on relative to the other humor (you know, where you actually have to watch the episode to get it), thereby giving Lucky Star detractors the false impression that all the humor is as a result of Keroro, Haruhi, or Da Capo. Recent Haruhi references have tipped the scales a bit, but let’s not forget, the concert scene of episode 15 was less than a minute, and the cosplay café deal in this episode wasn’t even three minutes. The rest of the episode? Honest to goodness Lucky Star exclusive fun.
So why exactly does Kona-chan feel all shocked after the concert? Is it because she’s so grateful for Kagami switching with her that she’s utterly speechless, or perhaps she’s realised what a great friend she has. Even Kagami gets all depressed when she realises she’s not in Kona-chan’s class. It would be interesting if the classes are split, just to see how the four still manage to communicate when apart. But then again I guess Shiroi-sensei is the set the homeroom teacher now, and splitting the classes up wouldn’t be convenient for her. Speaking of this though, I hope Kagami’s own class gets some more attention in the future.
Wow, new character! And just when it seems like the cast would stay as it was for the rest of the show…Yui’s sister *** acts a lot like a younger Miyuki, though much more normal. Her reaction to Kona-chan having an all nighter makes me love her character, and I would say that even if that was the only scene I saw. In fact, I didn’t actually see it coming how Kona-chan would say she had spent the night playing her MMO’s (and just when I thought I had all the jokes figured out…) Well it’s nice to see that the new material is always fresh and funny (though I have to admit Lucky Channel is getting SLIGHTLY uninteresting…they need a new character).
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