Denpa Onna takes a break from the usual round of moe fan-service to bring us a baseball episode. Also, fan-service. Some baseball, mostly fan-service. Moving on.
Niwa cornering first base.
Niwa talks to Ryuuko who does a bunch of weird, cute stuff.
Meme must play an instrument because doing that with your fingers is hard as hell. Go on. Try it.
Niwa talks to Meme who does a bunch of weird, cute stuff.
Maekawa's "mmm" moment.
Niwa talks to Maekawa who wears a bunch of weird, cute stuff.
Why are her feet shaped like telecaster headstocks?
Niwa talks to Erio who does a bunch of weird, cute stuff.
Why is she allowed to leave the house in an oversized night gown without underwear and why don't more female baseball players do this?
Some baseball is played and a new weirdo is introduced, does cute stuff.
Freudian imagery or innocent hobby? You decide. I'll be in my bunk.
Roll credits.
Thoughts:
For some reason episode 09 felt particularly hollow to me. Perhaps superficial is a better word? How should I know? What am I a writer or something?
Increasingly episodes feel like watching someone play galge. Which is fine because as I’ve said before I’m into the aesthetics and a few characters tickle my fancy. However, a large part of me is ready for the whole thing to be over. This much concentrated moe is exhausting. The cute sensors in my brain feel like my lungs after a flight of stairs. I can’t even imagine what the original light novel reads like without the cutesy images and fluffy voice acting behind it.
I wouldn’t be opposed to a little last minute “holy shit we only have 2 episodes left” drama. It would be a shame for this show to go out with a whimper. An adorable, blue-haired, short-skirted whimper but a whimper nonetheless.
Fap.
It was shallow because it was the typical baseball episode of the show.
Anyways, things are looking up now that we finally have that white haired girl from the OP
I haven’t been following crlagiols for all that long so I could be wrong, but I heard that once upon a time you were doing Baka to Test? Did that get dropped? Not that you’re not allowed to drop things (do whatever the heck you want; it’s your time after all) but I just wanted to know what the status is/was.
It feels shallow because there’s no plot to speak of. The next 3 episodes with the white haired girl could be absolutely amazing and it still wouldn’t save this show.
If typical female ball players wore nighties they’d have to hand out barf bags at the entrance.