Kyoto Animation continues to be impressive in making this school festival probably one of the liveliest of festivals ever created. The rich artwork, the music – nearly everything about this episode is ringing “spectacular.” I think is also helps that we get four different perspectives on the festival, each with their own little adventure on what is going on from their point of view. Major props to Kyoto on that part.
One might as well call this episode “The Melancholy of Okeki Houtarou.” With Houtarou in an even more depressed state than his usual self, one cannot but feel sorry for him.
Tomorrow’s the big day. It’s almost time for the festival to begin. Eru prays at the shrine for a safe three days for the event. Mayaka cannot seem to sleep, for she is very excited as well. Satoshi is too busy planning out what he is going to do for the day. As for Houtarou, he…doesn’t do much except taking one look at the Kanya festival homepage online before turning it off and going to bed. That’s about as productive as Houtarou can get.
Nazo no Kanojo X follows the life of Tsubaki Akira as he somehow finds himself in a relationship with a mysterious transfer student by the name of Urabe Mikoto via tasting her drool one day after school. From then on, the two would get into a relationship where each of them gets to learn a little bit more about each other and themselves, as well as learn from past mistakes in order to become the special other for each other. From misunderstandings to serious talks and lectures, Nazo no Kanojo X covers what it is like to be in a relationship for the first time as well as dealing with the various troubles that comes with the price of staying together while hiding one’s relationship from everyone else.
Sankarea follows the eyes of Furuya Chihiro, who has a very strong zombie fetish. Not only is his room infested with zombie-related items, but Chihiro would go so far as to only date zombie girls. Logically thinking, such a thing would be completely impossible, as zombies do not exist in this world. Yet, what happens when a family pet dies and Chihiro somehow uncovers a resurrection manual in his closet? Naturally, Chihiro would want to revive it, even if it was against human nature to do so, but what happens when a random girl he meets at an abandoned bowling alley also wishes to due and revive as something else. Thus goes the rather unusual relationship between a boy who loves zombies and a girl who indirectly wishes to become one.
Haiyore! Nyaruko-san follows the eyes of Yasaka Mahiro as his regular, ordinary life is flipped upside-down when monsters appear to take out his life, only to be saved by the Mythos of Lovecraft, Nyarlathotep, also known as Nyaruko. With Cthugha’s Kuuko and Hastur’s Hasuta, will there ever come a time for Mahiro to relive his normal, peaceful life as it was before?
Rumors have it that there is a ghost of a girl haunting the school, particularly in the old school building. Say you happen to accidentally walk into that side of the school because its internal structure was highly complicated to the point where you wonder how many times this school was renovated. Say you happen to walk into the very same room where the said ghost was roaming about. What if you happened to see the ghost, a rather beautiful looking girl who takes the image of anything as long as someone thinks strongly of what she looks like. Maybe the ghost story was not as scary as one thought it was, or maybe there is more than what people have to say…
Fate/Zero follows the eyes of Emiya Kiritsugu as he participates in the Holy Grail war for one reason and one reason only: to make sure this would be the last grail war and prevent all fighting in the world. With the grail said to grant any wish to the winner, Kiritsugu is willing to gamble on such an ability in hopes that his dream comes true. Little does he know that it is going to take a lot more than wishing to get the grail to do what he wants.
For a show that was mostly about the daily life of what was going on inside the student council, I think this show delivers. While many claim that the artwork for it is quite questionable, Medaka Box remains an enjoyable experience about the craziness of Medaka and everyone else around her.
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