Ah, I’ve been waiting for this: the student council president returns. To have another episode devoted to her, she really turned into an incredibly charming character, and it looks like she’s going to make many reappearances after this, now that she’s also in the fashion club.
The first episode dedicated to her was mostly used to introduce the fat that she also likes cute stuff, despite her male appearance. This episode then perfectly uses this, and forces her to come to terms with them. Not because the bad guys suddenly pop up, but rather because of the energy of Tsubomi and Erika, who keep pushing her to join the fashion club now that they know that the president also has her feminine side.
Crucial was here her sick brother, who pretty much lead her to grow up as a strong boy in his place. It wasn’t mentioned in the first episode, but I do think that that was for the better. Because of that, this episode was able to add an extra layer to how the president grew up. I also loved how, despite the fact that her grandfather allowed her to grow up as a boy because of her brother, the creators wisely avoided going down the one-dimensional route by claiming that the martial-arts weren’t part of the president’s true characters. Instead, clothing and martial arts are something that she both enjoys, and chose to do herself.
Also, finally we get to see the red-haired guy a bit more involved with the battles. Usually they just stand around and turn people to desatorians, but here he actually tried to have some fun (not to mention that GIGANTIC CLIFF he created there. Will this return in the future episodes?). And again, this episode made no attempt to god-mode its regular kids: the president showed that she has the skills to bring someone down, but just throwing someone to the ground and expecting to hold him there when he’s twice as heavy as you… that ain’t gonna stop him.
The weak spot of this episode was that red-haired guy, who just got too little time to really show anything more about him other than “graugh I want to be accepted so I’ll just challenge you”. It was interesting that he of all things got turned into a desatorian, though. At the beginning of the episode I thought that the creators would try to use the president for this again.
Rating: *** (Awesome)
I want to watch the show here
That was a good episode,I suppose this is foreshadowing Itsuki becoming a precure.I’m more excited about the next episode!And it seems it’s a Erika centric one and Nami’s little sister seems to return next week too!
I’m really like Itsuki’s development in this ep.It’s more focus at her feeling about the thing that she truly like and her reason to like it.(expand more from ep7..Like it!), her relationship with main characters. Oh about her family background too.
It make her character has as much layer as main characters now.(And It’s very good thing when you think about the spoiler that they say she wil be… in the future).
Although the victim in this ep(his reason to be deserterian)ruin my entertainment a bit.But Kumojacky do something awesome in this ep instead.So it still stayed at awesome level for me anyway.
I really want to thank you for your hardwork blogging this show. I enjoy all your entries and thanks to you I gave an opportunity to this anime that it seems it´s hardly known in the anime bloggosphere or maybe just ignored. I don´t know. I´m a little behind with these series.
I had quite a little of prejudice agains the Precure franchise, because I remember watching some episodes in the TV and I totally remember thinking that I won´t be able to enjoy anymore any mahou shoujo if they became that cheesy and way too childish (and for childish I mean that it seemed to me that they didn´t care about a lot of things in the plot because they were thinking “this show it´s aimed to children, who cares, they won´t get it anyway”).
And about this episode, I really laughed when I saw the victim: that red haired guy with a X scar in his face, because I´m almost possitive that the creators where doing a clear wink to the fans of the main character of the anime/manga of Rurouni Kenshin. I wasn´t expecting this kind of anime reference in this show, at all!
Anyway, thanks again for blogging this show! ^_^