Well, it’s ndeed been a while since I saw a pool episode that was this crazy. Pool episodes are a trend that along with hot spring and beach episodes should really die off, but thankfully the creators realized that, and didn’t make this yet another copy of those, but instead used it to set the stage of another entertaining battle for half-priced food. This entire episode was delightfully silly.
This episode had some parts that were just wrong, and there perhaps were a few too many pervert jokes made at Sato’s expense, but it also had parts that were completely hilarious, like the guy in the penguin-suit, the way in which everyone’s leg cramped up in the water or the completely inexplicable way in which half the cast ended up at the pool. That takes you two full hours to reach by train. Neat way to poke fun at how everyone always seems to run into each other in these kinds of episodes.
But this episode again had the thing that sets this show apart from the other fanservice shows: it knows exactly when to be quiet. The build-up before each battle, was again wonderfully used, and the aftermath was the same: wonderfully down to earth compared to the chaos of the rest of the episode.
Also, this episode drew and described its food with such detail that it actually made me hungry….
Rating: ** (Excellent)]]>
Ben-To – 07
Damn good episode, and very small Ume appearance, so another plus for me. The girls couldn’t take their eyes off his junk….hey, it ain’t tricking if you got it :p
I think the other half of the cast showed up because they also got free tickets from the Ralph Store former-wolf.
Though I’m not sure why the Goddess of Bad Luck showed up, perhaps the same reason.
She found the ticket that Shaga lost somehow (the one that they made Satou pay for).
hey, it ain’t tricking if you got it :p
Yeah, but…rudder control…really? ^^;
Though I’m not sure why the Goddess of Bad Luck showed up, perhaps the same reason.
Remember, they lost one ticket, which Sato had to pay for himself. Guess who found it?
As for the others, yeah, weird coincidence, although apparently the place IS a known half-price bento hunting ground. Kind of a bad deal to pay 1,500 yen to get in for a chance at a half-price bento IMHO but….hey, it’s a POOL episode. They HAD to get busty girl in somehow.
We had reservations about a pool episode, and it did take some…liberties with sense. But it still had all the necessary parts of a good Ben-To episode. Ben-To took the cliche’d pool episode and made its own mark. We especially like subtle foreshadowing of Ice Witch wearing a practical swimsuit, properly stretching, and doing laps…she’s always ready for battle!