Whoa… I never thought that this show would be this emotional. The past few episodes have truly been excellent. We’ve got three episodes dedicated to Sasami and one to Misao. And especially the last two were just stunning.
A few names: Monta is Sasami’s male classmate, who seems to have an eye on her. Itoki is the rather energetic female who seems to cling to both Washuu and Daimon. Amitabu, or Ami-chan is the mysterious guy (yes, guy) who appeared in the second season in front of Sasami’s father. The reason he’s so mysterious becomes clear in episode six. During her stay in the magical world, Sasami runs into him, and immediately falls in love. The creators managed to bring the encounter between these two in an extremely cute and touching way, able to rival Akazukin.
But that’s not all, the creators went even further in episode 7, when Sasami returns and starts to miss him. The full episode got dedicated to Sasami’s lovesickness, and because the show took its time with these scenes, they turned out awesome. Monta also played a role in this. One thing I really liked about this episode was the fact that it didn’t really have one climax. It’s just one big chunk of emotions, it really created an atmosphere which lasted for the entire episode.
And then to think that episode eight was even better. ^^ It focuses on Misao, and her relationships with her other classmates. There’s going to be a school fair, and the class is to get split in four groups, with each group organizing its own stand. Unfortunately, the groups get decided on random. With this, the inevitable had to happen: Misao and Sasami ending up in different groups. Sasami is in a group with Monta, while Misao comes in the group with Chie and Kozue.
In Sasami’s group, everything goes fine. Sasami’s enthusiasm leads them to making a food stand and the group has lots of fun in the process. Misao, however, has more problems. On top of the fact that she’s incredibly shy, she’s in a group with people she doesn’t know well, consisting out of Chie and Kozue and a couple of demotivated wannabe-punks. The latter have no motivation to come with initiatives, so Chie and Kozue end up taking the lead. They, however, lack Sasami’s enthusiasm, so they go for something basic: an accessory shop. Preparing these accessories didn’t really look like a fun task, as the wannabe-punks were really ruining the mood.
Misao, however, does attempt to get closer to her classmates. Likely inspired by Sasami. As she’s too scared to do anything with people around her, she takes some beads home, and starts making them after school, with nobody watching her. She’s actually pretty good at this, and she puts a great deal of time into creating a great deal of rather pretty-looking accessories. Guess what happens when she comes to school at the day of the fair? Suddenly, the group has decided to quit the accessories, and go for a white t-shirt shop. Everyone in the group was phoned about this, except Misao. (excuses like, “I thought she would phone her”). Misao was so sad to see at that time. The episode ended in a beautiful way when Sasami and the other members of the mahou shoujo club attempt to brighten her mood a bit.
I knew it was a good idea to check out this series. It’s not just cute, it really showed that its characters are awesome.
