Another hilarious episode, especially the first two parts rocked and were able to get the best out of Squid Girl. The first part was awesome because of all of the things that go on inside Squid Girl’s head, the second part was awesome because of her antics, while the third part was more focused on the side-characters, and was probably the first story in which Squid Girl did not take up one of the lead roles.
The first part was really good at Squid Girl’s usual habits of making an elephant out of a mosquito when it escalates a simple game of Knock Knock Ginger to the point of Squid Girl getting a new best friend. (On a side-note: that game really has different names in all kinds of different countries: the Japanese call it “Pin-Pon Dash”, while in the Netherlands we call it “Belletje Trekken”, which roughly translates to a childish version of “Pull the Bell”). I especially liked how her antics in this cased managed to surprise even Shizuru, who usually is in control of everything.
The second part was all about makeup. It started all innocently with some lipstick, but I especially loved the scene in which Squid Girl went to get some tips from those trendy girls and ended up looking absolutely ridiculous. This episode also had a lot of fun putting makeup on the rest of the cast, which worked surprisingly well.
The creators did miss a chance to include some neat continuity when Squid Girl ended up painting her face with some coloured marker. The segment ends quickly after that with Squid Girl looking perfectly fine in the next one. In the third segment, they could have had her complain about how long it took to get that off, to introduce some interesting continuity between the different episodes. Also, at the end of this episode the entire restaurant gets destroyed. I really fear that the next episode will just skip to the rebuilt restaurant, though it will be awesome if the next episode focused on rebuilding the entire thing.
Rating: ** (Excellent)
You know? I’m reading another blog quite often too, except for this, and i’m amused how you, Pesgels, and the other blogger have quite the opposite conception about animes.
Expecially this show, ika musume. You say it’s hilaryous, the other states it’s boring, one says the worst part is this, you say it’s the best one. There’s absolutely no point in common, and the nice thing is it’s all coincidental!
Aaaw Teh Internetto is amusing sometimes…
As for me I incidentally agree completely with you said this time ^^
Another very enjoyable episode this week. My favourite was the first skit where we get to see Ika’s imagination run wild lol
On a side note though, is it just me, or did the jokes this week came flying in fast? The pacing seemed much faster than usual, and after a gag is finished, another one swiftly follows through. Not that I’m complaining; I went through the whole episode with a big grin plastered on my face from start to finish 🙂