Kojiro gives his dear old mother a call after receiving the package and decides that it’s time to return home for a visit. He also has an argument about with her about her cooking skills but that’s beside the point. Tamaki keeps herself busy at the part-time job by thinking about club activities and how things are going without her. Satori enters the store and Tama greets her rather awkwardly. With the owner keeping a watchful eye on her, Tama makes the sale and convinces Satori to buy two study charms. Shortly after Satori leaves, Kojiro enters the store to buy a gift for his mom. He tells Tama to come to the club when she has the time.
Returning to club activities, Kojiro and Yuuji talk about how quickly Dan is improving in technique and skill. They watch helplessly as Miya takes a wildly aggressive thrust at Saya who is unnerved by the experience. Kojiro forbids Miya to use thrusts because her skill level is still too low. As he gets ready to dismiss the club for the day, Tama comes into the room out of breath, and he decides to have everyone reconvene after a break. Elsewhere, Tamaki’s father waits anxiously at home and practices his surprise birthday present acceptance, unaware that his daughter is working to buy an anime DVD boxset.
Club activities finally end, and Kojiro heads to the supermarket to buy some groceries. He has a spat with an old lady in the parking lot but pays it no mind as he goes about his business. As he makes a rush for the last case of cheap beer, the same lady swipes it away which now knocks him off his block. He makes a bum rush to the checkout line to beat her there, but she will have none of this and races him there. The lady collides with another shopping cart, causing one of her packaged noodles to get run over by Kojiro. The lady, now in a rage, makes a scene and demands that Kojiro pay for it. After putting up a fuss he swallows his pride and eats the cost of the noodles. To add insult to injury, as he is about to leave the parking lot the same lady crashes into his car. They make an even bigger scene and she accuses him of being a NEET that shouldn’t even have a license. He argues back by giving his name and that he is a local teacher at Muroe High School. She ominously makes note of his name…
The next day, Kojiro is informed that he will be canned by the end of the year due to the lady’s influence on the Superintendent’s wife. Kirino and Saya come into the dojo talking about their studies, unaware of the presence of a defeated Kojiro who now looks like a ghost. Kirino starts the club activities without the teacher. Yuuji talks about how strong Dan and Miya will inevitably become with the kendo veterans. The discussion inevitably moves to studies again as Saya and Kirino are shocked to learn that Dan and Yuuji are respectively second and fourth in the freshman class. As the topic of Kojiro comes up, he finally makes himself known at the front of the class. He informs the students of his situation which they all kind of shrug off. Kirino suggests that he prove himself as a teacher by getting the club recognized at the national tournament. He slowly comes back to life with renewed vigor as he approves the idea. To cap this episode off, Tama is back at the store and notices a strange girl just standing around…
The pacing seems a bit off because it’s nine episodes in and Satori still hasn’t joined the club yet. From the looks of the preview, it should definitely be the next episode then. Here are the thoughts on this one then. Not much happened besides exposition for the next arc of sorts. Grocery store cart racing, serious business.
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