Haruka, Mika, and Nanami are concerned about Hazuki as of late. Thinking that she may have a secret boyfriend, the three drag Yuuto along to follow Hazuki through the city.
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The quartet are interrupted by Nobunaga but Nanami manages to get rid of him before he causes them any trouble. They follow Hazuki and eventually wind up at a lingerie store. Yuuto refuses to go in and bumps into Akiba girl (Shiina) outside. After a brief exchange the two recognize each other. She postulates that fate keeps trying to bring them together before she bids Yuuto farewell. Haruka narrowly misses Yuuto talking to Akiba girl. Yuuto and Haruka resume following Hazuki minus Mika and Nanami, who got caught up in a lingerie sale (fanservice!).
As Yuuto and Haruka resume stalking Hazuki, Yuuto is harrassed by a very drunk Yukari-sensei. They eventually follow Hazuki to a tea shop and wait for her to finish. While waiting Yuuto’s sister, Ruko, introduces herself to Haruka. Ruko quickly deduces the relationship between Yuuto and Haruka and asks Haruka to take care of her precious brother. Afterwards (and not knowing any better), Haruka expresses her admiration for Ruko.
Hazuki eventually leads her pursuers to a bridal store where Yuuto and Haruka are abducted by the staff and dressed up in wedding clothes. The store workers soon realize they screwed up but take a picture of Yuuto and Haruka as a memento. Haruka reflects that perhaps she is hindering Hazuki’s wish to get married in the future. Back at the Nogizaka mansion, Haruka expresses her concerns to Hazuki herself. Hazuki reveals that she was simply on an errand to fix a piece of hardware but is grateful that everyone was thinking about her.
Thoughts:
Shana cosplay and Nanami/Kana Ueda seiyuu joke for the lulz. Haruka made “Urusai” moe instead of tsundere. She really went all out with the cosplay because it was dead accurate even down to having Alastor around her neck. She needed some melonpan to complete the motif, but the brief clip of ‘Hishoku no Sora’ made up for it because the song is that awesome. I guess the staff was trying to show that Haruka is a true blue otaku. But why did she disguise herself as Shana for an undercover operation? That kind of stunt is only going to draw more attention to her. Case in point, Nobunaga almost busted Haruka. He saw enough of Haruka to recognize the Shana cosplay but still didn’t know it was her. Is he blind or just stupid? Haruka shouldn’t be parading about the city dressed as Shana if she doesn’t want people to know she is otaku. Faulty anime logic at work! For a supposed genius, Haruka sure doesn’t use her brain very often.
This episode was supposed to be about Hazuki and it was, but since this show is about Haruka Nogizaka and the secret she obviously wants exposed to the world, the focus continually came back to her. Mika asked Yuuto to take care of Haruka last episode. Now Ruko asks Haruka to take care of Yuuto. Then the lovey-dovey couple get dressed up as bride and groom. Freaking red flags for the Haruka route are going off all over the place. My flag catching alarm is broken from overuse.
Ruko and Yukari-sensei got some screentime as well and weren’t completely useless like they were in the first episode. Ruko deeply cares about Yuuto despite appearances. While I’m at it, I also have to mention Mika’s Chairman Mao hat which isn’t as stylish as she thinks it is. The only character that can pull off that look with any success is Dragon Ball’s Oolong. When was the last time Oolong was ever relevant in a conversation? Probably just now.
So much fanservice, particularly Mika. I’m loving it. This was definitely the most fanservice packed episode so far… Now to wait for the obligatory pool/beach episode and many nosebleeds. On an unrelated note, the animators also seem to have some sort of fang fetish going on with Mika, Ruko, and Shiina. Nyoro~n.
Series panty shot count
Mika: 5
Shiina: 2
Haruka: 1
Yuuto: 0
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