Pri Para 15
I had awarded PriPara my "secret best show of the summer" award, and it's still one of my most anticipated shows every week, but the fact that Twintails is on the air means that it's been temporarily brought down to second place.
The battle between Solami Smile and Dressing Pafe has reached the point to where it's spreading outside the city-state and into other places, like Paprika Academy. The law, unseated by its own rules, is placed into conflict with gambler's luck, a mere superstition that the data can't calculate. Mirei and Shion's rivalry is pretty entertaining to watch. Mirei and Shion's innate passion and their competing philosophies leads to one of the most fun rock-paper-scissors matches since No Game No Life.
The reused songs is something I'm used to, and the China dress with all the little pandas over it is cute. If this is what a Shion episode is like, I look forward to what Dorothy and Leona can do when they're not trying to break the rules of math. It's a charming series, and the characters really pop (step get you! Puri.)
Next week apparently brings in Mika Masuko from a completely different franchise. Looting from the bodies of the de- no, I'd rather not jinx it.