Natsuiro Kiseki 5+6: I want to see a flying whale when I'm sick instead of just feeling terrible. The only thing of note is that this why the girls became friends in the first place and that Yuka/Rin exchanged hairstyles from when they were kids and now. I guess there's some yuri tones and such but meh. Mostly a boring episode though but I do like the insert song in the middle. Dat Toyosaki.
They did prelude episode 6's bodyswapping premise in the end of 5 and here it was. A slightly more amusing venture but still sort of dull. I was honestly more interested in Yuka's Hanasaku Iroha side of her life. Throw in her friends once in awhile and bam Hanasaku Kiseki.
Poor Rin though. The art consistency in this show hits her the worst I think with her bushy hair. The beginning of episode five was also a visual bleh. I do like that everybody gets different outfits and Yuka keeps changing hairstyles though.
Saki A 6:
Mahjong tiles that shoot lasers. Is there a Mahjong Gundam yet?
I think the only thing left for me hold out for in this current game is Shizuko's set. The taisho must get more screen time. Right?! There wasn't much play again this episode but results did occur. Yuu in the first half and Ako in the second. Not very involved but not much time was wasted either (barring that 20 second reaction pan that began and ended on the same point).
I like that Yuu's power pertained to all tiles with red rather than just man and chun tiles. That makes it a lot more versatile. Take that Senriyama. Damn 1% mahjong clubs with their ipad2s to study match data. Not enough scarf blown swag though. Her back story though, man dat scarf bullying. Solune would not approve.
So Ako is pretty godlike apparently as the best on the Achiga team. Plays in a smart and experienced way. Very Nodoka like. Other than that she doesn't have any special defining mahjong features. I do like her confidence though.
Next time it's up to Arata (gosh can't even say that without :firehawk) to pick up the points. About half way through this series and there's only been one lengthy round of team play. I wonder if they can fit in another game after the top two teams qualify here?
Accel World 6:
Almost entirely a set up episode with not much going on. Haru, Chiyu, Taku making up, Haru leveling up, Snow Black doing her hair, Taku's shady doings behind the scene while quitting the kendo team... yeah pretty standard fair here. The only thing I wanted to see was what Haru picked for his level up bonus but even that didn't occur here. Haru did look a lot like cartman during that diner scene, even more so than usual. This new level 1 bouncer better having something going on next episode.
Only one dose of Mintjam guitar and while it was cool it only lasted a little while during that time out match. I did like the peppy track during Snow Black's ponytail scene though.
