Summary:
Rin takes Tamaki out on a movie date and SHINAIgirl’s death breaks SHINAIder’s Hollow mask, turning SHINAIder into Silver Braver. We find out that Kirino and Sayako technically resigned from the club over spring break, but will still be taking part in the next interhigh. Dan’s the new captain, and Yoshikawa-sensei has taken Toraji’s spot. Unfortunately, Kenzaboru knocked her up within like 3 months of meeting her and now she has to take maternity leave. In the most amazing of coincidences, however, Reimi’s mom moves out of the neighborhood, and with the support of Kenzaboru and Yoshikawa-sensei Toraji gets his old job back.
With the team intact, Muroe High’s kendo club is ready to welcome the newest members, Iwasa Makoto and Toyama Shinobu. Makoto is chill like his toadie brother, but Shinobu is quite bratty. However, one glimpse of Tamaki sparring is enough to convince the duo to join, and with that it’s montage time. We see that Reimi somehow still stalks Miyako and Mei has stuck with kendo. Konishi-san lopped off her hair and teaches her kohai not to cheat, while Iwasa and Toyama join the soccer club and continue to get into fights. Finally we get a quick scene of Rin talking to an unnamed girl with long hair who may or may not be Tamaki’s new rival.
Reaction:
The final montage was great, although I couldn’t believe it when Kenzaboru got into a car accident with Reimi’s mom. He better keep quiet about his job, or Nobu-san will be getting another part-timer. I also enjoyed the fight between Kawazoe-sensei and Tamaki, and she was going hard at him! While they didn’t show the result, it looks like Kawazoe-sensei might have slipped the tsuki and nailed Tamaki with a headstrike, but one day she will beat him like she beat her dead mom’s image.
If Muroe High ever got a ping pong team, can you imagine how strong it would be? I can’t believe how slick Kenzaboru is, and Yoshikawa-sensei got knocked up almost as quickly as the kendo cat. It’s kinda sad that the club is actually attracting fewer new members now than before, but I guess there is still time. I could definitely go for another season of Bamboo Blade, even if Kirino and Sayako get reduced screen time. Bamboo BladeS banzai!
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One of the founders of Sea Slugs, I handle most of the blog admin tasks while wearing my I AM BOSS shirt. I like my action series well choreographed, and my romance series extra trashy. I also have a soft spot for puns.
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Despite, or perhaps precisely because, of the terrible news, please bring Kirino x Sayako for the filming session too, onegai shimasu!
A-cha, beaten by Zyl. You know, I WAS surprised when that pair of images showed up in Jason’s blog.
As long as I could watch, I wouldn’t mind the movie being held at Zyl’s place.
In terms of substance, it wasn’t anything special, but I think Bamboo Blade was very quirky in it’s style, and it worked wonders for me. I definitely want to see more episodes come out if it’s at all possible. :3
Nooooo, WTF is this?!?! Is this canon? Surely there was a better way to have Kirino continue to be in Bamboo Blade…
Kirino must like Toraji because she associates him with all that sweat
Kirino must be a fan of Keith Sweat or Keith’s sweat even.