Summary:
Tsugumi receives a phone call from Jin for a shopping date, but unfortunately it turns out to be a shopping date between Nagi and Tsugumi. Nagi was overjoyed when Jin gave her 10,000 JPY for clothing, but she soon discovers that this amount will barely buy any clothes (it’s only about 100 USD). Even worse, Nagi cannot buy the frilly underwear she wants because she is so underdeveloped. Nagi decides that she will get a secret part-time job to earn her own allowance and is hired at the newly opened Maid Cafe Maidia where Tsugumi joins her one day as a fill-in worker.
Naturally on the day Tsugumi and Nagi are cosplaying as Malon and Arzelede respectively, the whole art club is forced to go to the maid cafe to satisfy Takako’s curiosity about moe and girls in cute frilly outfits. Tsugumi is deeply embarassed and Nagi is afraid Jin will be mad at her for getting a job, but Jin is more concerned about accidentally getting wood while staring at Nagi in cosplay. He ends up making a scene about how Nagi is too hot to handle, and Tsugumi overhears the whole thing. At the end Zange quits her job at the TV station to work at the cafe in hopes of sabotaging Nagi, only to find that Nagi quit the day before and Zange is now under the power of the strangely manly cafe manager.
Reaction:
One small point that really stood out to me was how the snickering viewer was watching the episode on her laptop. I didn’t catch the possible Haruhi sighting this time, but fortunately Totali pointed it out. However, I did catch a lot of the otaku insider jokes, and I really liked how Takako had no idea what Meguru was talking about when he starting throwing around jargon. Zange’s plight at the end was funny, and I find it interesting that she is constantly checking Nagi’s website for updates. Do you think Zange trolls Nagi’s site with controversial comments?
Dang, it stinks to be the childhood friend with short reddish hair. Tsugumi is like Ai all over again, but with less melodrama. As for Jin, one cannot help but wonder if he is being purposely cheap so that Nagi barely has any clothing to wear. I wouldn’t normally suspect it from our Too-Pure-Pure Boy, but the way he stares at Nagi’s underwear in the hamper is rather creepy. This is the second time I have seen a plushie frog beaten up out of love-frustration, and this deeply disturbs me. It also makes me wonder if the person that Nagi likes is already dead…
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This episode made me question my sexuality (again
). I just wasn’t diggin’ the busty Nagi… its like, it just didn’t suit her! DFC 4TW!!! Well, it could be because those were fake, but who knows. If theres anything this series need more of, its ba-dunk-a-dunks! ;P
oh em gee… we have so much in common! :love: *converts*
I also find it funny that (just like Totali :love: ) the girl with closed eyes can see. I started chuckling abit when Takako showed them the Maid Cafe poster and everyone went closer to check it out, including closed-eye-girl XD. Like, theres no point to look closely at something if your eyes are closed, right?… perhaps its the scent?… Mmmm =3
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… okay all better now :3
Another strike against Tsugumi’s Childhood Friend card, and a possible nail in the coffin to the Brother-Sister alibi… Or is it? Tsugumi might be thinking now that Jin is a massive siscon instead.
I don’t know. Jealous Jin reminds me of both an older brother and a boyfriend-ish thing, and since they haven’t hooked up yet (or seem to be planning to anytime soon), it defaults to the former, so I have no worries.
Tsugumi was adorable this episode. The headwall moment was awesome. :3
Another win for Kannagi. The premise of the episode alone was enough to make me roll my eyes, but they handled it with a lot of laughs and revisited Lucky Star again for some friendly pokes at the audience.
And agreed with TheBigN on Tsugumi vs. the wall.
The head waiter at the maid cafe reminded me of Maid Guy when he GAR’ed up =_=
Jesus159159159: I thought that scene was kinda strange, too. It seemed unnatural and I bet Nagi had to use all the tissues in Jin’s house to stuff those cups. As for Shino, those squinty-eyed characters always end up being overpowered when they finally do open their eyes (e.g. Dan-kun from Bamboo Blade or Nunnally from Code Geass).
Myssa Rei: Isn’t Jin supposedly Nagi’s brother from another mother? I’m not exactly sure how that works out, but Hiromi and Shinichiro were grossed out by the possibility in True Tears so I guess it’s still a no-no. Fortunately, Jin is actually a tree-con and not a sis-con or even a half-sis-con.
TheBigN: Although Tsugumi is getting so screwed in terms of screentime to the point where she is not a credible love rival, I think she does a lot with the little time she has. Tsugumi is one of those off-the-bench energy players.
otou-san: Kannagi has been so good at making me feel that warm and fuzzy feeling of being so familiar with the characters, and yet it is only episode 6. You could even say that the series has been a real TREEt. Tsugumi headwalling was definitely hilarious.
Cokematic: That manager was so fruity and wimpy before, but he can be counted on when the chips are down. If anything, he reminds me of Bobby in Macross Frontier.
Should Shino open her eyes a big fugly demon lord will spring forth and eat up half the planet.
Zange probably got banned by the mods and makes her own site to troll back, sadly that site has been DDOS for some time now…
Tsugumi is screwed but considering how much of deviant Jin is it’s not much of a loss.
Is is just me or is Nagi just got dere-dere to Jin waaaay too quick? Did I miss anything?
Bad Pun!
I’m patting myself on the back for spotting Haruhi immediately, too. If I had a cyberbrain I could prove it.
Ah, memories of Suzuka. Frog effigies should be revered – like how Nono did in Top wo Nerae 2!
In all honesty any potential love between Nagi and jin creeps me out. Maybe because Nagi is a goddess so I would expect a motherly or sister relationship.
I didn’t get creeped out by him staring at her undies because men are pervs, and all sexy/cute small girly underwear will make them stare (except their direct relatives ones)
Why is Nagi so concerned over her breast size? It’s not that her fans would mind, in fact she’d gain a lot more because of it! Like me, for instance.
The Deliciously-Flat-Chest Supporter is right. Less is more. More fans, that is. So no henshin—-ning please.
Maybe she just hates the idea of “losing” to anyone, even in a pretty damn vague sense. She certainly seems the type.