Note that Kozue still ran over to see what they were talking about
Summary:
Oh stop crying, this is way better than Lasik
Fumiaki catches Ami and Maya exchanging notes about Kozue’s situation, and is insulted that Maya doesn’t think he can help. Maya ends up coercing him into faking a spoon bending, and when he fails spectacularly, Maya uses the opportunity to talk some more smack about the occult. Kozue agrees, but when Maya starts trashing Le Petit Prince as well, Kozue starts crying without knowing why. Fortunately, John Mayer knows why.
Chihiro won’t hand over the lab key to help Maya retrieve Kozue’s occult-loving heart, but JK picks the lock with his dowsing rods. Ami enlists Smile and Fumiaki stops Maya from entering the NDE machine since he feels saving Kozue is his responsibility as a teacher. Fumiaki’s life flashes before his eyes, and we learn that his fame-crazy mom never let Fumiaki watch meteor showers with the other kids and even slapped him when he protested her bumping their planetarium date for a graduation demonstration. We also get a glimpse of the aliens owning the hell out of Earth before Fumiaki finally reaches a depressed Kozue. She moans about not being able to see the occult, but as soon as Fumiaki flips her glasses down over her eyes, she cheers up and recovers completely. Maya gains some respect for Fumiaki, but most of it is squandered when she catches him moonlighting as Mikaze’s bread toadie on campus.
Reaction:
Kozue, your NDE is as useless as you are
While I appreciate the attempt to make Fumiaki more respectable and give us insight into Fumiaki’s decline, this whole debacle could have been resolved in 2 seconds with a well-timed Smile punch. Smile would have punched Kozue so hard her occult-loving heart self would have gotten whiplash and had the glasses drop down. For a few button presses, Smile scored a 9-piece hexagon wrench set, the latest model of riding glove, and 5 L of engine oil. That’s George Jetson return on investment right there.
Even JK continued to show ridiculous versatility, which makes Kozue that much more useless. Kozue’s NDE sucked and showed none of that spiritual training she’s always doing; at least Fumiaki crammed a flashback and a flash forward in his NDE. Ami had a decent cosplay moment, and I noticed that good parenting involves a lot of prep work. For instance, if you don’t beat your kids enough when they are young, they will never be able to save the world. I’m willing to bet at a critical moment Fumiaki will get babied by Mikaze and spot some aliens flashing through the sky like shooting stars, which will enable him to regain his powers and save the world.
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Kabitzin – who has written 1971 posts on Sea Slugs! Anime Blog.
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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I’m surprised Fumiaki & Maya make such a big deal about one slap, they’re so spoiled. Also, I’m kind of sad JK & Smile didn’t get to do anything
Yeah, especially Maya. Fumiaki was a little more understandable since that slap really sent him flying and was coupled with the whole meteor thing.
JK got to pick that lock, and we actually saw Smile fix something for once. Still, I’m getting a little twitchy waiting for Smile to punch someone in the face.
I thought the new Kozue was better than the old Kozue, but alas people tend to be resistant to change.
I figured Chihiro wouldn’t give them the key because she didn’t want the annoying old Kozue back, for liability reasons.
+1 for new Kozue. Maya should’ve encouraged Kozue to develop her to supervillain skills and teamed up to destroy the Academy.
What the hell were they trying to do to that snake anyways?
Fumiaki needs to read up on what teachers are supposed to do. Finding their student’s glasses in the afterlife is not in the description.
They were trying to rig up a fake Tsuchinoko. Also, Fumiaki really only put in 3 minutes of work.
3 minutes <- Good Point
I”m not sure whether they were trying ta put ta snake in ta pot or make ta snake eat the pot but it was probably really stupid anyways :V
poor snake crying they are so terrible
Oh boy did I lol at the John Mayer reference.
Dang the Chihiro & Goon skit was a bit too short but meh xD I really wanted to see Maya intimidate her again with her evil eye.
Chihiro :”You’re a student now and I won’t give you the key for personal reasons!”
Maya:”Ok then, as the principal of this school give me the damned key or you’re fired!”
Too bad Kozue only left her “heart” behind instead of a full body take over by a wander soul. That would have been so cool xD.
Fumiaki’s mom almost had me <333 until I saw the blatant child abuse. Never smack your child in the face, always go for the rear since spanking will firm up those glutes and doesn't leave a bruise so visible that the social services pay a visit D:
lol @
It just wouldn’t fit though! It’s too big!
I think we’ve all been missing our man of few words and a thousand smiley badge faces getting his arse-kicking freak on. And as you say JK’s versatility, and general upbeatness I might add, is just too awesome. Who says Goths are always miserable?
JK is my ideal goth, he’s got the look but not the emo. ;P
There should have been moar JK and Smile in this one and that ending handshake surprised me. Made up so soon? I wanted some more tsun moments from Maya. ^^
Luckily, Uchida got punched in the face again soon after. Go tsun tsun Maya!
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