Summary:

While Misaki is content to let Enomoto Yuu ogle the goods, Misaki’s straight-laced friend Watase Meguru has a major complex about her gigantic breasts. Because of her huge boobs, Meguru has vowed to never wear a swimsuit again; this sets up a major dilemma when weirdo Takei Gengorou needs just one new member to keep the swim team from being closed down. As if the guilt trip isn’t bad enough, it turns out that Meguru has had a crush on Gengorou ever since the two of them attended the same swimming school as children. Ironically, Gengorou was the one man that Meguru wanted lusting after her, and yet all he ever seemed to care about was their mutual love of swimming.

On the last day to get a member, Meguru approaches Gengorou and learns that he wants everyone to compete in the tournament in the swimsuits they designed together. Meguru finds this charming and agrees to race against Gengorou, with the winner getting his/her request granted. As an ex-Olympic prospect, Meguru easily wins in the backstroke contest, but instead of requesting a date, she asks to join the swim team. Unfortunately for the other members, Meguru joins as a manager, and so the twins remain hidden. While Meguru hopes that one day Gengorou will see her as a woman, we also get a short moment with odd snobby Sogabe Hiroyuki bumping into Chikura Nao and instantly falling in love with her.

Reaction:

This was by far the weakest episode thus far, and while I empathized with Meguru’s back-breaking dilemma, I didn’t like Meguru herself that much. My favorite moment had to be when Meguru tried to run away, but even with a head start she couldn’t escape Misaki. Haha, not so fast out of water, are you Meguru? At least the surprise ending was amusing, and I’m sure that Gengorou will eventually be able to coax Meguru into the water for a swim-date.

Fortunately, we also got bits and pieces about the more interesting characters. Misaki looked a lot smaller this time up against her fellow high schoolers, and it was cute how flustered she was to be discovered by Misao. I wonder if their Arihara fetish will lead to a stronger alliance, but at the moment neither one seems willing to make a strong move.