When I first heard of Bamboo Blade, I thought it would be a dull sports (and possibly harem) anime series. I’m glad to say, however, that I was pleasantly surprised. I’m not really sure how I would classify it, as it is kind of a mix of comedy and slice-of-life with just a [...]
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It’s time for the 35th Shoryuuji HS Tournament, and the place is packed. Everyone registers for individual matches, and Satori is immediately eliminated by a motivated Tamaki. Miyako, on the other hand, finally tastes success by turtling until Carrie makes a mistake. It turns out that Reimi’s stalker habits ended up being [...]
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Everyone starts getting emo and skipping out on kendo practice, leaving the boys and the Sa-girls to pick up the pieces. Kirino wants to take the fall by resigning, but Sayako refuses to make out with her until she comes up with a better plan. Tamaki gets a flat tire, and Yuuji is [...]
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Tamaki has to shamefully tell her dead mom about the loss to SHINAIgirl, and Miyako lies to get out of kendo practice. Morale has really dropped, and Tamaki has reverted to how she was prior to joining the club. As if things couldn’t get any worse, Toraji learns that parents are calling for [...]
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It’s time for the 55th Kanto Tournament, and a lot more schools are participating. The Muroe team is pumped up because Kirino has made them some super cute sentai dolls and everyone figures that Tamaki is a guaranteed win. Toraji’s team hopes to advance to the final and face Kenzaburo’s team. In [...]
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Rin starts drawing closer to Tamaki when she sees that Tamaki has a clock that is just like the timer in a riveting Blade Braver episode. The two of them get into uber-nerdy arguments and end up spending all night watching old episodes of Blade Braver. Tamaki loves the Bravers because they never [...]
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Toraji has a business trip, so the club is given the week off. Everyone else ends up just going to practice anyway, but Yuuji has tickets for a live show featuring Cosmo 13 with Red Braver as a special guest. It’s very campy and childish, but Tamaki and a mysterious girl named Suzuki [...]
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Some of Miyako’s pseudo-friends discuss how Miyako loves Dan because he resembles her deceased pangolin, Kotarou. This suspicion is confirmed on a shopping trip at the kendo gear store when Miyako gets in a fight with Carrie Nishikawa of California. Carrie is instantly attracted to Dan’s animal magnetism and calls him Anderson (after [...]
Konishi is badly hurt, but Toraji has the judges halt the match due to Tamaki’s injury. Kirino steps in for the representative match to break the tie, but at the critical moment her little brother Takkun announces that Chiba-okasan is ok. This breaks Kirino’s focus and she falls prey to Aoki-san’s Misty Honey [...]
Konishi-san shows up to let Tamaki out, but her intentions are not pure. As the two rush back to the match, a bunch of tennis balls just happens to fall out, and Tamaki badly rolls her ankle after stepping on a ball. The only reason Konishi-san let Tamaki out is because Konishi-san didn’t [...]
Kirino misses two days of school and no one can reach her. Sayako is really worried about Kirino, but it turns out Kirino is just helping out her dad at the deli. Kirino’s mom is exhausted from too many late concerts with her friends. With that drama out of the way, it’s [...]
Everyone gets stuck cleaning the pool, because it was the only way Toraji could get the school officials to sanction the training camp. There is a brief hint at possible fanservice when all the girls (in their white shirts) get soaked, but no fanservice is actually shown. Even more incredibly, the bathhouse scene [...]
