After some odd initial scenes with Reimi putting the finishing touches on her 1-1 scale Miyako cardboard cutout and Yoshikawa owning up Reimi’s mom in a PSP game, we get a taste of Miyako’s manipulative side. Miyako is able to turn on the charm to get her classmates to take over her cleaning duties, [...]
Tamaki is so amazing that even Ogawa Mei and Satori are totally fired up. Satori starts feeling her competitive juices flowing, and challenges Tamaki to a practice match. While Satori is exceptionally talented, Tamaki is still too much for her and uses an array of feints and blocks to set Satori up. [...]
When the cavewoman says goodbye to the real Satori, Sayako and Kirino quickly pounce. Under the pretense of “just observing” they force Satori to battle her way out of the dojo. Satori is incredibly skilled, and Yuuji is so pumped that he requests a match as well. However, Satori feels she cannot [...]
Kirino is having trouble remembering the name of the mysterious kendoka who is in their high school, so Yuuji suggests texting Kirino’s middle school friends for the name. They get the name Azuma Satori, but no one knows what Satori looks like. Apparently Satori is very studious, so Kirino and Sayako go to [...]
The strange girl in the store turns out to be Odajima Reimi, who has been stalking Miyako since middle school. Even worse, she is the daughter of the hag that put Toraji’s job in jeopardy. Speaking of Toraji, we also see a flashback of when he was 18 and wussed out when a [...]
Tamaki is having a tough time balancing school, club activities, and her part time job. Sayako is having a tough time with tests, as she is not very good at math. However, nobody is having as hard a time as Toraji. After this annoying woman steals his parking space, his cheap beer [...]
The TV program that rocked Tamaki senseless turns out to be a commercial for Material Puzzle, Season 1: Mages of the Continent. The 46 episode DVD boxset even comes with a bald talking figure, but runs ¥60,000 (about $530)… Even after cannibalizing all her life savings, she is still ¥19,051 short. Fortunately, [...]
Kenzaburo is stoked to be fighting Tamaki, and instantly goes on the offensive, pushing Tamaki to the dojo floor. Everyone else is shocked, but Kenzaburo knows that if he didn’t go all out, Tamaki would floor him in an instant with her impressive skills and concentration. Tamaki is able to mitigate the reach [...]
Toraji’s idea for disguising Tamaki is pathetic, and everyone quickly sees through it; however, Kenzaburo allows it because Tamaki is so exciting. Konatsu is quickly dispatched with a double headshot, and it’s Miyako’s turn. Unfortunately, she doesn’t know how to score against the listless Akemi, and once Akemi gets an apology text from [...]
Kenzaburo wants to have the practice match next week, and Toraji doesn’t bother telling him that he only has four members. Trying to outwit Kenzaburo is like trying to outwit Totali, but the goal is to match your strong members up against the opponent’s weak members. The match-ups are as follows:
Strong and energetic [...]
Sayako is having trouble finishing her yuri fanfiction, because she’s still got Miyako on her mind. We get a flashback that shows just how flakey Sayako can be, and why she was never able to beat Kirino. Sayako has great power and because she is so tall she has good reach, but she [...]
Toraji decides to step up practices, and even have practices during lunch (bring extra food, please). Miyako is not really enthusiastic about this, but Danjuro really encourages her. The team then goes to buy some new equipment at Sakaguchi’s Kendo Wares. Miyako is happy to see that Sakaguchi also sells bokuto, and [...]
We get a flashback of young Tamaki watching her favorite show Super Sword Squad Blade Braver, as Yuji tells Toraji about how Tamaki has always had a strong sense of justice. With that, Tamaki challenges Toyama, but in the changing room she finds that all the trousers are too long. In spite of [...]
