Nanatsuiro Drops 5: Camping? This is Vacation!

Whoa calm down it’s not like you guys cause a nuclear melt down. I like how even when gripped by tension Nako-chan is bolting towards Sumomo.

I am at a loss for words. This is a girly show right? The kind that guys don’t normally watch right? So I know that this is based off and h-game, but it’s so pink, only mildly emo, has nothing on Moetan’s loli levels, and there is no evil to be seen. Which leads me to wonder who were they targeting with the onsen scene? I mean it’s a bit late I would have assumed that all those h-game players would have called it quits since the SD p0rn got edited out, so what gives? I doubt that Japan has a bunch of badly tempered blood thirsty grunts like me that shave with a blow torch. Even then I don’t think guys were even their intended audience. At any rate this camp is not like the camp I remember in days of yore…

So Sumomo and her pals are going to the beach…and they are not fishing. I am confused. I guess camping in Japan is about being on vacation rather than living without a flushing toilet. Just as well I guess. While I have nothing against any of the female cast umm… I have to say I was expecting some sort of bishie parade. Not that I wanted to see one, but this was a show for girls so I am thinking the female cast is going look dignified while guys try to woo them in a respectful manner. That was certainly not the case. Unless you think that having a completely shirtless sensei is good enough. Then again I don’t know how women think, and no one thinks like me.

I have to say that I am most relieved that they decided to flesh out the minor characters a bit more. Up until this point they had done very little. I have suspicions about guys who hang around girls, unless they are hard core geeks of course because geeks need to stick together. Still it is good to know that each and every one of these young otome know how to choose a friend. Both Tsuwabuki and the glasses seem to be decent enough blokes.

Nona’s ignorance was a bit stretched, but the way that dialog turned out reminded me of how I used to ask about Yiddish words. At least she did try and that counts for something. I guess in her magical realm the art of cooking seems to have been forgotten, such a pity…

That is correct Ensign Asperas. It is also illogical that you would be into goth loli fashion, and chokers. Though in human terms it would be considered “moe.”

Now I admit that I did watch the onsen scene. What? Just cause I watch and rave about shoujo does not mean that I suddenly become a girl. I must say it was not as bad as it could have been; only one of them was a genetic oddity. As well endowed as Nobuko-chan is, I can’t find the rage to fault her for it. My black heart cannot marshal enough hatred, as most of it was expended and now needs to be recharged. She’s a decent enough person, a capable organizer and leader, and infectiously happy. Above all else I have to respect that fact that she is not ashamed of herself like that dull as bricks girl in School Days. I do think that she is a genetic oddity, but in light of her service to her friends I can forgive such minor details. She has enough self confidence to back up her otome charm and I like characters who are confident, but not arrogant. Besides at least she has the common courtesy not to flaunt it, and I applaud her slightly conservative fashion sense. Thank goodness this show is not in the business of panty shots and that tired old English clip of “oh yeah.”

Flora-chan seems to have gotten a good share of development as well I had written her off as some quite emo type character, but I admit that I was wrong. I really misjudged her based on literally on seconds of previous screen time. Good to see that she is a confident and audacious otome as well. I like her slightly mischievous nature. Kudos to Flora-chan for dragging Nona-chan to the chopping block during your slumber party.

If nothing else this onsen showed us that whatever milkshake Nako-chan brings it hardly involved over sized gazongas. It makes me a bit curious as to what she could have done to gain the attentions of her best friend’s crush. Still I don’t want to see her betray Sumomo. Nako-chan can’t be that cruel. I think she is a smart girl and as such I sense that she at least suspects that Yuki-chan is not exactly an innocent male lamb. It is most reassuring that Nako-chan acts as a bridge for Sumomo to make new friends as well. Nako-chan you are Elite. I share her sentiment of just falling in love. While Nobuko and company are most reasonable in wanting to hold first place in a partner’s heart and list of priorities, I think love should be a connection that survives long periods of separation and is something that engenders fidelity and trust.

Me too! Mad props for having a thinly disguised yuri party Nobuko-chan. Now, now no need to be modest.

While I disapprove of Yuki-chan going to the girls’ bath at least he got to the right feeling first. Namely along the lines of “oh shit I might get may ass kicked for this.”

Speaking of their late night tea and pocky party I have to say they were not much different from guys. For some strange reason communal living for males often culminates in some sort of round table discussion. It’s not that much different in spirit, just a lot more vulgar when it comes to guys. While it was no surprise that none of them was in a relationship, I don’t think that they need to be in such a rush. They’re still in school and would do well to start planning out their future courses of action. The future is always important because you will be living in it; better make sure it is not that crappy.

Nona-chan seems to be afraid of Terran wildlife, and while very contrived I can see why she may be a bit jittery. Granted in her place I would have used my partner as bait while I hunted the hunters, for the untrained and unaccustomed not being able to see in pitch black is rather harrowing. In an earlier age I would have written off Nona-chan’s complete freezing as pure fiction, until I saw a group of engineers just freeze when a mishap (a government vehicle, for which engineers are responsible for, backed right into a dumpster, hard) occurred right before their eyes. So maybe Nona-chan is as afraid of ghosts as grunts are afraid of mishap reports. If Tsuwabuki gave her the option of being left behind, carried, or dragged I would have given him bonus points, but he never offered to drag Nona-chan to their destination…Well at least he was not trying anything on her.

Looks like Nako-chan has a new yuri pal. Huzzah!

Poor Sumomo fate liked to piss on her this time around, as her crush seems to be intimately involved with Asperas-san. Contrived is it not that Tsuwabuki assumes that Sumomo likes someone else. I doubt he suspects its Nako-chan because if he did he’d probably get giddy. I wonder how many times a sad Sumomo ran into the arms of Nako-chan, it needs to happen more often. The whole banter on the stars was sad, but as a lover of astronomy I think that it’s rather fascinating that the night sky is a sort of time machine. Still discussing the death of stars and black holes does not make for good conversation of a romantic nature unless you are talking to physicists or astronomers. Tsuwabuki pick your battles better. Next time, when you are blessed with a starry sky and someone to share it with try talking about the constellations instead.

Yeah cardigan sensei always complains how much faster light use to be. Hey where is Crow?