Sony fanboy to the rescue.
I don’t care if this show every gets back on track with the supposed “main story”. As long as they keep up the comedy I can watch these random side stories forever.
P.S. Check out this Kannagi fan made video.
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Summary
Looks like your “textbooks” have been discovered, Jin.
In terms of story and plot, not much has happened in this episode so I’m going to keep this one brief. The basic premise was that Jin had done something emotionally hurtful to Nagi. We learn later that Jin apparently recorded over Nagi’s recording of Lolikko Cutie with a show about cats (which Nagi liked as well). Nagi has shut herself inside Jin’s closet because of this and refuses to leave.
Oh Akiba, you so funny.
Throughout the episode, Tsugumi, Zange and the Arts Club members all end up visiting Jin one way or another. Despite their efforts, no one was able to convince Nagi to leave the closet. Not even Akiba, who was supposed to bring a copy of the latest episode was able to get her out of the closet.
I knew it was coming, but it was still pretty funny.
When all was said and done, Jin tries to give Nagi a very sincere apology only to find out that Nagi has already left the closet and probably hasn’t heard a word he said.
Impressions
Yeah, it was hard to watch porn when your parents put the computer in the living room, isn’t it?
This episode kind of hits home for me and possibly some of the other viewers out there. It reminds me a lot of my childhood and how I would get upset when I wasn’t allowed to watch my favorite TV show since the adults would be watching something else. I’ve locked myself in closets a few times as well but I don’t think I’ve ever stayed that long. On a random note, this episode reminded me of that South Park episode where random celebrities went into a closet and the recurring joke was that they won’t “come out of the closet”.
I wonder how much money Sony gave them for that shameless plug.
Akiba has to be one of the best side characters I’ve ever encountered in a comedy anime. “It’s a Sony” will probably live on in the hearts and minds of all the Kannagi fans and probably all the Sony fanboys out there as well. If not, I will certainly never forget Akiba’s epic words.
We are the champions, my friends.
The Jin X Akiba scene was pretty amusing yet slightly awkward to watch. Not that there’s anything wrong with two guys running towards each other and embracing passionately. It’s just that well… it was a bit unexpected and a little over the top. But it still gives a good laugh. Hey they had to appeal to the female audience and to balance out this next scene I’ll be talking about.
It’s not what you think! It’s not what you think!
Ah, yes. I can’t get enough of Jin X Zange. Whatever exactly went on between the two will forever be left to the imaginations of all perverts (and possibly non-perverts) out there watching this show. Is it just me or was there a lot of sexual stuff going on in this episode? Not just with Zange, but the chat between Tsugumi and Nagi was filled with it too. Of course in that example, only those of us with dirty minds would probably pick up on it. (¬.¬)
Suteki na sutekki!
Return of the Nagi puns. I’ve actually missed these and this one in particular made me laugh pretty hard.
Akiba-kun saitei…
Tsugumi didn’t have much of an impressive role in this episode, but she did contribute to a pretty amusing moment between Akiba, Takako, and herself with the whole KamaPure thing.
Tsugumi told you to GTFO.
Oh and let’s not forget that brief moment where Tsugumi’s “dark side” appeared again with Zange.
Even a noob like me can spot this Ultraman reference.
Crimeny! More roaches.
Ten points to the first person that knows where I got that line from.
Lolikko Cutie Mania
I must be either totally crazy or a fanboy, but I wouldn’t mind if they made an actual series of this as long as they maintain that level of animation quality and cheesiness.
A perverted magical wand. How awesome is that?
Mahou shoujo that involves the President? How crazy is that?
Is that bad?.
LOL. I almost fell out of my chair when she got randomly hit by that truck.
I’ve never seen such fluid animation for a slice of bread.
Eww. I just noticed that he even uses his pubic hair.
More random goodness, although you can’t really see it in this shot.
Haha. More Ultraman parodies?
Doesn’t seem like Nagi was too impressed. Oh well.
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Fucking Betamax…LOL. God I am old.
“I’ve never seen such fluid animation for a slice of bread.”
Me neither!
This episode might be a filler, but its awesomeness is more than 9000 Bleach and Naruto fillers combine together… Ummm… That isn’t a good comparison, too much different…
Looks like the days of Somy products in anime are officially over.
@Crusader: Too bad it was one of the biggest media format flops in history that is still studied for the misteps Sony took to this day. For the home video market people knew they could get a better value in recording time from VHS then they could for Betamax, not to mention it was far more practical if you wanted to tape more then a few programs in a night. Tough lesson for Sony, but they’d eventually come back to win their next format war with Blu-Ray. True story.
Akiba must be the ultimate Sony fanboy if he still had a working Betamax recorder! That was completely unexpected.
I suspect there’ll be a Lolikko Cutie episode as a DVD extra. Although I think if they went the Kujibiki Unbalance route and made a complete series spinoff that would be stretching the joke a bit too far.
“Crimeny! More roaches.”
Ah yes i know that reference. It’s from the great late Steve Irwin the Crocodile Hunter. God i miss him.
I laugh myself really hard when i found out that Akiba brought a Beta-Max tape instead of a VHS tape. Good lord man, Beta-Max been dead for over 25 years and he still has a working copy!? I have seen lots of stores selling cheap VHS tapes nowadays but never have i encountered a Beta-Max. Either their commemorating this great but failed product anniversary or using it as excuse on how dumb Akiba is.
I think im in love with Takako-sempai, no only is she cool, she’s also a suspected bisexual or just a lesbian Fujoshi with a great fashion sense. Love what she did with her hair.
Nice Japanese mythology reference.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amano-Iwato
“Eww. I just noticed that he even uses his pubic hair.”
This information was automatically ignored when I first watched this. Why must you remind me of this? D:
“I wonder how much money Sony gave them for that shameless plug.”
Probably none since Kannagi is animated by A-1 Pictures which was founded by Aniplex which was founded by….. Sony. It’s more like the Kannagi crew is kissing up to the boss. XD
I lol’ed so many times on this episode… It’s just too funny xD
Thanks for the screen shoots there, I realized that I missed a few things… *going and watch it again*
God that was a fun episode though. I almost fell out of the chair as well when the girl got hit by the truck. Was so completely unexpected. That bread really did get some nice animation. Might not be a bad series if they kept the animation to that level.
Have to wonder about technology with these guys. Jin is still recording stuff on VHS…Then Akiba brings in a Beta-Max along with a Blu-Ray disk. Does no one in that series have a DVD player? Of course was a lot of fun when Akiba showed up. That hug scene was ummm something. Have to agree every time I think about this series that line “It’s a Sony!” will just pop into my head.
Zange made the episode a lot of fun as well. Not often you even get the water bottle sweating
. No matter what happened it was definitely enough to take Jin out of the picture. If this wasn’t a comedy you’d almost think they were at a crime scene with that much blood.
@SoSo/Karin lover
Poor Steve. That really was a sad thing to hear about. Still haven’t been able to watch an episode with him in it.
Despite the fact that this was a ‘filler’ episode, it was hilarious.
Akiba has quickly become the funniest character on the show (next to Nagi).
Akiba has to be one of the best side characters I’ve ever encountered in a comedy anime. “It’s a Sony” will probably live on in the hearts and minds of all the Kannagi fans and probably all the Sony fanboys out there as well. If not, I will certainly never forget Akiba’s epic words.
I could not agree more. I busted out laughing when he gave the thumbs up and said “It’s a Sony!”.
Also, I don’t know about anyone else but I really like how passive-aggressive Tsugumi has become. It makes her character much more interesting than just the bland nice girl next door. I hope she continues her guilt-ridden biting remarks with Zange and Nagi.
I love this show.
Though I disagree with Halcyon. I prefer Tsugumi, or maybe Takako (maybe even Jin for play catalyst to Nagi’s jokes), to Akiba at the moment, mostly because I remain unimpressed with his voice acting, though I feel his integration is still good, as is nearly everything in this show. Like that one time he was supposed to be talking really fast. But he wasn’t. He’s still cool, and the gay moment was excellently done.
The only thing I have to gripe about is Daitetsu, who continues to give a largely unfunny show, in my opinion. Also in part to his boring voice acting. I hope he gets more interesting.
An interesting point of note, on mangafox someone uploaded chapter 36, where apparently drama happens. I hope to god the anime ends before that point, because come on! It’s so good as it is.
Galge-playing girls for the win~! And really, Takako should appear more with her hair down.
The episode was very amusing for a filler, meaning it pretty much preserved the spirit of the source material despite being an anime-original.
@Crusader: I think I barely missed the whole Betamax vs VHS era. However, I don’t really remember much of my childhood anyway.
@Kaitune: Well the reasons for watching Naruto or Bleach are probably different than watching a show like this. So far I’ve been simply happy with all the comedy that they’ve provided us and the main story has taken a backseat since then.
@Kaioshin Sama: Perhaps… but based on another comment, it was probably safe to place Sony’s name in the show.
@Dop: Yeah, I don’t know about a whole series. Maybe just an episode or two would suffice.
@SoSo/Karin lover: Not exactly. Steve probably never had to deal with roaches or “radroaches” for a matter of fact. But yes, he was a great man and shall be missed.
Akiba is simply a Sony fanboy. Even if the product is a failure, he would support the company 100%.
I’ve noticed that Takako has been the only one to have a hairstyle change so far in the anime as well.
@ubic: Very interesting. Thanks for pointing that out.
@FFVIIKnight: Haha. Sorry about that. I have a bad habit of pointing out everything that catches my eye no matter how disturbing it is.
@Ties: You certainly know your stuff, but I think Sony could still throw them a few bones for their loyal service.
@Kazearashi: No problemo.
@FlareKnight: Well it’s not surprising that Jin doesn’t have a DVD player. He’s just a high school boy living on his own. A DVD player would just be an unnecessary luxury.
@Halcyon: That’s one of the main reasons I like Tsugumi so much. I can’t remember a time where I didn’t laugh every time she does something off to the side.
@skoll: I agree that Akiba’s voice acting could be better, but I’m pretty much satisfied with it. There were times that I really liked it like when he yelled out “Mikuriya” and smacked him upside the head. His outbursts are pretty well done and overall I’m okay with his voice actor. I think the times where he’s supposed to be talking really quickly was kind of odd too, but it might have been better that they slowed it down so we could actually pick up on what actually he’s saying. Oh and the “moe” part was great and one of my personal favorites.
I consider Daitetsu to be a background character (along with Shino). They don’t bring much to the table, but the add on to whatever is going on usually.
@Myssa Rei: I’ve actually tried taking a peak at the manga itself and I have to admit that I really prefer the anime in more ways than one. Not to say that the manga is bad or anything… I was just not as impressed as I hoped to be.
1) Takako looks so sexy with her hair down
2) I was extremely aroused by the closet scene where she fans her legs
3) I love bad puns
Calawain: http://myssa.teri-chan.net/Images/Bad_Pun.png
Shokkeru: The manga is a different beast than the anime, granted, but it’s more of the execution. Dunno how long we can keep the comedy up though, as like skoll mentions the comic suffers the Cerberus Syndrome in the most current volume…