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And the show that actually has to do with a swim club ISN’T at the pool this week. Coincidence? I think not.

Summary:

Amuro and her father end up staying at Kaname’s house because of the incident that happened with their house. Soon after being invited in, Amuro asks to use their shower. However, Kaname is shocked when he sees that Amuro is only using the garden hose outside. Amuro quickly runs to Kaname’s room afterwards, and takes some of his clothes to wear. Amuro starts going through Kaname’s things in his room, and he tries to stop her, but he ends up falling on top of her in the process. The situation almost gets pretty heated, until Mirei’s underwear falls on top of Kaname’s head. Kaname’s mother also stops by his room and misinterprets the situation. Becoming annoyed with Amuro, Kaname puts signs on his door and tells her not to come in through it. Kaname has trouble sleeping that night because of what happened with Amuro, and she even shows up in his dreams. Kaname wakes up with Amuro on top of his bed, and she explains that she went through the window since she couldn’t use the door. Amuro has Kaname walk with herself and her father, while her father gathers wood. Amuro pulls Kaname into a temple, where Mirei has hidden herself after hearing them come in. While listening to the two struggle over the offerings, Mirei becomes interested because of her misinterpretation. However, after her shirt becomes undone from leaning over, she runs out in embarrassment.

While walking outside with Amuro, Kaname asks how she can be so carefree after what happened with her house. Amuro says that it couldn’t be helped, and it wasn’t that important to her anyways. What is really important to her lies in the ocean. Kaname meets with Amuro’s father after being separated from her, and he tells Kaname that Amuro lost her grandmother to the ocean. Thinking of Amuro, this makes Kaname run home in search for her. Meeting Makio after finding that Amuro isn’t inside his house, he has her help him look for Amuro. Makio also contacts the rest of the swim club to have them help. While looking for Amuro inside a cave, Kaname imagines that he has seen the same creature he did as a child, but it is only Omo. Kaname finally finds Amuro outside of the cave, and sees that she is crying. After making his way to her, Amuro explains that she only had a stomach ache. When Kaname asks Amuro about her grandmother, she tells him that she isn’t dead. Amuro had only went out to find seaweed to give to Kaname’s family, since they were causing trouble for them by staying at their house. The whole group ends up having a cookout, and Amuro decides to jump into the ocean because of her desire.

Preview: A sly new girl joins the swim club.

Impression:

This episode was hilarious. Thank goodness there was less nudity and more jokes this time. No, that doesn’t mean the episode was completely free of it. It wouldn’t be Umisho if there wasn’t! Amuro staying at Kaname’s house was a typical love comedy situation, but it didn’t exactly go about it in the usual way. We also find out that Kaname’s mother is one of those easy going types. Man, that was way too funny. Even better was Mirei’s misinterpretation in the temple. I mean, how the heck did those three even end up in there? That was hilarious on all kinds of different levels. We started getting a bit of character development towards the end, as Kaname got closer to Amuro again. We did get to see Amuro’s grandmother in a flashback (what’s with the bandages?), but we don’t learn too much more than that. Next week we’ll meet another seemingly cliched character, but I bet she’ll surprise us in some way.