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Let Maaya show you her Geass powers.

Summary:

After putting the finishing touches on her new home, Amuro leaves for school with Kaname. On the way, she meets a red haired girl, who introduces herself as Nanako Maaya. It turns out that she is an idol, as well as a swimmer. She is also a childhood friend of Kaname. After finding that both she and Maaya wear swim suits under their dresses, Amuro suggests that they swim in the ocean. However, Maaya denies after seeing how big Amuro’s rack is. After going to school, the swim team finds that Maaya is a very fast swimmer. However, she is very full of herself, and even uses her appeal to win over the boys. While the girls are changing afterwards, the boys find Maaya sitting alone outside. Kaname realizes that she does not want to change with the other girls because they have bigger boobs, while Maaya convinces the boys to make her a private changing area in the lower storage room. Amuro drags Makio and Mirei into this room after seeing it, while the boys and Momoko look in shock. Because of the modifications to the room, it ends up collapsing from the pressure. The next time at club, a competition is proposed to see who will be able to change in the remaining room. Mirei races for the girls, while Seito races for the boys. Masa also appears with his own ridiculous proposal. While looking anxiously at who the winner will be, Momoko suddenly sees Ono appear. This is actually a teacher wearing a hat, so he is quickly disposed of. Maaya continues to try having things her way afterwards, but Amuro scolds her. She tells her that everyone should have fun together, but Maaya kicks her into the pool alone when she suggests that they swim together.

Preview: Maaya tries to imitate Amuro.

Impression:

So the word going around is that this show is no good. Apparently it showed a lot of potential in the first episode but didn’t use it. Well, I don’t see what everyone is talking about. The first episode looked to me like the basic set up for a love comedy, and that’s what we’re getting. Anyways, this episode was as funny as ever. A love rival appears! Maaya is certainly an interesting character, being Kaname’s childhood friend, an idol, and a tsundere. She even has Geass powers! Her interaction with Amuro was very fun to watch, but I think the highlight of the episode was the misleading shadows cast by the girls while they were changing. Where did those mushrooms come from!? Oh man, I am still laughing. The random teacher’s appearance was also a laugh out loud moment because it was so unexpected. This is probably one of the first times that I am glad a love rival is appearing in a love comedy. I think Amuro needed a bit of competition, and she looked like she was getting a bit irritated in this episode. The next episode looks very fun as well, with Maaya trying to compete against Amuro and imitating her.