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Ally of Justice

Summary:

When Tamaki was a child, she was very interested in a super hero cartoon. In the present time, she prepares to face off against Toyama. Kirino apologizes to her, because she does not have a suit that fits her, but Tamaki claims to be fine. Kirino explains that Toyama always acts in this bullying way, as he threatens everyone in the club. In other places, Yuji tells Ishida about a time in his childhood where Tamaki saved him from a group of bullies. Tamaki quickly strikes Toyama, but he does not stop the match. He is not interested in a kendo match at all, and only wants to cause hurt to others. Tamaki obviously has more skill than he does, but she is hindered by the loose clothes she is wearing. Toyama also constantly breaks rules. Tamaki remembers a technique that she was taught long ago, one that she could only use after reaching High School. She uses this technique to give Toyama a humiliating defeat, as the club cheers her on.

The next day, Tamaki reveals to her guardian that she has joined the kendo club. Ishida gets food from his students at lunch time, and the rest of the club gathers to eat together. They find that Tamaki has only brought rice, which she quickly eats by herself. Seeing this, they all attempt to feed her their food. The group discusses their experiences from Middle School, and find that Yuji was at the top of his class. When they ask Tamaki, they find that she had not joined any clubs. Ishida finds that he still doesn’t have enough members for his team, as a teacher named Iwasa comes in to wish him luck. The kendo club’s activities go on with various levels of success, and Ishida decides to challenge Tamaki. This ends quickly with Ishida’s loss, giving him a fairly big loss in pride. This isn’t enough to make him despair, however, so he goes right back in to do his best. Tamaki purchases different foods that night, and tells her parents that she will be making sandwiches to share with her new friends the next day.

Preview: Miyako and Danjuro show us their stuff!

Impression:

It looks like I’ll be keeping up with this one too. Putting either Bamboo Blade or Sketchbook off to Tuesday still applies, in case I am too busy with studies to cover both in one night. This episode was mainly more development with Tamaki’s character. I’d have to say that she is my favorite character so far, but she is also being forced on us at the moment. The power ranger like TV show that she likes was really awesome, and it’s funny how that influenced her to do kendo. The scene with her eating was really cute too. Speaking of that scene, what was up with the really long butt shot? Haha, and I thought this show wasn’t going to have fanservice. The actually kendo scene got me pretty pumped. Just like Kirino, I was like “get em, Tamaki!”. That dude got messed up! The only complaint I had about this episode was the “dead eyes syndrome” that I’ve been noticing a lot in some anime. You can probably point it out too. Other than that, this was a really nice heart warmer to go along with Sketchbook for the night. We get some development for Miyako and Danjuro next week, so that should be fun.