Subculture Anime Blog

If you thought the cats were cute… O_O

Summary:

After tests have ended, the seasons have started to change. When Sora arrives at school, everyone has already gathered for another art trip. However, the destination Hiyori has them go to is only a bit further away from school. Sora notices that things have changed slightly without their noticing, and she even tries to correct Natsumi who claims that nothing has changed from the usual. As Sora notices different kinds of insects around, she finds that Nagisa has even more knowledge about them as usual. Negishi is not very motivated because of Hiyori’s actions, so he goes to sleep. Meanwhile, most students discover various unique things of the autumn. When Sora takes a break to drink tea, she looks up to notice that the scenery has changed as well. The students all take a break to eat, and they notice a small puppy approach them while they do. Kokage has the puppy follow her to a sleeping Negishi with food, resulting in Negishi’s panicking from the dog jumping on top of him. As the group notices how cute the puppy is, Hiyori appears to call it the next drawing subject. Everyone gathers around to draw the puppy, but Negishi cannot keep calm with it being so attached to him. The puppy continues to follow Negishi back to the school, making the girls ask for him to take responsibility for it. Negishi is unable to keep calm despite the girls’ attempts to help, but he eventually lets the dog follow him home. While Negishi struggles with his new friendship, the middle school girl appears to snap a picture.

The students talk about the puppy he next day in the art room, and find that it is actually in the room with them. The middle school girl comes in after it at that moment, calling the puppy Inuo. When Negishi addresses the girl as Minamo, the group learns that she is actually his sister. After the class learns a bit more of Minamo and Negishi’s situation, Minamo approaches Sora. When Natsumi questions her relation to Sora, Minamo becomes very happy after hearing Sora call her a friend. Minamo lets Sora test her camera after showing her some pictures, and goes on to suggest that she actually take a few shots. Negishi has Inuo go with Sora, and she leaves soon after. Hiyori meets Minamo while looking for her chicken, and she praises her knowledge on potato chips after letting her try some of the ones she has with her. Sora tries her best to take pictures outside, and coincidentally finds Pi-chan. Inside the art room, Minamo experiments with painting. After Kokage notices her talent, Juju has Minamo try hand painting. While Sora and Minamo attempt different styles of art, they both find it interesting. When Sora returns the camera to Minamo later, Minamo requests to take a picture of everyone. Everyone poses outside, but Minamo takes one picture before the group expects it. On her screen, she has captured a picture of Sora with an autumn leaf on her head.

Preview: Awww…Sora has a cold. Part three of the cats’ story!

Impression:

Woo! Friendship power! Someone told me today that this show wasn’t one that you desperately waited for each week to watch, and I might be able to agree with that, but I still end up feeling very satisfied after watching each episode. The first half of this episode reminded me a lot of episode four, as it even had the same type o messages. The twist came towards the second half though, with Negishi’s new puppy Inuo and the introduction of Minamo. Funny, because one of you predicted that Minamo was going to be Negishi’s sister, and it proved to be true! For some reason, I really thought that Minamo sounded a lot more mature in this episode than she did before. Maybe it was because of the different situations, but I really wouldn’t expect such speech from a middle schooler. Minamo’s letting Sora borrow her camera was so simple, yet it produced some beautiful results. I loved how the two stepped into different grounds by trying different styles. I’m not sure if the feelings they had could be explained, because it’s really only truly understandable if you’ve experienced it yourself. Everyone has a different type of artistic talent, and you really just have to find the one that’s right for you. The friendship messages were all over in this episode, even with Negishi meeting Inuo. I really loved Kokage’s actions in this episode, especially when she spoke for Inuo. Speaking of that puppy, it was ridiculously cute. Haha, oni~.