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Summary:

Rin wakes Reiji in the morning, and while presenting breakfast to him, she constantly reminds him that she is in the fourth grade now. Reiji notices that Rin had prepared his meal splendidly, but hers burnt, causing him to internally find her extremely cute. In other places, Kuro and Mimi prepare for the fourth grade in their own unique ways. When Reiji sees Rin in a particularly revealing outfit, he worries about Aoki’s seeing her in such a state. Because of Rin’s usual charm though, he ends up allowing her to wear it. This causes trouble as he walks her to school, with even the police mistaking him for a molester.

Reiji meets Aoki at the school gates, leading both of them to undermine each other in their minds. Rin gives Reiji a kiss on the cheek before leaving him though, seemingly giving Aoki’s rival the upper hand. When Aoki asks Rin if she always does this with Reiji afterwards, she teases him in the usual way. Aoki clearly sees that Rin would be trouble again, but as he had already decided to understand her, he decides to do his best from here on as well.

Aoki asks for volunteers to represent the class in homeroom, but the students only express their reluctancy. When the majority of them pick out Mimi though, Rin steps in to volunteer. Aoki and the others are surprised by this action, but they settle in agreement by the end. Aoki continues to ask why Rin would do something so suddenly afterwards, but she only replies by saying that she wanted to try it. Aoki doesn’t seem confident despite Rin’s responses while in the teacher’s office, but when he starts to ask for Shirai’s advice, she tells him to take care of his own class. When Hoin sees Oyajima and even Aoki agreeing to Shirai’s beliefs, she falls into the usual confusion.

Daisuke has the class cook in a later class, but Rin’s usual playing causes him a lot of panic. Rin eventually gets Aoki to say that the class can make whatever they want, exciting the class and leading them to make various dishes. Rin further reverses a prank that Kuro plans, making the class an overall success. Mimi later asks if Rin had become representative for her or Aoki’s sake, but Rin denies by claiming that it was for her own sake. As she was able to relay things that the students and Aoki were unable to, she would be perfect for the role. As the girls separate for the afternoon though, Mimi can only wonder how exactly this benefits Rin.

The next day, Aoki is impressed by how much of a leader Rin is able to be. When he finds the classroom empty in the afternoon though, he suspects that she had the class leave like she did in the past. When Rin meets Aoki, she quickly sees that he does not trust her. She runs from him because of this, and as Kuro and Mimi return to the school, Aoki realizes that Rin had actually convinced the students to do cleanup together for more productivity. Ridden with guilt, Aoki quickly searches for Rin around the school. He eventually finds her on top of a cherry tree, but even after apologizing, this leads to a very embarrassing situation. As Rin greets her friends afterwards though, things seem to return to normal.

Impression:

It’s amazing to see what all I was missing with that dreaded censoring in season one. No really, as I was far too lazy to check out the dvd versions of the first season, some of the scenes in this episode really came off as shocking to me…. And by shocking, I mean hilarious. Despite everyone being in the fourth grade now, and the new position Rin has, this episode felt very much like most of season one. There were plenty of laughs, a little bit of drama, and the usual underaged goodness that we all love. I don’t think I can say much more though, besides that this was 20 minutes of great fun. The manga readers already know what to expect, of course, and fans of the anime will only be getting more of what they want.

Notes:

• They chose to use the same OP/ED from the first OAD special, which is great.
• Hadaka aprons…an essential for wifu status.
• Do fourth graders really cook like that in Japanese schools? Yikes.
• Is it bad that I will always associate cherry blossoms with B5C now?
• Reiji is still a lolicon.