Tactics 20
Oni-gatari. I recognised Kantarou's voice over the introduction, and the opening was lovely. A different kind of presentation, more subtle, less narrative like the previous ones, more infomative for a change. Oh, and I learnt that Ichinomiya Kantarou = Ninomiya Kanjirou *flees XDDDD* Poor Kan-chan also got stomped on the foot by a overly-jealous Suzu (because she saw Haruka holding Yuri's matchmaking charm)... And he was jumping around in pain, complaining "Why me~~~~~"Hasumi (Ryoukan) made an unexpected appearance, and he makes a subtitute for Sugino as well. How so? He, like Sugino, blames Kantarou for tricking (seducing for Mu's case) his daughter Rosalie, and pulls off a crying feat. -_-;; Oh my gosh - his once-serious and stubborn image is all wrecked! Worse, he got possessed by a Nekomata [cat spirit] and started meowing (in the Japanese version I bet it will be nyaaaa-ing instead, lol) and licking his substitute "paws". o_O And the most comical scene goes on to Rosalie's - seems like the English girl would like her father to remain that way for the time being... I think Kantarou will agree with her too!
The episode focuses on Haruka. Firstly, Yuri-san fell for him and calls him a sensitive gentleman. Haruka got his first kiss (on-screen :P) and also a matchmaking charm from Yuri-san. It's not really some kind of romance - it's just more displays of Haruka's kindness. If you wanna compare what a real romance is, refer to last night's episode. That's more like it. The setting's right, and what Kagome would say - MUUDO! [Mood!] Tonight's "Haruka x Yuri" is more shallow, and it wasn't really shown how Haruka feel about Yuri as well. But Youko, being sensitive as usual, spotted Yuri's blushes (when the latter first met Haruka) straight away and Kantarou had to be enlightened that it's called "love at first sight". Lol! Well, take into account that Youko is actually a youkai! She's one promising woman! As far as Haruka can display acts of kindness, he can be a Mr. Not-Nice too. I prefer to say this in Chinese: 殺気. Whoa, Haruka is gooood! He's scary at that. Well, you have to keep in mind - regardless of his
And now down to serious stuff. The truth is finally revealed. The return of Minamoto with Ibaragi and Watanabe - for real this time. Minamoto is from a youkai-exterminator family! And because they failed to take down the mighty Tengu (Haruka in the past), Minamoto is now out for revenge - or more likely, glory for his name and family. Aha, so the truth seems more down-to-earth. Looks clean, too. Because there's only five episodes left, I'm eager to know how they are going to make a clean sweep out of it. Ganba yo! There's a taste of Japanese culture tonight - Shougiku Gidayu (who turns out to be Ibaragi) and her shamisen. Though I don't really agree with shamisen music... This music genre in Kantarou's times shouldn't be so... modern... Well, I thought it's a little modern for me myself. Haha, whatever, I'll give the composer a break! After all, what marvellous music! It took more than ten minutes for the story to settle down into a serious tensed mood. When Shougiku/Ibaragi grants Kantarou, Haruka and Sugino a private performance at her residence, Kantarou's scar starts to hurt, finally after so many episodes. When the performance starts, Kantarou finds it weird that he can't hear a thing, while Haruka started to writh in pain. Minamoto's aim is to make Haruka recall his past and return to his true tengu form before battling him again. Sugino actually thinks it was better for Haruka to remember his past and explains (to Kantarou) that it was painful for the tengu to live everyday with his subdued powers and without any memories of his past. Kantarou thinks otherwise ("Sorry, Sugino-sama.") and make plans to save the situation. Haruka, at that moment, is no longer the Haruka we know; he has lost his sense of reason and is halfway through the metamorphsis into his true form. Yuri, too has become an Oni (Ibaragi's doing), and is confronting the half-transformed tengu. Both are really to attack each other, till Haruka dropped the matchmaking charm. Bleh - that's where I was disappointed. It ended so fast! All that accumulation of tension, and then both returned to their senses after some struggles, Haruka is still himself though Yuri (perhaps because she is a human after all) lost all her memories in the end. Minamoto & Co. didn't even move a finger. Bleh. That was such an anti-climax.
Haruka and Crossovers:
1. Haruka in the beginning - Zoro from One Piece
2. Haruka and Yuri under shelter in the rain - the It's Gonna Rain ED from Rurouni Kenshin
3. Haruka in the course of his transformation - Inuyasha in his youkai-blood transformation
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