天下制覇

Justice really needs a sarcasm detector installed in his frontal lobe.

Impressions:

More and more, Tsuyuri is the only really solid character holding this show afloat. There’s still humor to be had, but I kind of cringe at thinking about what would happen if there was an episode without her egging on Justice or Najimi in her own way. It also doesn’t help that the animation has been on a very noticable decline over the last two episodes. Characters pretty much just don’t move at all anymore. Given how verbal the series is, it’s not a major deal, but it means that there’s so little interesting going on to keep your visual attention that my mind starts wandering elsewhere… which is especially bad since the episodes really are only 12 minutes long.

Summary:

Najimi is getting a bit burnt out on doujin making without something to drive her, so Tsuyuri suggests that she find a rival, which Najimi immediately latches onto as the answer.

Later, Justice and Tsuyuri are on the train. Justice is mumbling about his recent trials and troubles concerning Najimi and then ends up expressing his fears as a doujin of the male guy (Hoshi) picking up Najimi and heading to a love hotel with her.

Justice is in his delusions, so Tsuyuri takes the chance to poke some fun at him and say all the things that could be happening. A bit later, they’re all working on their comics together. Tsuyuri tries to help Justice hook up with her, even to the point of asking Najimi about going to a hotel, but he freaks out, calls her a pervert, and runs off to express his frustrations in his own comic alone. Tsuyuri keeps razzing Najimi about hotels.

Justice’s manga is continuing off in its own direction with Najimi as some kind of waitress being kidnapped by Hoshi the pirate… only it’s just a dream. Najimi and Tsuyuri show up to see if he’s okay, but he’s pretty haggard, and even freaks out Sora with his sweatiness and desperation. The girls decide to work there while he rests from his writing spree. He tries to nap, but constantly hearing Najimi scream and talk out loud about what she’s doing keeps him up, so he ends up kicking them out.

At the next comic festival, Najimi and her rival end up accidently greeting each other since they’re sharing an area, and then exchanging comics for the other to see. Both laugh at the other’s and then formulate the same ‘compliment…’ before realizing that both are doing the same thing… etc etc. Hoshi is also hanging about, but runs into Justice and is frightened off. Sora and Tsuyuri are managing the stall while he does his shopping and other chores… which include harassing poor Hoshi in the bathroom.

The comic festival eventually ends with neither Najimi nor her rival having sold particularly many (well… any) manga and both blaming the other for it. Justice has also cornered Hoshi and is trying to present him with his epic comic, assumably the one with him as an evil pirate abducting Najimi.