天下制覇

It gets in the bath or it gets the hose.

Impressions:

Well, they can’t all be as good as last week, but this one was especially dull. I’m not sure why they decided to introduce a new bring back an old character ignored for the last 20 episodes or so this late in the run, but she’s already in as many episodes as Hitomi. Why did they even bother to add her to the OP if she’s going to have a grand total of 7 minutes of screen time through the entire run? Anyway, back to the episode, there really just were very few actual jokes, and certainly next to nothing that would elicit more than a chuckle in even the least discerning of audiences. Lots of people being embarassed through their imaginations through the first half, but nothing they imagined was visualized. There’s a reason "show, don’t tell" is a cornerstone of good writing, but that’s a rant better saved for Index wrapup.

Part 1 introduced a couple new characters from Kana’s class, most notably Hiroko, who reminds me a lot of a slightly brighter Uchida with a reporter slant. She tries to get Riko to practice confessing to Fujioka. Part 2 was mostly centered around a study session for the middle schoolers with a special emphasis on them all being too embarassed to use the bath, so took showers instead, which was a good thing since Kana’s a moron. Part 3 was just Riko daydreaming about doing well on the test and spending time with Fujioka as a tutor or teacher. Breaking away from Riko for the final part, just a quick little Valentines thing. I’m not sure there actually was a single joke during this portion.

Preview:

Warm places.