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A day without Ken? Say it isn’t so!

Impressions:

Most of this episode was pretty boring, but the last 3 seconds or so… there’s a lot to talk about there. Mafuyu confessed that she likes Ken in front of everybody. There’s a rather lot to say about that, for a number of reasons, and I really wish this show was going on longer because even while the drama is always shoehorned in and somewhat out of place, they’ve been mostly doing a pretty decent job using it to round out the characters instead of drag them down. I’d be very interested in seeing how the dynamic of the group, or just for Ken himself, would change if he actually started going out with one of them, or just how he responds to her next week. For all his claims of being a pervert, and ranting and raving, Ken’s one of the few anime characters that I can think of who would actually be able to carry on a relationship like a normal human being instead of giant fireworks and wedding bells the moment someone confesses that they like them. I’d still rather see pure comedy from the series, but I have to admit that outside of the mood whiplash, it’s been surprisingly adept at drama too. Although given its competition in that field, it’s not hard to excel.

All that said, this episode was rather dull otherwise. Ken was out sick, so the rest of the group just sort of putzed around. They talked about jobs through the first half, and then once they realized that they had to do the work that Ken normally does, somehow ended up exploring his magic murder bag, filled with all kinds of odds and ends. After that, it was back to drama and a very random couple of guys trying to hit on them who knew all about Ken and had no problems talking crap about him until Mafuyu of all people snapped and belted them. There was also the flashback at the start and towards the end of Mafuyu building an igloo to shelter a depressed Ken without him even realizing it. I really am interested in where all these "Depressed Ken" moments have come from lately, but who knows what the ending is actually going to cover.

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