天下制覇

It should be criminal to be that stupid.

Impressions:

Dammit, Minato. You were doing so well. You tried to escape on your own. You tackled Haihane. You took a pile of steel girders for Kazehana. And then you went back into drooling blithering imbecile mode for the rest of the episode. If you want me to take you seriously when people start talking, then you better contribute something ot the conversation other than parroting the last word said and adding a question mark, damn it. I’m also not entirely sure how I feel about Haihane and Benitsubasa turning into comic relief. It makes them hard to take seriously as antagonists when they’re stabbing themselves in the head and trying to make jokes about how Benitsubasa is flat chested. The worst was being blasted off into the sky like Team Rocket. Admittedly, it was pretty funny, but that’s going to bite them in the ass later if they’re going to try to sell those two as serious antagonists again.

The first half of the episode was great regardless. Things got a lot less exciting when Minato’s mother showed up for random, mostly unneeded, exposition and teasing Tsukiumi. At least Karasuba was crazier than usual and Kazehana immediately went into full-on sexwife mode. Certainly not enough to make those ten minutes seem to drag after the first half, but it’s something at least. Frankly, I would have preferred more of the crazy and less of the naked apron, but that’s just me.

Preview:

Kazehana moves to Vegas and Homura goes through puberty.