The Tatami Galaxy 6

Red vs. Blue...

HOLY FUCKING SHIT WHAT THE HELL JUST HAPPENED!? That was the most sexually charged episode of a non-ecchi anime I’ve seen since Bakemonogatari 12. Well, maybe you think that Bakemonogatari was an ecchi anime, but that was the last thing on my mind when I watched that show. Well anyway back to the episode; a couple weeks ago when we were introduced to Hanuki we saw some of her weird quirks, this episode we got to experience them first hand. Well, not the first hand that Watashi has clearly been using all these years to satisfy his “Johnny.”

*SPITS OUT DRINK*

PFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFT!!!! WAS THAT NOBUYUKI HIYAMA?!?! THAT GUY WAS JUST AT ANIME NORTH! Why is Viral voicing Watashi’s penis? That gives a whole nother meaning to hearing him yell “SEMEN GOOOOOOOOOOO!!” at the end of Gurren Lagann. Man hearing Hi-chan going ape-shit at Watashi for not letting him lose on Hanuki had me laughing for ages. Not to mention the different visual metaphors that they used to, some far less subtle than others. Not the least of which when Watashi apparently blew his load out of his FACE! Which looked oddly familiar…

This image, more than all the others......speaks for itself...

Now you’re scared right? Well let me tell you that isn’t even the scariest thing about this episode! Here is the scary part; I really enjoyed this episode. Now I know what you’re saying: “But you enjoy this show, so stop being an ass and tell us the real reason.” So I will! I enjoyed this episode, but there was no Akashi anywhere in it. They say that guys follow their rods but wow, he didn’t even give poor Akashi a second thought. If it wasn’t for the OP she wouldn’t have been in this episode at all. *Is now waiting for Arakawa 9 to get his Maaya-chan fix!*

I've found the next Giant Killing Manager!

Oh right, something that you may have noticed is that I am not doing a summary………this is because summaries are stupid and I hate them. I thought about it and I figured that you’ve either watched the episode and want to discuss with someone else who also has thoughts, or you aren’t watching the show at all and read my posts to imagine me lavishing you with these words while gently stroking your head. Because these are the only two possibilities there could be. Well I suppose that you could also be reading my House of Five Leaves pos……………wait never mind, no one reads those. *Sob*

YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!

Even without Maaya-chan this episode showed why most animes manage to get by without her. Bah! Who am I kidding? We all know that just by having Sakamoto Maaya in a show that its quality increases by 100%! Well, that’s at least what Gainax thought after the first Evangelion movie came out; they all sat down and asked: “How do we make this better by 100%?” and some genius in the corner stopped pretending to be Ufotable and said: “We put Sakamoto Maaya in it, make a character, whatever! Just do it! Also if we have the first main character speaking in the movie be her, this one crazy Irish/Welsh guy in Canada will send me a cookie!” It went like that.

Hanuki didn't like the name either!

Of course then they named the character Makinami Mari Illustrous and said cookie was revoked. However if they throw Hiroshi Kamiya (The most overworked Seiyuu in anime) and Noto Mamiko in the next movie I’ll do you better, I’ll send you a box of Timbits! All this talk about Evangelion has made me think that they should remake Berserk (Connection?), except this time get past the damn prologue. Don’t tell me that you didn’t just imagine Berserk being made in blu-ray quality animation, and don’t even try to convince me that your face doesn’t now look like Watashi’s from a couple paragraphs up. How about we get Canna Nobutoshi on board and have ourselves a party!

NOT THAT KIND OF PARTY! PUT IT AWAY!

Well back to The Tatami Galaxy! Maybe this is why I did summaries……because I get waaaaay off track. Well, if you don’t like it let me know. I’ve got to do something to get comments around here; Mint’s Kaichou wa Maid-sama 7 post has 23 comments! Albeit she not counting Sekijitsu writers there’s only about 9 real comments. But 9 still beats my average of 2! What was up with Watashi having the doll? I went back and checked and that’s totally Jougasaki’s doll! They didn’t really explain why he had “Kaori-san” this episode but this show has a habit of explaining things in a way that is not chronological.

....why?

So……………what was up with Hanuki hinting that Ozu was in love with Watashi, while Ozu himself was hinting that he is in love with Watashi. That put things on a whole new weird level; not because he’s gay, but because he’s Ozu. Also, how did Jougasaki get beaten by Watashi at a drinking contest? That’s like a Frenchman beating a Scotsman. I’m pretty sure poor Scotty would be kicked out of the country if that happened. Also this episode reveals that Hanuki and Kamotake are an on and off item. As these episodes progress I feel that we are getting further and further away from the fact that Kamotake (which isn’t even his used name anymore!) first introduced himself as a shrine god!

I saw Ozu blush before Akashi.......*Goes off to shower*

Hanuki’s long tongue and general relationships between herself and the other side characters make me think that she’s also some kind of Yokai. Especially considering that she’s (apparently) dating a shrine god. I wonder what kind of Yokai Jougasaki would be, maybe just a simple Oni, or perhaps something more complicated? I’m glancing over Keiko, the girl that Watashi is in correspondence with, because none of it was explained nor concluded in this episode so I imagine that she either doesn’t matter, or will be explained later. For anyone who really enjoys the OP like myself you can head over to Metanorn to grab the single, they use mediafire which basically means that they rock. CHEERIO!

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• blindability says:

  June 3, 2010

  Flags, where do you get your episodes (if you don't mind me asking), because I can only find up to episode three on my regular sites.
  .-= blindability´s last blog ..Angel Beats! episode nine =-.

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  • Flags says:

    June 3, 2010

    What I usually do is download the RAWS for screens and watch the episode through Funimation's Youtube channel (Since their site doesn't stream in Canada). Funimation is the reason why it isn't subbed much. I know that Kyokai downloads Big Pancakes subs which are only in 704×400. They're are the only sub group that I know is still subbing it. Hope that helps!

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    • blindability says:

      June 4, 2010

      It does. Thank you!
      .-= blindability´s last blog ..Angel Beats! episode nine =-.

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• Kyokai says:

  June 3, 2010

  Awesome screencaps. You captured all the oddly interesting ones and this one was sure filled to the brim with them. No Akashi again but all those sexual innuendos? I was not expecting this turn of events from anywhere, though it was too funny to pass up.

  Poor Johnny! But you have to respect Watashi even more now with his level of patience. Respect!

  Hanuki is more perky than I ever imagined. 0_0 Also, Kaori's presence was a total HUH? and Keiko was unimportant.

  The blushing Ozu was the most disturbing part of the storyline this time around. Him being in the background actually proves your point of he being a Youkai and maybe he's helping out Watashi out of his twisted love. *shudders to even think over this line of thought* My ultimate wish is still Watashi getting Akashi.

  Btw, thanks for the plug! ^^;
  .-= Kyokai´s last blog ..Yojou-han Shinwa Taikei OP Single – Maigo Inu to Ame no Beat =-.

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