Natsuiro Kiseki

[Fumoffu!!]

4:

Well yeah, this episode is just fanservice. But you'd think that seeing Saki acting like that would give me the HNNNGH, eh? No, it didn't. I like Saki as Saki because that's what makes Saki Saki. Get it?

I don't see how this episode is particularly fan service-y compared to episode 3 or even 2. I don't think any of the characters are particularly cute, so I won't be HNNG-ing (it is a fairly rare reaction for me anyway) at any point during the show, unless something happens. I can see why Saki as Saki is better since Saki is Saki, but I think Saki as Saki has been annoying at points, if anything Saki as Yuka was amusing.

[Delphinox]

4:

You know, Yuka, when you’re loafing around a big rock that can actually grant wishes, you might want to be a bit more conscious of it when you say something like, oh, I don’t know – I wish to be more like Saki? What is this, the second time this has happened? And just last week I was griping about how Saki was getting better and Yuka was getting worse; I should have gotten a mirror to see the look on my face when they switched bodies.

I'm not sure exactly how Natsumi and Rinko ended up switching bodies in all of that, but the date was done pretty decently, albeit a bit tentative and predictable. For all the small mentions of Saki moving, though, it still seems like that's just a distant thought and not much more than a plot device at the moment.

[AC]

5:



The animation quality apparently dipped in this episode. Aiye.

This show just needs that rock because without it, the show would suck. Most boring episode ever; seriously, it's about a girl that sees whale when she's sick.

[kevo]

The dip in animation quality kinda worries me; it's the selling point of the show. The girls are nice and pleasing to look at, so the show can get away with a handful of boring scenes. If you take away the animation quality, the show is a lot more delicate when it comes to exposition.

[AC]

6:

Heh heh, you know what, having a copypasted self does sound interesting.

But do you know how complicated it can be even if it can be fun in a light-hearted way? It's common to think that, if one has a clone of himself, they would definitely bicker with each other. On top of that, both can see flaws in each other and eventually in oneself. But what if a person can't see his own flaws even if he can see himself, because of a personality issue (i.e. too stubborn or dense to realize it)?

Okay, maybe I'm thinking too much.

[AC]

7:

So it's about how Yuka was being lazy, it rained, they made the rain go away, and then they won. Seriously, I didn't feel like they should won. Especially Yuka; it's kind of a lowblow for those who would train very hard just to win. Plus, to think that she won although she didn't really train hard (at least I didn't get the hint that she did) and she wanted to cheat her way into winning it... doesn't anyone feel like something's amiss here?

[AC]

Am I the last one standing who's watching this show...?

8:

I'm wondering if Saki indeed knows that tanned girl. It's obvious that she feels uneasy because she somewhat saw her in her bad dream and thus feels like some premonition or some sort. But perhaps she knows her, and she's part of the reason why she doesn't want to go to the island; maybe she has an agenda, on top of her honestly not wanting to move from Shimoda.

And man, is the show inconsistent with the art quality. I could've sworn that their faces change in almost every scene.

[Fumoffu!!]

Certainly not, I'm still watching this.

8:

I don't think Saki knows the tanned girl, she's never been to the island before. Also, I'm pretty sure the girl that replaced her in her dream wasn't the girl either. It wouldn't make any sense, unless it turns out next episode that the tanned girl is moving to them.

The inconsistent level of animation is bugging me, there are several points where the drawing looks downright bad, and I can't help but feel they could have had a little more consistency, even if it was at the price of high level animation earlier on. It's as AC said, the faces are drawn particularly weirdly at times.

Anyway, this is still quite good, so I'll keep watching.

[Fumoffu!!]

9:

This series started off pretty poorly, but it's gradually been finding it's pace, and it's quite good now. The episode dealt with the harsh reality of moving on, which is something that is very easy to relate to. In a way, moving away is a lot like dying, people have to deal with the fact that you're not around anymore. Of course you can't contact or visit the dead, but it's still painful, and the episode got it across well, and the way they dealt with those negative feelings was done fairly well, although the way the tomboy suddenly became more positive was a tad unrealistic, and took away from everything a bit.

I thought I was going to give this a 2 to start with, now it looks a lot more like a 5 or maybe even 6.

[Fumoffu!!]

10:

That's really pathetic, to get beaten up by your past self. I don't care if my past self had a nunchuck, what pride I have would not be let me be beaten by my younger self, I honestly consider that as one of the most pathetic things ever.

Anyway, a silly episode, but it was fine.

[AC]

9, 10:

Here's the problem with episode 10: who or what were the original ghosts that haunted the girls four years ago? I see a timeline flaw here: the miracle here is how the girls get to see themselves four years younger and recall what happened back then. They claimed to see ghosts back then, but in this current age, the ghosts (or thieves) are just their current selfs. So who/what did they actually see back then?

Urgh, time traveling and the common fallacies that come with it.

[Fumoffu!!]

The "ghosts" that the past selves saw were indeed their future selves. They thought they were ghosts because they faded away at the end, and if they fade away into nothing, they are ghosts. I can't figure out why they couldn't recognize themselves though.

[AC]

That's what happened in the present time. But what happened to them four years ago? If they did see "ghosts" back then, then who were the "ghosts"? It couldn't be the future selfs since that's just what happened...

[Fumoffu!!]

When they wished on the big rock, they intended to recreate what happened, however in trying to find out what happened on the night, they created the night itself. It's a bit paradoxical in time travel logic because it's self referential, i.e. they wanted to go back in time because they did go back in time.

The difference here is that they brought their past selves forward, and ended up creating the events they remembered in their own time. So, for our 4 protagonists, 4 years ago they got pulled into the future without them realizing it, and saw ghosts, which was actually themselves 4 years in the future who had summoned them there by wishing on the big rock.

To give a simpler example, say I remembered a night where I got lost and ended up in an unfamiliar place where I got punched by a randomer, and I wanted to find out what happened, and in doing so summon myself from the past. My past self will be unfamiliar with the future (with respect to him), and will be lost. He bumps into me, and I punch his face. Having just punched my past self in the face I discover that the guy who punched me 5 years ago was my future self at the time, so basically me right now.

I didn't expect the need for time travel explanation in this show if I'm honest.

[AC]

11:

OH **** MAN THIS IS BAD:

Spoiler for Hiden:

IT'S ENDLESS EIGHT