I undoubtedly assume so How do you grow to be regular? goes into the bubble/patron ballot. However you’ll be able to’t assume that with Yonezawa Honobu, who is among the weirder writers in Japanese pop fiction. His collection are so slowly constructed that the potential of some form of gentle change, nexus level second is at all times actual. I would not guess my very own cash on it, and we’re not on the identical stage of progress as with Hyuka (which was additionally greater than twice as lengthy to play with) after three episodes. But it surely would not be a shock if it did.
This was undoubtedly essentially the most fascinating episode of the three up to now (and one which could be very a lot in-character). The stakes had been raised a little bit right here with the difficulty of dishonest on exams and Osanai’s stolen bike coming into the highlight. However the characters themselves additionally acquired a little bit extra intriguing. Yann steered within the feedback final week that the rationale Osanai and Kobato are so determined to be “regular” may be as a result of they’re the white wolves from the OP. I assume that is symbolic, however this episode – particularly the dialog the place Kobato relatively urgently tried to persuade Osanai of the significance of being regular – makes me surprise if they are not totally human and making an attempt to keep away from being discovered.
The most important thriller of the week this time round is a glass vase that breaks within the provide closet of Osanai’s classroom throughout a science examination. Kobato ultimately deduces that this was achieved so the scholars would have an excuse to show round, giving the offender an opportunity to have a look at the cheat sheets they’d pinned to a neighboring desk. Except they had been intelligent sufficient to govern that, they in all probability would not simply go away the proof in plain sight. So perhaps the true motive was to get somebody in hassle. However the influence on Osanai is that her focus is damaged and she or he messes up a solution, inflicting her to stress-eat at “Humpty Dumpty” – a tabihoudai pie store the place she’d instructed Kobato she’d by no means return.
Then we have now the bike state of affairs. Osanai’s stolen bike will get run over and is later recovered when the motive force information a criticism with the college. Keep in mind, that is Japan, the land of sufferer shaming, so what occurs to Osanai’s stolen property is her personal fault. Kobato items collectively occasions pretty simply, however the headline right here is that Osanai declares that she desires the thief to “pay” for what he’s achieved (the pies being the capital offense). This appears to essentially alarm Kobato, and it begins the aforementioned pressing dialog (which he seemingly can’t persuade her to do).
I do not know if I am able to say that that is all actually compelling (okay, I am not). However there is a sense now that it is going someplace, and Yonezawa is a kind of writers who can not help however small fascinating even when they write about boring stuff. That provides me some hope that we are going to make the journey to Shoushimin collection discover its rhythm, although I do want it had had much more time to search out it. I am wanting ahead to subsequent week’s episode (which does not air for one more two weeks, in all probability due to the Olympics) with extra curiosity than I believed.
