Quick Picks: Tamako Market Ep 4, Haganai S2 Ep 4, Vividred Operation Ep 4

Tamako Market Ep 4: Anko had a dream of her mother doing make up for her during the shopping festival years ago. Dela has been gaining weight which everyone comment about it.

I maybe fat but I am still cute!

Later, Anko asked her father whether she can go to the museum on Sunday however it was the same day as the shopping festival and he need her to be around. Her grandfather suggested Anko to wake up early to do her chores before leaving in the afternoon.

On Sunday, Shiori also dropped by to help and soon Anko went to meet her friends. However along the way, she was asked to help the children in their costumes for the festival. Dela at the mean time, become the mascot for the festival (All dressed in gold color)

Anko never went to the museum in the end however her male classmate, Yuzuki came to pass a present to her. Anko immediately hide in the cupboard and refused to come out. Tamako's friends suspected that Anko has a crush on Yuzuki but finally she came out and accepted his present.

The festival ended with Dela relaxing in a hot bath...

This episode focus on Anko and her existence in the family. Everyone treated her like the little girl and having only a single parent, she doesn't experience a full family's love. Her mother as shown in her dream was very gentle and care for them. Of course, Anko also experience first love and the girls mistaken for liking the more better looking boy instead.

Although everything didn't went according to Anko's plan, she did experience the little things in life and it felt good in the end to be rewarded. (Dela better lose some weight otherwise he will be hardly recognizable in the next episode...)

Haganai S2 Ep 4: Kodaka denied he is going out with Sena and his father claimed he heard from her father who is also drunk when he called.

The next day, Sena invited Kobato to an amusement park and bride her the chance to watch a live performance of her favourite show. However everyone want to join in and did eventually.

Fxxx YEAH!!!

Sena as a mother?! Hell Yeah!

They tried the Black Dragon Roller Coaster ride first and it scared the hell out of them. Kodaka and Sena took Kobato to see the live show and got a signed autograph after that.

It look like they just got screwed real bad...

After lunch, Sena and Yozora challenged each in the Black Dragon ride again and they went up eight times. As a result, they puked on everyone and they have to take a bath in the public bathing house.

Maria spotted Yukimura has no penis which Kodaka was shocked she is a girl. Rika confirmed again and Yukimaru was worried Kodaka will hate her however he didn't but Yozora was upset her "plan" failed.

 

Everybody took the train back but Kodaka looked at Yukimaru in another way...

The best part was the Roller coaster ride and I was surprised that Misato Fuken (Rika's Seiyuu) said the "F" word and after that everyone went crazy in the ride. People actually mistaken Sena for Kobato's mother which yeah, she will be a hot mother to have such a cute daughter. (Doujin Artists, you know what to do!)

But the bombshell dropped after finding out Yukimaru is indeed a girl and Yozora was upset about it. I am guessing she want to get rid of Sena (By insulting her intelligence), making Yukimaru wear maid clothing just to have Kodaka for herself. If she is a real person, she will be labelled as a Bitch. But I can understand why she want to do it as she love Kodaka since young.

So can Kodaka look at Yukimaru the same way since knowing he is the only male in the group and Yukimaru change her image in the next episode which I know hi jinks will follow close by...

Vivdred Operation Ep 4: After defeating an Alone in the ocean, Himawari observed everything and wondered why the Alone are attacking the Mainfestor Engine.

Kenjiro learned from Yuuri that someone has hacked into their database to learn about the Alone and he went to investigate. The girls went for some training from Wakaba and during a baseball game, accidentally damaged Himawari's robot eye. (Not after knowing Kenjiro is spying on her)

The girls went to Himawari's home and she invited them in. She explained her love of factories, especially the Streamer Engine which supply power to the world. After dressing her up and bringing her to see the Engine, the Alone returned again and damaged the Streamer Engine.

Himawari want to stop the engine from overloading and the girls agreed to help. They transformed and Akane brought Himawari to stop the engine. She joined with the others while Himawari successfully stop the engine.

But a cave in collapsed and she is trapped. She recalled being betrayed by her classmate over a cyber bullying incident and given up trusting people. But Akane came and save her. She was then given the Ignition Key and transformed.

I couldn't think what it resemble...Wave Motion Cannon from Space Battleship Yamato?

Rei make the Alone evolved while Himawari and Akane went to docking phase and become Vivid Yellow. They defeated the Alone and later Himawari agreed to come back to school. She was surprised to see Genjiro and beginning to discuss about many scientific theories...

Finally our four girls assembled! Himawari is the science geek and genius hacker of the group. Her appearance is due to constant staying at home and lack of social contact due to the bullying incident. Her lack of trust of people cause her to be in this state but thanks to Akane, she was able to step out of her shell and learn to trust people again. (Of course, we now know she has a bigger bust size than Wakaba when she wore her dress)

The next episode focus on Rei and her connection to the Alone. As the episode title is called "Another Key" could mean she can transform like Akane and the others? Find out next week to know more!

Quick Picks: Tamako Market Ep 3, Haganai S2 Ep 3, Vividred Operation Ep 3

 

Tamako Market Ep 3: It is the new school term and Asagiri Shiori met up with Dela and he fell in love with her. Later Shiori found out she is in the same class with Tamako. She tried her best to talk with Tamako and her friends but was too shy.

After school, Shiori saw Dela who got lost and brought him back to the shopping district (And got some freebies along the way) Tamako was surprised to see her and invited her in. Shiori also help to make dinner and even went to the public bathhouse together.

A few days later, Tamako's homeroom teacher got lost trying to find her shop. Shiori took him there and later had a chat with Tamako in the coffee house. There, Shiori pluck her courage and told her she enjoyed herself at her house. Tamako and her immediately became friends after that...

The focus is Shiori who is the reserved badminton player. I think she found Tamako and her friends having so much fun together and want to join in too. Thanks to Dela and a little hint from the coffee house guy, they became friends and it was very sweet. Although Dela was kinda of upset that Shiori rejected his affection but it was fine as seeing her opening up was satisfying also...

Haganai S2 Ep 3: Maria arrived outside Kodaka's home and claimed she ran away from home after an argument with her sister. Kobato was upset about it and started teasing her.

Kate called the house and pushed the burden to Kodaka. However she keep calling up to check up on Maria. The next day, she came to fetch Maria and told Kodaka she enjoy the stay. Although Kobato was kinda of pissed off (In a happy way)

In the clubhouse, the gang suggested to have a celebration after the finals and had a small party. They decided to play "The King's Game" and everyone wrote their orders into a box. Everyone came up with ridiculous and embarrassing orders and they had a lot of fun. Finally the last order was for Sena and Kodaka to kiss and Yozora was totally against it.

Kodaka took Sena's cup and drank it claiming it to be an indirect kiss. That night, Kodaka's father called and asked if he is really marrying Sena...

The first half was fun with Maria and Kobato trying to win Kodaka's attention. I could tell that Kobato despite disliking Maria, she soft of enjoy her company. Later the king's game was fun to watch with Kobato wearing an embarrassing outfit, Sena making a funny face at the convenience store and Kodaka showing off his body.

Yozora's dislike of carbonated drinks also raise suspicous to Rika and Sena after Kodaka talk about it which I am sure will be a plot point in further episodes. Also, Yozora was almost in tears when she saw Sena was about to kiss Kodaka. Being the nice guy, Kodaka didn't want to break her heart and do the indirect kiss which show he is also cared for Yozora.

Although the last scene with his father asking about Sena was a surprise to him but I think this plot point will be ignored as the gang goes to an amusement park to have fun in the next episode.

Vividred Operation Ep 3: Saegusa Wakaba was training at the beach when she spotted Akane using her power suit to arrive to school. Akane tried to hide her identify from Wakaba and got into a misunderstanding.

However she was able to evade and block Wakaba's attacks which left her shocked. Later, Mizuha reprimanded Akane not to reveal her identify and introduce her and Aoi to the new class. Wakaba suspected her as the intruder earlier and Akane found a robot eye attached on the next table.

 

During break, Wakaba tried to find out more of Akane and she gave her the slip. Wakaba accidentally knocked down Momo. She felt sorry for her and brought to the sick bay. That night, Wakaba's father advised her to look for the true strength in her and not to be obseesed about winning.

The next day, Akane received a challenge from Wakaba and she obliged. They started battling each other and realised they are enjoying the fight instead. However an Alone appeared in the sea and Akane and Aoi went into battle.

Wakaba want to fight too after seeing them in battle. Kenjiro agreed with her and Akane's power suit revealed a new key for Wakaba. She activated the key and transformed too.

Docking Time!

Zanka Tou?

Sangar Zobolt will be proud of you! 

 

Rei appeared again and gave the Alone a power up arrow. Akane and her went to Docking Phase and become Vivid Green. They immediately used their special attack-Vivid Blade and defeat the Alone.

After the battle, Wakaba joined them as part of their group while the robot eye is watching them from the window...

This episode is the typical "the true strength within" story and I was surprised that Akane have very good agility for her age. But it could be another reason why she is the core everything they went to Docking phase. Wakaba herself is like Kino Makoto of Sailormoon but more of an aggressive attitude.

She also has a sense of justice which is why she want to join the battle. We had to yet to see how she react to cute things although she get along very well with Momo and even used a cute envlope as a challenge to Akane.

Rei is also in their class and I am sure we will have Akane trying to make friends with her in the future. There is also the motives of the Alone who seem to be going after the Mainfestor Engines. It is the big deal as Kenjiro mentioned it provided clean energy to 95% of the Earth population. A sabotage of it will definitely cause chaos in the entire world.

The next episode we will have Himawari who used the robot eye as her replacement in class. Of course, Akane will try her best to make friends with her and convince to come to school. (Wakaba swing her long hair when she transformed turn me on for a moment)