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(Souten Sude ni Shisu)
"The Azure Sky Will Soon Fall"
In classic Durarara fashion, we delve into Masaomi's involvement with the Yellow Scarves from a slightly different perspective this episode. Anri's view on things leading up to her discovery of him as the gang's leader showed just how powerless she, Masaomi, and Mikado are at trying to stop an all-out gang war even if they wanted to.
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(Misaki, Miyabigaoka Gakuen he)
"Misaki, Heading to Miyabigaoka Academy"
Hints of Special A, Skip Beat, and now Hana Yori Dango. What's there not to love about this series? If I were only judging it on Fujimura Ayumi's portrayal of one of the best tsunderes I've seen in a while, Kaichou no Maid-sama would already be a shoo-in.
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(Shiawase to Omoeyo)
"Consider Yourself Lucky"
Picking up on the Ume's backstory from last time, things fast-forward to the present where Senkichi is still being extorted for money by his ex-gang member Denshichi (Imaruoka Atsushi).
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(Waai, Shuugaku Ryokou da! Futarikkiri ni Narenakute...)
"Yay, Field Trip! But We're Not Alone Together..."
Kyoto seems to be the school field trip spot of choice (when it comes to anime at least), and B Gata H Kei isn't veering off that tried and tested path with their take on it this week.
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(Jihen)
"Incident"
I can sort of see why this series isn't actively fan-subbed, because unless you're pretty fluent in Japanese, know your Asian history fairly well, and have an inquisitive attention span, it can get a bit difficult to follow at times. In my case, I was never formally taught Asian history in school, so I'm actually enjoying how much I'm learning about it from watching an anime.
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Determination
After witnessing exactly how corrupt Ishihara and Sasaki are, it was probably only a matter of time before somebody ended up getting killed in the juvenile corrections institute again. Regardless, I was still pretty shocked when I found out who their next victim turned out to be.
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(Ochakai!)
"Tea Party!"
It may be just me, but the thought of former Sakura High student council president Sokabe Megumi (Kodama Asumi) having the hots for Mio played out very differently in my head than a mere tea party for Mio's fan club.
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(Mayoi Neko, Notta)
"Stray Cat, Rode In"
Unlike Ichiban Ushiro no Daimaou this week, Mayoi Neko makes it clear they're straying from the norm with a Grand Braver super robot episode. If the gigantic robots weren't indicative enough, then the screams of "Gattai!" should help stress that notion.
