Notes on Ano Natsu de Matteru - 02 [Senpai to Issho]
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Episode Summary:
Episode 2 kicks off with Ichika travelling in space along with Rinon (I don’t know what happened but the subs suddenly changed the name of Yno to Rinon)
I have to find if there is a Rinon doll sold in Japan, too cute to resist….
Ichika’s monologue reveals that she is finding a certain place which prompted her to travel. Suddenly, space debris (I don’t have the slightest idea what they are) causes her ship to go haywire.
Space Time Warp! Shaiderrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!!
They crash land on the place where Kaito was and the succeeding explosion blows away a bloody Kaito (complete with broken megane). This explains that the explosion during the pilot episode was Ichika’s spaceship.
Ouch? I guess?
We are taken back to the current event where Nanami (Kaito’s sister) and Kanna just witnessed a half-naked Ichika hugging an unconscious Kaito. Kaito fell unconscious due to a still unexplained disease which he might have contracted during the explosion.
Nanami (who had fallen unconscious due to the severe shock brought by the scen she had just witnessed) is roused up by Kanna. The two take turns in questioning the nature and background of Ichika.
Explaining it would be very hard, seeing that I’m not from this planet….
So Ichika began to explain things which not only made it pretty obvious that she was not an earthling but also brought pleasure for the local space geeks residing here in earth. On a side note, Ichika would be a bad spy and undoubtedly her cover will be blown in no less than a minute.
If only Einstein was still alive, maybe he could talk to you Ichika?
The beads of sweat in her face means even she has a hard time understanding the jargons she just said.
The look of utter confusion
Being a normal human and all, Nanami’s reply to all of these was this….
Don’t worry, we’re all in the same boat
Nanami pities Ichika when she learns that she has no parents since she and Kaito are also suffering from the same ordeal. Nanami suggests letting Ichika move in their house (as oppose to Kaito’s initial idea of letting her in for just one night). This, unsurprisingly upsets Kanna who foresees that something might happen between the two (well, it’s pretty obvious that Kaito has the hots for Ichika).
Really? But why do most of the slice of life animes fall into these situations?
Nanami cooly brushes this off and subtly reminds Kaito to behave properly.
But I could tell he thinks of something weird right now…
Subtlety level: Asian
As the night falls, Kanna immediately tells Mio and Tetsurou that Ichika just moved in at the Kirishima household.
Glad to hear Popura’s voice again (Mio’s seiyuu is also Kana Asumi)
Tetsurou announces his plan to have a meeting at Kaito’s house to which everyone agreed.
Meanwhile on the Kirishima household, Kaito gets a taste of Ichika’s cooking (cold pasta and miso soup) and asks Ichika the reason of her being in Nagano prefecture (the place where the series happens). Ichika replies that she is finding a place where there is trees and a lake but even she can describe in barely.
Hey, I think that almost everywhere here in Earth has a place just like that!
Before going to sleep Kaito suddenly remembers the events of the night before (him falling unconscious due to a sudden pain in his neck). He quickly notes that the rash (so it seems) has already spread in his forehead. This forces him to think of a rather perverted dream sequence where Ichika cures the rash by kissing him in the forehead.
I won’t be surprised if Kai suddenly drops dead because of too much stimulation
The next day surprised Kaito is given the morning wake up call courtesy of Ichika. To Kaito’s surprise, Ichika is wearing a very revealing negligee which she borrowed from Nanami.
Talk about too much stimulation…
Nothing, just a cute teenage (alien) girl waking up a teenage boy (whose hormones I bet are raging at the moment).
Ahm… not really… *stops blood from flowing through the nose*
Kaito and ichika sees Nanami off in the train station. After that, Kaito tells Ichika that they have something else to do as per Nanami’s orders.
Perverts certainly have a different take on this sentence…
The two went shopping for Ichika’s clothes and Kaito acknowledged Ichika’s kawaii factor.
Yeah, but she’s a lower level of kawaii compared to Lemon-chan…
After shopping, the two of them go home only to find Lemon and co. in the house.
You’re late in appearance this episode Lemon… -_-
All of them begin to talk about the movie they are planning to create with the direction of Kaito and the scripts being written by Lemon. Lemon seems to be in charge of the brainstroming session and beigns to tell others her plans and ideas for the movie. One of them involves mechas in the 23rd century while the other one is zombies involving schools. Obviously, Kaito and the others deem the suggestions to be impossible since, after all, they are all amateurs in film making.
HOTD Season 2 please!
Lemon proceeds to make thim drink a mysterious liquid (which I think is laced with alcohol though it looks like a local energy drink) which she calls Dynamite Drink. This makes everyone a bit groggy which I think is intentionally planned by Lemon.
Huhuhu - Lemon’s distinct laugh
Already drunk, the group doesn’t mind and find Rinon’s sudden appearance strange. On the contrary the group laugh about Rinon’s dancing sequence while Ichika hastily covers it up to say that Rinon is her pet.
Why is Rinon so cute? Why? Why!?!?!
Lemon then proposes to the group that they play her version of Simon Says. This part was really hilarious since Lemon’s instructions are far from normal like making Tetsurou take off his pants (to which the latter, already drunk, happily obliges) and for Ichika and Kaito to have sex.
SRSLY? LEMON WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU THINKING! LOL
The episode ends with Kaito getting his dream of being kissed in the forehead by Ichika come true when the latter spots the rash on the forehead of the former. With the help of Rinon, Ichika heals (though I think it’s only temporary) Kaito’s alien rash. The healing procedure I’m talking about is of course demonstrated by a sweet simple kiss.
Lastly, the relations of each character with each other is foreshadowed in the last part and it goes like this:
Mio —> Tetsurou —> Kanna —> Kaito —> Ichika
of course Lemon is my partner (LOL, kidding XD)
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So far, good episode and I enjoyed every minute of it. Rinon and Lemon are really cute but I also look forward to seeing the film being made by the group. Also, I think this picture of Rinon is enough for me to be happy this day.
