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Happiness! Episode 7

November 20th, 2006 at 11:59 pm | Category: Happiness!

Rating: 7.5/10

Impressions:

This show has just gotten a lot better. I don’t know why, but it’s probably because it was actually quite funny at certain moments, and since a lot of other shows have been gong downhill, Happiness seems to be improving. There were two memorable humorous scenes for me, one involving Ibuki and the other, Takamine. While the overall idea of Ibuki being crap at all the arcade games is generally funny, the biggest moment was of course the racing game. It took only a few seconds into the game before she crashed her car, ended up destroying the simulated world as well as blowing up the racing machine! Even though something like that, a lot of people would’ve seen coming, I had to pause the show to calm down from laughing too hard. Ahh, the stupid little things that crack you up… I was also thinking about how awkward it’d be if Haruhi’s clothe-changing spell backfired and made everyone naked. More specifically, Jun…Anyway, the other scene is when Takamine gets Tama-chan to knock down the pins in bowling. Once again, pure hilarity! I’m not quite sure of the voice in the loudspeaker after that, but I assume it’s some guy telling her that magic isn’t allowed. It’s good to see that the magic isn’t being totally ignored, even though it’s being used in completely irrelevant situations.


Speaking of magic, I think one of the messages being relayed this episode is that you can’t be good at everything. Ibuki is a pretty good mage I assume, though she can’t do anything right when it comes down to actions not involving magic. It goes to show that the series is taking some action into the issue with everyone being fine with each other, despite the obvious difference in their abilities to wield magic. Another thing that is emphasized is the importance of friends, since practically two episodes were devoted to introducing Ibuki and fitting her in with the rest of the group. This is also a reason why I like a show like this better than something like Yoake ~ Crescent Love or Tokimeki Memorial, since it actually isn’t that stupid. Both shows I mentioned just now focus on the love, and do a very shit job of it too. Happiness is slightly more serious which gives it the edge in that department when the time comes to pair a few people up (namely Haruhi and Yuuma), and hopefully that time is soon. I’m also looking forward to the beach episode, unlike ‘your average harem beach episode’ since I’m quite confident Happiness isn’t going to go crazy on the fanservice or come up with anything stupid. The preview looks promising for some Yuuma x Haruhi happening, and possibly even some drama. I’m looking forward to that!

Preview:

Next episode - #8
Some Yuuma x Haruhi action?

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11 Comments so far

  1. thund3rs November 21st, 2006 11:30 pm Number of comments posted:

    ep7! blimey! ive only just seen episode 4 last night. Can you actually speak japanese then?

  2. Danny November 21st, 2006 11:52 pm Number of comments posted: (425)

    Nah, but I can understand enough of it since it’s a simple show. I tend to watch at least one series raw, since not only is it convenient, it helps with my Japanese.

  3. thund3rs November 22nd, 2006 1:39 am Number of comments posted:

    fair enough, tbh this show doesnt take a genious to watch, it feels alot like a summer series to me.

  4. mia November 30th, 2006 3:02 pm Number of comments posted:

    do you know where i could download this series? i’ve only seen episode 1, and i want to see the rest of the new ones! i couldn’t find it on youtube, so i was wondering if anyone could tell me where i can watch/download it.
    thanks!

  5. Danny November 30th, 2006 4:21 pm Number of comments posted:

    www dot tokyotosho dot com

    try that, just search up ‘happiness’, though the subs are quite far behind (I’m following the raws)

  6. ALI June 22nd, 2007 5:56 am Number of comments posted: (1)

    Hi it is 2007 and i still cant find an english subbed Happiness ep 7.
    http://www.tokyotosho.com did not help at all so plz can someone tell me a website where i watch not download this ep.

    thanks

  7. Anandi July 23rd, 2007 11:47 pm Number of comments posted: (1)

    Happiness episode 1 t/m 6 ( subbed ) are on http://www.crunchyroll.com

  8. Anonymous July 31st, 2007 7:53 pm Number of comments posted:

    PLS……..OH~~..PLS!!!……..UPLOAD THIS TO Crunchyroll…WITH EBGLISH SUBBED!!!…i already waited for a year but it seems it is not yet SUBBED!!!…. :-(

  9. death September 10th, 2007 12:41 pm Number of comments posted: (1)

    still waiting for the subbed version but apparently the fansub i got my eps from decided to drop it(at least for now i think) they have too many projects and cant keep up but from wad i think it might come out slow or never come out at all…

  10. Anonymous September 26th, 2007 7:02 pm Number of comments posted:

    i k only find chinese sub

  11. Anonymous May 29th, 2008 11:52 am Number of comments posted:

    death,i cant find it either,ayako dropped it after 3 episodes. no one will sub it anymore but i can find some episodes to watch on crunchyroll o.0

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