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Rating: 7.8/10

Impressions:

I always enjoy seeing a range of facial expressions when the quality is good. When the quality is bleh and the faces look retarded, having different facial expressions would probably just worsen everything. However, with Lucky Star, the facial expressions depict their emotions so well, it’s really quite impressive. Tsundere Kagami is a perfect example with her tsun-tsun and dere-dere remarks (lol even if it’s in Kona-chan’s imagination). Kona-chan herself has a variety of expressions, though I find that they are either cute or funny so it’s all good. Oh and she even says ‘uguu’ in this episode (Hirano Aya must’ve had fun)!

This episode is another all-talk episode featuring more conversations about random topics that somehow end up being funny anyway. We do get a splendid section near the end with the manager trying to get Kona-chan to buy something. He even uses the Lucky Star version of Geass, which surprisingly actually works! The final gag is pretty easy to see through, though it’s jokes like these that never fail to be humorous. Luckily in Japan there are 1 yen coins (think of it as 1 cent), which makes being short 3 yen possible. But why the number three I wonder…heh, Kona-chan and co. could probably come up with a whole essay regarding something like this…

Shiraishi gets more involved in the actual episode each time! Disregarding his live-action performance during the credits and his increasing influence in Lucky Channel, he gets down and personal with a not-so-bad badass punk from his class! Valentines Day is all about the love! I was surprised they didn’t mention something like this in Lucky Channel (for example Akira making fun of how stupid Valentines Day is, only to hear Shiraishi talk about his fling! Akira would probably become sick again xD). Speaking of her, I was really expecting her to come in last in the character rankings just for the sake of making more fun of her, as sad as it may be xD.

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