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Rating: 8.7/10

Impressions:

The quality has dropped ever so slightly with some facial deformations, but it’s too cute to notice anyway. I wasn’t as impressed with this episode as the last, mainly because any drama at such an early stage seems unsuiting for the show. I’d prefer it to be humorous at least until the mid point, something which shows like School Rumble and Ouran excel in. However, this show is not just about young girls getting involved with schooling and creating laughter, it is also about people living up to their dreams, as well as bonding and friendship. This anime is probably meant to be rather inspirational, but as it is now, it’s just another cute and funny anime for everyone to watch. An important “goal” has already been formed, and that is to create an ideal and unique school festival. Depending on the number of episodes in total, this could be the ultimate objective of the series, and completing it would end the show. However, I highly doubt that such a goal would be presented so early in the series, so we will have to wait and see.

I’m surprised the producers go to such lengths to emphasise a point. I’m talking about the end of the episode, when Manabi comes to a realisation regarding her school’s upcoming festival, and calls upon her friends to meet at school to explain the idea. Manabi is even shown as an angel flying in the skies of a unique world that’s probably something only she would come up with. This represents her idea of creating a unique school festival for everyone to enjoy. It also strengthens the notion that this show is about realising your dreams, even if it’s at a much smaller scale, than perhaps Nodame Cantabile. I wonder about the upcoming episodes; will they consist of character-centric episodes that focus on a character at a time, like most shows about nothing do, or will they go straight into the festival? Perhaps they will include both. I personally want to see more of Momoha, as she’s my favourite character. There’s been enough of Manabi, and a fair bit of Mika too in this episode. It’s time to move on to some other characters!

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