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Another hilarious episode! I simply love the facial expressions and distortions the show uses. A comedy can never overuse exaggerative expressions (in my point of view), so I say the more the better! I also love how Miki counter’s Kankuro’s ‘train’ attack with a ‘bullet train’, then getting smashed by a ‘meteor’. LOL! I just hope this show can keep its quality, which shouldn’t be too hard as it only has 12 episodes. This reminds me of School Rumble, which did a good job of being funny until the end, but School Rumble 2nd Term has just lost all its humour (replaced by more plot). But hey, what’s that got to do with Muteki Kanban Musume?

Summary:

Miki comes out of the restaurant with her delivery, but notices a presence near her, watching her. She sees Akihiko Outa, who asks her what the matter is. She explains about the strange feelings she’s been getting the past few days. Outa jokes that it must be a stalker who had fallen in love with her. Miki says he’s wrong, as the feeling she’s getting is quite similar to – at that moment Megumi appears and tries to hit her with several darts. Miki points her out and says she’s similar to the other presence she’s sensing. Megumi says admits that Miki is pretty good and returns to her bakery. Miki’s mum appears and yells at her for not getting a move on.

When Miki approaches the baseball field, she realises she doesn’t know where she’s meant to deliver the noodles to. She decides to ask the kids playing baseball but ends up playing for one of the teams instead. She displays her talent for baseball by making two, almost instantaneous pitches. On the third pitch, a young man comes and takes over as batter. He is able to hit the baseball, but with his arm instead, which causes it to break and bend the wrong way. The guy says he won, but as he broke his arm, it’s a draw. He wants to fight Miki properly, but Outa comes and reminds her she has a delivery to make.

As Miki leaves, Outa recognises an old friend – the guy who broke his arm. His name is Nishiyama Kankuro, the one who’s been spying on Miki. He explains that he’s come back after four years to exact revenge on Miki. He tells Outa that Miki had beaten him up many times during their childhood. (Just to list some of the things Miki did to Kankuro apart from smashing him: she tied him up and made him eat raw lobsters; she hid a beehive in the back of his shirt and; she wrapped him in a carpet and threw him into the river.

The baseball match is almost over, but Miki returns just in time to save the day (or ruin it). Unexpectedly, she holds up her delivery box, indicating she will use it to bat. Kankuro returns to pitch (the broken arm is his left arm). Miki lets the first two go, and readies herself on the third. Kankuro puts all his strength and skill on the third pitch, but Miki easily hits it, sending it soaring. Kankuro yells for someone to get it, but the fielders say it’s already too late. He runs after it himself, with Miki close behind. He leaps into the air and manages to secure the ball, but Miki jumps up, catches him in mid air and slams him back to the ground, causing him to drop the ball. Kankuro stands up, saying that that was what he expected from Miki. He raises his arm to point at her, but realises his right arm is now bending in the wrong direction as well. Later on, Miki runs into Kankuro, but says she doesn’t know who he is.

The second half of the episode starts with a repeat of the first few scenes – Miki coming outside and noticing a strange presence. However, there are slight differences. After she leaves, Outa turns to a rubbish bin which has an eye hole on it. Kankuro gets out of it, informing Outa that he’s observing Miki. He will continue to spy on her until she finds a weakness. He decides to go after Miki, but Outa tells him it’s been 10 minutes since she left. Kankuro says that his research tells him she’s still in a 100 metre radius (which is true, as Miki is just around the corner, petting a dog). As Kankuro is moving around in the bin, he gets hit by a truck, forcing him to continue undisguised.

As Miki is making her delivery, she runs into many obstacles, but easily overcomes them all. First she bashes up a gang of four men, then a baseball, a pot plant, a terrorist emerging from a drain, a cow, and finally a crashed space ship with real aliens inside! After delivering the noodles, she hears a woman scream. Looking toward the source of the sound, she sees a woman leaning across the rail barriers, screaming for someone to save her son, who is on the tracks. Despite the oncoming train, Miki dives across the tracks and saves the boy.

Seeing this, Kankuro believes he has determined Miki’s weakness – trains! He reasons that if he gets the same attack power as a train, he will be able to defeat Miki. He trains by imitating a train until he believes he has achieved the desired strength. He gives Miki a letter of challenge, which she accepts right away. He imitates a train driver by repeating necessary safety information, such as standing behind the yellow line, then charges at her. Bemused, Miki starts acting like a train driver too, saying that the ’shinkansen’, or bullet train, will be arriving shortly. She speeds up, ready for a head on collision. Suddenly, a meteor appears from space and crashes right on top of the bullet train (Miki). The meteor turns out to be Miki’s mum’s giant fist, embedding Miki’s head into the ground. After she drags her back into the restaurant, Kankuro starts to think about what he should become next. Outa suggests imitating a meteor (Miki’s mum), but they both know it’s impossible.

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