an otaku fan of all things moé
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So with the sparring session, everyone gets to see just how awesome Tama-chan really is. But was it sure funny to see people wanting to get by Tama-chan, though I must admit that if you get hit by someone who does it with such finesse and elegance, then I’d also get hit as many times as possible, lol. One thing though, damn that must have hurt for Tama-chan to be hit in the arm. I’m not sure how hard shinais can be, or how hard Mei hit, but damn, I’d be feeling it for a while.
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Ah Satori finally makes her proper appearance in Bamboo Blade and she is just as cute and awesome as the rest of the girls. From the looks of things, Satori could possibly be on equal grounds with Tamaki in terms of skill, but neither of them have seen each other in a match but I think that will change in the next episode. Right now it appears that Satori will be joining the practice match since Kirino and Sayako got her wearing the kendo gear, and hopefully after the practice match, it’ll make her join the club.
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With a series like Bamboo Blade, I never thought that they could fit a lot of development of the characters in one episode, but they proved me wrong especially with this episode, yet they still managed to keep the story going. But I have to say, the first 2 minutes of this episode was pure love. Kirino and her various thinking poses were just awesome and has made me more of a Kirino fan. Plus I love how she has a sunflower printed umbrella as Kirino is such a bright character. Although I found it rather amusing how they decided to show off some fanservice shots with Kirino and Sayako by focusing on their breasts.
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Well this was rather interesting, a new character is introduced, yet she isn’t the 5th member of the kendo club, but in fact, she is somehow related to Miyako. Odajimi Reimi, she’s definitely cute, but underneath that cute exterior is probably something much more than what I can expect, and it seems that she gave Miyako a lot of grief in their middle school days. Perhaps she is also the reason why Miyako has her black side to her personality, but I guess we’ll find out later in the series, or perhaps in the next episode.
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Not much happening in this episode, but at least we get a small development to show that there is at least some underlying plot to keep the story going. The new goal now is the hopefully the Kendo Nationals and win in order for Toraji to keep his job as a teacher. Now that with things like this, it’ll speed up the introduction of Satori. Though she did get another appearance this episode, and rather early into the episode as well. Though I found it funny how Tamaki yelled out “Welcome” when Satori just happened to be the next customer.
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Well after an eventful practice match, Bamboo Blade has taken a step away from kendo and focusing on Tamaki’s quest for burning shounen awesomeness, in the form of a DVD boxset. But what we get out of this episode is that we see another side to Tamaki, other than the skilled kendo fighter that she is. Heck, I think this is the only episode where I’ve heard her speak so much, and in a more relaxed tone as well. I wonder if it’s because she is a part of the kendo club now and how she has become friends with Kirino, Sayako, and Miyako in which she is a little less shy and a bit more relaxed.
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Continuing on from the last episode, we get to see Kenzaburo and Tamaki fight it out, and as expected, it was an awesome fight. It’s good to see that Tamaki can stand her ground against a well experienced kendo fighter but can also push back. But I think the amount of skill that she has is quite amazing itself, such as striking with only one hand. I didn’t know you could strike your opponent one handed in kendo, but then I know nothing about the sport either. Still, her consistency to strike one handed was awesome in which she only leveled up the attack power of the same technique, so I’m sure Tamaki has many more moves up her sleeves.
