Something tells me we should leave....
But this episode did make me realize that my life could be worse. Instead of being a pizza delivery driver I could be Hiroshi. Thank you Hiroshi for showing me the light.
I will try to talk about the episode in chronological order. That is how I like to do my posts. Within reason of course. Sometimes the big issues need to be discussed first or I just can’t keep my train of thought going through the end of the episode. But usually it makes more sense to talk about the episode as it happens so nothing is skipped and it makes sense to the reader. You know, since I am too lazy now to write up synopsizes.
So I will refrain from talking about Hiroshi nearly being sexual assaulted. Or maybe he was sexual assaulted. Either way I will not discuss it until it naturally comes up in conversation. Also green potatoes.
Behold our outdoor skills!
Hiroshi, Isuzu, Mana, Kaname, and Issei are all traveling in a car. They are all going on a barbecue picnic on the outskirts of town. I will put aside snarking why a college student would waste his day off carting around high school students. Or why an older brother would waste his time babysitting his younger sister and her weird friends. Because Issei is not a normal person. That and sometimes my brother is pretty cool to hang out with and I am 7 years older than him.
Before this car ride there were scenes showing hassaku oranges (look at me using the actual word) being used as cute little car ornaments. Like the juice swooshing back and forth. Back and forttttttth. Hiroshi notices this and comments so to Issei. Insert creepy Issei smile here.
The group finally makes it to the river. THE RIVER. I don’t know why I did that. But they get to their nom nom site and set to work. By set to work I mean Hiroshi’s manhood is crushed on the ground. The girls catch more fish than him and Mana looks manlier carving her carrots than Hiroshi catching the tin can. Hiroshi just has so much going for him doesn’t he?
I have no words.......
Hiroshi is also scared of girls wearing their school issued bathing suits. To help combat this crazy fear Isuzu decides to show Hiroshi her boobs. Well pretend to at least. Because that makes total sense. X_X I guess it was a joke but it came off really creepy. Compared to other things that went on in this episode maybe not that creepy. But fan service was had by all, whether they wanted it or not.
We don't take kindly to strangers!
While Kaname and Isuzu are parading around in their very reasonable bathing suits that cling tight to their underage areas (did I really just type that?) Hiroshi tries not to watch the girls. Because that would be wrong. Instead he pays attention to the scenery around him which includes a few men off to the side actually doing some fishing. And they GLARE at Hiroshi. They don’t glare when everyone is watching no no; they just glare when Hiroshi is looking. That makes it more suspicious. They are not like Hiroshi’s classmates, no hugs and kisses from these people.
Okay maybe we can let that slide.....
It is time for creepy event number one! While Hiroshi’s clothes were drying Issei lent him some to wear. Because he keeps clothes in his car for occasions like this. Also they are just the right size for Hiroshi. Anyway Hiroshi says he will wash the clothes and return them to Issei. Issei says that he rather not wash them so he can smell Hiroshi all night long. Or something close to that. In any event Hiroshi was not thrilled by this little joke but he was ready to let it slide.
It NEVER happened okay?!
On to creepy moment number two. All the girls are asleep in the back seat because girls get tired very easily. Manly men stay awake to talk about oranges. And to hold hands. It was brief but it was there. Issei really wanted to tell Hiroshi what a good time he had on their trip. A really good time. Again Hiroshi is freaked out but he doesn’t have anyone to buffer the joke this time. Insert Issei going home and molesting the shirt Hiroshi wore.
Tis the end of the world!
Anytime an anime character spends time outside or in the water unexpectedly they develop a cough/cold. It is truly magical. Also they seem to have no immune system. So since Hiroshi was thrown in the water and spent a few minutes wet he is now sick. Not going to die sick but his nose is runny. That means Isuzu must overreact and tell Hiroshi to go to the hospital. Because apparently over the counter cough medicine doesn’t exist in this town.
I am sure it is Nemuru who really suffers....
The entire purpose of Hiroshi going to the hospital was so he would meet up with Nemuru’s relative. Said relative appears nice at first but decides to take a blood sample from someone who merely has a cold. This becomes more suspicious when it is revealed that Nemuru has already warned said relative about Hiroshi. Stranger still is when said relative talks about how Hiroshi picked a bad time to come to town, what with the hassaku season being bad. And the strange on the strange cake is when this relative talks to some young man about creating bioweapons. What do we have here interesting plot…
Look at me being all crafty and sly.
I am sure all of this will be explained in time. For now I won’t try to come up with random theories (lies). This is what I consider the “plot” related stuff of the episode. I just hope we get small tidbits of this plot from time to time and it gradually starts to make more sense.
Thank you for censoring that for me.
Now onto the third and creepiest moment of all. Now most sane people do not willingly get into a car with someone who is freaking them out. Hiroshi is not sane. He decides that a car ride with Issei sounds like a good idea. Only it’s a really, really bad idea. The start of many bad ideas from Hiroshi no doubt. During this car ride Issei cannot hold back his inner creepiness. He starts talking about how Hiroshi should shoot down his sister and be delicious with him. Issei stops the car and it is touchy feely time! Now it really was only Hiroshi’s leg being touched (and his face of course) but had this been happening to a girl it would be considered sexual harassment so it shall be in Hiroshi’s case as well. Creepy older brother crossed into disgusting you are probably going to die for that one land.
I have regained my senses! Cures for all!
The only thing that saved Hiroshi from whatever Issei was going to do to him was the hassaku juice. During the crazy…..ewness the “air freshener” falls to the ground and breaks, releasing all the hassaku juice/scent into the air. Only then does Issei calm down and backs off Hiroshi. Hiroshi’s dialogue is a little weak during this part of the car ride home but I might be a little stunned too if I was just assaulted by an older guy who may or may not have wanted to eat me.
The pills make me forgot how gross I really am...
So we can safely assume now that the hassakus are used to keep the wolves in check. The harvest being bad has been brought up a few times which could explain why some of the wolves are acting out, not enough of the scent/juice to go around. The hassaku container breaks in Issei’s car and he is able to curb his lust. Later he is seen taken medicine despite not being sick. I will just theories that these pills are given to the wolves so they can maintain their humanity and once they go off the pills they get hunted down after they lose control. The ones in the old town might be ones who cling to the old ways and refuse the pills while the ones in the new part of town embrace their new life. Sorta anyways.
Friends for life!!!!!
Now Hiroshi can sleep well knowing he lives in a town where all his classmates want to be his new best friend, a crazy girl lives next door, and an older boy wants to either play with him or eat his soul and play with his dead body. Great times are had by all!
Yay for picnics!
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