Denkigai no Honya-san episode 4

ARG! I went to post the next Sailor Moon episodes but there are no screenies on said post. Like what the heck, I know I took them! Where did they go?! I am sure this is what I get for waiting for so long for everything. I should just post when anything gets done, not waiting for everything to be done. HOW DARE YOU SAILOR MOON!

Why do I work here again?!

So I will post as much as I can before my eyelids threaten to droop on the floor. Remember how last time with Denkigai no Honya-san is was Christmas and New Year's Eve? Well now it is time for Valentine's Day in episode 4. The year passes fast when you are selling anime and mangas folks!

You are literally the worst employee ever!

Episode Summary: Hio is ready to go into work, bright eyed and bushy tail for another mazing day. She walks out onto the sales floor on falls on her butt when she sees a stack of mangas that look….like a stack of mangas but are clearly representing some historical building I probably should know. Director walks by and explains that he wants everyone in the store to set up their own display with their own manga selections and compete to see which display has more sales. This sounds totally fair since everyone else in the store has theirs already set up and Hio is just now learning about the plan. Director takes Hio around the store to the different displays. Sommelier has his set up with a little sign of him with his spiel about picking out the perfect mangas for you. Sensei has done professional art on her posters. Fu Girl has a reasonable looking zombie display. When Hio walks over to look at it Fu Girl jumps out of the bookshelf and scares Hio. It is explained at first Fu Girl had Umio jump out and look like a zombie but Fu Girl was overwhelmed by Umio’s great zombieness and beat him to death. But not before he made his own shelf. Hio almost dies when she sees Director’s shelf. It is basically some blow up dolls of Hio advertising boy love. Director explains his shelf is winning. Umio’s shelf is full of random things and Hio listens to Umio explain it. She comes to the realization later with the girls at a restaurant all the manga she reads is mainstream while everyone else likes random things or uncommon things. Or at the very least have a genre. Is she just a nothing?! The other girls vow to help her and this means….taking her to the competitions store for a different perspective? Hio has a meltdown but the other girls are like you got to see how they are selling mangas to do a good job yourself. Sensei walks through the store throwing every single manga in her basket. If it looks slightly interesting she has to buy it. Because an innocent man serving jail time is worse than a guilty man going free. She talks about how some people know what genres work for them and for others stores must push them in the right direction. Suddenly Hio sees the light and the fog has lifted. Mangas that she has passed up before now look amazing. She runs back to her store to start working on her display. Director offers some mangas to go along with her selections even though she hasn’t read them yet. He offers to help with her display and she skips along, thinking he is being nice to her. Well fast forward to the next day and Director has made a poster of himself in his banana hammock and the books he suggested to Hio were hard yaoi. She protests a bit much as she did like them.

The clothes I'm wearing I've bought it

Life moves on and Fu Girl hands Sensei and Hio some choco. Hio smiles back and hands some chocos out herself while Sensei loses her mind for not being girly enough to remember it is the most important day of the year Valentine’s Day! Sensei feels her girl power falling even more as she watches Fu Girl give Umio….zombie chocos. Fu Girl walks around the place like a crazy person on crack. She can’t find Sommelier. Turns out he is upstairs giving his special manga picking seminar. Everyone goes upstairs to watch and Sommelier is given so many chocos. Fu Girl gets sad as it is explained he always gets a lot of chocos on Valentine’s Day. Porn Book lady walks in being all crazy and yelling about the mangas Sommelier was suggesting to young people…but then she goes back to her porn book loving ways. She gives him some chocos as thanks and he recommends a very….hot looking book. Tears of wonderment for all. Sensei goes to the store after this event to buy some chocos but ends up losing all her points and getting energy drinks instead. Fu Girl panics more when she can’t find Sommelier. Turns out he already went home for the night. Fu Girl is sad and Director lets her go home early so she can catch up with him. Despite being able to see Sommelier in the crowd Fu Girl has tiny legs and struggles to keep up as the man walks through the dessert and moon and the ocean. She doesn’t catch up to him until she reaches his house. He lets her inside and he literally has 2 million mangas all over the place. He gives her some to read and she gets caught up in the moment, forgetting why she is there. She finally works up the nerve to give him a manga with the word choco in the title. She thanks him for all he has taught her and she hopes to learn more later. He seems touched but Fu Girl is sad on the way home as she didn’t give him her homemade chocolates like she planned. THE END!!!!

Just like a prayer you voice can take me there!

Holidays come and go in anime. One day it’s summer, one day it is both Christmas and New Year’s Eve, and then the next day it is the rest of January of boringness and Valentine’s Day. So clearly that means White Day and whatever they do for Spring will be in the next episode. Maybe Fu Girl will graduate. There is not time waste folks. Every episode must be full of holidays and events. Because everyday life is boring, especially at retail. Same thing day in and day out.

MOG....A STACK OF MANGA!

Well except for this crazy store full of crazy people. Dang my spelling bad. Late at night with a computer with weird glare and a keyboard that I really don’t like. It is making me type words that I don’t mean to. Unless I wanted to say “well expect for this crazy store”. Many apologizes for anything misspelled or incorrect grammar. It all looks correct to me unless it doesn’t. But yes back to the crazy store. Hio is just walking into work ready to start her shift when things look a little crazy on her floor. I am not sure how she walked passed all the displays to get to the employee section but we will pretend it makes sense. As well as her picking out what building that manga stack was supposed to be. Look…well like nothingness to me but what do I know. XD

You know, "FUN". Not work. FUN!

As Hio collapses on the ground because this amazing building means something super important to her Director comes by to explain things. He likes explaining things doesn’t he? Mainly because these are all his ideas of insanity so who better to explain them yes? So Director decided it would be fun to have a contest, to see who could make the best display and have the highest sales. This actually sounds fun…except I think Director just randomly came up with the idea. Like oh today is Tuesday and I think this would be cool so I will tell all the people who worked on Tuesday my plan so they can get started on their display and start racking up the cash. Then when people who didn’t work on Tuesday come in I will inform them of my random idea and they will be so impressed with it they won’t point out how unfair it is and that everyone should have been told at the same time so no one would have an advantage and blah blah.

I think I might have filed a lawsuit...

Since Hio is Hio this does not happen and she merely follows Director as he takes her around the different displays everyone has set up. Is Kameko not really a main character? She never really…does anything. Except hang out with Sommelier at his manga parties but Fu Girl likes him so….She didn’t have a display. She probably only works there to have cash for her camera collection. Traitor. Everyone else had displays that focused either on their personality or their preferences. I think if I walked into a store and saw Director’s display I would have run for the woods. File some sexual harassment charges Hio, those blow up dolls were gross. I too was expecting more from Fu Girl’s shelf but then she turned it up a bit with her screaming from the area. Like okay not shopping here anymore!

Not you Fu Girl!

But Sommelier, Sensei, and Umio all had normal and super professional looking shelves. Not overly flashy but filled with mangas they loved and wanted to share with others. I am sure that some people would just focus on sales but they were focused on really connecting the people with the beautiful manga of the world. INSERT ANGELS HERE. This made Hio a little sad. I am super convinced now that Hio is the newest employee besides Umio. Like hi let me show you the ropes of the store and pretend like I know things when really I have been here for 2 months. Silly girl. But yeah Hio really does feel like she is the lowest man on the totem pole. Umio might be the newest but she seems to be the least experience. She just walks into Books-A-Million and grabs whatever is on the ends cap. She doesn’t really know what she likes, she just reads what is popular. An empty shell of a person!

Well at least someone sees the light...

Well the other girls see and hear Hio’s woe and decide to take her out for ideas. You know, to other businesses in the area. Akihabara isn’t that big folks. It goes up, not out. So I can see how everyone knows everyone and there is friendly competition. A lot of repeats at these stores but some store exclusives and the what not. That is why I am so surprised that Sensei was able to buy so much. X___X Like dang a lot of stores have the same stuff. But maybe some stores have the older things or more obscure titles. But dude I was jealous of all the shopping. I miss the shopping. :( I will just go back to doing the dishes and not catching up on anime posts now.

SO TRICKED!

While Kameko the nonimportant and Fu Girl the figurine lover run off Sensei takes Hio around the store to show the girl how to do things. To let the mangas speak to her. It is easier to think of this scene like Aladdin (rest in peace Genie). Sensei is showing Hio a whole new world and it is the most magical thing ever. Hio sees the truth and is ready to make her shelf. She is so blinded by the truth she wanted to work for free CRAZY GIRL! Director shows up to look proud of Hio and give her a false sense of security. Like yes I am a lovely man giving you mangas as recommendations and showing you how to display things properly so people can be suckered into spending money. Hio is touched and dreams of having his slightly inappropriate babies. Then she arrives the next day at work to find Director displaying his penis in her display along with all the yaoi manga he tricked her into buying. Yeah folks tricked. So very tricked because Hio doesn’t have eyes. This subject is dropped though because apparently Hio liked it and that is all that matters in this realm. I might personally be upset though coming into the store and seeing someone in charge basically naked. Just…no.

SO MUCH HAPPINESS!

Since nothing matters we never learn who wins this little competition. I am going to pretend Umio did though. We must not celebrate the best day ever in Japan…..Valentine’s Day. On to be a girl in a country where your feelings are to be kept inside yet society is like give chocos to every man you know on this holiday or you will feel shame. SHAME! Oh Sensei…being a tomboy is okay too. Although I roll my eyes for forgetting this holiday. It is sorta like when my brother’s claim to forget my birthday or have no money for Christmas. HOW COULD YOU MISS IT?!?!?! So yeah…Sensei experiences a lot of drama watching her girly points reach critical mass as she has no chocos for anyone, not her girlfriends or the boy she likes. Even Fu Girl with her creepy chocos are more romantic than she is. Umio never receives chocos from Sensei as she couldn’t even do the shameful thing and buy store bought chocos. Which I would probably prefer. Probably because I think everyone cooks like me and It be safer to have store bought anything.

This was actually a nice gift...

There is no focus on if Hio gives Director choco. They already got their segment. Instead we get a lot of Fu Girl turning into a massive piling of twitching. I know she loves zombies but is this just a shy trait or something I am not understanding? She always seems like she is ready to run. Maybe that is part of zombie training, to suspect everyone and to take off running at a moment’s notice. I like how she made Sensei accidentally jealous with the choco of zombiness. That was pretty cute. I had a bit of eyerolling that she didn’t know that Sommelier was having a class or session or whatever it is called that day. Seems a bit odd but we shall roll with it and the fact that everyone wants Sommelier to have their giant babies and chocos. Porn Agent turned up again trying to be all creepy but it turns out she was just kidding when she blasted off everyone’s clothes with her super powers. She is one of them. Come experience the porn.

Nothing says Valentine's Day like wanking material.

Even though Fu Girl was 3 feet away from Sommelier at this event she lets him get away from her. And he leaves work before she does. WOE IS HER LIFE! Except when Director isn’t wearing banana hammocks he can be rather nice and lets her go home early. Not that it does any good since Sommelier has a 20 hour commute to work each and everyday apparently. Fu Girl barely made it to his house alive. I guess she doesn’t have his phone number? I thought to myself that Sommelier lived in scary conditions. That perhaps his place had no walls (and no windows) but just mountains of mangas keeping him protected from the elements. Fu Girl got taken in by this “cool” place before she got put back on track with handing out the Valentine’s Choco. Or you know…a book with half naked girls with Choco in the title. That is what I want to give the boy I like for Valentine’s Day….other half naked girls. But Sommelier was happy and it actually was different than what the other girls gave the man so Fu Girl could have been happen with being unique. But in Japan homemade chocos are the thing to do so Fu Girl is sad she couldn’t express her feelings properly. :( Maybe next time. Not next episode though of course. We got to move right along you know!

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Denkigai no Honya-san episode 3

Okay I didn't lie about this being a postapolza tonight folks. My friend called me as she always does after work because if she is on the phone walking to her car she won't get kidnapped. Then it turned into a 2 hour long conversation about looking things up on the internet that have probably scarred me for life and yeah....yeah folks. That is why nothing ever gets posted on time.

But it's not even Thanksgiving!

But I shall not sleep until I post all the things that are super all the way done. Promises. I think. Because now there is a cat on my lap. Up now is Denkigai no Honya-san episode 3. Spoilers for other people getting to celebrate Christmas with trees already but not me. :(

Behold I bring you tidings of great joy.

Episode Summary: Fall apparently is a distant memory as Christmas time has taken over Japan. Director is instructing Hio and Fu Girl about wearing certain uniforms to attract customers. Hio seems super happy with her cutie Santa outfit and eyeballs Fu Girl’s reindeer getup. She is gunho until…she is told to go outside and attract the customers and magically Fu Girl has the better outfit due to how warm it is. Hio quickly turns into a Popsicle and Fu Girl offers to change outfits because she is nice. Hio rather just hate on the fact that they are outside at Christmas time advertising for an ero game that isn’t really within the Christmas spirit. Director comes out as Hio complains and he lays the TRUTH upon her. He talks about how this game took a year to come to stores and for that whole year many lonely guys cried manly tears waiting for their beloved to come back. That Christmas is a time for couples and how can you deny this product as something that brings young love together? It is truly the symbol of Christmas and how dare Hio not see the joy they are bringing to others. Hio is overwhelmed with emotions and tries to apologize for acting like a know it all. Then Director is like HAHA suckers come spend money in our store so Hio knows he is a lying sack of crap. Soon Hio is able to come inside because her shift is over and Director gives her a drink. He sorta ruins the drink by asking Hio out because she doesn’t have a boyfriend. She nearly chokes to death and Director acts like he doesn’t know that he was just a butthead. Instead he wants her to go out with him…to his house to set up a Christmas party for all the single folks at work IE all of them. Once Hio recovers she goes to Director’s house and loses her mind over how nice and big everything really is. Director gets her back on track and they start with all the decorations. From the context of the conversation Hio is one of the newer coworkers as she has never celebrated Christmas with these people before. She seems touched at how much Director does for them all despite his…special nature at times. She offers to help with the decorations but seems to have no ability to control a knife. Director patches her up with a bandaid before she bleeds all over his floor. She seems very taken with him helping her and tries to find ways to make the apartment festive, with her linked paper thingy. Soon it is time for the Christmas Part of none of us have significant others. Sensei is forced to dress up against her will because that is how everyone rolls. She eventually gets in the outfit and Umio sorta calls her cute. She decides to flee into the Christmas Tree because surely that will not attract any attention at all. Kameko brings out the camera but everyone insists she be in the picture too. She does hold onto her hat which seems to be super important to her. So they all sit down to eat their Kentucky Fried Santa Chicken and talk about how they are all single. Umio is like um I am not single which almost causes Sensei to die on the ground. Turns out he is talking about the video game Hio was trying to sell earlier and he ends up talking all night about the game, clearly killing everyone with boredom.

Christmas abuse!!!

The next day everyone goes home and Director goes to clean up…but Hio has made herself right at home with some mangas on the couch. He cleans the entire place up and reappears wearing just a towel in front of Hio. She of course freaks out over nipples while he is like well you said not to mind you…..They both read in silence until Director decides he is hungry. The second he gets up Hio puts in a request on what to eat. He makes it and then she sorta….teases him about being able to cook. He tries to point out she is being rude and hello go home so Hio decides to play video games instead. When she keeps dying Director tries to help her out but doesn’t make much process either. Eventually the game is beat and Director gets up to go get dinner. He invites Hio along and she thanks him for allowing her to spend time with him as she didn’t want to go home to an empty house. She asks if she could do this again some time and Director agrees. So Hio decides that the next time is….right after dinner. Soon it is time to open up the store after the new year and everyone is ready for chaos. Fu Girl is nearly run over and has to be saved by Director and Sommelier who takes the hit for her. They end up having to escape the building to die in peace outside. It becomes super dramatic in the store, with everyone getting injuries from doing the same task over and over again. Umio is killed when he tries to restock and Hio tries to be brave by allowing the second group of people come in. Brave doesn’t work too well. But everyone seems to survive the day looking worse than when they started things. Director apologizes for making everyone stay late all the time. Hio is the first to try to make him feel better, that she likes manga and working with everyone. Fu Girl and the others add that too so director won’t be all sad. Umio and Sensei take the train home and things get a bit awkward. She invites him to a quiet shrine near her house and he agrees to go. They get there and it is not so quiet so she takes him to a hill that overlooks the city. It is her spot she goes to for manga ideas. They talk about their wishes for the year which include Sensei becoming a better manga artist. Of course she thinks to herself about the second wish she made hint hint hint. Umio refuses to tell his wish and THE END!

Don't mind that you are totally taking over holidays?!

What? Christmas and New Years already? FOR SHAME! As my husband says we can’t have Christmas before Halloween even happens. And what about poor Thanksgiving? Did anyone ever stop to think about that poor holiday’s feelings? No. No they didn’t. Of course Japan doesn’t celebrate Thanksgiving and the husband bought eggnog at the store yesterday but that is not the point. The point is…HOW DARE YOU! Hio has recovered fast from her time being run over by a golden ball during the peace out summer festival. She feels okay enough to don a slightly sexy Christmas…person. Elf? Sexy Santa? Not too bad though. Hot Topic probably has a shorter version anyway. Hio was just grateful for the outfit she did have and thought maybe Fu Girl was getting the short end of the deal with juvenile looking reindeer outfit. Like haha Director wants us to do something and it doesn’t end badly for me. Then Hio realizes that she was working outside and not inside where the wonderful heat exists. I would have been like um no this elf/Santa needs more than tights to keep her warm. I know that this is the costume but come on? Would I be any good to you dead? Laying on the ground like a frozen Hiosicle? No she doesn’t want to build a snowman. She already is one.

Teach me your ways Director Sensei.

To make matters worse Hio was hawking wares at Christmas time that have nothing to do with Christmas. Well to be fair Fu Girl seemed to be doing most of the flyer passing out while Hio died slowly on the ground. Director came out to see how this three person crew was doing because really you need three people to pass out flyers on a super cold night. After Director explained what they were selling I really rolled my eyes more as this kind of product probably sells itself and doesn’t really need people on the street screaming it’s praises. But then again I am against such…aggressive business practices to begin with as they make me uncomfortable. Hio made the mistake of telling Director what she thought of this Christmas merchandise and I knew…I knew before he even started saying anything where the conversation was going to go. The world according to Director is Christmas is a time for love. And some of their customers…well they love anime and manga. And this slightly ero game was the love of some lonely boys out there. Waiting all year long for the day they would be reunited. And that is what Christmas is all about Charlie Brown. Of course Hio is taken in with this beautiful speech instead of being like errrr that is still creepy. She is like teach me oh wise one for I have much to learn. I thought Director was playing in straight and really believed all the craziness existing his mouth but…he knew he was full of it. Could have went a bit farther with his snark though, counting and fanning himself with the money from LONELY boys who need video game girlfriends.

Are you trying to kill Hio or something?!

After Hio was done freezing and Fu Girl was done riding Sommelier (yeah there..) Hio got to go inside. Now that I think about it selling hug pillows probably would have been better for this time of year. Clearly I know nothing though. And neither does Hio who gets all embarrassed and what not around Director. So folks I am thinking there is going to be no love triangle at all. Hio is clearly going to be with Director and Umio is going to be Sensei. Nothing to see here folks. But it will take some time to get there. Director sorta….hovers in between two personalities. As we find out in this episode so does Hio so I guess it works out. Sometimes Director is super…well on point about things and other times he is all derp derp. Of course by asking Hio out was going to sound funny. To look at her like yeah we should go out…to my house…doesn’t fly in my book. Stop torturing poor Hio. She has suffered enough in the cold.

I might call you a pervert but that won't stop me from being alone with you in your apartment.

I like how Hio recovers fast from these shenanigans. I would have been like um no you can decorate your own house. Also HMMM someone in a position of power inviting their subordinate to their house alone. Sounds a bit iffy there, should have the party at those karaoke places. Or..what is that other place call I always see in animes with the long tables in private rooms with much drinking and suchies? No idea. But since this seems to be a tradition, that Director hosts a party on a holiday that is usually for couples…well then off you go Hio. If he starts recording you like a creeper I will be waiting right here to say I told you so. Of course that didn’t happen. And even if it did Hio was way too caught up in the fact that Director lives in amazing land. Look at the room, look at the TV! Space is at a premium in Japan and while it might look like a basic apartment to my American eyes it is huge to Hio. Seriously where would all my stuff go if I moved to Japan?

Hio is great at everything.

After Hio was done going MOG all over the room…Director still acted nice and normal. No video taping or saying anything questionable. Maybe he is better one on one and when he is around other guys his douche level naturally increases. I think this is true for real life. But no Director just pulled out some decorations and acted like he knew how to hang the decorations up like he was domesticated. Or he hangs them up in the exact same way each year. Either way Hio is impressed. Plus the man knows how to put on a bandaid. He is amazing. I bet he can defrost TV dinners. While I tease ( I think) about Hio being impressed with these little things she has only seen the man at work and there he is usually teasing her. So maybe to her all this effort into the Christmas party and doing non perverted things was a big deal to her. I mean the man was wearing the smallest banana hammock on the face of the planet in the last episode so she could have reason to be impressed.

Thanks for murdering the party Umio.

So it is party time! Again Hio and the costumes. One minute she is crying about them and the next she is forcing others to wear costumes against their will. Run away Sensei. Okay maybe not into the tree but run far away. Or just let Umio really know how much you like him and that his opinion of you is wake gets to going in the morning. There was some nice food at the party, the ever present KFC chicken being the crowning glory. I always wonder about that. Do they heat the chicken back up after traveling to the party place and waiting I the long line to get said chicken? I guess KFC tastes pretty good heated up. Not the biscuits though. They get hard as little rocks. I think I have gone off into lala land with this topic but that’s fine. Me and Umio can match. Although I think he thinks he was being on topic. I guess at holiday parties anything can go but maybe Umio can read the room a little better next time and realize he is the only one who cares about the game. A game that Hio didn’t find Christmas enough and that lonely boys play on Christmas Eve because they don’t have real girlfriends. I wonder how Sensei reacted to that.

Sorry for being annoying. Since I am cute I am sure you didn't mind.

After Umio’s boring talk of video games and Kameko’s lack of hair exposure were done well…the party was done. Shows over. You don’t have to go home but you can’t stay here. Well Hio didn’t get that memo. I sorta like characters being multi-dimensional. Like okay you can be a nice girl at work with a heart of gold but you can also be a lazy girl who overstays her welcome and doesn’t offer to lift a finger in cleaning up after the party. I guess she did help set up and no one really stayed to clean up either. Made me kinda sad how fast the decorations went down though. I guess since I leave my decorations up forever I feel different about that situation. It is hard to tell how Director felt about Hio just laying on his couch and judging his free food he was cooking her. On one hand he does tease her a lot like he would want her to be his girlfriend. On the other hand she is not his girlfriend so….get out? Can I have a moment alone to dry off my nipples? But then Hio and her oversized sweater smile at Director and thank her for staying. Sounds like she has a lonely home life and while most of us are okay with having some quiet time…Hio doesn’t seem to be one of them. I used to know someone that would want to work MORE hours just so they didn’t have to be at home. Me…obviously I like being alone but things might be different in Japan. In any event Hio smiles at Director and thanks him and he forgets that she was annoying with her video game playing/manga reading on the couch all day self. At least for 5 seconds. Then Hio shows back up 5 seconds later. Like dude I said you could come over whenever you wanted but you can’t come back over if you are still here. Silly girl.

Surely we shall all die.

Hio hopefully goes back home and changes clothes before it is time to open up shop again. Our main characters are super lucky they are the only ones who work on the floor of this manga store because….okay they are not lucky. Must be hard to plan anything fun with your best friends if you are all working every shift at the store. Especially this shift. The dreaded New Years sale. In Japan it is like Black Friday. Super sales, long lines with Lucky bags and crazy people trying to trade for their crappy Lucky Bag stuff. I am not sure what promotion this store was putting on but I am assuming it was something good. Even if it wasn’t sometimes the need to shop is great. Everyone had their game faces on for this crazy day but Fu Girl and Sommelier were taken out early. I am glad they took their dying outside to not get in the way of other people working or walking. The others were dramatically injured or trampled as well but made it through the day serving all the Slender Men wannabees. Director seems to be a great leader…sometimes anyway. He acknowledges how hard everyone worked and he is sorry for always relying on them and not the other nonseen employees. Like thank guys….Hio lead the charge in making sure Director didn’t feel bad. Probably because she likes him personally but maybe she does see he can be a good boss. This lead to other good feelings of love towards Director who then had to ruin the moment. Which is usually what bosses do so what can ya do?

Being in love means obvious blushy faces that everyone notices but no one says anything.

The episode ends with Umio and Sensei having a moment. If this relationship is going to go anywhere I would suggest learning her real name. Say it at romantic times to make Sensei blush, not in front of the others and what not to keep their relationship a secret. You know…a secret. But yes Sensei wants to take Umio to her little known shrine to celebrate the New Year. Of course it turns out to not be that quiet so Sensei could show him her super secret tree spot that overlooks the city. It did look rather pretty. So they got to have their moment with no one else around and no costumes or crazy customers around. Just a slice of life time talking about New Year wishes and having crushes. I like the quiet moments…..but then the silly moments are nice too. I guess I will just have to wait around to see more of these moments since I am SO CAUGHT UP with this show. GO ME! XD

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Denkigai no Honya-san episode 2

Is everyone enjoying the holiday season? Of course I am talking about Halloween time and how there are lots of scary/horror movies on TV. I would like it a bit more if some channels stopped repeating the same movies over and over again and showed some other movies but still...I like all these kind of movies. Horrible or not. This may also be keeping me from blogging on time as I get so engrossed in these repeat movies and POOF it is time for bed already. Silly me.

Tuna tug of war. DUH FOLKS!

Before you bundle the kids (or yourself) up in costumes have some more anime posts. Up now is Denkigai no Honya-san episode 2. Spoilers for....very questionable games.

Run away from the insanity Hio!

Episode Summary: Director is rallying the troops as there is a special manga release coming out. It is heavily implied in the finale of the Haruhi. Some of the workers are a bit doubtful that they should change their work hours (closing at 2 am, after the last train) for a manga that had a three year period in between volumes. Umio takes offense to this and goes off on a crazy tangent that this is a manga to end all mangas and how dare people doubt it. He is basically declared insane as the rest open the store up for business. Fu Girl ends up being a customer and worries about not making the last train home. She is pretty far back in line but the rest of the staff at the store work as hard as they can to get the customers out. Super fast, flying all over the place besides Director. Hio points out he needs to start helping them work. Everyone collapses to the floor around 2 am as the event is over. Hio and Fu Girl are worried about there being no more trains. Director offers to clean up as everyone else can go..somewhere else. Sensei takes everyone to a family style restaurant that she loves and often spends a lot of time at doing her manga work. Soon Fu Girl starts to get sleepy and Sommelier goes out of his way to be the one to take her back to the store to nap. He gets her in bed and while being a creeper is sad to hear her whisper Umio’s name. He goes on the couch and sits with Director for a while. Sommelier drinks him under the table and they are both pretty sloshed when the others return to sleep in the break room. Early the next day Umio wakes up with Fu Girl on top of him. Sommelier pretends to sleep and watches this scene, ready for more heartbreak when it is revealed Fu Girl thinks Umio would make the perfect zombie. She is obsessed with them and happily tells Umio that he looks like the guy who would die and become a zombie to protect the rest of the group. To prove her point she has painted Umio all up like a zombie. She decides she wants to practice her zombie killing skills on the confused boy as Sommelier and the rest are like oh….that’s the kind of relationship they are going to have and go back to bed.

Doesn't this scream summertime street fair?

After the break it has skipped over to the Denki-Gai Late Summer Greetings Festival. Basically all the shops in the area will compete to be the best and win some fabulous (and not so fabulous) prizes. A lot of people are dressed in funny costumes while our main characters are dressed in what looks like high school gym clothes. Most of the girls are unhappy with this state of dress but Sensei tries to keep her eye on that cash prize. Fu Girl is the team captain who thinks yelling at everyone is a great way to lead the team. The only one who seems to be motivated by the yelling is Sommelier who wants to please her in any way and Sensei who sees dollar signs n her eyes. After the mascot of the street (which I think changes throughout the episode and says super annoying things after every sentences) Hio is up next for some golden ball pushing event. Most of the contestants are girls and super embarrassed at what they have to push. Director decides to make the event worse by teasing Hio. She ends up being flatten by another contestant’s ball. Umio is up next in the Protect Your Wife contest. Basically they have to run while holding a figurine AKA wife. Umio does pretty good in the event as he loves his figurine and is able to hold off others who are trying to cheat and push him. One team then shows off a pre-release figurine which gets Umio’s interest. He ends up dropping his figurine and he experiences shame. With Hio and Umio down for the count Kameko is given a shirt and put on the team. There is a Tug of Tuna event next which Kameko loses for her team as she is distracted by a camera lens that is apparently amazing. The mascot announces that the last event will determine the winner meaning all the other events were useless. Teams of no more than three have to protect one member wearing a flag from getting wet in a water fight. Our mains break into two groups of three with Fu Girl leading the charge with her zombie killing ways. Director decides to wear the smallest banana hammock in the world causing Hio to lose it again. Hio and her team eventually lose even though Hio was targeting the balls. Fu Girl and Umio make a good team but it is Sommelier who is super protective of Fu Girl. Their team ends up winning…until Sensei attacks Fu Girl. Turns out she was her own team so she could have the prize money all to herself. As they watch Sensei win Umio asks Fu Girl about the costumes they are winning and she is like…no I am in high school, this isn’t a costume for me. Umio is shocked and Sommelier and Fu Girl have a moment later, deciding the day was fun. THE END!

Remember...they are zombies!

Episode 2 and there seems to be no stop on the insanity train. I wonder how long this show can carry this insane pace. Like WOOHOO every day is crazy at HorseHeadMangas! In between shrink wrapping and ringing customers up of course. XD Just so much craziness though.

The most special manga ever folks. We must be prepared!

Sometimes shows are very abstract on the topics they are talking about. Like oh a special manga release is coming up, time to get to work people. Nothing is really mentioned, probably due to copying right material. Then some series make up shows to talk about, like LalaLulu that might be based on something but is so generic no one can say anything and that is the main focus on the show (or the go to point). Not this show. This show is going to call it Yepsis and keep on trucking. So it is my impression that crew this week was talking about Haruki. The late release date that kept fans hanging for years and having a super late release date in a country that has last trains and…expensive taxi cabs. The way Umio talks is probably how a die hard fan of the Haruhi series talks: I will support the manga no matter how much I am put through! Hio had more of a logic point of view, this took…a long time to be released and working this late is going to cause problems for workers AND people picking up the manga. A lot of work for a manga that took it’s sweet time coming around and keeping fans blowing in the wind. In fact most of the workers felt that way while Umio was in the corner with all the other volumes, caressing the volumes as he whispered sweet nothings into the page’s ear. I think Umio works here for the discount.

I am sure it didn't go fast enough but it ends without death.

The event comes and goes. It only lasts an hour. Besides Fu Girl (what a lame name…) all the other mains had to work the event. “Work” of course. Isn’t that how it always goes? Oh you are in charge of us so you are going to stand around and watch us work? Good job. Although I am not sure what else he could have done in this silly scenario. People were coming to buy that volume only and leaving. It’s not like they needed help around the store. As long as all the registers were manned I am not even sure why the entire crew was there. X___X Just for drama I suppose. Hio was making it look like utter chaos. Get in line you manga lovers. We are all just trying to get in and out of here without any blood shed. As long as it isn’t limited edition there is no reason to be all crazy about things. But if it was limited edition…yeah people would be going crazy. Sadly.

No one else can take care of Fu Girl or Sommelier will kill them.

After two hours the event is over and everyone seems to have survived. Fu Girl stuck around because of the last train issue. I think the other characters minus Hio were able to walk home despite the late hour and instead of inviting the girls to stay at her house Sensei is like…lets go to a family restaurant. Like um no I want to go home and sleep. Or go home and read this manga. Too early, even for me, to see looking at people. But everyone else was like WOOHOO we should eat some food after drinking all those Redbulls. Sometimes you reach a point where you are so tired you aren’t tired anymore. And going out and acting silly with friends is always fun right?

Why are you whispering Umio's name?!

Partially through the dinner/lunch/breakfast/early morning noms time Fu Girl gets tired. All that nonworking got the best of her. Apparently the plan all along was to eat at this restaurant and THEN go back to work and take a group nap in the break room until the trains were running. I think I might have taken the nap instead of going out at all but I like making sense. I like that Director did most of the cleaning up since everyone else did all the other work. Of course was there much to clean up? Anyway Umio offers to take home Fu Girl and suddenly Sommelier is like NO I will. Well he didn’t say it in words. Just his massive body standing up and letting everyone know he is the only one carrying the tiny girl back to the shop. So not only are they are dynamic duo at the shop (his mouthpiece if you would) but he has feelings for the girl as well. This will surely end well. Except the fact that Sommelier puts Fu Girl to sleep and she moans Umio’s name. That could be a deal breaker. All the girls want him woohoo! Sommelier drowns his troubles in beer. Director tries to keep up with the drinking he is no match for the giant man of few words.

You like me so much because you want to shoot my zombie persona?!

Everyone ends up back at the shop and passes out for some hours. On couches and what not. Since Fu Girl didn’t work and got the most sleep she was up the soonest. And decided that she needed to hit on Umio in front of all her coworkers. Or or…..she is a freak. I think Umio might have thought it was a sexy wake-up call and he was going to be flattered yet turn her down. Then he realized that he never asked what Fu Girl’s nickname was all about. I actually didn’t know what her name meant either so it was a shocker for me. Not much of a shock for Japanese people or those who know how to work the internet. I don’t think I would enjoy having the nickname rotten girl but meh. I guess this means she has an obsession with gross things. In Fu Girl’s case she has an obsession with zombies. And Sommelier need not worry about Umio. Fu Girl just happens to think the boy would make a perfect zombie. Like the guy who dies saving his friend and what not. You can go back to sleep Sommelier…and others. Because Fu Girl has no romantic feelings for this boy. She just wants to dress him up as a walker and beat him silly. Girls has to be prepared for the apocalypse you know!

YAY TEAM SPIRIT!

Sometime later the group moves on from the sales of the Haruhi manga and focuses on this festival. Ah it must be fun to be part of a company that does fun things like that. Of course if I had a job (you know at all) that had events like that I would complain how it was mandatory and how I didn’t want to do it. You know, like how the girls at this shop really didn’t want to wear these uniforms and take part in some of the questionable activities. This festival, the Denki-Gai Late Summer Greetings Festival, was for the entire street. This street might be based on another famous street in Tokyo, one that focuses on manga, anime, and electronics. I am sure that is just a coincidence that the two are similar. XD So yeah it is a time to promote the businesses or just build up camaraderie within the area. The mascot for this shopping area is rather special. I might not have gone that way but whatevers. It is what it is. Everyone seems excited for the events but don’t want our mains to win for some reason. Some of the girls aren’t happy with their outfits as they were…special. And looked more like a field day event at a high school and not anime/manga related like their shop specializes in. It looks like Fu Girl chose the outfits though as she is very invested in a win despite how her teammates felt about the event. Like you will listen to me and we will win that grand prize. Sensei also seemed pretty concerned about the prize money too but…for herself. HOW DARE SHE!

No. Just no.

Every single of the events was special and over the top. It was like the event was made to make women feel as uncomfortable as possible. Because anime and mangas don’t have a bad enough reputation for woman. No no, we must do everything over the top. Like exaggerate this and exaggerate that. What do a lot of men like in anime/mangas? Panties. So instead of a pie eating contest or apple whatever thing on the string (I forget what it is called) there was a Panty eating contest. I notice that they didn’t actually eat the panties which I am grateful for. Sommelier was the one who ran this race for the team and it was dramatic but he pulled out a win. It was for his Fu Girl after all. Everyone else would have to follow in his footsteps in terms of victory. Fu Girl will not accept defeat which is pretty unfortunate given what would happen the rest of the day. It is not explained why the rest of the street shops are so against our mains but they are bitter about the panty lose and decide to team up to stop them from winning any more events.

Do you HAVE to do that Director?

The next event…was a lot of special. And perverted. Everyone seemed to put their girls on this event because golden balls folks. Golden balls. The other store people weren’t shown harassing their girls so I don’t know if Director was really out of line or just going along with the MENZ being perverted and creepy people out. Director was a super creep later so maybe it was only him. Hio did not take kindly to this harassment and almost died on the ground. I think if Fu Girl was in this event…it might have gone better. She is a bit shorter but seems to deal okay with balls. BALLS FOLKS! Are you laughing yet? Balls. Hio loses and loses big as she was run over by a golden ball since she couldn’t handle her balls correctly. The shame folks. She shall never marry obviously and must sit out a few events until she is able to pull herself together. From the shame of being squished in a golden ball event.

Umio...you have let us down. Disappointment.

The next event featured Umio and had a lot of promise. Because he is basically a crazy person when it comes to anime and manga. So I figured whatever the task was he might be good at. When I saw it was figurine carrying (like egg carrying) I was like score. Umio will treat this wife (MOG INSANE) like gold so our mains will be back up on that leader board. Well…since the other stores are mad at the mains they tried to push Umio to make him lose. And when that didn’t work they went with the more aggressive approach…..introducing a new figurine that hasn’t been released yet and will be limited edition. Umio was weak and cheated on his wife. He should kill himself now. One could argue his inability to do the next event cost them as Kameko had to take his place. I am not sure what the competition was supposed to represent in the anime/manga world but it was a tug a war with a fish. Yeah…..I don’t know. You would think that the tiniest girl Kameko wouldn’t even matter in this game as Sommelier was in on their event. But I guess everyone got distracted when Kameko was tricked into buying a false camera lens. Cameras are her weakness and shouldn’t pass up a deal. She should sue for false advertising as that wasn’t a lens at all. So yeah disappointed in that event as Sommelier could have been on his own team and won yet somehow got distracted along with everyone else and lost it. How can this group when the events now?!

Aim for the head!

Oh because the last event is the only one that counts? I see now. I am sure the rest of the stores were thrilled with this news. The last event was a good old fashion water fight with a bit of capture the flag mixed in. The only thing perverted about this event was Director handing out banana hammocks to everyone else. And lets be real folks. Calling those banana hammocks is being kind. They really were just….the things men wear to appear to be naked in movies. Where do you even buy underwear like that?! But besides that the event was pretty cut and dry with the teams. Fu Girl really led the way with her pretending everyone else was a zombie and shooting them up. With Sommelier using his body to protect his little Fu Girl and Umio being pretty decent they were able to beat all the other stores despite more teaming up against them. They are unstoppable. Victory is theirs!

Why? Were you going to ask her out? X___X

Or you….the store. At least the store won guys…even if there was people turning on each other. Sensei paid attention to the rules that stated up to three people on a team. So when she wasn’t picked on a team she was like…I can have the flag on my own head and protect myself. Then run around and snip people and win on her own. Technically I would think that it was a store win as that is how she was able to enter the contest in the first place but it was presented as she won by herself. Fu Girl wasn’t as upset as I thought she would have been. Like how dare you steal my victory! This might have something to do with the fact that Umio just learned that Fu Girl was really a high school student thus the high school swim suit and what not. That turned into a slight embarrassing moment. But since Sommelier and Fu Girl had their own moment at the end of the show I don’t think it is going to have anything to do with romance. Umio and Fu Girl will just be friends as she and Sommelier have more of an understanding, always there for each other. Sommelier says few words but the words he does say are for this zombie loving gal. Ah young love at the work place. With those two out of the love triangle mess who does that leave for Umio to leave heartbroken? I guess I will have to find out next time…whenever I get caught up you know. XD Go me!

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New Anime Series! Denkigai no Honya-san episode 1!

This show isn't short on drama I can tell you that. XD

Post number 3 for the night and look...an actual NEW anime series for the Fall Season. I am totally on the ball this year. Let it be known I have actually watched all of my picks the day they came out. Writing and screening the screenies...well that is another story. Better late than never, especially when you look at what was offered this season. But maybe there will be a good show among what I have picked. Up now is Denkigai no Honya-san. Spoilers for no names for anyone. Okay a few people. Not many though.

Er...not sure what is up with this crazy face....

Episode Summary: After some weird advertisement for the entire shopping district the “camera” pans in on a particular store, Umanohone. According to the internet it is a play on a real life store and that is why the crazy horse head was all over the place. We see a brief shot of all our main characters being themselves. The store is lucky to be standing as the manager watches them be special. Soon we see all the main characters in the back room shrink wrapping some mangas. The machine breaks down and one of the employees (Sensei) has a waking nightmare about being shrink wrapped herself. Another girl (Rotten Girl) is seen having little vampire teeth at the thought of the machine breaking down for some reason? One employee (Director) pops his head in and calls out another girl (Hio) to help handle a situation. There is a woman in the…adult section of the store flipping through all the mangas and taking notes, being all serious like. Apparently this is cause for alarm. Hio doesn’t get the memo she should be tactful about the situation and almost calls the woman a pervert. Director tries to smooth things over as Hio has a mental breakdown. It turns out this woman works for the Moral committee or something and is doing a secret sting to make sure all naughty things are kept in the right section. When things aren’t on the up and up Director suggests….sticky tabs sealing the mangas shut. The woman (Porn Agent) agrees this is acceptable and leaves without incident. This means that all the employees have to now shrink wrap a million things and put tiny tabs on books. This leads to Hio and Umio to having a super interesting and awkward conversation. Hio gets slightly turned on by a male nipple and she has to ask what BL means. Umio asks if Hio is into that kind of thing and she nearly dies. She then asks Umio if he is into hentai and he says of course I am. Then things get all blushy and awkward.

Not much was focused on this but Director is a bit creepy.

While they were working earlier on the tabs one of their coworkers Sommelier is pulled away to do something special. After work Hio offers to take Hio up to the event floor to see this something special. Sommelier is in a room full of people waiting for him to look them over once and suggest the perfect manga for them. He does this several times with positive results. Hio freaks out when he sees Porn Agent (out of work clothes) step up and Sommelier suggest a yaoi manga to her. He fears the entire store will be shut down but Porn Agent smiles like an insane person. Apparently she loves that genre and does the kind of work she does to keep this material away from children. She then leads the entire crowd into saying they all ero mangas. It is a special moment. Sometime later the crew is unloading some new mangas and Umio mentions he likes this artist. Sensei seems rather tired again this morning and almost passes out when working. As Umio goes on about this manga artist he is informed it is actually Sensei whom has been mistaken as a man due to her pen name? Her nickname came from the fact she came to work on the first day vowing to become better than her idol and referred to him as Sensei. Sensei is so tired because her deadline for the huge manga convention is…tomorrow and she is nowhere near done. Upon hearing his idol is in danger Umio offers to help the process out. Hio tags along too after work but is clearly the third wheel. They get to Sensei’s place and she is way more behind than she let on. Everyone sets to work and Umio is so impressed with Sensei’s maturity and work ethic. 5 second later she is having a tantrum on the floor and refuses to work. Hio says not to worry and basically treats Sensei like a puppy until she has the will to work again. After a bit of working Hio and Umio leave but Umio turns around stating he has left his phone behind. Turns out he was lying but wanted to help Sensei as he looks up to her and knows she was too far behind. She is touched by the effort and they set to work. Sensei has a brief meltdown but Umio treats her like a girl and gets her snacks which touches and confuses Sensei. She is able to turn in her work on time and has her manga ready to go the day of the event. The entire store shows up to help or take part in the festival themselves. While Sensei doesn’t sell out everyone seems to have fun. Director suggests they have an after party but he ends up taking them back to the shop so they can shrink wrap more things. THE END!

Helping me with my new picks this Fall anime season? Thanks man. XD

Well that was interesting to say the least. Not a great way to start of the season. But since I struggled to find 4 picks for this season I guess that is to be expected. Perhaps anime really does move in cycles and right now we are in a rut. So bleh is what I am thinking right now and it just so happens that Denki-Gai no Honya-san is the first one up to bat. Sorta setting the tone and it isn’t looking like it will be a time full of amazing animes.

Must be hard to start work off at such a big store. Where is everything located?! X___X

Lets start off with the fact that it wasn’t really mentioned in the episode itself that Umio just started his job at MangaRUs. It says so in the synopsis but not in the episode itself. It would have made more sense to follow the trope and have this episode be his first day so nicknames would be explained and he would be teased/recognized as the new guy. It would have alleviated the confusion I had as things were being explained for no reason. Like if you are all friends working in a store together for a while we wouldn’t need these explanations. Just seemed forced without this typical but necessary way to start off a new series.

Scarred for life everyone. I am sure everyone is....

Can we talk about the horse head craziness for a moment? When I first watched the episode I hadn’t done too much research on this show yet (obviously since I had just made my picks hours beforehand…) so I thought it was just slightly unfortunate and crazy. But when looking up how to spell names (or lack of names) I realized that this indeed was supposed to be Akihabara and the store in question seems to be the one with a cute little Tiger on it. You know, the one I walked into and was like OH boobies all over the place and walked out. So Horse, Tiger. Yeah. I still am scarred for life for seeing that commercial. Come visit the insanity indeed.

We don't need names. We are just Slaves 1-6.

After we see the commercial and the creepy man in a horse head unzipping his outfit (I get the reference, still creepy) we get our first glimpse of our characters. I know that some friends give each other cute nicknames or add in thinks like chan and kun because Japan. But this show takes it to another level. Real names? We don’t need no stinkin real names. Since this is only the first episode we don’t know exactly how all the names fit in just yet (or we do and since they are on in Japanese I don’t get them) nor do we know if these coworkers know each other out of work (IE the same school) but for now we know that customers are lucky to get anything ordered on time due to the fact they are all insane.

Appreciate all those freebies folks. Look how boring they are to put together!

Okay that really isn’t fair. They were working pretty hard. Half the episode involved tape and plastic wrap. Ah the glamorous life of a customer service worker. So many boring and tedious tasks to do. I wonder why this plastic wrap isn’t done after the mangas are printed though. I need to watch How It’s Made more I suppose. But with this gang even the most boring task can be fun with friends right? Or at least entertaining. The shrink wrap machine started to break and it turned into drama. One girl, Sensei, seems to have crazy fantasizes and dreams about being accidentally shrink wrapped herself. I often have insane thoughts like that too. Like oh snap this machine broke clearly I am going to die Final Destination style. I am not sure how the machine is going to get fixed…maybe they will have to do it all by hands? That would horrible. X___X But I guess since all the mains are doing this work AND someone is still running the place I guess things will be okay.

I apologize for my employee making this awkward situation I created more awkward.

While wrapping things up Director (who is a more senior employee, not the actual manager) pulls aide one of the girls, Hio, because there seems to be a delicate situation going on and confronting a woman while being a man might destroy the universe. Turns out that Hio lacks that filter in her head that translates things in her head she wants to say into what is acceptable to say out loud. I lack that thing as well sometimes. While Hio might lack tactfulness I don’t know why Director needed to make this a deal anyway. I mean…..these are…porn books. Erotic books. I think simply flipping through them and taking notes is the most innocent thing anyone could do in that section of the store. Instead she is flagged as creepy? Odd. Well it turns out that she is part of that new thing in Japan, making sure the youth of Japan isn’t being corrupted. I think walking into the store in general is a corruptible moment and the solution that she and Director agree on is laughable. Like OH TAPE. Surely this will help the youth of Japan not see things they shouldn’t see. Interesting indeed. More like make sure everyone has a job in Japan so do useless things that sound good on paper. Carry on defender of justice. Did I mention her name was Porn Agent? More on that later clearly.

...Are you new too?

There are a few people assigned to the tab work but Kameko takes away the giant dude Sommelier for some event. Since Umio is new he has no idea what this event is about nor why everyone at this job as weird nicknames like Director. For some reason Hio asks Umio what BL stands for while they are tabbing away. It didn’t sound like a quiz question for Umio but that Hio doesn’t really know what it means? Which sounds impossible given where she works and that she is not the newest employee. Also she seems attracted to the genre and I doubt her attraction came from seeing a nipple 5 seconds ago. So overall it was a weird question to ask. But then the entire situation got awkward with Umio and Hio asking the other if they like specific types of hentai mangas and what not. Umio tried to play it off as cool but it got super weird. Like err lets just keep tabbing and pretend this entire conversation never happened. Since Director is a creeper though and likes to video tape things (AKA Director) this awkward moment will live on forever. I think Hio should go to upper management about this harassment. XD

Most inspirational speech that wasn't needed ever.

After Hio and Umio brush off that moment of way too much information they go upstairs to see what Sommelier is doing. These names aren’t way too creative or far from what the person actually is or does. So instead of pairing and knowing all about wine Sommelier pairs and knows all about mangas. He just looks at a person and tells what manga will be perfect for them. Because these people opening their eyes and seeing what is on the shelf is way too hard, especially in this day in age when you can preview manga and pics on the internets. So yeah it was special. I am not even going to comment on his nontaking self. The most interesting thing that happened at the meeting was Porn Agent showing up and being told what her manga destiny was. Guess what it was folks! Porn! But she seems to be an equal opportunity lover of naked bodies coming together as one. Boys on boys, girls on girls, boys on girls, creeps on girls. Embrace it all. I think I was a bit like Hio and doing the X___X face as this woman is basically the Porn Police. I mean..I know it isn’t like being the real police and doing the illegal things that you arrest people for. But it is a bit odd that she loves this genre (which she knew beforehand and didn’t need Sommelier anyway…) when she fights to limit it. Bt in reality land there is a difference between liking something and fighting to make sure it doesn’t fall into the right hands. You can love your booze but make sure kids don’t drink it. None of this seemed to be the point though as it turned into Oprah. You love ero books and you love ero books. And you and you and you. It is creepy and odd at the same time.

But how can I be going on and on about my favorite artist and you are that artist?! That is way too magical to be true.

After that craziness it is another day of opening boxes and stocking the selves. I know I use the word manga instead of doushinji and trust me I know the difference. I know that the store they work at mostly has doushinji and that Sensei is not a manga artist but a doushinji one. I see that as someone who has talent but hasn’t been backed by a company yet so they take existing work and draw mangas based on those characters and situations. Still that is a big deal, especially according to Umio. Imagine going on and on about your favorite up and coming artist and TADA they are working right next to you. Or passing out right next to you. Since Sensei is up and coming she still has to work this job as well which explains why she is tired all the time. She has big dreams, she will be amazing in this field and I think her nickname was given to her out of how much she believes in herself, not because of teasing. Either way Umio is impressed and has to come to Sensei’s rescue when she learns that she has fallen behind on her work and may not make it in time for the festival. I don’t think any manga artist has ever turn in on time work in the history of manga. Just saying.

But I don't wanna achieve my dreaaaam!

I thought that Umio had a crush on Hio. But after spending a bit of time at Sensei’s and learning that he lives practically in the same area as Sensei Hio might be on the way out. Or maybe there will be a love triangle. For now there seems to be no jealous. Hio is just happy to help even if she is not fully listened to. Point the way to manga and she is there. Umio proves to be very helpful too. Sensei is shown to be both strong and human. Like look at me working hard and being talented. Then 5 seconds later she has a meltdown. This is too hard. I am too young to handle all this pressure and I will never finish in time WAIIIIIII! But since Hio and Sensei have been friends for a while she knew how to calm the girl down which was nice. I don’t think the love triangle will end in hurt feelings. They will be like no you have him, I don’t want my friend to be in any pain. SMILE SMILE! Umio on the other hand is just being as helpful as can be. Like I will stay up all night to help you achieve your dream because I am a great guy! We can do this together.

I hope the 5 seconds we spend together will be magical and fun.

So much leading up to the big deal and so little was shown at the actual event! Sensei is shown getting her manga and smiling, trading it with the person near her table. The others had fun at the event and she didn’t sell out but had a great day anyway. :( I wanted to see more of the process, what others thought of her work. I know how stressful it can be making things and having people talk about your work in front of you. Instead we fast forward to the end of the episode where Director has tricked them into having an after party shrink wrapping everything. Like dude Sensei just got done working all day at this show while you guys had fun. Can’t bring for a cake? Everyone takes this in stride so I guess we are to accept this is how this crazy bunch is. Look at our fun and silly crew. We make anything an adventure. Now the question is…did they make it fun enough for me to turn in next week? Still not on board with the art but maybe it will grow on me. With the silly nicknames. Guess I will find out next episode if this is a keeper or not. First new anime of the series under my belt, how many more will I give a chance to? Let me see let me see.

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