anime episode summaries

Ciel Bleu

Ciel Bleu performing.Beck reads about Erica Blige’s death in the papers. Koyuki tells Saku that he hasn’t seen Izumi-chan nor Maho-chan since that day. Tanabe volunteers to be the vocalist (he’s a horrible singer though) for Koyuki’s band at the school festival (Tanabe is trying to score with the ladies). Tanabe names the band Ciel Bleu (French for blue sky) and while they’re practicing, Hyodo and gang comes in, trying to cause trouble. Saku tells Hyodo he’s a fan of Hyodo’s father and Hyodo punches him. Beck worries about financial matters. During the school festival, Ryuusuke, Taira, and Chiba show up to see Ciel Blue perform. Chiba meets Rikiya in the bathroom and he tells Rikiya about Hyodo’s blackmailing (i.e. asking Koyuki to pay Y50,000 for Rikiya’s guitar). Ciel Bleu plans on wearing their DyBre shirts on stage but Hyodo’s gang rips their shirts up so they have no choice but to go in their PE clothes.  Hyodo’s band plays first. Hyodo is good, as usual, but Ryuusuke comments that Hyodo’s playing lacks feeling and is all technique. Ciel Bleu goes on stage next. Hyodo’s gang works up the crowd to boo Ciel Bleu. Ryuusuke grabs a microphone, climbs a table and tells everybody to shut up. As soon as Tanabe saw the crowd booing them, he backed out and Koyuki has no choice but to sing in his place. Ciel Bleu starts playing and soon, the crowd starts cheering for them. Hyodo leaves the gym, only to meet Rikiya who then beats him up. After the performances, the awards are give and Ciel Bleu wins as the best band (Tanabe gets to hold the trophy). Rikiya makes Hyodo apologize to Koyuki and return his money back. Koyuki and Hyodo both win as best guitarist but since there is only one trophy, Koyuki shares it with Hyodo.

Kappa Kappa Fujiki!? I saw a mermaid in the midsummer sea!

The kappa.Yasuda has a smaller brother who is just as perverted as he is. The gang finds another magic book and instead of a clown, out comes a kappa. The kappa says it will grant them one wish if Fujiki would go into the sea to save a person from drowning. Everybody goes to the beach to look for drowning people. A young girl and her father drowns and Fujiki swims to save them. Fujiki gives his lifesaver to the father who then saves his daughter. Without his float, Fujiki drowns but Megu comes to save him. Apparently, the kappa is a ghost whose daughter drowned, too, many years ago. After everybody is saved, the ghost ascends into heaven, without granting them a single wish though. The End. Not much of a story, IMHO.

Each One’s Opening Curtain!! The Pantasia Newcomers Battle Begins!

Minus five points for
being five minutes late!More preparation for the Newcomers’ Battle. Kawachi challenges Azuma. Azuma gets upset because he thought Kawachi hates him. The manager talks to Azuma and tells him that Kawachi just sees him as a rival so Azuma should do his best to win, too, as a man. Azuma runs off to Gifu to his Grandpa Umasaborou and asks him to make something (out of petalite) that would enable Azuma to make his Japan #44, his best bread yet. Kuroyan grades the entry submissions for the bread that won’t grow mold and both Kawachi and Azuma pass. Suwabara is eager to battle the two to avenge his loss in the Employee Selection Exam. Before the day of the Newcomers’ Battle, everybody at the Southern Pantasia Branch worries because Azuma hasn’t come home yet. Tsukino phones Azuma’s home and Azuma’s sister answers. Azuma’s sister goes to Gifu on her motorcycle to fetch Azuma. Before they leave Gifu, they try to rouse Grandpa Umasaborou from sleep to say good-bye but they couldn’t wake him up. Grandpa Umasaborou’s soul is floating, watching them, and he thanks Azuma for baking him bread. During the day of the battle, Azuma arrives five minutes late (because of heavy traffic) to Kuroyan’s chagrin. Azuma greets him occhan (an old man) which pisses Kuroyan even more who then deducts five points from him already.