Nanatsuiro Drops 3-4: Let Me Guess You Found Rival

Adorable things calm my nerves. You know Sumomo looks like she has a mace…and is about to bludgeon Asperas-san.

Maybe it’s the general hatred that I feel regarding School Days, but for some reason in the absence of some more Moetan this series seems to be a bit more lovable than before. At any rate my hostility towards this series has died down quite a bit. Sumomo is no longer an annoying twit and Yuki-chan isn’t getting on my nerves. Then again any old doormat looks saintly compared to the hated Makoto. Well at least this is a shoujo series where mating is not thrown around every five minutes…

Sumomo gets a rude awakening when she discovers that she is not our last hope, there is another. Asperas-san has Sumomo beat, she can do high level magic while Sumomo can only pull rabbits out of her hat. I must say at first I wondered why Sumomo was crying. Don’t cry get better I say. Still she eventually got out of her little rut with some kind words from Tsuwabuki-kun.

Uh…Asperas-san you’d be more intimidating if your staff looked less like something you use to eat. Where is an Istari when you need one.

I though it was kind of sweet that Sumomo takes her mission of sending Yuki-chan home seriously. Sure it is a load of bullshit, but it is the thought that counts. Sumomo you’re alright. Tsuwabuki trying to comfort Sumomo was one rather heart tugging moment. I can start to see why Sumomo even likes the guy in the first place. Sure he came off as cold and distant, but at least we know that he can be very considerate and be a nice guy.

Nako-chan is still my hero though she’s so great with kids, and such a good friend pushing Sumomo to teach Tsuwabuki to fold paper like that. I applaud your selflessness and your dedication. As for Asperas-san I like how over the top dramatic she was. It is almost like she’s going to be a one man Team Rocket. Thankfully she at least seems competent. Poor Arthur though is worked like a dog…

Well Asperas-san you look especially evil today are going to make little kids cry or would you like to kick a puppy instead?

I sympathize with Sumomo’s inability to swim; it took me a while to get it too. She deserves some credit for overcoming her hydrophobia even if Sumomo’s near drowning was rather comical. I sort of know what it is like to face mortal terror. Heck I am still a bit afraid every time I have to go rappelling off that 100 ft. tower, though I always get down, possuming is still rather unsettling. As special training goes I find it was much more tasteful that that crap from School Days. It did look rather fitting for Tsuwabuki to be with Yuuki like that though. Then again it could have just been the sparkles. While on the subject of nearly drowning I never really noticed that the swirly glasses guy hangs out nearly exclusively with girls, I cannot help but wonder how odd it is for this sort of series. Perhaps he was supposed to be the Yaoi fodder in the game?

You may kiss the bride. Oy Veh where is the shegetz? Oh you don’t need one? That’s great. Hey honey the goyim are not meshuga.

While Sumomo is still feeling a bit inferior, Nako-chan decides to help her. Nako-chan is a smart girl with an attention to detail; she instantly sees through the silly get up of Yuuki and correctly makes the connection between that persona and Purima Asperas. Turns out Nona is a very competitive person she wants to win but she wants a challenge to go along with it. The most comforting revelation though was that this whole contest is merely a game. Thank Haruhi-sama; it would be rather strange to leave the fate of the world in the hands of Sumomo.

In regards to Asperas-san’s get up I wonder if she magically changes or if she just bleaches her hair and gets dressed like normal people? While things are going well this use of made up English is getting on my nerves. It just doesn’t sound like magic. They need to throw in some Elvish or something that sounds like it’s from Lord of the Rings. Still I guess this is but a minor issue.

Well its not exactly a contest, nobody really wins. This is just to promote a more Yuri world.

Next time the gaggle goes off camping, though using a cabin is not really camping. No guns also make this seem more like a weekend resort than camping. Kids these days don’t know what camping is. In my day we had to go on long hikes up hill through the heat and you had to bring your own canteen. They use to make us climb rock towers, shoot guns, ride a massive horse, and archery. Now they stay in cabins, they don’t even have to pitch tents anymore it’s meshuga!

See swimming is so easy even a dead guy can do it. Oh…that’s not kosher.