Monday morning wake up knowing that you’ve gotta go to school
Tell your Nii-san what to expect, he says it’s right out of the blue
Do you want to work in Debenham’s, ’cause that’s what they expect
Start in Lingerie, and Doris is your supervisor

With the conclusion of the third episode I have decide to stick with True Tears since Isurugi Noe is so darling and oozing with charm. While expectations are somewhat tepid I have faith in the cast, especially Noe. Indeed such is her quirky habits that she has few if any contemporaries this season. I doubt that this series is going to have an epic derailing ala H2O so I don’t think that Hiromi is going to break out box cutters. Still even if True Tears has little renown, it can’t possibly fail what few expectations that I have for it. Besides I am hoping for a nice feel good anime with a most adorable female main since Feldwebel Amu is stuck doing sentry and patrol work while Sumeragi and Louise continually pollute Gundam 00 with stupidity. (Song: Expectations by Belle and Sebastian)

And the head said that you always were a queer one from the start
For careers you say you wanna be remembered for your art
Your obsessions get you known throughout the school for being strange
Making life-size models of the Velvet Underground in clay

In the queue for lunch they take the piss, you’ve got no appetite
And the rumour is you never go with boys and you are tight
So they jab you with a fork, you drop the tray and go berserk
While you’re cleaning up the mess Shinichiro’s looking up your skirt

Noe’s quest to recover her tears is a most worthy cause and her ability to see through deception marks her as a true Prussian Freifrau. Her bluntness and laconic wit also attest to her sharp intelligence and intellectual agility. Hiromi and Ai have yet to prove their worth upon the fields of honor, but I do hope that each will provide Noe with a formidable foe. No doubt the tanuki who is responsible for the death of Raigomaru is keenly keeping an eye on the brotherly love Noe has for her nii-san, NBR status pending. If nothing else Noe has carried on the Prussian tradition of horsemanship as gloriously demonstrated while riding her ignoble steed Shinichiro to her dear nii-san. Noe certainly does know how to treat men, with food fit for chickens. I like how she so aptly names the other chicken Jibeto.

Hey you’ve been used
Are you calm? Settle down
Write a song, I’ll sing along
Soon you will know that you are sane
You’re on top of the world again

Monday morning wake up knowing that you’ve gotta go to school
Tell your mum what to expect, she says it’s right out of the blue
Do you wanna work in C&A, ’cause that’s what they expect
Move to Lingerie and take a feel off Joe the Storeman

Hiromi has great potential in becoming a Prussian Freifrau, she is already athletic all she needs to do is find a cause and unearth her true calling in life and fight for it. I can understand how she would want to not get too comfy with Shinirchiro as his mum would not approve. I suspect that there may have been other reasons as to why Hiromi was adopted by the Nakagami clan. Still her penchant for lying is going to cost her dearly though if the standard rules of love engagement hold her “love” of Hotarugawa no. 4 is going to hit her like to ton of bricks. At least Isurugi nii-san has a vehicle and is a formidable basketball foe. I hope that Hiromi becomes more honest with herself as Noe saw past her lies. Still Hiromi can still cause the twit Shinichiro to smile like some giddy moron expecting to mate. I fail to seewhat all the fuss is about on whether this would be a scandal, heck the students don’t particularly care and it seems obvious to all but Shinichiro and Hiromi. Perhaps that is why Mrs. Nakagami is wary, after all if Shinichiro were allowed to express his feelings for Hiromi, no doubt things would escalate to a level beyond mere walking on one another during bath time. It’s not that Hiromi is a loose girls, but rather Shinichiro is unable to commit and has a tendency towards flights of fancy rather than true love.

Tell Mrs. Nakagami the secret of the boy you never kissed
She’s got everything to gain ’cause she’s a fat girl with a lisp
She never sticks up for you when you get aggravation from the snobs
‘Cause you can’t afford a blazer girl you’re always wearing clogs

At the interval you lock yourself away inside a room
Head of English Nobuse gets you, asks you, “What the Hell do you think you’re doing?”
“Do you think you’re better then the other kids? Well get outside.”
You’ve got permission, but you’ve got to make the bastard think he’s right

Poor Aiko-chan seems to have the hots for her junior though Nobuse is most intent on winning her favor. Hopefully she will take a liking to the redoubtable Nobuse as her chances with failed artist Shinichiro are decidedly slim. Besides Nobuse is 100% blue collar and observer of the five second rule. For some reason her cakes do look delicious and her need to stand on a box simply belies her potential elite status. After all most Special Forces guys I have seen seem to be rather short and midsized guys, perhaps Aiko is a candidate for the Royal Commandos after all. I hope Nobuse proves himself worthy of Aiko’s love for he has much to do to cast down Shinichiro the pimp.

Hey you’ve been used
Write a song, I’ll sing along
Are you calm? Settle down
Soon you will know that you are sane
You’re on top of the world again

Shinichiro seems to be the mold of a loser doormat though he does get some small points for being a failed artist though if he goes down the path of one Austrian corporal I shall burn him in effigy. Thus far the bastard is barely worth his daily rations, bitching and emoing about his mail. Heck if it were so important his mail would have been sent by courier with direct signature required. He also snuck up on Hiromi in the bath; doesn’t that fucker know when to knock? Oh also red snow is not just strange, but it is a portent of disaster as we all know that if it rains blood then God must be angry with the sins of a people. Well at least he did use those tissues for an art project rather than the usual Makoto wanking routine.

And you’re cool and you know
You’re a star, you’re going far
Think of me as a friend
Not just the Prussian who played guitar
You’re on top of the world again.

The ED and OP have grown on me, and while I do not expect this to become a lasting classic Noe gives me reason to hope. Hopefully with only 13 episodes the pacing isn’t going to sag and the Noe, Hiromi, and Aiko goodness is going to stay succinct and punchy. Next time it seems Isurugi Nii is going to set up an arranged dayto between Shinichiro and Noe. Well as a fan of the old romantic tradition of going on quests or restoring a dynasty ala the Three Kingdoms the respective quests of Hiromi and Noe to reclaim their humanity has struck a chord in me. This malevolent Prussian gives his full support to your efforts!

No doubt a certain sis-con has this as his wall paper now…

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