Sora no Manimani Episode 03 – My God, It’s Full of (Projected) Stars.

(Whew, after rushing through making posts for 1-3, I’m finally caught up to current, just in time for the next raw to come out.) As other students are just becoming noticed, Saku plans to ride out the rush of introductions avoiding attention and burying his nose in books. Instead we get some big time double entendre from Mihoshi, yelling in front of his class about what great nights she had with him and how she won’t let him sleep that night either, spreading both scandal and, to some, admiration for Saku. The Astronomy Club now begins to plan its next activities as Saku gets cold feet about being a member and voluntarily ‘goes missing.’

She’s in your classroom, ruining your reputation.

Double the amount of double entendres.

Yes. Yes they are.

Even the dwarf is not immune from hearing or passing on the gossip.

Overcome from the gossiping and several nights of no sleep from stargazing, Saku bolts from the school at the end of the day, leaving a note saying not to look for him. However, this is not before falling asleep in class and having a dream about he and Mihoshi when they were young, apparently after Mihoshi’s fall from the tree, then turning into Saku being teased for hanging out with Mihoshi and transferring schools so often. While he has ‘gone missing’ Saku heads to the local library where he encounters the Dark Queen and tries to refute the rumors she’s heard about him and Mihoshi.

Dreaming of character backgrounds.

Fancy meeting you here.

Like the UAV and alien hunters that share the term, they all get their prey.

Saku, don’t you just want to spend the day inside, curled up (at the feet of your Queen!) with a good book?

Returning home Saku realizes that his worries about what people think are pitiful and recognizes the virtue of Mihoshi being so forthright about spreading her love of the sky. Something he realizes he also shares, to an extent. Once there he finds Mihoshi waiting at the gate where she apologizes for being so forceful. Perhaps realizing that such heavy handed use of force has driven him away, she gets him to return to the club. We also get  a brief view of Hime’s life at home and her sister’s Dwarf hair classification system.

The victory of soft power.

Much more pleasant than the younger sister.

Morning at the Department of Homeland Hair Security.

Later at school Saku and Edogawa find a room full of zombies! Mihoshi lays seemingly dying on the floor from not being able to see the stars and Roma is passed out as always under the futon, bleeding from the mouth. With the rainy season in full swing the club is confronted once more by Fumie and has to scramble to find something other than stargazing while the poor weather persists.

Dying message.

Zombie comin up the bed right now! Shoot em in the head! Shoot em! Grab the shotgun!

Sayo, Goddess of Mercy who has cared for Mihoshi through many years.

I didn’t know this series was set in Pittsburgh.

Bow before her radiance! Fumie is an all-weather, multirole school overlord.

Mihoshi suggests a quiz game, but at the first question Hime and Saku find that she didn’t bother to hook up the buzzers. But Saku has a plan, and the club heads off to the local planetarium and space science museum. Edogawa has a blast running around the museum and trying to hit on the lovely ‘navigator’ Haruko. Going into the planetarium for the show, Saku recalls a trip there with Mihoshi and her father long ago. We get another dramatic pause when Saku mentions her father before the show begins. After leaving Hime and Mihoshi have a small skirmish in their larger war and we find out that the inevitable overnight trip is coming up.

Aren’t you a little short for a stormtrooper an astronaut?

Mihoshi approves!

Edogawa is certainly smitten. I wonder if she’s going to be a recurring character?

You can take away his space suit, you can even take away his space orb, but you can never, ever take away Edogawa’s space game.

The Prince of Space, minus the goatee.

Edogawa is starting to manifest Maria Holic levels of visualizations. May his powers continue to grow.

Another short flashback. They’re certainly stingy with revealing their pasts.

And some accompanying memory-related dialogue.

However Hime will not let her adversary’s provocation go unanswered.

Final Thoughts: – Another fun episode, though while we had some small reveals about Mihoshi and Saku’s past nothing too substantial on that front yet.

- I have to wonder if Hime’s sister and Haruko will come back in future episodes or not. I would think so given the introduction, lines and time they were given.

- I liked the zoom out from the projector that swept up to the illuminated planetarium dome. More shows could use some varied ‘camera’-work like that.