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If you are expected another of those stupid one-hit-and-she’s-out scenes, think again.

Just looking at the title, you can see that it’s very much focused on Ayano. And let’s just say that Ayano totally surprised me this episode. I mean, totally. Just wait until all ye Ayano-haters have a glimpse of this week’s Ayano.

In a nutshell, this week has Ayano trying to stop Kazuma by whatever means possible… in this case, an all-out brawl. Can this girl, who has always been impulsive and dependent on Kazuma, actually do the impossible and beat Kazuma? Or just simply, beat some sense into him?

Going by the traditional shounen route, Ayano would get hurt by Kazuma and then Kazuma will suddenly realize that he has hurt her and lose the will to be evil. I’ll be frank when I say that I actually sort of expected that to happen. But what actually happened is… a lot less “traditional

Guess who this cute specimen of a chibi doll is!

I’ve got to say… it’s so much easier blogging a series when the English subs are all. I don’t have to short-circuit my mind coming out with approximately accurate English rendering of Japanese names, nor wonder if I’ve translated correct.

This week is a bit of a transition episode, in that Shito is still not rescued even at the end of the episode. However, we have a couple of revelations revealed, and in the meantime, we meet another new character as well as an almost new character. The latter is this chibi doll… 3 guesses on who he is!

On a completely unrelated note, I can’t believe Luciano Pavarotti has passed away. I can only wish him peace and music wherever he might be.

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Who is this guy in a retro Chinese room, a retro Chinese ma-gua shirt, a retro pseudo-Chinese pose?

This week includes such a bloody enormous revelation I blogged this immediately, instead of waiting for a free day. (It doesn’t hurt that I was unexpectedly let off earlier by an hour.)

Last week Shito was emboweled, or rather pierced through the abdomen by a chain saw. This week sees him lying on bed, seeming to have gained an unexpected admirer and having a jolly good time as a result. In fact, Shito has been revealed to be somewhat of a lady’s man (despite his weird temper), gaining and/or revealing to have more admirers than we know, including our very own Michiru, who expresses a lot more care and feelings for Shito than is warranted after enduring the latter’s vicious verbal flaying.

Of course, Shito is kidnapped and in the hands of an insane doctor, so all is not well. Not to mention the fact that he is far away from Chika and his right hand; we finally get to see some of the consequences of having Chika and Shito far apart for an extended period of time.

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See, I intended to write Zombie Loan for the past 4 weeks; but has never been able to get up either the enthusiasm or the time to do it. Why? Because Zombie Loan is a lot more complicated to summarize than Kaze no Stigma… and I like Kaze no Stigma better. Which is why there are KnS posts but no Zombie Loan.

But. Zombie Loan is getting so interesting, it’ll be a shame not to be able to discuss it with the commentors here, who so often have great thoughts to add. So here it is, a free and easy post on the most recent episode, which by the way is already out in English Subs, so I wouldn’t be wasting too much time on the summary.

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The poor girl… This week has Michiru being bullied and molested, although at least she isn’t dying. Nothing much happen otherwise, although I can see the setting up for something big (or at least bigger) in the near future.

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Last week’s episode ended in a cliffhanger; this week concludes the tale of how Michiru deals with her imminent death… or is it really imminent? What does the ring around her neck really mean? Would she become a zombie? With just enough doses of action, humor, and good looking guys, we’re told all the answers to these riddles.

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Just had to get this out of the way: The OP is amazingly, crazily, and totally the WORST OP I’ve ever heard. As Impz puts it (it’s just too good a quote to throw away), it sounds like “someone killed a chicken and a fox and a pig… together