Thank Haruhi-sama this scene wasn’t chibified

I’ve been on the fence as to whether or not to continue YoakeYori for a while now. Much potential seems to be going to waste, but I still have this fleeting hope that it’ll pull a ZnT and rock us with the ending. Until then I’ve decided to just turn my brain off and enjoy the ride XD.

Filler episode this time around. Plot, relationships and the likes take the backseat as complete randomness takes over. The beginning of the ep hinted that we may see some Feena character development with the numerous allusions to politics and Feena’s mother. But alas, chibi mode kicks in and ruins all hopes of serious development.

Ignoring the potentially awesome flashback setup the previous scene had going for it, we join Feena, Natsuki and Tatsuya reminiscing about the past. Suddenly they spot a dog drowning in the river, Feena heroically jumps in to save it. With unparalleled grace and ease, Feena glides through the water, snags the puppy and rips through the current back to shore as Natsuki and Tatsuya look on in awe. Chibi mode butts in and ruins what could have been a suspense filled riverside rescue.

The reality is that Feena can’t swim and had to be rescued by Tatsuya. With Feena laying unconscious on the riverbank and Natsuki KO’d by embarassment, Tatsuya knows what must be done and goes in for the CPR-chuu. But chibi mode rears its ugly head and destroys yet another generic, yet potentially entertaining, scene. *sigh*

After taking a shower Tatsuya enters his room to find Takano using his TV to watch a collaboration of the female cast of YoakeYori taking baths. Only to disappear when Mai, Mia and Feena enter, leaving him with the blame.

The rest of the episode left my brain wanting to eat itself. Some randomness about Mia wanting to clean Tatsuya’s father’s study only to be stopped by a swarm of murderous locusts…or something along those lines. Toss in the worst Indiana Jones parody I’ve ever seen and yet another episode of YoakeYori whizzes by leaving me unimpressed and not exactly on the edge of my seat for the next release.

Thoughts

The one good thing I will say about this episode is that the animation quality has been bumped up back to an acceptable quality. The only problem with that is…THEY HAD TO RESORT TO ANIMATING HALF THE DAMN THING IN CHIBI! -_-” Everything is great in moderation, but when there’s this much SD being thrown around it just detracts from the overall enjoyment of the show.

The plot seems to be going nowhere despite the immense potential and the near perfect set ups. Relationship wise, everything is static, FeenaXTatsuya progressing at a snails pace, TatsuyaXNatsuki doesn’t even seem to be a possibility at this point. TatsuyaXMai shows some promise as she pins her half naked onii-chan down only to interrupted by Feena and Mia…

…what? >_<

I think YoakeYori still has the potential to turn itself around and become a great show, but right now its made of nothing but phail. But I shall persevere! So don’t lose hope everyone! The faith of the FFF will prevail!

The good

The bad

The sexually suggestive

If SD interferes with the next episode in any shape or form I shall be celebrating Watanagashi at August Soft’s studio

~ Shirukii ~