Kita ze Inbou! - キタぜ陰謀!

Hilarious opening to the episode. Trainee Becky is desperately fighting to save Sara from death, only to fail to do so. Which leads to her failing the test and immediately crying as she embraces Sara who is already expressing her discomfort. I laughed so loud that I had to see it again. The overall tests results for the entire class you ask? TOO SLOW! But seriously, I’m glad to see that S-Strain is able to meld in comedy without it feeling out of place. It’s a much needed break from the serious undertones from the first two episodes.

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Another great episode of S-Strain. It’s interesting to see Sara three months after the disaster that occurred in the first episode. I really feel bad for her though. The girls at her new station really are making it hard for her to be herself and progress the way she wants to. Specifically, a Isabella who seems to have a Queen-complex about herself.

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This episode blew me away right at the very beginning. C.C. is absolutely lovely. Why? It’s because her attitude rocks and her appearance is so contrary to how she really behaves. Throughout episodes 1-5 and having only slight airtime aside from the OP sequence, I had a partial impression of C.C. being slightly shy and slight but wow, was I wrong and I love it. Aside from C.C. blowing my mind (don’t get me started on her wearing only a shirt in Lelouche’s room while eating pizza), there was also some focus on other characters this episode. Specifically Suzaku, Euphemia and others.

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This was another great chapter. Nothing much really happened story development-wised but we did get to see some more development on both Takashi and Rei.

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Soukou no Strain, S-Strain for short, is yet another mecha anime. But does it fall into the pits of the generic and average mecha titles out there? I don’t think so. This was a surprising debut in my opinion and from what I’ve seen I’m liking the direction they’re taking things.

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Well, well, isn’t this pleasant news!

It seems as if we’re going to be getting a second season of our ojou-sama Haruhi. More Kyon and his narration. More Mikuru molestion. More Yuki being cute and quiet. Oh, and more Tsuruya-ness and her sexy little snaggle tooth.

And it seems as if we’re getting all this a year earlier than it was originally planned for. The for season two’s debut is now Fall ‘07 instead of it’s intended ‘08 release.

For more info head over to MoonPhase.

Also take head on over to the AnimeSuki forums and take a look at Sushi-Y’s translation of MoonPhase’s report.

With all that said, may the fapping begin.

This episode brought a close to the Martel arc. It was a really sad ending I must say and I ended up crying just as much as I did when I read the manga chapter.

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