Kita ze Inbou! - キタぜ陰謀!

[ Episode 4: Thongs and Big Breasts ]

The maid with the awesome hair.

If you know how a sequence works, you bet the score I’m going to give the fourth episode of Kamen no Maid Guy is going to be 6.5. I expected it as well, but it turned out this installment was rather amusing even with a bratty new character.

Underwear thieves (don’t get me started on this one!) ravage Naeka’s house, but thankfully Kogarashi prevented them from doing any damage. One of them escapes with Naeka’s panties only to be stopped by a blonde young girl. The same girl turns out to be Elizabeth Strawberry (which is a clear pun on her strawberry panties) who seeks out Naeka and challenges her to a Kendo duel, but what appears to be a regular match turns out to be Liz’s ulterior motive to control the fortune of the Fujiwara family. Add in a cool haired assistant, band of crows and the eternally amusing Kogarashi and you got another fun episode.

For one, this is the first episode that involved actual battles. Besides the first two rounds, the Kendo match between Naeka and Liz was intriguing enough even if it wasn’t displayed in full. Kogarashi’s encounter with Liz’s assistant turned out to be as fast paced as it had a funny ending appropriate to the show’s humor. The panties are the main joke of the episode, and it’s hard for a guy like me to understand why Japan love panties so much? It’s like if you saw a napkin full of snot that has been used by a famous rocker, it might be cool, but it’s a little underwhelming in the big picture. Even though it wasn’t my cup of tea, the main joke that cracked me up is when Liz offered Naeka’s panties to the crowd, the “Naeka Boob club” refused to accept them because they are only interested in her boobs. Say what you want about that trio, but at least they are true to their words. The joke turns better in the end when Kogarashi sends the crows in, which made it unpredictable and retained the show fresh despite retelling an old anime cliche.

In fact, the only bad thing I can say about this episode is Liz. It’s hard to like her, especially for me because she reminds me a lot of Miyu from Kimi Aru. She has the same pigtails as her, she is short and flat chested, she is a prodigy and she even has a voice that sounds A LOT like Yuko Goto (even though it’s not her). Only difference is that she is only 13 and yet she acts high and mighty and even though she gets her punishment for her behavior, she remains the same spoiled brat that gets whatever she wants. I am a little sad when Fubuki stopped Kogarashi from checking her panties because maybe then the girl will have some change of character, but I can let it slide. Considering the fact she has a relation to the Fujiwara family, she may become interesting later on.

Good episode, not without its flaws. By this point I can say this is the best fan-service show one can watch. It’s funny, the plots are quirky but understandable and Kogarashi’s presence can make even the gloomiest convict act like Mr. Rogers.

7/10