Kita ze Inbou! - キタぜ陰謀!

[ Episode 7: Half-Exposed Bikini, One Piece ]

Yes, the inevitable beach episode. A staple for these types of anime. There’s always fun in the sun, playing in the water and sand, and best of all, ladies exposing more skin than usual, what’s not to like? Yeah, okay, you’ve got Yoichi in his loincloth, but that was pretty amusing the first time. Thank goodness Ibuki gave him swimming trunks. Speaking of Yoichi, we found out another one of his weaknesses: he can’t swim. I assume all this life of training involved him withstanding everything on land only. Now I see what a bad father he has. The bit where both Ayame and Angie were willing to help Yoichi was entertaining. I guess when it comes to Yoichi, Ayame can even talk back at Angie. In the end, she lost because of Angie’s ginormous breasts, and she’s only 16?! Don’t be so ashamed Ayame, you don’t need oppai to be loved.

So it occurs to me that this is the first episode where Kagome gets any real spotlight at all. Funny that the whole premise of Kagome’s timidness is because she wants to hide her breasts. Wow, did she bloom early? I guess big breasts DO run in the family. Ayame must have missed it somehow, but I still love her the most.

At this point, I think Saginomiya should give up trying to take down Yoichi. He hired two skilled surfers to take him out, and they were doing real dandy, what with Yoichi unable to swim and all, but once that bokken landed in Yoichi’s hand, it was all over. Not to mention the power of the loincloth.

Overall, a pretty fanservice-y episode. It was lovely to see Tsubasa and Angie again. I had this feeling Tsubasa was gonna change into her more berserk style monotonous beast mode, but I suppose only Angie can turn that switch on. Just how many ecchi things did Yoichi do in this episode? I think the count raised considerably, but who’s counting? Oh yeah, looks like the running gag of Torigaya’s height is still present. I never noticed it until a few episodes back when Washizu mentioned it. This totally was noticeable now, as he was nearly half Washizu’s size. Isn’t it more like he’s aging backwards though?