Rest in peace, watermelon.

The latest episodes in ‘Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid’ were very interesting to watch.

One was definitely a fanservice episode, and heck, even the producers know that! Episode 7’s title contains the phrase ‘The Fanservice Episode, Obviously’, so that cracked me up.

Episode 7 focuses on the elements of anime that will appeal to any nerd out there. By that, of course I mean bathing suits and comic conventions! Cue the beach episode!

Tohru and company decide to go swimming for the day. Kanna’s adorable as always, while Lucoa doesn’t realize just how sexual she is toward a small boy.

Like, really? You think wearing a very sexy swimsuit in front of a lot of kids on a beach is okay? And why do you insist on torturing Shouta with your breasts? It’s obvious that he’s tempted, but stop trying to seduce small children.

Of course, they’re dragons, so hilarious antics ensue. Tohru and Kanna get carried away in a swimming race, making water splash up everywhere. Also, a crab and watermelon are murdered. RIP.

However, one aspect that I thought was a nice touch was the backstory we got for Tohru. It wasn’t much, but Tohru and Kobayashi have a deep and meaningful conversation about their family’s lives, as well as how humans and dragons are different from one another. Fanservice episodes usually focus on that alone, but fortunately that’s not the case here.

The second half of Episode 7 focuses on Comiket. Tohru and Kobayashi help Takiya run a booth, and we learn that Fafnir is also participating by attempting to sell powerful curses. Wow, didn’t see thaaaaat coming at all.

Tohru notices otherworldly creatures in their true forms at Comiket, as they reveal that this is a great way to show their true forms. With Kobayashi’s permission, Tohru exposes her wings and tail, appearing to others as if she’s cosplaying as, well, a dragon maid.

Episode 7 was very nice because there were many heartfelt and adorable moments.

Meanwhile, Episode 8 FINALLY introduced the dragon that I keep on mentioning in my reviews. Her name’s Elma, a dragon who is a rival of Tohru’s. Elma accuses Tohru of disrupting the human’s ways and tries to force her to return to the dragon world. This doesn’t succeed, however, as Tohru sends her to an open field and leaves her there.

Unable to get back home, Elma stays in the human world and begins working at Kobayashi’s company. Kobayashi teaches Elma how to use computers and technology so that she can keep her job. Of course, this prompts Tohru to become jealous, smelling the scent of another dragon off Kobayashi like a dog does with a human. I won’t reveal how the episode ends, but it ends in a positive manner for Tohru.

Overall, I really loved these two episodes because they made me feel warm and fuzzy. They appealed to the emotional senses through a heartfelt conversation between Kobayashi and Tohru. Elma is also an innocent sweetheart who only wants to bring harmony to the human and dragon worlds. And I can’t wait to see more of her in the upcoming episodes.

I feel like in these two episodes alone, we learned so much about Tohru and her feelings for Kobayashi. She really wants to understand the human world and will do anything to stay with Kobayashi.

I’ll up my rating to a 4.7. These episodes were both fun, and we finally got the new dragon! Bless.

 The nerd life can be deadly.

Spoilers ahead.

Let’s face it. We all know Tamotsu is both a nerd and an idiot. He lets the nerd show by taking pictures of a figure. Then he lets the idiot form show by breaking said figure. Did I mention it’s Niwaka’s? Yeah, no. Don’t break the small child’s items. She’s your precious little sister Tamotsu, how dare you.

Anyway, in order to get the money to purchase a new figure, Tamotsu decides to become a butler at a maid-themed bar. That sounds fun enough for any nerd. However, with high pay also comes a high price.

Tamotsu ends up basically working himself to death, becoming thinner and more exhausted. However, he continues working himself to death for 17 days straight. I guess the constant “Thank you’s” from staff members were enough to keep him going.

But he gets brought back to his senses by little sis Niwaka, and the real action begins.

I still don’t understand why Tamotsu couldn’t see that his boss was a Bugged One. It honestly made me crack up that the main characters were so shocked by that “big reveal”. It should have been obvious!

And of course, like the end of every episode, all’s well that ends well. Everyone’s happy. And Akiba’s safe, for now. Meanwhile, I still want to know more back story on Matome, and how she became to be what she is. But I’m sure I’m not getting that anytime soon.

I’m lowering my rating a bit to a 2.9 out of 5. Once again, ‘Akiba’s Trip’ has fallen back into its stereotypical routes. I want refreshing content, not the same repetitive stuff. Oh well. I guess I’ll keep watching to see if anything new comes up.

A beach/horror episode? I’m in.

Spoilers ahead.

I couldn’t help but roll my eyes when the latest episode of ‘Masamune-kun’s Revenge’ started. Great. It’s the stereotypical beach episode that most anime have. Hooray.

But I’ll give Episode 7 the credit that it’s due. It takes several interesting twists that I didn’t see coming.

Masamune convinces Aki to take him and all of their friends to a private villa on an island. Talk about an awesome summer vacation.

However, Yoshino informs Masamune that if he doesn’t make any better progress to win over Aki, she’ll rat him out. This of course freaks Masamune out, and he takes action by declaring in front of all their friends that he and Aki are dating.

He manages to get away with this, as there’s a secretary for the Aki family present at the villa. Midori is an interesting character since she’s so gorgeous, but is constantly being dumped by men.

Anyway, much to her disappointment, Aki decides to fake her relationship in order to please Midori. Meanwhile, Masamune comes up with the elaborate plan of taking his friends to a supposedly haunted building. He asks Yoshino to help him scare Aki so that he can come in and save the day like the good “boyfriend” that he is.

But of course, someone else decides to get involved in the scaring as well. I won’t reveal that here. Needless to say, the plan doesn’t work, well, as planned. Yet thankfully, Masamune’s goal of dating then dumping Aki for realsies is still a secret.

So I think I’ll go ahead and up my rating a bit to a 4.5 out of 5. ‘Masamune-kun’s Revenge’ took an interesting twist on the stereotypical beach episode by adding elements of horror. I also find Midori interesting, and I hope that this episode isn’t the last we see of her. Meanwhile, I’m slowly losing faith in Neko. Because as sweet as she is, she’s still trying to interfere in Masamune’s plan, and I’m going to fight her on that.