Clannad 08

“I can’t see Fuko-chan!”
-Sanae Furukawa

Nagisa notices Tomoya acting strangely. More importantly, Nagisa informs the group that Ibuki-sensei’s wedding will be next week.

Later, every person except Tomoya and Nagisa can’t see Fuko. Tomoyo remembers a girl giving her the wooden starfish but she can’t see Fuko, who’s standing in front of her. Mitsui, Fuko’s friend, thinks Tomoya and Nagisa are playing a prank on her when she obviously can’t remember Fuko giving her the starfish.

Nagisa cries later that night because she believes she’ll also forget about Fuko. Tomoya invites the landlady to Ibuki-sensei’s wedding. Tomoya and Sunohara enter a serious discussion. Sunohara tells him that he will visit Fuko in the hospital.

The next day, Sunohara comes to school forgetting about Fuko completely. Even the Fujibayashi sisters forgot about Fuko. Later on, the trio (Tomoya, Nagisa, and Fuko) try to make Sunohara remember Fuko. It ends with an emo Sunohara leaving.

After school, Tomoya and Nagisa accompany Fuko in buying a present for her. They buy a birthday party set that Fuko loves. Once they arrive back at Nagisa’s home, they notice that Nagisa’s dad can’t see Fuko anymore. Nagisa’s mom greets the three students – until she tells them she also can’t see Fuko anymore. She’d accidentally seen Fuko in the hosital that day.

In the end, Tomoya invites Fuko to his home because of the incident.

****

This is a really melancholic episode for the series. The number of people unable to see Fuko’s increasing every minute. I wonder who’ll be the very last person who will be able to see Fuko: Tomoya or Nagisa?

Soul Eater 05

“Protecting your master with your own body…you’re a good kid.”
-Dr. Franken Stein

The episode begins with the four students standing before their prey’s stitched laboratory. The door creepily opens outwards until Dr. Stein falls down with his moving chair. He does this a second time and fails again. Dr. Stein tells them that he does things just so for observation and research. He points out the students’ souls’ characteristics: Maka a hardworker; Soul as cynical; Black Star, extremely violent, and Tsubaki, a very cooperative personality.

Inside the Cabaret, Blair entertains Death Scythe but ends with him being very depressed. Apparently, Death Scythe and Dr. Stein were former partners, until Maka’s mom paired up with him.

Dr. Stein singlehandedly blocks both Maka and Black Star’s attack while still on his chair. Back in Shibusen, Shinigami-sama tells Kid that Meisters need weapons to pass their wavelengths after Dr. Stein knocked Maka out without using any weapon. Maka’s smooth tummy gets violated by Dr. Stein’s pen; Black Star uses the opportunity to use his Black Star Big Wave, which Dr. Stein blocks by matching his own wavelength with Black Star’s. Dr. Stein electrifies Black Star with his wavelength and the latter is out of the round.

Back in Shibusen, Kid decides to help them and asks father to enroll him in his school. Maka sees Dr. Stein’s gigantic soul and loses hope. Back in Shibusen, Kid suffers from a huge attack of OCD, which renders him unfit to fight. Soul persuades Maka to get a grip with herself and the duo perform their signature attack, Witch Hunter, against Dr. Stein. Dr. Stein defeats their attack with his bare hands. Soul returns to his human form and protects Maka from Dr. Stein, who finally tells them they’ve passed the maintenance. Apparently, eveything had been planned by Shinigami-sama. Oh, and before I forget, Dr. Stein will become Maka/Soul and Black Star/Tsubaki’s new homeroom teacher.

****

I was amused at Kid swimming on the floor because of another OCD attack. Stein without a weapon is a force to be reckoned with. What if he has one? He pwning the group is also entertaining. The group didn’t have a chance against Shibusen’s greatest.