The new episode (#BANANAFISH14) brings us two new theme songs (which I'll talk about later), but also escalation and change in direction to the whole situation we know of now. Following Arthur's death and arrest for practically everyone bearing witness there, we now have Ash in Emergency and hopefully, recovery in process. (Yes, I know of the ending, hold on) Many people are involved behind the scenes now which will decide Ash's fate and the whole drug situation and everything else in between. Remember, Ash taking revenge on Golzine and the Banana Fish thing are technically two different things. And surprisingly, none of them involve Golzine at this point. Well, he's only coming back next week which aligns pretty well with our schedule next episode lol, but saying that may only be a consolation. Meanwhile, that Lee youngest brother wants to change things around likely with a reverse execution of the Banana Fish plan set in place now which he is testing on his own brother for some reason, the local Police department are losing out to the FBI which will take over Ash's condition in the hospital because Golzine's "friends" knew about him and even blatantly gave him an IQ test to take which he aced (lol why), and Max may be able to scare the world differently by uncovering the Banana Fish incident, to assert (I assume) national or even global pressure on the current situation. Unfortunately, at this time, the FBI side kind of won. Besides them, Lee probably sent an assassin badly disguised as a nurse to drug Ash's IV drip and couldn't do much to Eiji which he bailed and kept in his place, and Max's plan has yet to take off. So for now, Ash has been transferred (by the FBI) to the Mental Health Institute which spoilers, he was pronounced dead. I mean, it'll take more than a local news announcement to kill him, that's for sure. But this has its psychological effects, because this may make some back off their plans and maybe change them hopefully driven by other motives now maybe, and hey Eiji's room has a TV, so he knows of it now. This will no doubt set in place a different story to tell probably not as what the old man planned when he comes back, and I still can't imagine what he has up his sleeve considering his "friends" are technically taking over the situation. Well, maybe they're just keeping the dude so they can "await further orders", I guess? I hope so. Other than that, I'm not IQ 180 so I can't figure out. So if you're like me, stay tuned for next week, and enjoy the new theme songs in the meantime, yes? They're quite good tbh

And today I learnt that that thing is called a ferret haha. Beat me up however you want Misha because I'm not a fan of those things lol. (Okay I am but I'm tsundere like her, can?) In the new episode (#UzaMaid02) of this series... Tsubame became friends with Misha? It's too good to be true, right? YES, you're right. *laughs* Another thing you should've figured ouf of this show is also that tsundere-ness can be a naturally born trait. Wait, no? Misha is though. This show continues to be comforting as more truths are revealed. More things are around to explore as we continue on building the relationship between that irritating maid and that super cute Russian girl. Hey, we gotta, right? Firstly, building that relationship indirectly. I mean, in case you don't know accepting that friend request online is vastly different from knowing a friend in school/work, Tsubame tries to be friends with Misha from the game she is playing. Considering she has no friends and only has Kumagoro (which doesn't bite, for the record), this must be easy to befriend her, or so the maid thinks. And so, the journey begins. Didn't expect this show to go full on Wotakoi-level enactment of online RPG and the characters here, but yeah, some girl posing as a weird old dude is fighting alongside a military-sniper maid disguised as a supposedly super-rich kid playing a kid character lol. It obviously didn't last long though, and as soon as Tsubame blurted out the one word, Misha knew it was too good to be true. I mean, I'll pretend to like ferrets too if you'll befriend me, Misha. I just... don't play online RPGs. *laughs* Next, is a forced trip into the mountains. As much as I would like Tsubame to not keep mentioning about someone's mother (I'm somewhat glad it's only once this time round?), this time she ended up talking about her own father. But that's for another episode. For Misha, it's a day and a half of wonderful food and wildlife cooking, a visit to the zoo and scenery-viewing all along the mountainside. Man, you WISHED your mom was that good to you haha okay we promised not to touch on that. *touchy touchy* Haha all in all, a wonderful episode which continues to add on to the craziness of the plot, the reminders of this story about how tsundere the lady is compared to how sickening the maid is her affection (not desperate to be honest, only desperate to be friends), and how it all ties together to what a kid should be experiencing at this time of age. A lot of fun, a good friend (she doesn't have any though, so the maid is a good option tbh), and someone to talk to. You can see from when she immediately shares her experiences with the father that this kid needs someone to talk to. Not joking. Going at this pace I can't wait to see more things up Tsubame's sleeve to try to befriend this kid, but man please stop showing the pecs or I might just to go the gym someday lol. I think I need a maid here but I don't have a super-cute younger sister Tsubame-san can you still drop by? I need to pass my fitness test haha

WTF DID I JUST SAW I SWEAR I SAW PANTIES okay then again I already feel like leaving when they give me that kind of introduction. (Hocchan, I heard you there~) (I checked the credits and I saw your name~) Nonetheless, I finished watching it. The first and last episode I'll be watching gives less than a good summary of the situation. Well, they gave it in half an episode, to be honest. Ignoring that super-deterring introduction of I-don't-know-why-it's-not-the-sister-dreaming-instead kind of scenario, apparently we are met with a guy who cannot write what he imagines. Hey, sounds like me already. Unfortunately, unlike me, I don't have a younger sister. From here on, I shall compare this show since it's most closely related to, you guessed it, "Eromanga-sensei". THREE THINGS THAT ARE SIMILAR TO EROMANGA SENSEI!!! (ImoImo01) It features a sibling pair. Not as in in love with each other Oreimo style kind, but yeah. Too stereotypical until I want to kill myself, and also half the reason I wanted to investigate what this was about. (2) It's a harem! Yeah, and I HATE IT. Not being sadist here, but yeah, this one is definitely it. If I get a hundred yen every episode they feature a female character with this guy, I'll be able to buy their Blu-Ray box by the end of it. (3) It's about light novel production. No matter how you look at it, even if it's not direct, this is most definitely picking on the recent fad that is on the behind the scenes of Anime and/or Light Novel production, starting from when the author gets chosen by his/her manuscript. Hey, I got bored of that years ago, bro. Not fresh already. And I like how it's even burned into the story where the one which won the award talks about brocon too. And now, THREE THINGS THAT WILL MAKE ME NOT WATCH THIS SERIES!!! [1] Boobs. I mean, I think I did casually mention this every season but never got to mention in a one-episode review, but yeah, not real. And what's more, it's distracting me (I'm being serious here) (no really, I am) from the plot which will not make my impression for the show and the plot in general fair. That's what I think now. Which brings me to my second point. [2] Ecchi scenes. They. Are. EVERYWHERE. From imagining the sister literally to censor bars even just bending over to panty shots (*looks at Nagasarete Airantou*) to putting hand in between boobs... you know where this will be going. And these mentioned are only from Episode 1. If you have the mood to watch all these feel free, but I'm not one of them. Well, not now. I don't think I have been in it tbh. [3] THE PLOT. Not that I'm not liking these kinds of stories and that Kondou Reina for younger sister is not cute, but the main girl is THE OPPOSITE to what anyone wants for a sister, so that's honestly quite a turn-off already. (Not that I'm hating it actually, but still also) Because of how it is as you've seen in the episode, the sister who won the award wants him to take over the role of which his own work lost to. For many reasons than other I would reject the offer even if I like her so much I imagine her naked. No really, not joking. I'll not live life with any more pride for substituting in someone's work as mine. Also, it wouldn't sound correct and even though I know this will be a plot line in the near future, I still don't like it. And that, is how you reject a series. Yes, my decision is final. I'm not going to watch this series. Not even for Kondou Reina. I'm sorry. *does a dogeza*

Okay we may have missed a couple of chapters so let's get back to it! The new chapters (129-131) in a nutshell are "Kokonotsu has matured", "Baby Star is retiring" and "Hajime-san is useless" haha man. Okay, one at a time. Firstly, remember Hotaru-san is back? Well, basically the final episode of Anime season 2, but this time, it continues. Kokonotsu considers the opinions of the editor who judged his work, and Hotaru-chan is back visiting his shop again. Weird, isn't it? How everything comes back like that. Which brings us to our next point: Has Hotaru done her mission? If all is possible then Yo-san joins Shidare Company, Kokonotsu joins her, and Hajime-san can tend the shop... You know where this is going. The perfect ending, I must say. Won't happen though, I think. Next, is Hotaru-chan thinking of product mascots again. This time, with Baby Star Ramen. Yeah, not like we know of, but the kind of made it a big deal, so.... AND finally, Hajime-san finds out she is done. Mostly because of the father's return and this sudden motivation to tend the shop (lol sun rising from the west liao this one), Owari-san may have just met her end. Get it? (That was, a Japanese word pun) I would stand by Hotaru-chan though, as she is still thinking too much until Yo-san remembers they're not earning money, at least. *laughs* but for now Hajime-san, start looking at the newspaper for jobs. You're going to be let off REAL soon. Or maybe not considering Yo-san likes to neglect his duties he can't hold that motivation for long haha

I had a lot of fun listening to songs this week, not a lot of exploring though but let's talk about them. The Floor's 1st album in a major label was actually quite a listen, but sadly it falls under the similar styles category so I can only give based on melody and mood as I generally like their happier songs. There are a few of mention though so that's good. I also got into Polkadot Stingray's latest mini-album so far, and I've given one of the topic songs maybe becuase I think it's rad haha that's pretty much it for them I guess. Kuraki Mai's new concept mini-album was... weird. To be honest? If this was the concept album I wonder what her normal relases are. Becuase compared to Shishido Kavka her concept album was full or normal (though electronic) songs but her normal releases were rather disappointing. Hey, if Mikakoshi likes this woman I gotta give her another chance. Kuraki Mai, I mean. She's a much-loved veteran in the industry, you know. Sadly the album didn't cut it as far as uniqueness goes. I'm not digging the traditional songs anyway. I got the Anime ending theme already, that's good enough.

Talking about Twitter, I've yet to listen to Yogee New Waves and ORESKABAND who both released new digital singles this week. I mean, Yogee New Waves was like, their second since the mini-album and the first wasn't great, and ORESKABAND was like... when was the last time I heard of them? So yeah, will give them a listen next week I guess. The new theme songs from Anime "BANANA FISH" was pretty good, but they are still far from release as far as I can tell, so we'll have to wait. Finally, a series that I can like the theme songs. Will still miss King Gnu though tbh, I haven't even reviewed their single yet. *sigh* Also, just a reminder that Ten-chan's 2nd album is available on Apple Music Japan after that 3-month block now, so you should be able to click the link on that Tweet now haha yeah you bet I remembered that I'll do it for Mocho too lol well with the new embed I probably won't have to do this from now