Episode Title: "Kiss, Bust, and Ponytail"This episode was pretty calm, as far as fan service and comedy goes, but even then, Baka Test characters are capable of entertaining me. One thing that I realized after watching this episode is the trend of brother complex: first with Hanamaru Kindergarten's Satsuki (episode 6 & 7), this episode of Baka test with Akira Yoshii, and... soon to air in a few hours, Durarara, Seiji's sister (episode 9).
I personally think Baka Test handled the brother complex theme brilliantly, in a light-hearted matter which also made it touching in the end. I'm pretty confident most Baka Test fans will find this episode pretty bland or average, which I can totally understand why, but will those same fans start to complain about repetitiveness had they stayed extreme in every episode?I can only speak for myself when I say "I really like how they've given us different sides of Baka Test". I was really surprised by episode 7 (Grand Park episode with Yuuji & Shouko) because they showed us that they got heart, and they've proven that they have more up their sleeves, not just repetitive comedy or fan-service. Episode 6 was extreme with swimsuit fan-service and episode 8 was extreme with parodies. Now this episode was light-hearted and the next episode will probably be extreme with something else again. See the pattern? It's like they are giving us time to recover after each extreme episode, and I personally appreciate it.
Some of my favorite moments in this episode:
- Akihisa's perfect text-message timing to Yuuji
- That said message: "is it okay if I stay at your place tonight? I don't feel like going home tonight"
- Yuuji x Akihisa BL scenes and Himeji, Minami, and Kubo's reaction
- Yandere Himeji
- Himeji in a ponytail
- Hideyoshi finally getting acknowledged by someone that he is a guy
- Akihisa and Akira's family bond
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