Episode 5 - Momotsuki

Hekiru Hikawa Check
It’s a massive chaos with camping, kappa and a missile. This was the point when “eyeball” and “hau hau” became a staple joke for the series. The Giant Salamander… gives the first impression of an unpleasant character (laughs).

Advanced Learning
1. Group of Itou-sans Beyond Nanjou’s outstanding posture, around the edge of the trail, where no other person would notice, there’s a group of Itou-sans. Scary. 2. Akane Serizawa – The True Identity Just before Old Geezer’s line “Do not talk to people you can’t see“, which could count as a catchphrase, for a moment, a grim reaper appears. If you're familiar with the original [manga], you'll recognize it’s Serizawa. 3. The Chance of Rain is... Ichijou suddenly begins praying for rain dressed as a shrine maiden. Alongside this, telop providing weather news appear on the screen, and the chance of rain increases rapidly! How fretful, Ichijou. Furthermore, for the details about the content of the "Momotsuki City Breaking News" flowing in the telop, please refer to the columns on each page of this [website]. 4. Blue Comet? Even though it looks similar to Behoimi’s other transition scenes, this is a special edition. It has the same action scene as the main character's unit from the anime Blue Comet SPT Layner. My name is Behoimi, is the Earth being targeted?* 5. Again, Disappearing Kurumi Kurumi is yet again disappearing, which is becoming a standard gag. Losing to Giant Salamander in terms of strong characteristics, does humankind really have no taste? 6. Today’s Behoimi Appearance Scene This time in Behoimi’s Appearance Scene, it’s like the popular hero show that has continued to this very day. Broadcasted originally in the 60s, this is the first scene where Giant of Light transforms. Is Behoimi really a high school student?	7. To the Sky, Ichijou Ichijou hushes Miyako, who saw a missile, by saying “It’s a secret”. And in a blink of an eye, Ichijou launches into distant sky! This is a commemorative moment, for Ichijou transcending human realm. After this, even more inhuman behavior comes up. 8. Eyecatch This time Becky has a yellow track suit with black lines and wields a katana. You probably can see that this is reminiscent to Director Tarantino’s film Kill Bll, but if you trace it back further, Bruce Lee wore this same outfit in the film Game ** Death. 9. Surprised in Shiru Mizuki -style* When the monster in the forest is revealed to be Ichijou, Miyako and her group are relieved. ...or as it should’ve been, but for some reason they are surprised in the tone of *geru Mizuki. Is it because of Ichijou’s character? In addition, perhaps because the hairstyle is similar, Miyako makes this same face in episode 10 too. 10. Spinning Ichijou Miyako can't get the memory of Ichijo flying to the sky out of her head. Around her forehead starts Ichijou go round and round. With legs being jet engines, she looks like a child of science that has seven special powers. 11. Why There’s Authentic Chinese Food at a Camp** As you can see, Rei is trying to make an amazing number of dishes all by herself. She has a part-time job at a Chinese restaurant, which makes her skilled in Chinese cuisine. For more details, read MaroMayu by Hekiru Hikawa (published by MediaWorks). TL note: This scene had Rei talking over real life pictures of Chinese food in the DVD release. Screenshot from the TV release, subtitled by Oyasumi.	12. Farewell, Giant Salamander Giant Salamander speaks by sprouting letters from its mouth, which seems to be inspired by the image of its lines in the manga. It's a pity such an interesting character was eaten up, but it appears again later. TL note: This scene was replaced with chibi characters in the DVD release. Screenshot from the TV release, subtitled by Oyasumi. 13. Nanjou’s face A certain veteran manga artist who specializes in grand stories (about things such as The Great Cosmos and a Large Four-And-a-Half-Tatami Mat Room) once drew a woman with a face like this. You know, she’s from the manga that has a locomotive train with three 9s. TL note: See Development Study below. Screenshot from the TV release, subtitled by Oyasumi, which got the reference wrong. 14. Standing on a Desk is cool! This time’s ending has kappa and common students. The male students are more active here than in the main story, with practicing martial arts forms and lying face down on desks, but one doing the same pose as John Travolta in Sa*day Night Fever is a bit too cool. 15. Goodbye, Humankind In the forest at dead of night, the group of four, Miyako, Serizawa, Watanuki and Miyata are calling out to the cosmos. But for some reason there are webs between their fingers! Could this be the result of the encounter with the kappa? However, setting aside the mysterious Ichijou and Council Intelligence Club’s Watanuki, I felt a bit sorry for Miyako, who is pretty normal and has common sense, and for Miyata, who was just dragged into this situation, at this time around. 16. Nose for Walking, Nose for Eating In the next episode preview, Rei tells about animals that have evolved from noses, called as “Rhinogradentia”. It was a totally real creature and a type of mammal that was discovered on the Hy-yi-yi Islands in 1941. It was an interesting creature that lived in a place with an interesting name, but apparently it became extinct due to environmental destruction. How does Rei know so much about this?
Development Study
Hidden campsite Apparently, from this campsite you can go to a forest inhabited by youkai, a bridge where bullets could fly, and a village filled with baseball players who are naked under their uniforms. Moreover, it looks like the village will be sunk in the bottom of a dam, and with the opening of the Au Road, a lot of other changes might occur. The Standard Bloodthirsty Killer at a Campsite Serizawa has been added to the background. She's disguised as the standard killer who always appears at a campsite. Moreover, when the Old Geezer says the line “Do not talk to people you can’t see”, the murderous figure briefly appears, it’s as if this scene turns him to be the killer onwards. Rippling Afloat While Igarashi-sensei is having a hangover and dipping her face in water, battleships, spaceships and aliens float down by the river. What on Earth is in the upstream of this river? More and more! (Plainness) Compared to the TV version, Kurumi seems even more depressed and gloomy. This was because at the time the episode aired on TV, her plainness was treated more modestly. Serizawa saw the Real Thing The scene where Serizawa dresses up in a kappa costume and surprises Nanjou’s group, but soon notices the real thing, is worth to notice. The extent of Serizawa's shock also got a power up from the TV version. Popular Characters From a Certain Website As Miyako is walking to get firewood, there are a girl and a rabbit by the sign post. The girl looks like Pleir, the poster girl of illustrator Tahito Harada's website... No Colour, No Love, Just Compassion Once again Miyako is going out to get firewood. Though this time, the 1st batch of students (一号生) of the men-improving school have lined up on the way. Starting from the right side in order: taro Tsurugi, King Batt* Junior, *ji Togashi, Ryūji Tora, Hidema Gokukouji, Shinichiro Ta***, Taio Matsu and Kiyomi Tsubaki** are lined up like this, but I wonder if they’re there to welcome the upperclassmen. More importantly, is this really a campsite? It's so good! Apparently, the Giant Salamander was so delicious that it made everyone’s face look like they were certain famous manga artist duo’s characters. Current Monetary Value for Exchange In the TV version, this scene had a *ji Matsumoto -styled face, but now it has Nanjou’s normal face. Instead, behind Nanjo, we can see the back of a person who appears to be a genius mahjong player who showed up during the period of high economic growth. By the way, when will those people's vampire mahjong end?

Advanced Learning

1. Group of Itou-sans

Beyond Nanjou’s outstanding posture, around the edge of the trail, where no other person would notice, there’s a group of Itou-sans. Scary.

2. Akane Serizawa – The True Identity

Just before Old Geezer’s line “Do not talk to people you can’t see“, which could count as a catchphrase, for a moment, a grim reaper appears. If you're familiar with the original [manga], you'll recognize it’s Serizawa.

3. The Chance of Rain is...

Ichijou suddenly begins praying for rain dressed as a shrine maiden. Alongside this, telop providing weather news appear on the screen, and the chance of rain increases rapidly! How fretful, Ichijou. Furthermore, for the details about the content of the "Momotsuki City Breaking News" flowing in the telop, please refer to the columns on each page of this [website].

4. Blue Comet?

Even though it looks similar to Behoimi’s other transition scenes, this is a special edition. It has the same action scene as the main character's unit from the anime Blue Comet SPT Lay*ner. My name is Behoimi, is the Earth being targeted?

5. Again, Disappearing Kurumi

Kurumi is yet again disappearing, which is becoming a standard gag. Losing to Giant Salamander in terms of strong characteristics, does humankind really have no taste?

6. Today’s Behoimi Appearance Scene

This time in Behoimi’s Appearance Scene, it’s like the popular hero show that has continued to this very day. Broadcasted originally in the 60s, this is the first scene where Giant of Light transforms. Is Behoimi really a high school student?

7. To the Sky, Ichijou

Ichijou hushes Miyako, who saw a missile, by saying “It’s a secret”. And in a blink of an eye, Ichijou launches into distant sky! This is a commemorative moment, for Ichijou transcending human realm. After this, even more inhuman behavior comes up.

8. Eyecatch

This time Becky has a yellow track suit with black lines and wields a katana. You probably can see that this is reminiscent to Director Tarantino’s film Kill B*ll, but if you trace it back further, Bruce Lee wore this same outfit in the film Game ** Death.

9. Surprised in Shi**ru Mizuki -style

When the monster in the forest is revealed to be Ichijou, Miyako and her group are relieved. ...or as it should’ve been, but for some reason they are surprised in the tone of ***geru Mizuki. Is it because of Ichijou’s character? In addition, perhaps because the hairstyle is similar, Miyako makes this same face in episode 10 too.

10. Spinning Ichijou

Miyako can't get the memory of Ichijo flying to the sky out of her head. Around her forehead starts Ichijou go round and round. With legs being jet engines, she looks like a child of science that has seven special powers.

11. Why There’s Authentic Chinese Food at a Camp

As you can see, Rei is trying to make an amazing number of dishes all by herself. She has a part-time job at a Chinese restaurant, which makes her skilled in Chinese cuisine. For more details, read MaroMayu by Hekiru Hikawa (published by MediaWorks).

TL note: This scene had Rei talking over real life pictures of Chinese food in the DVD release. Screenshot from the TV release, subtitled by Oyasumi.

12. Farewell, Giant Salamander

Giant Salamander speaks by sprouting letters from its mouth, which seems to be inspired by the image of its lines in the manga. It's a pity such an interesting character was eaten up, but it appears again later.

TL note: This scene was replaced with chibi characters in the DVD release. Screenshot from the TV release, subtitled by Oyasumi.

13. Nanjou’s face

A certain veteran manga artist who specializes in grand stories (about things such as The Great Cosmos and a Large Four-And-a-Half-Tatami Mat Room) once drew a woman with a face like this. You know, she’s from the manga that has a locomotive train with three 9s.

TL note: See Development Study below. Screenshot from the TV release, subtitled by Oyasumi, which got the reference wrong.

14. Standing on a Desk is cool!

This time’s ending has kappa and common students. The male students are more active here than in the main story, with practicing martial arts forms and lying face down on desks, but one doing the same pose as John Travolta in Sa***day Night Fever is a bit too cool.

15. Goodbye, Humankind

In the forest at dead of night, the group of four, Miyako, Serizawa, Watanuki and Miyata are calling out to the cosmos. But for some reason there are webs between their fingers! Could this be the result of the encounter with the kappa? However, setting aside the mysterious Ichijou and Council Intelligence Club’s Watanuki, I felt a bit sorry for Miyako, who is pretty normal and has common sense, and for Miyata, who was just dragged into this situation, at this time around.

16. Nose for Walking, Nose for Eating

In the next episode preview, Rei tells about animals that have evolved from noses, called as “Rhinogradentia”. It was a totally real creature and a type of mammal that was discovered on the Hy-yi-yi Islands in 1941. It was an interesting creature that lived in a place with an interesting name, but apparently it became extinct due to environmental destruction. How does Rei know so much about this?

Development Study

Hidden campsite

Apparently, from this campsite you can go to a forest inhabited by youkai, a bridge where bullets could fly, and a village filled with baseball players who are naked under their uniforms. Moreover, it looks like the village will be sunk in the bottom of a dam, and with the opening of the Au** Road, a lot of other changes might occur.

The Standard Bloodthirsty Killer at a Campsite

Serizawa has been added to the background. She's disguised as the standard killer who always appears at a campsite. Moreover, when the Old Geezer says the line “Do not talk to people you can’t see”, the murderous figure briefly appears, it’s as if this scene turns him to be the killer onwards.

Rippling Afloat

While Igarashi-sensei is having a hangover and dipping her face in water, battleships, spaceships and aliens float down by the river. What on Earth is in the upstream of this river?

More and more! (Plainness)

Compared to the TV version, Kurumi seems even more depressed and gloomy. This was because at the time the episode aired on TV, her plainness was treated more modestly.

Serizawa saw the Real Thing

The scene where Serizawa dresses up in a kappa costume and surprises Nanjou’s group, but soon notices the real thing, is worth to notice. The extent of Serizawa's shock also got a power up from the TV version.

Popular Characters From a Certain Website

As Miyako is walking to get firewood, there are a girl and a rabbit by the sign post. The girl looks like Ple**ir, the poster girl of illustrator Ta**hito Harada's website...

No Colour, No Love, Just Compassion

Once again Miyako is going out to get firewood. Though this time, the 1st batch of students (一号生) of the men-improving school have lined up on the way. Starting from the right side in order: ****taro Tsurugi, King Batt*** Junior, ***ji Togashi, Ryūji Tora****, Hidema** Gokukouji, Shinichiro Ta****, Taio Matsu* and Kiyomi Tsubaki**** are lined up like this, but I wonder if they’re there to welcome the upperclassmen. More importantly, is this really a campsite?

It's so good!

Apparently, the Giant Salamander was so delicious that it made everyone’s face look like they were certain famous manga artist duo’s characters.

Current Monetary Value for Exchange

In the TV version, this scene had a ***ji Matsumoto -styled face, but now it has Nanjou’s normal face. Instead, behind Nanjo, we can see the back of a person who appears to be a genius mahjong player who showed up during the period of high economic growth. By the way, when will those people's vampire mahjong end?

Ichijou's Story Guide
I’m the Class Rep, Ichijou. Today was the camp held by our school, and all the first-year classes had arrived at the mountains. Everyone was erecting tents, swimming in the river, cooking alfresco, and doing as they pleased, which seemed to be how they frolic at the mountains. But if you've come all the way to the mountains, you have to strike it rich by excavating an oil field and a gold mine, or repel Viet**ng’s massive offensive, before you can call yourself a true adventurer. I will do my best too. Ah, please keep quiet about the missiles, it’s a secret between me, you and the Stasi.

Ichijou's Story Guide

I’m the Class Rep, Ichijou. Today was the camp held by our school, and all the first-year classes had arrived at the mountains. Everyone was erecting tents, swimming in the river, cooking alfresco, and doing as they pleased, which seemed to be how they frolic at the mountains. But if you've come all the way to the mountains, you have to strike it rich by excavating an oil field and a gold mine, or repel Viet**ng’s massive offensive, before you can call yourself a true adventurer. I will do my best too. Ah, please keep quiet about the missiles, it’s a secret between me, you and the Stasi.

Voices from our Staff
Motoi Sakai 32 yo – Visual effects In the fifth episode, I had to model the jerseys for the mob characters, but it was troublesome due to the sheer amount of them. Mob characters appeared in the ending too. Oonuma-san told me, "Do them however you like," so I let my imagination go wild. Yuuji Kanno 32 yo – Production The meeting was difficult and it took a long time to make a decision until the end, where they said, "It’s okay not to do it exactly as we planned here," and we started production of this surprising work. It's amazing how the work ended up being so funny (bitter smile).

Voices from our Staff

Motoi Sakai

32 yo – Visual effects

In the fifth episode, I had to model the jerseys for the mob characters, but it was troublesome due to the sheer amount of them. Mob characters appeared in the ending too. Oonuma-san told me, "Do them however you like," so I let my imagination go wild.

Yuuji Kanno

32 yo – Production

The meeting was difficult and it took a long time to make a decision until the end, where they said, "It’s okay not to do it exactly as we planned here," and we started production of this surprising work. It's amazing how the work ended up being so funny (bitter smile).

Chalkboard and Telop Explanation
A Certain Latinian foreigner, man-san (Occupation: Plumber)... Instead on a chalkboard, the following lines are inside the scrolling L-shaped Telop Momotsuki City Breaking News. This line is followed by "...acquires permanent resident status in Japan." I wonder which one of the two brothers, whether the red one who can pierce curses, or the green younger brother, did obtain permanent residency. Convoy Seriously Damaged It’s the name of the main character (Optimus Prime in the West) in a robot anime about transportation vehicles, but this probably refers to the Facon game. When you die in the spaceship mode, it breaks in a showy manner, which makes you think it got pretty heavy damage. Missing man Ortega-san (assumed name) confimed alive** From the 3rd entry of a certain epic RPG series. Ortega is the hero's father, who left on a journey and had disappeared for several years. Whether you’ll meet your father by looking for him, makes the game all the more fun.

Chalkboard and Telop Explanation

A Certain Latinian foreigner, ****man-san (Occupation: Plumber)...

Instead on a chalkboard, the following lines are inside the scrolling L-shaped Telop Momotsuki City Breaking News. This line is followed by "...acquires permanent resident status in Japan." I wonder which one of the two brothers, whether the red one who can pierce curses, or the green younger brother, did obtain permanent residency.

Convoy Seriously Damaged

It’s the name of the main character (Optimus Prime in the West) in a robot anime about transportation vehicles, but this probably refers to the Fa**con game. When you die in the spaceship mode, it breaks in a showy manner, which makes you think it got pretty heavy damage.

Missing man Ortega-san (assumed name) confimed alive

From the 3rd entry of a certain epic RPG series. Ortega is the hero's father, who left on a journey and had disappeared for several years. Whether you’ll meet your father by looking for him, makes the game all the more fun.

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