You had to have seen this coming. I mean, you had to. Have I not been completely open and clear about what this blog is about? Have I not made my tastes known to all who ask? And has anything that this show has advertised as being about been in any way contrary to these tastes?

Before I go into the episode proper, I should perhaps mention that contrary to popular belief, the Moetan books are not Engrish-y. In fact, the phrases are (at least for the revised editions and the later books) mostly grammatically correct. What makes them unintentionally hilarious is that despite being grammatically correct, it may still make little sense. Or, in Moetan's case, the meaning is apparent only to the hardcore fan of anime and assorted pop culture (I'm trying not to use the word "otaku" due to the confused definitions for it).

For example, something from the second book which strikes rather close, the sentence for the word "will" goes "The alien, and the woman from the future and the guy with supernatural powers all exist because of the girl's will." (Seriously, it's on page 20.) Apart from the first "and" and the lack of a serial comma (yes, I know that the latter is controversial), this is better than many forum posts by native English speakers that I've seen.

In other words, if you're planning on watching this anime for the Engrish, you're likely to be disappointed. The anime doesn't even have that much English in it, apart from two sentences. In fact, if you're looking for anything other than what looks like a standard non-action magical girl show featuring lots of loli fanservice, this is not for you. (So far.)

As should be obvious, I loved this episode.

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