Lucky Star 03

• It’s time to change to the summer seifuku!


• As they’re waiting for the morning train, they talk about some more of the “random musings” of life, such as how to dress up a postcard, the relationship between the two twins.


• On the train, it’s really hot - Konata starts fanning herself in provocative ways which gets the guy sitting in front of her all hot and bothered.


• More Miyuki wisdom - why do people tend to get married in June?


• Konata used to like rain - since baseball games get canceled, the usual anime gets aired!


• Random Cromartie and Pani Poni Dash references…


• After her humiliating defeat at the arcade, Kagami challenges Konata to some PS2 action, and gets swept faster than the Lakers will be.


• Konata as the next KyoAni disciple of ponytail. Swoon~


• In the same way they bantered about food, the girls turn their discussion to talking about Miyuki, and how smart, hot, moe, etc she is. Who has confessed to her? Does she even realize she’s being confessed to?


• Lucky Channel segment 3: Seems like the next few segments will be dedicated to introducing the characters of the show. KyoAni messes with viewers once again by baiting us with imminent Akira transformations…but it only happens near the end! It’s like that one South Park Christmas episode where Kenny gets in all these fatal situations, but walks out unscathed each time…


• ED karaoke song: Sore ga Ai Deshou, Full Metal Panic Fumoffu OP, originally by Mikuni Shimokawa. Kinda weird hearing Konata switch from Guu-loli voice to her mature singing voice.
  

Lucky Star 02 : Effort and Results

Scene 1: A Day in the Life of the Hiiragi Sisters

Goes something like this (Tsukasa / Kagami):

sleeping / sleeping
sleeping / wakes up & eats breakfast
sleeping / does her homework
woken up by mom / eats lunch
goes to café / goes to café
eats dinner / eats dinner
does homework / does homework
goes to sleep / does homework
sleeping / talks to Miyuki about homework
sleeping / talks to Konata about homework

Scene 2: Similarly, here’s a look at Konata / Tsukasa during their break

Day 1: playing MMO / planning her schedule
Day 2: playing MMO / reading manga, worries about hmk
Day 3: playing MMO / watching tv, worries about hmk
Day 4: playing MMO / eating snacks, worries about hmk

Scene 3: Arcade Showdown

Keroro Gunsou Crane Game
Konata: 1 for 1
Kagami: 0 for Bankruptcy

Hare Hare Yukai Taiko Drum Master
Konata: S-rank
Tsukasa: D-minus

Virtua Fighter 5 KyoAni version
Konata: Sweep
Random hoodlums: Swept

Scene 4: School Showdown

Midterm Test
Kagami: 89 w/ hours of studying
Tsukasa: At least she tried
Konata: 86 w/ hours of gaming

Scene 5: Konata gets a job, but what could it be?

Hypothesis: Bookstore clerk
Refute: Too busy reading her own manga to attend to customers

Hypothesis: Convenience store clerk
Refute: I can’t tell what she’s saying (maybe that’s the point)

Hypothesis: Fast food cashier, waitress, video rental clerk, pizza delivery, cram school tutor, etc
Refute: Screw it, let’s just ask her tomorrow…

Answer: …Cosplay café

Scene 6: Lucky Channel Episode 2

Akira shows off more of her split personality talents:
- Akira does the “pachi pachi”
- Akira flicks some ear wax
- Akira plays director, actor
- Akira has an aneurysm
- Akira says goodbye

Ending Scene: Akumaizer 3

This episode full of the cultural references we’ve come to love and expect from KyoAni, this episode prominently featured things such as Keroro Gunsou, Taiko Drum Master, Galaxy Angel, Shuffle, among others. There was more dialoguing between characters about those ever-present “questions of life” like whether reading a manga counts as reading a book (if the “picture is worth a thousand words” thing is true, we’re doing Tolstoy every chapter of manga…). Furthermore, much to my delight, it looks like the ED every episode will be a different karaoke song (remember they said in episode 1 they had a whole 2 hours - thats plenty for 24 songs!) I had a blast watching this ep – and I think those who were hesitant about the first episode may find themselves enjoying this one a lot more.