Brawn Before Brains XD

There’s a lot to like about this episode (unless you’re just into the gun-toting aspects of this show), most notedly how everyone chipped in to help Iku distract her parents from the dangerous aspects of her job without her having to ask them (well, Shibasaki had to be offered a good meal, but I would have done the same. What are friends for? :P) Guess it once more shows us the ‘princely’ of the guys on the show (And yes, I did notice that Iku’s dad drinks that Prince beer this time around)

Shibasaki to the rescue (again)! The scene made me think of Mint and her costume fetish XD

“Call me ‘otousan‘ ” *winks*

Also, it just happens to be that second Sunday of May, so here’s a shout-out to my dearest mom back home - HAPPY MOTHERS DAY! (Then again, I’ll probably have to be as desperate as Iku to hide the existence of this blog from my own parents, so I’ll just have to send that message through other means, lol) This goes out to all moms out there too, especially those who watch anime (Is there such a demographic?) And not forgetting those in anime as well, who are always wishing the best for their offspring like their real life counterparts (though the means by which they go round displaying it is by far more entertaining - think Itazura na Kiss and Kyouran Kazoku Nikki)

Iku’s mom is the rather over-concerned type, the kind that fusses over their children choosing less orthodox and sometimes risky paths in life. It doesn’t gel too well with Iku’s somewhat brash and headstrong personality and her insistence in joining the Library Task Force, but I guess it’s some sort of stereotype for daughters not to have the best relationships with their moms (or conversely, have ridiculously good ‘BFF’-like ones). Though Iku’s mom was later than her dad (never underestimate a man who drinks PRINCE!) in fully realizing the scope of their daughter’s wishes and accepting them, to her credit we do see by the end of the ep that the romantic streak of Iku’s is something she shared by mother and daughter - just see her instant delight upon hearing of her daughter’s Prince Charming story ;P In the end Iku realizes that opening up to her parents earlier on would have been the right thing to do, as they turned out to be more understanding of their child than what she gives them credit for - which is often the case in real life.

It kinda reminds me of the time I ‘dropped the bombshell’ on my own parents about my wanting to study in Japan (“Of all places???” was what their reaction was along the lines of) - something they never saw coming despite knowing well enough that I waste most of my life away spend a lot of my time watching anime XD. Though they were rather against it at first, mostly because it seemed to them like one of my infamously spur of the moment impulse driven decisions - and concerning that ‘all important’ education no less - so I did have to show that I did actually put some thought into this (ZOMG SRSLY??). The rest is, as they say, history :D

(I’ll probably have even more trouble convincing readers of this blog that it’s NOT* because of anime that I’m actually here, so I won’t even try =P

*Okay fine, not SOLELY… ;P I still have a personal wish to watch Mizuki Nana perform live to fulfill! A little too late for that this year though… Or is it…?)