Another 2 Summer shows sampled, and what did I think of them? (Ueda Kana’s been doing ‘crazy’ roles two seasons in a row! Maybe she needs to lay off the Halo 3?)

LOL subs all right.

Telepathy Shoujo Ran: Three words… Or rather names – Ueda Kana, Katou Emiri, and SEKI TOMOKAZU (okay, so he’s only playing Ran’s brother, but we know from Cardcaptor Sakura that that’s a role he should be playing more often :P ). If you don’t know who Katou Emiri is, then you’ve obviously not been fapping to she’s Kagami in Lucky Star (Andohbtw, Tsukasa >>>>> Kagamin). Here she plays the titular character Ran, who… has latent psychic powers like the title suggests. Other cliches surrounding her include the childhood friend just waiting to be hooked up with her (I found it absolutely difficult to hear him, this guy needs to speak louder), quirky but loving family members, and the mysterious transfer student here to change her life. Yea, pretty straightforward setup. Decently executed. Yea, I’m just bursting with excitement to continue this show…

Kidding, I kinda enjoyed it honestly, but again, nothing uber compelling to see here (Glowing auras? *yawns* Sharp objects flying across the classroom? Slightly better). If I continue watching, it’ll be less about the mystery/powers and more for what looks like some nice seiyuu voicework character interaction. And to see if this will be the first show this year featuring Seki Tomokazu that I’ll actually finish (Huh? What do you mean he was in KimiAru and Himitsu? *feigns ignorance*) Comparatively, I’ve managed to finish every show I know featuring Ueda Kana so far this year (Shigofumi, Kurenai) so who knows what’s to become of Telepathy Shoujo Ran.

I was about to vandalize this one in Paint, but I got lazy and couldn’t think of anything besides “She is My Noble Master” to write -_-”

Ryouko’s Case File (The actual Japanese title I can’t be bother with because it’s even more of a bother than Mahou Tsukai blahblahblah): Is about a fun/flirty female detective who’s supposedly also kickass (as hinted in the OP and the end of the episode) in a supernatural/sci-fi (I dunno what random people bursting into dry corpses falls under anymore) mystery show that’ll otherwise be dead dull.

Watched the first ep raw and even if the serious talk portions didn’t fly above my head, I don’t think I’d be drawn in any further. The rest was just Ryouko dragging along and teasing her subordinate/sidekick a la Haruhi and Kyon Shinra did in KimiAru. (Lackey: “About the case…” Ryouko: *flashes swimsuit in front of Lackey* “Tell me, how do I look in this one…”; *Lackey looks away in embarassment* … etc. )

Also there was a potential crazy in there somewhere and a rival character (who looks like a more easily pissed off version of Misaki in Darker than Black) voiced by Kuwashima Houko (Shuurei in Saiunkoku, that girl in Clannad with After Story, etc). Ryouko’s voiced by Nabatame Hitomi, whom I can only recall currently as D-cup the dull girl who hooked up with the dull guy in School Rumble and I didn’t even notice.

(Edit: Oh wow, after checking, turns out Ryouko’s lackey is voiced by the same dude who did Hei in Darker than Black, Ren in NANA… and the dad in Chi’s Sweet Home XD)

So yea, another two shows I have no idea whether I should follow this season. Higher chances of checking out more of Telepathy Shoujo Ran since the next few eps are already out. Ryouko currently has the lowest priority on my list of shows this season that I might watch the 2nd episode since it was as compelling as err… Crystal Blaze. Yea, that’s it, I wasn’t really going to post this till I watched more Summer shows till I give up, but the internet connection is sucky and these are the only ones I could talk about currently.