Week late. Well I got subs, right?~ *Ahem* Anyways, I want to put something in the finished, so I want to finish blogging the last few episodes of SnM. But it’s not just to have something under the finished category, but also because I always spam Melative with my random thoughts. xD

Anyways, episode 9!~ A fun episode, although it wasn’t exactly my favorite. We get to see another school’s astonomy club, and it’s beautehful. So onto the thoughts!~

Thoughts

Not the greatest picture of it, but uwahhh!!! That telescope (is it a telescope?) is amazing!!~ I love the animation for it. It looks so realistic~ Anyways, lol, the club president for the other school (er…yeah, I forgot her name) speaks about the price so casually. But whoa, that’s expensive. :O

I love the chibi effect for their reaction. Lol @ Mihoshi getting tempted, Buchou coughing blood, Saku’s facial expression saying, “Get me out of here,” Hime’s blank wonder stare, and Edogawa’s…I don’t know how that expression applies. It’s just there. ._. Anyways, lol, fun~

Now I’ll use this screencap to say my thought on those two characters!~ They creep me out. -___-;; Just saying, their character designs sort of remind me of Mihoshi and Sayo’s…Mainly the hairstyles are mostly similar, haha. But personality-wise, not so much.

Lol, you can totally feel the fiery eyes burn! It seems that she can somewhat be considered added into Saku’s harem…? Well, I do know that Hime seems a bit jealous.

Lawl, I loved their “shinanigans” of sorts, haha. Everyone is so overdramatic. I’m surprised Buchou didn’t cough any blood at this part.

Lol, freaked out by shiny smiling bishie. But wasn’t that how she had imagined her dream guy? XD

Lol. Poor Edogawa. I really don’t know why, but to me, those guys have that smirk and evil aura that says that they’re gay. O_o Haha, Edogawa wants to be with girls the most, and taking that away is just hilarious.

I haven’t gotten to give out any Mihoshi love~ haven’t I? It’s just so cute seeing Mihoshi so excited and fascinated! It’s so innocently cute! x)

I can’t help but laugh a little at that girl on the left though. Does her blush ever go away?

All the more reason to think their gay. Look, their blushing holding his hands. Again, poor Edogawa. It’s hilariously sad.

Must….resist….shipping….temptations!!! Can’t. Tch. I really do want to ship them together. It seems like a teaser would fit Hime’s tsundere-ness, haha. Becuase, look, he makes her blush like that, which immediately makes me want to ship them. So then she won’t have to worry about Mihoshi taking Saku. XD I loved their chemistry though, it’s just…there!! >_< Kind of hard to explain, but I can see some chemistry. And when he gave her his jacket, also fit to giggle about.

Umm…wtf? Suffocated Edogawa = O_o.

Oww….Hime can sure elbow a person. O.O That looks incredibly painful. Poor guy….

See? Musa (ahh that’s his name) was trying to save her. ^-^ *giggles* But lawl at different perspectives. She imagines him as a pretty evil monster…eh?

I still love Mihoshi but…lolwut? That’s cute, but seriously, wut?

Seeing serious Buchou is pretty nice. I was glad that Buchou got some spotlight in this scene. Because before I was curious about how he was interested in astronomy, what he knew, etc. The show doesn’t focus on him much, so seeing him explain the myth was definitely nice to see. And it was a cool myth too. xD

How do they know if he’s hot? O.o Lol, it seems like that’s all they care about…hotties. Haha, blank stare Sayo in the center ftw~

Whaatttt??? They knew each other before?! More childhood reunions~ But shoujo sparkle bubbles…are they trying to imply something?! O_O Like…shipping?!!

Poor Buchou, always with his weak body though. No wonder before she seemed a little creepy with her, “Honti ni hajimemashite?”

Lol…creepy. Yet…I’m not surprised. xD After being stuck with those gay guys, it’s not surprising that he’d run for girls. But still…a little creepy. Nice ending pic. xD

Preview

Huhuhu~~ Saku spying? Possiblty on Mihoshi? *giggles at outrageous thoughts* Ahem…okay. Anyways, looks like there’s going to be a Sou-nii and Mihoshi episode, and everyone is spying on them? I guess it looks pretty good. ^^ If I get some fangirl moments, I’ll be happy~ Looks like theres a possibility.

This week, the episode was another good episode. I don’t get to fangirl as much though because Mihoshi didn’t get as much screentime, but that’s because we’re introducing the last addition to the club…Hime. Well, all thoughts later.

Thoughts

Yay!~ Hug number 1! Anyways, lol at this scene just because of Mihoshi and in the background you can here her go, “Omomomom” or some sort of gibberish munching sound. XD

Lol @ Edogawa. xD But I’m wondering, does Mihoshi do that stance whenever Sayo’s around? Well it’s awesome and cute anyways, so I don’t mind~

Screencap taken just because I enjoyed Mihoshi on Saku.

Lol, I like Edogawa already. xD He overreacts so much. He’s like the guy version of Mihoshi. XDD Except, you know, he doesn’t exactly glomp onto people. But he’s a fun addition to the group.

And now we have Hime. Mihoshi’s “love rival” for Saku, even though we all know she doesn’t stand a chance. xD Anyways, I’m sort of “meh” on her. She’s a pretty fun character to watch, but then she also interferes with the OTP of Saku x Mihoshi. I dislike her more than I like her, oh well.

But more Mihoshi love~ Resistance is futile!

More winning expressions! If I’m not mistakened, Mihoshi will grab at any opportunity for more members, haha. I loved both of their expressions, but as expected, Mihoshi’s won. xD And no it wasn’t biased I don’t think.

I lol’ed at this scene in both the anime and ang, but Tomatsu Haruka makes it a lot funnier in the anime. xDD

But I guess this is the right time to say this…I guess another reason I didn’t like the Saku x Hime relationship is because Hime just instantly fell for him because he said her hair was beautiful. I mean it is a little more convincing that she had a complex about her hair, but I guess it doesn’t seem enough to me. They only had one moment together, and Saku and Mihoshi spent their childhood together. So they had more time for their relationship to grow.

Aww…poor club! Lol again, @ Mihoshi’s expression!~ But the student council president is so ebilll! She’s making student council presidents look bad. >:(

8] Oh yeah.

Oh how I love this screenshot~ You know why? Because I paused at the almost perfect spot. XDD If you look far away…heheh…*Ahem* Anyways, the shipper inside got the better of me. But lol, yay! Mihoshi came at the perfect time! =D Like I said before, she always does what we’re hoping for~

Haha, Mihoshi is just so innocent, and just views Hime as a friend, while Hime views her as a rival. xDD And Saku’s just in the middle.

Ow, that has got to hurt. >_<

Again, poor Saku. That looks incredibly scary…like poison!

Haha, I love the choochoo train to Saku’s house~ Everyone’s in it except for Saku, lol.

Hime and her imagination~ Hime’s imagination-Saku has an incredibly deep voice and corny-ness to him. I’m so glad it’s only in her imagination. :D

Yay for Mihoshi!~ Kind of feel sorry for Hime though xDD. But yes, Mihoshi! When Saku’s blushing about another girl, glomp her and…make her change her clothes! Once again, Mihoshi does exactly what I want her to! 8) I love the censor part, it’s pure win and incredibly funny. :3

Lol, I haven’t given Buchou enough attention, have I? He’s as funny as ever, my second favorite comedic character (not overall in the series). He’s trying to be so cool, but apparently, Hime’s not into it. But why do I want to pair them up already? xDD

Hm…so I guess the ending song doesn’t have an official ending sequence. I guess it’s just inserted into the anime. Well, it looked nice. The pictures in the sky was pretty~

Preview

Do I sense a possible Saku x Mihoshi moment *ignores Edogawa*? :DD Anyways, the next episode looks very interesting~ Pretty much all of the chapters I’ve read have already been covered by the anime (4 chapters -_-), so now I can’t tell what’s next. But that’s okay! It makes my more excited. So I can’t wait for the next episode, looks like another good one~

Best. Show. This. Season! Kyaa~ I love it already. I expected it to be good, but it went past my expectations! :D I just hope I don’t get disappointed later like Maria+Holic (oh yes, I’m too lazy to get the cross). But anyways, I love it. Sorry the post is late, but I was waiting for subs…that didn’t come out when I started the post. -_- Anyways, I had to get this post in before my excitement for the show begins fading with waiting. No…I don’t want that! Anyways, love it~ I even started reading the manga. :D Just saying though, it might be biased because I love the series already! XD It is probably my favorite show this season so far.

(Yeah, I’m putting this post before Monthly Mania. I’m such a procrastinator, but this show is that awesome!)

And sorry the layout is sort of messy….since I made the character part a little different than usual, just for this series. Again, sorry! Dx

Story & Plot

The episode starts off with a flashback. Akeno Mihoshi, is a star-enthusiast, who drags Ooyagi Saku, a bookworm, everywhere she goes. This tortures him, because she always takes his books as hostage when he just wants to read. She takes him one night to look at the stars, and shows him a special necklace her dad gave her. She decides to climb up a tree, but ends up slipping, while Saku dives to catch her. Saku wakes up, realizing it is a dream, also hitting his elbow. He’s on his way to school, while his mother causes a ruckus for him tieing his ties, etc.

When he arrives at school, he sees paper stars falling from the sky. A girl from the school roof is promoting the astronomy club. Saku looks up, and realizes it’s Mihoshi, the girl who terrorized him when he was little. He says her name too loudly, and so she hears him. She realizes it’s Saku, and chases after him when he runs away. He tries to deny who she says he is, even though it’s true. After she finally catches him, her other friends save Saku. Her friend asks if Saku was a friend, and she says yes, but Saku says no. Mihoshi also asks Saku to join the astronomy club. The student council president comes and is upset by the chaos that Mihoshi caused. Afterwards, rumors start flying around about a first-year (Saku) and second-year (Mihoshi). Mihoshi continuously goes to Saku’s class to see him, only to find him each time missing. She finally finds him at the library, which scares Saku. Mihoshi asks if Saku remembers the memories they had together, even bringing out the necklace, but he says he doesn’t. She asks why he doesn’t remember the wonderful memories they had together, only angering Saku more. He tells her that they were wonderful to her, but torture to him. He even broke his arm after diving to catch her. He says that she wasn’t even there when he moved, but she rebuts saying that she was hospitalized. This leads to Saku remembering that whenever someone brought up Mihoshi, he wouldn’t listen to the rest of it. He apologizes to her, and admits that he remembers her and everything. He even joins the Astronomy Club. This makes Mihoshi happy and she dives to hug Saku once again.

Mihoshi shows Saku around the Astronomy Club’s room. Later on they begin to promote the Astronomy Club. However, it seems like they don’t have a uniform, so Mihoshi writes on Saku’s back. The club leader is willing to have his shirt written on, but he coughs up blood first. The Student Council president comes and sees that they have another member. Later on, Saku notices that she is in the Literary Club. This leads to a little blush-blush moment since Saku loves books, also causing Mihoshi to panic from the good atmosphere between them. Later on, Mihoshi explains that she wants to share the stars in the sky for everyone to see, like how her father did. This small monologue makes Saku surprised about her words. Mihoshi decides to get the binoculars to do a project with the sun. However, when the two arrive, it begins to rain. It’s later nighttime, and they are able to see the full night sky.

I don’t plan to write out summaries for all of the episodes, since I think it would just ruin my enjoyment of the series. But anyways, the story seems like a nice slice-of-life story. I sort of get that Toradora atmosphere though, but I love Toradora, so it’s okay. xD But anyways, even though it’s not the most original thing in the world, it’s still a nice storyline and is executed well. It’s just that nice, fluffy, refreshing story that just makes me happy watching it. It’s cute, fluffy, fun, and hilarious. I just love every element of it. And the astronomy part makes it nice and is actually getting me interested in astronomy. :D I guess it just clicks so perfectly with all of my tastes that I just love it (or maybe I should phrase it as, “It  hit all of the right spots”).

Characters

Ooyagi Saku:

Saku…Saku’s voiced by Tomoaki Maedo, who just does so well voicing him which I’m glad he gets a better role since he also voiced the White Album guy. Anyways, Saku is an awesome main character, and is one of those rare main guy characters that I actually like. I just love his RAGE~ and chibi-fied rage~ It’s just so fun to watch. I don’t know why, but I seem to lol whenever it shows him with a broken arm as a little kid. xD Anyways, his anger and variation just makes me like him. And then when he blushes~ Kya! It’s cute seeing his face fully red. Anyways, win! Saku gets my approval for main guy character!

Akeno Mihoshi:

Mihoshi!!!~ Meet Mihoshi, my favorite character already, who is voiced by Kanae Ito-san. In fact, she’s starting to become one of my favorite characters of all time already. I seriously should wait awhile, but reading the manga and watching it has kept my love for her going on. At first I was worried that I would only think about Amu whenever I heard Kanae Ito’s voice, but she made her voice work perfectly for Mihoshi. And her name totally fits for having “hoshi” in it. Anyways, Mihoshi is such a fun, lovable, cute character=more than awesome. Sure she’s hyperactive, but I love it. I think that’s what makes her so cute and adds to her charm. She’s hilarious, and I love all of the expressions she makes. In fact, I made a gif of some of them. But it sucks. xD So no showing. X) But anyways, I just love her already! Her glomps on Saku are win! Not much to elaborate on her, but like Saku, she is win~ I already made her my icon! xD

Others:

Gah, I forgot everyone else’s name. xD Lol, the guy who coughs up blood a lot is hilarious. I like him, he’s just so funny (like most of the characters), especially in that scene when he was ready to write on his back, but then suddenly coughs up blood and faints. xD It’s hilarious (but my explanation may not make it sound so). But I like him so far. The other girl with blue hair is also cool, since she seems to mediate Mihoshi’s hyperactive-ness. She also seems like the mature one out of the group. x) Saku’s mom is also fun to watch, since she acts oh-so melodramatic. xD Eh, the student council president is the only person I’m iffy on. I just don’t like her because she wants the astronomy club to fail or something. And also because she’s getting in the way of Saku x Mihoshi! Gar! But does anyone else think she has a big forehead?

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Overall, so far I find the main characters lovable, and the main two are just…great! I just love them! Again, I think the chemistry and everything between the characters is my favorite part about the show. They make the show stand out from the rest of the other shows. So yes, love the characters! More characters are going to be introduced later though, but so far, loving most of the characters!

Music

OP: Super Noisy Nova by sphere

The opening was an okay I guess. :/ I didn’t find it spectacular, but just normal. The scenes are cute, just like a typical opening. I loved the Saku x Mihoshi shots. It’s just…cute! Especially when they were little, that was a great scene. For once Saku actually looked like he was interested when he was little. The group shots are cute when they were all lying down looking at the stars. But the animation for the opening totally fits, and so I guess it’s fine.

The song was okay. It wasn’t that catchy, but again, it fits. The title is kind of funny though. xD But not much to say on it. I guess it’s a typical, sort of upbeat song.

ED: Hoshikuzu no Surround by CooRie

I don’t know why, but I guess I really find the ending song appealing. I guess it’s one of those songs that I just find surprisingly nice and again, hits the spot. The song fits with the show well, and I just love the tune of it. I liked how the song was inserted into the episode, but I’m kind of hoping for the official ending (so I don’t have talking). But again, I really like the ending song much more compared to the opening song. I guess it’s sort of a relaxed, nice feel to it?

Animation

Didn't know what image to use. >_<

The animation was average. It wasn’t special, but I guess it “fits” the show’s style. It’s average. Nothing outstanding. I guess the stars and the paper stars look really pretty though. But everything else…meh. But it’s decent and livable. I mean, I am so glad that we did not get some CG thing or something. That’s not livable. But anyways, onto Sora no Manimani. The chibis were animated well, which makes me glad. I’m able to look at it, and it’s simplicity makes it at least nice. It doesn’t repulse me, so we’re good. :]

(Also, apologies for the poor quality screencaps, it was best quality video I could find)

Preview

Looks like we’ll be introducing the next character. I forgot her name from the manga. x_x But I remember not liking her that much, even though she’s pretty. Ah well, I might like her later on. Anyways, it still looks interesting, especially since we’re still going to get some of Mihoshi’s awesome expressions. XD Yay! Anyways, the preview’s pretty short, but I’m still looking forward to the next episode. :D