But I would prefer a lot more Klan. So we got a Micheal centric episode, exploring his past and developing his character. The subject was friendly fire, which I found pretty intense. It is somewhat harsh how Micheal’s sister was lead to suicide over this matter though, but thankfully Micheal was able to get over it sniping the target successfully without killing Alto (always a good thing) although not good enough it seems as the target still had enough time to destroy the nest and escape.

I like the other side of Klan showed this episode, the more vulnerable side that slapped the hell out of Micheal in a mech (interesting scene when you think about it) when we was being very callous with his words. I want some more development between them, a bit more about their past as they seem to have known each other since childhood. Also, I wouldn’t say anything if he really pursued her in her mincloned form. 

Damn bastard… Let something resolve. Ranka has seen/met him twice now with nothing come out of it. He does seem to be on orders though, against the guys from Frontier, ordered to destroy the nest before they could capture and study it. Lots of cool action and more dog fighting (got to love those missles) so I can forgive all this torturing-like slow development in this area. There was surprisingly little Ranka and Sheryl this episode… I do look forward to next week’s episode as they will probably be back to their old amount of screen time. 

Also, I forget the guy’s name but I must say, I like him even more for his proformance this episode, talking down Ranka’s manager. XD

Absolutely and hilariously awesome! Sakura is back and like episode 3, this has become one of my favourites! Ah, the delusions and thoughts on what could or is happening are quite funny but I do feel sorry for her in her pursuit of Noboru. I loved when she jumped the gun thinking the new girl (I forgot her name but she seems important by how she was tailing them at the end) in the whole Noboru/Kou/Kuu situation. Kou is still ever so straight-faced and it has me cracking up. Kuu was so whiny and demanding this episode, it was somewhat weird and annoying. I love how carelessly she lets important things slip and in the end, Sakura just got her memory wiped again. This show has fast become one of my favourites of the season, but the subbing is so slow. Maybe I should give in and watch it raw like some other shows I already do so for. 

After the monumental episode last week, it comes to no surprise how bad the animation got for this episode. And although there was no cool action, the episode was a light hearted school drama episode. Coupled with the bad animation, it was almost like watching Shuffle! again, except I like this more. XD

So Ranka now attends the same school as Alto. No need for her to hang around outside the gate desperately trying to contact him anymore. This I felt was a weird choice to just randomly do but I liked the potential that she would get closer to Alto. That was kind of ruined when Sheryl popped onto the scene, stealing the attention of everyone and making Ranka enter her down trodden state again. Also, Ranka in a carrot suit was weird and random, and it wasn’t more pronounced than then how DFC Ranka really is. 

Dirty looking scenes are dirty. I really like Sheryl in this episode, showing off more of her personality from the date episode, being so childish at times. It is quite funny actually. 

What really confuses me about her adoring fans is how courteous they are in giving her some space, to go about freely. It wasn’t until they hunted down her panties that they actually interacted so much. Hm, seems to show how much more they desperately want her underwear than her, which is sad but oh well, more for Alto-hime. 

Again I say this, Sheryl is adorably cute at times, especially as she struggles to handle the flight suits smashing into walls… multiple times. What I found weird, was that she is missing panties and decides the clever idea is to hike her skirt up more. 

And alto saves her as she riskes her life for her panties. Is it just me or the music hear sound like something from Pirate of the Caribbean. Alto does seem to have much more moments with Sheryl and Ranka is desperately falling behind. 

I like this weird squirrel slug thing, to the level of Ranka’s phone and I like that a whole lot. Does it have any importance to the story on a whole I have no clue. I think that it came along with the bishie character from the last episode. He is actually there on Frontier and has met Ranka, confirming that their songs are the same. We are left hanging on what becomes of that though. 

Finally, Sheryl follows the crowd and enrolls in Alto’s class as well. Now there is no escaping for Alto… ‘Poor’ him. I sure hope the next episode looks better… 

It’s been pretty much more of the same. More Vampire themed angst. More slowly developing back story and character development. More hot Yuuki biting. More intense drama. And I was loving each minute of it yet again. 

So, a lot of the main character’s past have been elaborated on in the last few episodes. Zero’s relationship with his old teacher, the Vampire Hunter who saved him from a vampire before at the cost of his own eye, to which I must say he sports an awesome looking eyepatch. This is somewhat harsh on Zero’s part, being taught so horrifically the true terror of vampires and then having his family killed off by one, himself turned must be pretty traumatizing. And then to have your new hosts seem so close with a vampire, I can see why he attacked Kaname with that knife. 

Yuuki also shows off her past, which a downwards spiral of overdependance and her increasing infatuation for Kaname, which is feeling so sickenly disgusting to me now. Their relationship needs to be resolved somehow, no matter whether they actually end up together or completely break ties. I hate this dancing around. Although what I do love is Yuuki trying to keep the fact that she had offered herself to keep Zero sane away from Kaname, and Kaname pretends he doesn’t know to appease her. He also doesn’t go and completely goes to tear Zero to shreds because of how Yuuki would feel. This was about the only point (apart from his earlier flashback scenes) that I had some ounce of a liking to Kaname. All the other times, I think he is a stiff prat. I do love the scene where Yuuki is totally freaked out when she spies Kaname drinking blood from a lady vampire. 

With all this talk of peace between vampires and the humans, the night class are actually very hostile, especially in terms with anything to do with Kaname or to harm him. A pretty powerful scene was that one of them already had their hand at Zero’s neck in the time he had to draw his gun. 

At the moment, I really want to see Yuuki grow up. She is too hung over Kaname, and totally missed the fact that Zero was the one to lay the blanket, thinking it was Kaname. Zero is actually in quite a pinch, rejecting the blood pills, he needs to feed on Yuuki to stay off the onslaughts of being a level E (obviously this shows there are levels D, C, B and As out there) while also having to face the idea that Yuuki would probably prefer Kaname doing that to her. Also, it was left hanging that the woman who turned him is still alive and on the loose. 

The subs went completely unnoticed by me for nearly a month and I only caught up now but I am in dire need of weekly doses of this shoujo goodness now. The OP and the ED have my congratulations for being the only combo to make me want to watch the whole way through both (besides Gurren Lagann that I can remember). I love the OP and the ED is so deliciously haunting with an unusual (at least in this era) 3/4 beat. I love it. I wonder when the singles are out… 

Hell, this is all I will look forward to now. The PV for the new School Rumble OVAs (released similarly in volume like Tsubasa Chronicles) is now streamable from the Official Site. It looks good, and it looks to cover quite a number of key chapters (fan appeasing ones) from the manga. This is going to be so amazingly awesome!

Thanks to Moetron for the heads up.