#ren wakabayashi

[senjo]

#astro note #ren wakabayashi #tomihiro wakabayashi #anime cap #felt

[ydotome]

Thanks for the food. Thank you. - Astro Note - Episode 1

#Astro Note #アストロノオト #Mira Gotokuji #Takumi Miyasaki #Ren Wakabayashi #Teruko Matsubara #Shoukichi Yamashita #Gotokuji Mira #Miyasaki Takumi #Wakabayashi Ren #Matsubara Teruko #Yamashita Shoukichi #my gifs #my post #long post

[ecargmura]

Astro Note Episode 1 Review - Romcom With Aliens

Everyone’s going “This is like Maison Ikkoku”, but I don’t know what that is. I looked it up and it’s one of Rumiko Takahashi’s works with a similar premise. Is it fun? Please let me know. Anyways, I’m always someone who has to watch something weird every season and this seems to be that ‘weird’ anime.

Why is it weird? The story starts off with a space chase as someone in a spaceship escapes from a bigger spaceship and lands in Japan. Then the story transitions to the “alien” already settling on Earth and is landlady of Astro Lodge where the main character Takumi Miyasaka is looking to work at. Unfortunately, the landlady, Mira Gotokuji, actually put in wrong information about the place. Astro Lodge was stated to be a restaurant in the job description, but it’s actually a share house that serves breakfast, but the landlady is looking for a chef because her cooking is catastrophic and her tenants want food because they were promised so. After Takumi shows off his cooking skills, Mira apologizes for the mess up, but he decides to move into Astro Lodge because he wants to cook and because he developed an instant crush on Mira the moment he laid eyes on her. What Takumi doesn’t know is that she’s actually an alien looking for a key and her protective poodle Naosuke is also an alien. All he knows is that she might be a widow and his chances to be with her might be harder than he’d expect.

The premise is pretty simple. It’s like a romcom and slice of life mixed with sci-fi in a way. Since it’s anime original, how the story will go is to be determined. Right now, I think I’m liking what I’m seeing so far. Other than Takumi, everyone in the share house seems to have their own secrets. Mira and Naosuke are aliens and Matsubara is an underground idol. Yamashita is stated to be a novelist, but nothing shows up when searching him. There must be a catch; Takumi predicts that he might be using a pen name, and I think so too, but I think that he might be writing erotic novels. Heck, I think Mr. Wakabayashi is the most suspicious of the bunch. He may not be an alien, but it’s weird how he’s unemployed but still wears a suit, pays his rent and affords an education to let his son Ren go to school. I guess the characters’ real identities will be revealed as the show keeps going.

To be honest, the animation is pretty average. It’s not great, but it’s not bad either. The funny faces are hilarious and the food porn looks great, but other than that, it’s pretty simplistic. The soundtracks not that memorable either. The opening and ending songs were great and the insert song of Maaya Uchida and Soma Saito singing during Mira and Takumi’s outing was nice; Terurun’s song was nice too. The songs without vocals aren’t that memorable, honestly.

The voice acting cast is actually the strongest in this anime. It’s an all-star cast with Soma Saito and Maaya Uchida as the leads. They fit the characters well and I love how Soma Saito screams so loudly during the scene where Naosuke bites his head. The supporting cast consists of Shinichiro Miki as Yamashita, Tomokazu Sugita as Mr. Wakabayashi, Rie Kugimiya as Ren Wakabayashi and Junichi Suwabe as Naosuke. Such a solid cast and they’re all amazing at comedy, so I’m not too worried about their performance because they will always do a solid job. I am not familiar with Ai Furihata, who voices Matsubara, but given that she voices a Love Live character, her singing skills are good. I quite like her singing voice a lot. The way her voice lowers during funny scenes was nice to hear too!

I’m liking what I’m seeing so far. I just hope that the story stays consistent. I’ll be tuning in next week to see what will happen to Takumi. What are your thoughts on this episode?

#astro note #Takumi miyasaka #mira gotokuji #naosuke #shokichi yamashita #Tomihiro wakabayashi #ren wakabayashi #Teruko matsubara #terurun #review #anime #anime review #ecargmura #arum journal

[animemakeblog]

“Astro Note” The First Promo

The Astro Note television anime's official website unveiled the first promotional video, the opening theme. The first showing of the original anime is slated for April 2024.

#astro note #ren wakabayashi #tomihiro wakabayashi #shokichi yamashita #teruko matsubara #aoi uemachi #maosuke #shoin ginger #anime #anime news #Youtube

[enfantsterriblestokyo]

「First Love 初恋」(Netflix) 2022年11月24日〜

Official Site

Official Trailer

Teaser Trailer

[Cast]

Hikari Mitsushima / Takeru Satoh

Rikako Yagi / Taisei Kido

Kaho

Minami / Akiyoshi Nakao

Towa Araki / Aoi Yamada

Itsuki Nagasawa / Jiei Wakabayashi

Makiko Watanabe / Takashi Okabe

Morio Agata

Ren Sudo

Kanji Furutachi

Daisuke Kuroda / Shingo Mizusawa

Osamu Mukai

Gaku Hamada

Kyoko Koizumi

[Staff]

Written & Directed by : Yuri Kanchiku

Cinematographers : Kazuma Shinde / Junichi Nakamura

Lighting : Jin Kobayashi

Sound Recordists : Masahito Yano / Yoshifumi Kureishi

Art Department Coordinator : Nori Fukuda

Production Designer : Yoko Sagae

Set Decorator : Tetsuya Nomura

Costume Designer : Babymix

Hair & Make-up Artists : Takeharu Kobayashi / Aina Hanada

Make-up Artist : Yuko Shimada

First Assistant Directors : Shinya Masuda / Kimiyoshi Adachi

Production Manager : Kota Suemitsu / Taisuke Oku

Post Production Supervisor : Tetsuo Ohya

VFX Supervisor : Koji Nozaki

Editorsr : Emi Onodera / Naoki Watanabe

Re-Recording Mixer : Hiroyuki Ishizaka

Sound Effects : Hiroki Matsuura

Music by : Taisei Iwasaki

Line Producer : Mikiya Sato

Executive Producer : Kaata Sakamoto

Producer :  Kasumi Yao

Production : C&I entertainment

Inspired by the songs “First Love” and “Hatsukoi” written by Hikaru Utada

#FirstLove初恋 #First Love

[riverpancakes]

hhhh all oc pronouns ig

Nobuyuki Tokoyami- he/him

Tako Tokoyami- they/them

Arashi Kaminari- she/her

Daisuke Kaminari (Wakabayashi)- he/him

Hisana Yaoyorozu- she/her

Kaito Yaoyorozu- he/him

Daiki Aoyama- he/him

Akira Aoyama- she/her

Hiro Ashido- she/her

Kaede Ashido- he/him

Katsuro Iida- he/him

Masa Iida- she/her

Ryota Uraraka- he/him

Shinzuko Uraraka- she/her

Kenta Ojirou- he/him

Rin Ojirou- she/her

Azumi Kirishima- she/her

Akirhiro Kirishima- he/him

Kina Kirishima- she/her

Koto Aizawa- she/her

Reiji Tachibana- he/him

Hachiro Amano- he/him

Mr. Serizawa- he/him

Iwao Kamegai- he/him

Amberlynn Korematsu- she/her

Takashi Korematsu- he/him

Nakiichi Kirishima- he/him

Yua Kirishima- she/her

Takumi Bakugou- he/him

Mansa Bakugou- she/her

Takayuki Midoriya- he/him

Kayo Midoriya- she/her

Ichirou Midoriya- he/him

Aito Kaminari- he/him

Iku Kaminari- she/her

Hoshi Kaminari- he/him

Hideo Iida- he/she, he/him preferred

Meiko Iida- he/him

Baako Iida- he/him

Faraji Iida- he/him

Hanami Amajiki- she/her, wants to try neopronouns (snow/snowflake/snowflakes/snowflakeself, sy/sky/skyself)

Emi Amajiki- she/her

Ahmya Kuroiro- she/(rie/eer/eri/erie/eeriself)/(li/lich/lis/lichs/lichself)/(necro/necrom/necself)

Suiren Kuroiro- she/her

Yami Kuroiro- he/him

Miyako Kuroiro- she/her

Keiichi Tokoyami- he/him

Ren Tokoyami- she/her

Michi Sero- he/him

Etsuko Aoyama- she/her

Kasumi Tokage- she/her

Eimi Ojirou- they/she

Fuyuhime Amano- she/her

Kiku Chiba- she/her

Chihiro Hidaka- she/they

Momoka Hino- she/her

Hideoyoshi Inoue- he/him

Haruto Kurosawa- he/they

Hanzou Mizutani- he/him

Rekka Serizawa- he/him

Kohaku Takeuchi- they/he

Koshiro Tsuburaba- he/him

Shin'ichi Kaibara- he/him

Jirou Tsunoda- he/him

Masako Yusado- she/her

Aimi Nishiyama- she/her

Kei Konishi- she/her

Katsumi Matsumoto- he/him

Yukio Ishida- he/him

Aoi Neishin- he/him

Junichi Hoshino- he/him

Mariko Ayuma- they/it/she

Satoshi Mamoru- he/they

Ryo Yabun- he/him

Hope Korematsu- she/her

Dai Takenaka- he/him

Layla Arafa- she/her

Kin Akiyama- she/her

Isao Kanekou- he/him

Komiko Miyashita- she/her

Eiko Fujimoto- she/her

Katashi Koi- he/it

Aiko Saito- she/her

Chou Hirabayashi- she/her

Hiroaki Abe- he/him

Ayumi Haimawari- she/her

Satoru Chinen- he/him

Fynn Dimick- he/him

Diana Morias- she/her

Moriko Kato- she/it

Sophia Barrett- she/her

Damion Jay- he/him

Bonnie Webster- she/(tea/teaself)

Kozuya Mochizuki- he/him

Salem Mochizuki- he/him

Rose Laurence de la Croix- it/its

Zephyrus Williams- they/he

Sora Hirano- she/her

Hisashi Miyake- he/him

Tamiko Miyake- he/him

Anastasia Williams- any/all pronouns

Daichi Kuroki- he/him

Haruki Kazame- he/they

Junpei Akabane- he/him

Adriana Gegeen- she/her

Misaki Go- she/her

Tsukumi Sakai- she/her

Talyor Korematsu- she/her

Chase Korematsu- he/him

Jaelynn Korematsu- (cor/corpse/corpself)/(go/gor/gors/goreself)/she

Asahi Korematsu- he/(ve/ver/vis)

Divya Korematsu- she/her

Tadashi Bakugou- he/him

Naoki Bakugou- they/x

Akina Bakugou- she/her

Mei Villin- he/him

Kae Midoriya- she/her

Ayano Tachibana- she/her

Emori Kaminari- he/it/(haz/hazel/zels/zels/hazelnutself)

Fukumi Aoyama- she/her

Chiyo Ogawa- she/they

Kameko Shibuya- she/her

Mitsuko Morishita- any/all pronouns

Sophie Kindermann- she/her

Yuki Shiratori- she/her

Akui Miyake- he/him

Hatsuko Hoshino- she/her

Haruto Watanabe- he/him

Sana Yamazuki- he/him

Haru Yabun-Mamoru- they/them

Junji Yabun-Mamoru- he/him

Akaya Yabun-Mamoru- he/him

Kira Yabun-Mamoru- she/her

Kizuki Maede (Yabun-Mamoru)- he/him

Natsume Yabun-Mamoru- he/him

Manami Takenaka- she/they

Rei Takenaka- she/her

Seth Arafa- he/him

Thanatos Kobayoshi- he/him

Ryosuke Ishida- he/him

Kyou Achikita- he/him

Erika Maede- she/her

Rui Bakugou- she/her

Kouta Maede- he/him

Amitsu Maede- she/her

Akiyu Takenaka- she/her

#literally all of my mha ocs as of right now #ocs #bnha ocs #mha ocs #original characters #list of ocs #im tired

[multishipper-baby]

1 and 6 for the Fencer Oc you have 👀 I'm intrigued by them

Ah yes, I’m glad to hear the fencer idea is liked. 

1- I still haven’t been totally sold on any name, but I like the surname Wakabayashi (若林), and I’m considering either calling them Jun (淳, meaning pure) or Ren (恋, meaning love). In regards to other information, they’re nonbinary but closeted (I haven’t decided on the specific identity yet, but so far I like the idea of them being bigender). They’re 168 cm tall.

About whether their ultimate would be useful in a killing game... Yes, but not by that much. I mean, fencing experience would make killing with a sword easy. However, they would first need Junko to supply a sword, which might not happen. Not to mention that, given their talent, killing with a sword might be too suspicious. And they would need a plan to clean up their clothes, since stabbing cann be pretty gory. So yeah, it can be useful, but it’s by no means the perfect talent o have.

6- They’re pretty observant, sometimes to a pretty impressive degree. They’re the type to notice small details, like when someone’s faking a smile or something has been moved in their room. It’s actually one of the main reasons they’re so good a fencing in the first place: they can notice even the tiniest of errors or missteps their oponents make and exploit them.

Their last thoughts... I’d imagine they think about their twin sister, and how they’re glad at least she’s safe. They had the idea of entering Hope’s Peak Academy together, with her as the ultimate chemist. However, while she was good, the higher ups decided that she wasn’t good enough to consider her an ultimate, and she was left out. Of course, they were devastated to hear this at first, but with the whole killing game going on, they’re happy she didn’t end up being part of this.

(Obviously, with the whole Tragedy thing, it’s possible that she died. But I think they’d rather imagine that she miraculously survived or that Monokuma lied about the Tragedy than face that fact tbh).

#ask #asks #kaz3313 #danganronpa #myocs

[thatwasntverycoolmath]

so i have 8 MCs for each RO from Lemonade by @lemonade-if and i want to share them! separate posts for each of course cause that’ll be so much all at once

“…oh, that kid? he doesn’t talk, like at all. it’s almost creepy how quiet he is! though, he loses a lot of his creepiness when you actually watch him for more than five minutes. the kid can’t walk properly! he’s always falling into things and causing messes! he’s a hazard to be around!

“who?”

“i kinda feel bad for him. he’s always alone and never talks. he’s also so little! i don’t think he’s been eating enough, if anything! wha- i’m not being a mother hen!”

“the new kid? he’s like super smart! probably the smartest kid in the school! kisaragi-san has serious competition this year! um, maybe don’t tell her i said that?”

—————

Song: ?

Name: Akihiko Wakabayashi

Club: Track (Even though he hates it)

Height: 5’1

Stats: Genuine, Somewhat Stoic, Passive, Logical, Hardworking, Negative, Lawful, Shy

Romance: Ren Sugiyama

Personality: Akihiko is very shy. He despises the limelight and refuses to be within six feet of anyone he deems popular enough to bring attention to him. Unfortunately, he falls for Ren Sugiyama. He is very unlucky and clumsy, often causing problems for people around him with how often he trips and falls. He has rather low self esteem, which causes him to hide his face.

Appearance: Akihiko has very pale skin due to his disliking for anything outdoorsy. He has dark green hair that covers one of his green eyes, as well as a mole under the covered eye. Akihiko wears clunky glasses that covers his face almost as much as his face mask. He is rather small for his age, in both height and weight. Akihiko wears comfortable oversized clothing, however he makes sure that he blends into his surroundings, and if he stands out, will either a) leave the premises immediately or b) go home and change.

#oc #lemonadeif #lemonadeifmc #mc #interactive fiction

[dear-indies]

hey there, i sent this in a while back and i think it was just before your inbox purge; i was hoping you could direct me to that one directory of all the japanese fcs or help cast sapphire from sailor moon? thank you so much

Hey anon! There’s a masterpage by japanesefcs but an anon a while back said it was unavailable and at the time of posting this it’s still unavailable. According to one website Sapphire is seventeen and we don’t offer faceclaims for minors but since you’ve sent this more than once it means you’ve read our rules so I’m assuming he’s now older in canon? Somebody please tell me if he’s still a minor. Adachi Yuto has had blue hair but he’s recently appropriated black hairstyles and I don’t know anybody else near that age range who has had blue hair so here are some other suggestions:

Meguro Ren (1997) 

Wakabayashi Takuya (1997) 

Nakagawa Taishi (1998)

Kyle Takano (1998)

Iwakami Shunya (1998)

Tamamoto Fumito (1999) 

Yoshida Chihiro (1999) 

Shimizu Hiroya (1999) 

Furukawa Tsuyoshi (2000)

Usa Takuma (2000) 

Okuno Sou (2000)

Hidaka Mahiro (2001)

-C

#fc help #rph #rpc #japanese fc #japanese fcs #Anonymous

[kentootv]

まれ (Mare)

DORAMA DETAILS

Title: まれ

Title (romaji): Mare

Broadcast Network: NHK

Genre: Drama

Episodes: 156

Release Date: March 30 - September 26, 2015

Runtime: Mon-Sat 8:00

TV Ratings: 19.4%

Theme song: Mare-zora

PLOT

Mare is an elementary school student. She lives with her family in the city, but, right before her father goes bankrupt, they run away and settle down at a fishing village in Noto.

The family rents a couple's home who run a salt pond. Mare's father starts a new business, but it also fails. Her mother supports the family by working at the salt pond.

8 years later, Mare, about to graduate from high school, decides to work for the Wajima local government. She wants to have a steady job, unlike her father. Her job is to support people who move to Noto.

CAST

Tsumura Family

Tsuchiya Tao as Mare

Matsumoto Ramu as young Mare

Watanabe Konomi as Mare (age 5)

Oizumi Yo as Tsumura Toru, Mare's father

Tokiwa Takako as Tsumura Aiko, Mare's mother

Hayama Shono as Tsumura Ittetsu, Mare's brother

Kimura Seiya as young Ittetsu

Kusabue Mitsuko as Robert Yukie, Mare's grandmother

Takahashi Rai as Tsumura Tetsushi

Okesaku Family

Tanaka Yuko as Okesaku Fumi

Tanaka Min as Okesaku Ganji

Teraoka Family

Kadowaki Mugi as Teraoka Minori, Mare's classmate

Mizuno Ayame (水野あやめ) as young Minori

Tsukaji Muga as Teraoka Makoto, Minori's father

Fuse Eri as Teraoka Kumi, Minori's mother

Kuramoto Family

Shimizu Fumika as Kuramoto Ichiko, Mare's classmate

Aikawa Aoi (愛川あおい) as young Ichiko

Sasai Eisuke as Kuramoto Koichi, Ichiko's father

Suzuki Sawa as Kuramoto Haru, Ichiko's mother

Nakagawa Shoko as Obara Maki, woman of mystery

Kontani Family

Yamazaki Kento as Keita Kontani, Hiroyuki's son and Mare's classmate and Mare's Husband

Yamazaki Yuuma (山崎祐馬) as young Keita

Itao Itsuji as Kontani Hiroyuki, Keita's father

Fujiyoshi Kumiko as Kontani Naomi, Keita's mother

Nakamura Atsuo as Kontani Yataro, Keita's grandfather

Koyama Harutomo (小山春朋) as Kontani Takumi

Yokoyama Mei (横山芽生) as Kontani Ayumi

Kado Family

Takahata Yuta (高畑裕太) as Kado Yoichiro, Mare's classmate

Guts Ishimatsu as Kado Shinichiro, Yoichiro's father

Oshima Kota (大嶋康太) as young Yoichiro

Others

Watanabe Taichi (渡辺大知) as Futaki Takashi, Mare's classmate

Tsuchiya Kaede (土屋楓) as young Takashi

Negishi Toshie as Wakabayashi Kimiko

Kajiwara Hikari (梶原ひかり) as Okano Ami

Iitoyo Marie as Sawa Saya (ep133-156)

People from Yokohama

Kohinata Fumiyo as Ikehata Daigo

Ryo as Ikehata Wako

Yagira Yuya as Ikehata Daisuke

Nakamura Yurika as Ikehata Minami

Suzuki Taku (鈴木拓) as Asai Kazuya

Shuko (柊子) as Yano Toko

Son Seijun (孫成順) as Chin Bunki

Fukuda Ayano as Ueda Yayoi

PRODUCTION STAFF

Director: Kazuki Watanabe (渡辺一貴), Masae Ichiki (一木正恵), Nishimura Takegoro (西村武五郎)

Screenwriter: Eriko Shinozaki

Executive Producer: Takahashi Ren (高橋練)

Producer: Hase Tomoki (長谷知記)

Music: Sawano Hiroyuki

Narrator: Toda Keiko

WEBSITE 

Official Pages: story | cast | blog announcement | video & images

source : AsianWiki + DramaWiki + Wikipedia

SPOILER

Yamazaki Kento played as a grandson and a guy who love wajima lacquer. He studies hard about it and could be said that lacquer is his whole life? But besides that, he has a first love and she is Mare (his classmate). Actually he is Mare's first love as well. He confessed to her but end up with no clear reply. He then get a grip of himself and keep move forward to his passion about lacquer. Both of them then decided to be a friend & support each other's dream. What happen to their dream? How about their heart? And how could they end up getting married? Find the full story by download or stream here:

[DOWNLOAD LINK]

RAW VIDEO: ALT1 | ALT2

SUBTITLES: ALT1 | ALT2

STREAM (with engsub)

*ALT = alternative

#Yamazaki Kento #山﨑賢人 #山崎賢人 #まれ #Mare #tv drama #dorama #2015

[ecargmura]

Astro Note Episode 5 Review - Time To Squidaddle

As someone who loves wordplay and terrible puns, all the squid puns got to me. The subtitles did a sublime job with making their own squid puns that it made me wonder if they’re an enthusiast like me. I especially love the “Time to squidaddle” part. That got me.

This episode is mainly Takumi who’s troubled because of Mira’s mysteriousness. He has feelings for her, but he’s concerned that she might actually be a widow and engaged to Shoin to the point that they go into love hotels together. It’s bothering to the point that it’s affecting his cooking. It would be frustrating if there’s barely anything you know about someone you like, so I understand Takumi’s sentiments? Fortunately, when he realizes that Mira and Shoin weren’t going to a love hotel and the fancy place is actually his house, he musters up courage to ask her questions towards the end. It seems that her being an alien will finally be revealed in the next episode. Good. I was wondering when the cat was going to be out of the bag.

There’s another plot line with Ren. There were hints that Ren might have a crush on the girl with the frilly outfit in his class, but it turns out that he’s admiring her skirt. It seems that he’s curious about skirts and such. To the people that said that they stopped watching the anime because of Ren and his skirt fascination, y’all are WEAK. Some of the detractors were saying stuff like “anime is too woke these days”. To that, I say: anime was always woke; you just chose to point it out only when it involves something you don’t like. So, is Ren trans? I don’t know. For now, all I know is that he’s just a curious boy. Maybe it could be a phase? At least, it gives a good message to not tie boys or girls down by societal bias and prejudices. Boys can wear skirts if they want! Girls can cut their hair as short as they want!

It’s nice that they’re adding more characterization to the people who live in Astro Lodge and not just focus on Mira and Takumi most of the time. I’d like to learn about Shokichi as he seems to be the one who lived in the lodge the longest and is also a novelist, but his name cannot be found in search engines. I like that everyone in the lodge is accepting of Ren’s wants and that no one is ridiculing him. Well, his father Tomihiro looked as if he was against wearing a skirt, but he was mainly worried about societal judgement and that he didn’t want to see Ren hurt. Despite that, he was accepting when Mira allowed Ren to wear skirts only in Astro Lodge. He may be a bum, but at least he’s a good dad?

In terms of romance, it seems that there’s progression with Takumi. However, it’s not with Mira, but with Aoi. After learning that Takumi likes girls with short hair, Aoi makes the brave decision to cut her Sadako hair and go for a cute short cut! I think that looks fantastic on her! They also hold hands because Takumi spotted the nosy neighbor lady which caused him to ‘squidaddle’. Mira and Shoin saw this. Mira does get a bit concerned with what she saw. Wait, there’s romantic progression between these two after five episodes?

Lastly, I did say that Tasuke is a Wid last episode, but that statement could be retracted. Instead of being a Wid, his knowledge of Mira’s crest could be from the picture he took with Mira’s mother Adara who makes her appearance at the very last cut of the episode. Maybe he’s human and had a bit of a romance with her before parting ways? Maybe he is an alien? The back and forth is annoying, so I hope that everything is explained next episode.

I do wonder what the story will be like now that Takumi is going to learn about Mira’s secret. Will they go to Wid? What are your thoughts on this episode?

#astro note #mira gotokuji #takumi miyasaka #aoi kamimachi #ren wakabayashi #review #anime #anime review #ecargmura #arum journal #help #I can't stop making squid puns

[ecargmura]

Astro Note Episode 3 Review - Alien Shenanigans

What’s with recent media having evil pelicans? First there’s The Boy and The Heron with man-eating pelicans and now Astro Note got itself a robot pelican that can punch people! Yeesh. On top of that, this episode also has more conflict in terms of Shoin being a potential love rival for Takumi and the disappearance of breakfast.

The fiancé part of Mira and Shoin’s relationship is a misunderstanding, but it doesn’t seem to be in Shoin’s part. He hangs out with her a lot and he also was the one to emphasize the childhood marriage promise which Mira didn’t take too seriously. He probably likes her that way, but Mira only sees him as a friend. Shoin also seems open to reveal his identity as an alien, while Mira still wants to keep it a secret as she keeps lying to her tenants like saying Shoin is from the UK and that he runs a natural energy business and what not. While Mira is trying to keep is a secret, the fact that she pulls out a machine gun and Takumi doesn’t question it or the evil robot pelican is rather something… He also doesn’t question why Shoin’s car can fly. Fortunately for Takumi, there could be a chance for him as Mira finds him fun.

There’s a subplot with Ren. First, he seems to know about Naosuke’s secret of not being a dog, but it gets glossed over as the main focus becomes him wanting to bring his own lunch, but since his father is jobless, he cannot. Fortunately, Takumi, being the chef of the lodge, whips up a very nice bento that Ren can enjoy, but the first one disappears! The second one is when the crazy shenanigans happen with the robot pelican and alien stuff as Mira and Takumi try to deliver his lunch to Enoshima, where his class went on a field trip. I think that it’s bittersweet that all Ren wants is to bring a bento for a field trip. It’s something so trivial, yet it can be so meaningful to someone. I wonder if his crush on the cute girl in the dress or his knowledge of Naosuke’s identity will be brought up again.

What I find interesting is that while the people at the lodge are quirky, they’re rather nice. Mr. Wakabayashi ships Takumi and Mira and even tries to get them to have some time together by delivering the lunchbox. They don’t seem too mean over the competition Takumi has regarding Mira. It’s nice to see that.

Naosuke built a security camera so that he can attest his innocence regarding the missing breakfast cases. It seems that there’s a ghost lurking in the lodge. Who could it be? Find out next week! What are your thoughts on this episode?

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