(Warning: This entry... doesn't really contain spoilers of any kind, but it does include minty rambling on about this series a lot.)











Well, I think I didn't get to blog about this show as much as I wanted to, but even so, that doesn't mean that I didn't watch it.
And watch it I did. Every Sunday.
It was kinda like my Church.

...But now all that's over, for Pani Poni Dash has ended. And it still all feels a little unreal.


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Anyhow.
The episode starts off with the hottest day ever. What? Why?! It's the middle of fucking winter. Oh wait, of course -- it's because of Ichijou Matsuri (I.. really don't remember what happened the last ep...though maybe that's for the best considering no one's acknowledging it anyway).
After some fun and absolutely no schoolwork (something that pisses off Miyako), the school president reveals that the school can conveniently split in half to reveal one bitchin' waterpark.
Henceforth, much hilarity and gratuituos fanservice ensues.

...Along with many anime inside jokes.
After all, what would PPD be without it?
(answer: the PPD manga)

You know, strangely enough, this had to have been one of the most random episodes this show has ever seen, with segments less than a minute long (some grabbed last minute from the manga) all squeezed in between quick character card eyecatches.
Not to mention the fact that many of these short snippets featured characters that have never been seen with each other before together, throwing me for a bit of a loop at times.

Y'know, now that I think about it, it all kinda struck me as sort of like one of those old British slapstick/variety shows...
Am I alone there..?

Never the less, did I mention that despite any real form of BEING an ending (what else was there to expect, honestly?), I really enjoyed this ending to PPD, and was almost feeling sentimental during it. Especially during the final Kiiroi Vacances, that was a nicely done amalgam if all the ops, and during the roll call. And of course, Becky pulled out just about everything from her cuteness arsenal, especially right before the end.

When it all comes own to it, PPD, I think was easily one of the most popular shows over the past two seasons. If not mainstream, then with otaku, definitely.
And with good reason. Not only did it play on puns and references directly to them, but it's one of those shows that never really grew stale, I think. Heavens knows a lot of shows did. I'm looking at you Jigoku Shoujo.

Every last bit of me wishes it could have gone on for a bit longer -- which is something that rarely happens for me. But still, i wouldn't mind some more time to get to know those half million characters that never really developed (except for maybe Behoimi) a little more, and of course, to laugh at jokes I didn't really get.

Good times, Pani Poni Dash. Good times.


(Final note: Did you notice that during this ep Kurumi's hair progressively changed to all three different styles she sported throught the series? I sure did. I'm gonna go get a cookie)

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