A much more mellow (well, compared to the last one, at least) episode this time around, that was pretty much uneventful.. though at the same time it wasn't.

It starts off with Petoko, and eventually Shingo, getting up at 4am (nuts..) to prepare for their summer jobs -- Petoko delivering milk and Shingo with a paper route. However, Petoko says that she hardly was able to get any rest because of the big day she has planned: a trip to Ginza for the Imouto Paradise Fair and a class camp trip later on. Granted, not everyone else in the house is as overly excited as she is and much rather stay asleep, which leads to a lot of complaining and, of course, another helping of naked Kuguru. I tell ya, it's like the producers are reading our minds...

On the bike routes, Petoko is positively the cutest thing ever created ever, warmly greeting everyone and every thing she sees (she even talks to a frog..). And as sickeningly adorable as it may be, I have to admit that I thought being able to relate to her wasn't too hard.. Getting up may not be my cup of tea, but when I'm up, I'm most certainly up and usually rather energetic. Though I may not always do the whole "greet everything" deal. But that's because I suck.

Might I add that we also discover the source for Kanna's dislike for youkai (if not only the beginning of it). Later on in the episode, we meet Maeta Kotomi, Chie's beloved "oniisama" and Kanna's older brother. We also meet his girlfriend (fiancee?), a beautiful young lady who is also a youkai.

Before I get to the obvious picture here, I wonder how Petoko was able to tell that she was a youkai? Not to mention her change in expression when Chie said it definitely shows that she's ashamed of that fact -- something we haven't really seen in any youkai besides Petoko. I wonder what kind she is..
Now then, indeed it was hinted at a bit that a youkai had perhaps stolen Kanna's brother away, as we saw in her torn photograph in episode 6, so I guess this isn't too much of a surprise to deal with, but I still hope there's more to this story -- something about it seems too simple. Or maybe it's just me. I'm sure there'll be much more to focus on when it comes to Petoko's story.

Speaking of which, the next episode preview seemed exceptionally boring, both in terms of clips and description. Which of course means "we don't want to give anything away because something big's gonna happen!!"

...maybe.

Labels: Petopeto-san

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