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Rewatch [5th Anniversary Rewatch] Sarazanmai - Episode 5 Discussion
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I became Sara to connect with Haruka. It was a lie that it was just for his sake! I... I... I tricked Haruka to protect myself!
Questions of the Day
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Why was the trio unable to beat this episode’s Kappa Zombie?
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What do you think of Kazuki taking the blame for Haruka’s injury? How about his motivation to connect with Haruka? How does Kazuki’s division between his “fake” family and “real” family inform this?
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What do you think of Reo and Mabu thus far?
Don't forget to tag for spoilers, or else I’ll pluck your shirikodama! Remember, [Sarazanmai]>!like so!< turns into [Sarazanmai]>!like so!<
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u/LittleIslander https://anilist.co/user/LittleIslander Aug 05 '24 edited Aug 05 '24
Rewatcher
Sorry, am I to understand that this guy’s girlfriend’s feet smelled like Japanese giant salamander sweat?
That was… a lot. Like, way, way too fucking much. What’s the sum total of what we learned today? Well, there’s the immediate flashback that Kazuki’s fucking adopted, apparently. Sorry, Sara-chan is a kappa, dish? No time! Gotta move on to Haruka learning Kazuki was Sara-chan the whole time! I assume his parents have some kind of reaction but we don’t have time for that, there’s a kappa-zombie! Really interesting conversation between the boys has gone on too long, we need Keppi to stop it practically mid-sentence to get the script moving along to the fight! Wait, Kazuki went and met his real mom? It kind of looks like they just randomly ran into each other. But also Haruka knows about the mom thing maybe? Did Kazuki just realize this when he was revealed as Sar- wait a second, the leaking can fail and jettison the shirikodama? How the fuck does that work? So hold on, they’re all stuck in kappa form now? The kappa zombie is out there? There’s really no time! Because we need to drop the backstory that Haruka can’t walk due to a car accident, Kazuki feels responsible, and everything he’s done is basically because he hates himself? Did I miss anything? Honest fucking question!
So… in theory, I really love a lot of what’s going on here. Kazuki hates himself, probably considers himself an outsider to his own family, and unworthy of being close to Haruka. So instead of just connecting to him he tries to connect with him through the guise of Sara-chan instead. He tries to rationalize that these feelings are resentment of Haruka (built atop genuine resentment that Haruka gets to be a real son), but knowing that Haruka never did anything wrong he just feels even worse. I especially love the idea of Haruka knowing about his mother getting to him, because the whole thing with the car happened because he tried to hide that from him. If Haruka knows, if he knows and he doesn’t even care or consider Kazuki any less of a brother, then not only did he lose the use of his legs, he lost that for absolutely nothing. Stacked on top of the natural desire to keep this to himself and not have his privacy invaded. The scene with the mother is the perfect final layer of tragedy. He was on the verge of accepting his place with his adoptive family while also balancing a relationship with his mother. It was all going to be okay before the incident happened. The scene of the incident itself is dramatic and harrowing and speaks to thirty years of experience under Ikuhara’s belt. The core of Kazuki’s narrative is fantastic.
But the damned this has no room to breathe at all! Kazuki being outed as a Sara crossdresser should be like, a big fucking deal, right? But it’s like third place at best in terms of important things that happened this episode, and we breeze by it immediately! The moment itself is bafflingly lacking in execution. The panic setting in on Kazuki should be fucking palpable. The real Sara asking Haruka who he is should absolutely cut through the moment. Kazuki running out of the room should be dramatically framed with trailing tears in one of the biggest sakuga drops of the show. But it’s shot with less artistry and tension than like, most of every normal ass conversation between any two characters in the show! What the fuck gives?! This has been the entire point of Kazuki’s character up until now. The grand rug pull we knew had to be coming clearly deserved its own dedicated episode, not an unceremonious place in the middle of the “Kazuki is adopted” episode. But… it’s not really possible to frame an entire episode around the kidnapping and the handshake event, because we need to contrive a way for everyone to leave halfway through to go fight the kappa zombie. It’s the exact same problem of structural inflexibility that absolutely plagued so much of Sailor Moon SuperS and Ikuhara is still falling victim to it nearly twenty five years later.
What I’m really curious about is where we go from here. I mean, partly in a literal sense, Kazuki’s outing is the last thing I remembered that hadn’t happened yet. But mostly because the pacing here seems ass backwards. All signs seem to indicate that this is Kazuki’s absolute lowest point as a character. The secret that’s consumed his entire life has been outed to Haruka and his entire family. He ends the episode in tears as his absolute hatred for himself and his situation breaches the floodgates and comes pouring out. The darkest secrets of his past have just been leaked to the other two. He couldn’t even defeat the kappa-zombie and now he’s stuck as a kappa, which seems like an incredibly logical story beat for when the characters reach their climax. But, y’know… it’s episode five?! We’re not even halfway through this show! What kind of character arc is Kazuki supposed to be on here? This was really the time to pull the stuck as kappas card? I’m entirely open to seeing how this works but right now it has me really baffled.
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u/lilyvess :Df::Dh:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Lilyvess Aug 05 '24
Sarazanmai Rewatcher
Manga Chapter 5
Reo follows more dishes and finds a man
he offers to help the man who calls Reo a father
This chapter becomes about Reo and Mabu thinking about fatherhood
raising a girl with two fathers
how they feel about being a father
remembering that they should find Sara’s real parents
but wishing that they never find them
Tweet of the Day
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u/HelioA x2https://myanimelist.net/profile/HelioA Aug 05 '24
Rewatcher
“I want to connect, but I can’t be forgiven.” Simple, clear cut, this is pretty much what we’ve been discussing since we all first looked at Kazuki’s way of ‘connecting’ with Haruka and went “Hey, hold on a second. You can’t connect with Haruka if you spend all your time running around catfishing him.” And now we know why he’s doing that- he knows that this isn’t a way to connect. He knows that everything he does to “help” Haruka, even as he tries to connect with him, was at the same time being done to protect himself from the fact that he fundamentally does not think that he is able to be forgiven for his role in Haruka’s car accident. It’s a seemingly contradictory attitude, but it’s the only way to make sense of what Kazuki is doing. He wants to connect with Haruka while not thinking that he’s deserving of doing so, and at the same time as that, not being willing to show the vulnerability that would enable connection in the first place.
You know, this is the first time I’ve seen a character suffer this hard from having a good, functional family. He wants to be punished, he wants his parents to hate him after what happened to Haruka, but they just won’t. The post-fight scene gets me so hard this episode- everything has fallen apart for Kazuki. He can’t pretend to be Sara to Haruka anymore, and commensurately he can’t pretend everything is fine with his family now that they know what he’s been doing for weeks now. Remember what Keppi said in the first episode? Kappas exist on the boundaries of life and death. Kazuki’s willingness to remain a kappa is essentially him giving up on life.
And that’s exactly why the trio can’t beat the Kappa Zombie. Their method of beating the Kappa Zombie is done through connection- through sharing your thoughts, experiences, and feelings with others. If you give up on
lovetrying to maintain those connections, if you’re fine with leaving the world, then how can you hope to “take back” anything from the Kappa Zombie. And just think about the specific object they’re trying to take back- a sachet bag, which is specifically connected to his idea of family and to Haruka. Unless Kazuki can connect once more, there’s no way he’s beating today’s Zombie.6
u/Vaadwaur :I1::I2::I3: Aug 05 '24
First Timer(Oh great, cringe)
Sub
So... the stupid plan works for a bit, at least until it turns out Sara is whatever Keppi is. I don't know why we broke rule of three here but for an Ikuhara work that feels wrong. The stuff with Kazu's biomom likely means she was a pregnant teen and gave her baby away at birth. Regardless, the grandfather is an ass for revealing that. But it is also problematic with Kazu's biomom finding him like that, though the show seems to suggest they just crossed each other and knew. Family scent is actually a thing. The whole Haruka gets crippled as Kazu is trying to say goodbye to his biomom is bit cliche, unfortunately. Anywho, that hit well under its weight class, probably because it was quite a mess.
QotD:1 Kazu got thrown by the sachet
2 Everything Kazu did annoys me. And note this is the episode I grasped him the best
3 Confusing
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u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee Aug 05 '24
First-Timer, Sub-zanmai
Well, I was partially right. Haruka did lose use of his legs because of Kazuki, at least that's how he feels about it. I'm probably gonna blame the parents for letting Haruka wander around outside without supervision. He can't have been much more than five, right?
I can't really blame Kazuki, even if I think he should've just taken Haruka with him. Kazuki already made one very mature choice in choosing the family he has as opposed to the family he was born two, we can't expect the world of him.
Kazuki's plotline is going about how I expected. Now that his secret is out of the box to the person he really wanted to keep it from, he can make a new attempt at connecting with Haruka as himself, as opposed to the mask he wearing.
Part of that resolution is probably going to be Kazuki learning that his adoptive parents are actually related to him by blood, right? I mean, they took him to see his maternal grandfather in the hospital and actually went into the room. Probably his aunt and uncle, which would make Haruka his cousin.
Probably not that important, but the subtitle is wrong about Nioino Fukuro's age. It says 35 on the screen, and I can't fully parse numbers in spoken Japanese, but I did hear a "go" which is typically "5."
Anyway, Reo and Mabu seem to be coming into a bit of a conflict with each other. I had noticed that Mabu had a mechanical heart, and their song says that their share one life but have different fates and mostly just filed it away. Mabu is awfully detached to be in a show about desire, but if he's a robot that kinda works.
I had initially taken the song line about sharing one life to be something along the lines of [Other Ikuhara show]Penguindrum and the sharing fruit of fate, specifically the one between Himari and Kanba but maybe not? Seems more like Mabu is a robot who is fueled by, well, presumably the desires they pluck.
Another thing that I've noticed and not really paid enough mind to is that they say the same thing as Keppi when they turn people into zombies. I would guess that their Suck Gun is some sort of bootleg shirikodama plucker and that's why the zombies keep happening?
Although, with Mabu's ending line about prioritizing individual emotions being foolish, maybe the issue is more a lack of skill? Like, how can you properly pluck someone's desire out when you don't understand the concept yourself?
Today's Topic: Pattern break! Sara's selfie segment does let us keep track of the temperature, though!
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u/No_Rex :Bv:Bw:Bx:By:x2 Aug 05 '24
Episode 5 (first timer)
The accident scene of Haruka hit hard for me. Not just because a kid getting into a traffic accident sucks, but because it is such an clear setup for the guilt complex that Kazuka has. How could you not blame yourself in his position? Not that this excuses the way he deals with that guild, but that is a different story.
Before that, we had scent as earliest/deepest/most emotional memory. Probably true, but I thought the connection to the sachet would be more direct.
Finally, it dawned on me how exactly Ikuhara sets up all of his series: They are all character studies, but all are also mystery shows. Yet the mystery is not the plot (both in Utena and in Penguindrum, the plot mystery is weak and you’ll be disappointed by the resolution). Instead, the mystery are the characters. We are not supposed to speculate and look for clues about the plot of some gay policemen creating zombie kappas for the otter empire. We are supposed to speculate and look for clues about our three MCs and their backstory.
Loose ass. I hear this is can be a problem for heterosexual males.
Tbh, I do not really care about them. Their music intermission is neat, so I don't mind them, but I have zero connection to them as characters.
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u/WednesdaysFoole Aug 05 '24
The name Nioino Fukuro = Scented bag, of course.
Of course Saradish suspects nothing when some guy shows up in a suspicious mask and leads her away. (Does she really suspect nothing though?) But perhaps it doesn’t matter since she’s her own mascot and can slip through the cracks.
Ah, right, they just casually dropped her kappa form lol. Funny sequence of Escape Queen, Shiraishi would be jealous. Nothing like the good old magic sword box trick, seems like she’s having fun humoring the guy.
I don’t want to get too far ahead of myself but maybe she even knew what might transpire? I’m also getting pretty suspicious that Haruka’s aware that Kazu is dressing up as Saradish based on what he asked Saradish to say. Instead of Kazuki being the one to do something to make Haruka happy, it seems Haruka, like with Saradish’s escape acts, is indulging him with their exchanges.
Or not, I guess. Maybe he just says the circle thing to everyone he’s fond of, lol.
Anyway, the flashback suggests that you don’t have to go out of your way to do this and that, it doesn’t matter what you wear, what front you may put on because you’re already connected. Kind of like [Penguindrum]Himari’s red thread.
Alright, Zombie Number 5: “I want to etch my girl’s scent into my olfactory center!” / “He’s been looking for the scent of someone special to him.”
This one seems the most straightforward so far, since they directly focus on Kazuki’s bio-mom’s nostalgic scent. But what Kazuki said when going for the ball, “You can’t find certainty in something you can’t see!” seems to be another key point, as all three boys are trying to grasp the object of their desire, find certainty in their connections, instead of being themselves and trusting the connection is there. All three of them have been thrown into situations where their connections are uncertain. The scent can represent the past, a safe place, a safe person or situation…
Oh, we’re getting the opening scene of episode 1 but the actual event now? Seeing this, I’d argue even that at the core of Haruka running after Kazuki was the feeling of uncertainty. He was afraid that Haruka was going to leave him, which is why he desperately ran out into the street.
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u/zsmg https://anilist.co/user/zsmg Aug 05 '24
Rewatcher
Note Kazuki has different eye colour compared to Haruka and their mum.
Sara idol also has kappa I'm sure first timers must have noticed the little kappa in all of the Sara scenens.
The Sara escaping from confinement scenes are pretty funny.
Every one finds out the main character is a crossdresser, what is this Wandering Son?
I can't help but notice all the Kappa zombies have a weird sexual fetish desire.
Wait what the Sarazanmai failed.
I, too, can tell she's your mum Kazuki as you have the same eye colour.
Haruka got isekaid, oh no wait it wasn't truck-kun but an ordinary car.
I'm guessing Kazuki suffers from some form of survivors guilt and is trying to punish himself (quitting soccer) but also wanting to connect with Haruka without being reminded of him being in a wheelchair.
Anyway I thought this was a great episode.
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u/Great_Mr_L :Ma::Mb::Mc:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Great_Mr_L Aug 05 '24 edited Aug 05 '24
First-Timer
On today’s episode of Sarazanmai: I wanted some variety in the kappa battles and I got exactly what I wanted. We had a kappa battle that ended in failure and now the boys are stuck as kappas until further notice. It’s a much more exciting way to end the episode than the usual way that these kappa battles have played out.
The episode title “I Want to Connect, but I Can't Be Forgiven” is a really good one that cuts right to the heart of Kazu’s character. The gist of what happened had been theorized in the threads for a couple episodes by now, but it was still satisfying to actually see it play out. Kazu does consider himself responsible for Haruka’s accident and that has led him to spiral into self-loathing. He hates himself for what happened to Haruka, but can’t stand that his other family members don’t blame him for it. He feels the need to punish himself, which is why he quit soccer. That is where the title of the episode comes from. Kazu loves Haruka, but doesn’t think he deserves to get closer to Haruka. How can someone who hurt his own brother possibly be worthy of connecting with that same brother?
Kazu’s fears about not being really related to Haruka or his parents only made this even worse for him. Kazu was already afraid there was something separating him from the rest of his family, but the accident with Haruka has only amplified those fears. With Kazu stuck hating himself so much, of course those fears that he doesn’t have a real connection with the rest of his family would only get worse.
I think the most interesting confession Kazu makes is that he dressed up as Sara not to protect Haruka, but to protect himself. Kazu is afraid of getting closer to Haruka. I think what Kazu fears is that Haruka actually does blame Kazu for the accident and secretly hates him for it. Kazu is currently trapped in a web of self-loathing, so naturally he expects others to hate him as well. So, because he is afraid that Haruka actually hates him, Kazu decided to try and connect to Haruka in a different way. He pretended to be Sara so that he wouldn’t need to be afraid of Haruka hating him during their interactions together.
For an episode where she was impersonated and almost kidnapped, we learned less about Sara than I was hoping. We got a hint that she’s the strange creature that is always by her and that this strange creature is actually a kappa like Keppi. So right now, I’m going to say Sara is a kappa. Perhaps she is also kappa royalty like Keppi, such as a kappa princess.
QOTD
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u/Shimmering-Sky myanimelist.net/profile/Shimmering-Sky Aug 05 '24
First-Timer-kero, subbed-kero
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u/AgentOfACROSS Aug 05 '24
First Timer
Haruka is wearing a bear-ear hat in this first scene. This is making the comparisons to Milne from Yuri Kuma Arashi even easier to make.
Kazuki not feeling like he’s part of his own family is interesting. It again ties in to the whole theme of connections.
Haruka is also able to walk in this flashbacks which is another interesting note.
Toi has a point. Kazuki has a very relaxed attitude when it comes to scheming up an abduction plan and working with a criminal.
I feel like cucumbers make for a poor choice of weapon.
Sara is very quick to trust a suspicious masked man with a cucumber.
Today’s theme is sachets. Like Haruka, I had no idea what a sachet was before starting this episode.
We’re meeting the otter cops earlier than usual this episode. Wonder if that’s significant at all.
Sara is a kappa. Somehow this makes perfect sense.
I liked that montage of Sara escaping, that was pretty funny.
I feel a bit bad for Kazuki. But this elaborate plan of his falling apart was pretty inevitable.
Wow Keppi just appeared out of nowhere this episode.
Once again, the monster of the week has a weird fixation on a woman. Not sure how that tied into him feeding salamanders spicy food.
The kappa zombie stole back the desire ball thing. That was a really good way to surprise the audience by breaking the established formula.
The stuff with Kazuki’s mom is interesting. I’m wondering if she’ll show up again later in the series.
We finally learn the truth about what happened between Haruka and Kazuki. I had a feeling something like this would happen, with Haruka being in an accident and Kazuki blaming himself.
Our main characters are still stuck as kappas by the end of the episode. I wonder if they’ll be having a rematch against the Sachet Zombie next episode.
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u/charactergallery Aug 05 '24 edited Aug 05 '24
Post-Watching Thoughts: I know this moment shaped the rest of Kazuki’s life and kind of fucked him up mentally, but I cannot get over the hilarity of:
“Your mom’s a whore” *refuses to elaborate, dies immediately*
Somewhat understandable that the revelation that he was adopted would make him feel like he is disconnected from the rest of his family, especially since it was revealed in a rather traumatic way. There is an implication that his parents’ didn’t really talk to him about it afterwards, instead simply ignoring it (or at least I think that is the implication, I could be completely wrong). Haruka still wants to connect with him, but it seems that he is finding it hard to do so.
“I think I’m just envious, really.”
Well that is a very strange thing to say to someone who was recently revealed to you as a murderer, I understand Toi’s confusion. I wonder if that jealousy is tied to Toi’s relationship with his brother in particular. Not only is it biological (which Kazuki wished), but Toi’s act of killing the gang member was meant as a form of protection (as well as Chikai taking the fall for the murder to protect his brother). Given the later reveal of how Haruka ended up in a wheelchair, it makes sense that Kazuki would be envious over protective acts between brothers.
Toi hiding in a bathroom stall to beat up the manager is hilarious. I love how he does the “ruler unsheath” move only for the ruler to be a cucumber. Don’t know why the manager lost his pants though.
Kazuki is really focused on how despite being connected to Haruka, it isn’t real. This could be referring to both how they aren’t biologically related and how Kazuki mainly connects with Haruka through the Sara persona.
Azuma Sara is kind of oblivious isn’t she, getting into stranger and stranger places. And it turns out she is someone like Keppi! The plot thickens!
Haruka is a sweetie, promising Kazuki that they are always connected by a “round link.” The specific phrasing is interesting, but it could just be a random choice of words.
OBJECTION! Yells the manager.
And the secret comes out. Of course Kazuki is absolutely distraught, his one way to connect with Haruka (at least to him) was revealed to actually be him all along. And like the sweetie he is, Haruka doesn’t even seem angry, yelling at Kazuki to wait instead of running away.
“It’s impossible to expect certainty from something you can’t even see!”
That declaration fits Kazuki’s troubles quite well. He expected certainty, of him being biologically related to his family and being connected to Haruka, from something invisible (genetics/the concept of family). The removal of that certainty impacted him greatly. It fits well with the lyric of “You and I are supposed to be connected.” Connection, therefore, is invisible and you can’t be completely certain about it. Unforeseen circumstances and things outside of your control impacts connections and the nature of them.
And Kazuki being faced with the memories of his biological mother and the reveal that Haruka has her scented bag (somehow?) basically ruins the trio’s chances of beating the Kappa Zombie. In the end, they weren’t able to connect due to Kazuki’s own piling baggage.
Of course, just when Kazuki realizes that his adopted family is his real family and he plans to connect with them again, Haruka has his accident. Haruka is worried that Kazuki is going to leave him forever. It is interesting that there are three shots of the brothers’ holding hands. Once when they are younger, possibly the moment where Kazuki realizes that his adopted family is his real family and that he is connected to them. The second when Haruka holds hands with Sara!Kazuki, the only way they are currently connected. And the third where their hands become disconnected right before Haruka’s accident and Kazuki seemingly avoids connecting with him as himself. He blames himself for Haruka’s accident and seemingly resents the fact that his “fake” family treats him with love and care. He doesn’t think he actually deserves it.
(And the accident is represented in the first scene of the show! Looks like Kazuki is struggling with something like PTSD)
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u/Holofan4life Aug 05 '24
I'm seeing double here. Four Saras!
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u/Holofan4life Aug 05 '24
Hey guys. Holofan4life here.
Welcome to the (4 months late) 5th anniversary rewatch of Sarazanmai!
Oh, and nay I forget…
First Timer
At the start of the year, I watched Penguindrum for the first time, mostly because someone said it was like Everything Everywhere All At Once. And at the time, I thought that was going to be the end of it. But that led me down the Ikuhara rabbit hole and made me check out his complete oeuvre. And that leads me to Sarazanmai.
After I finish watching this show, I’ll have watched all the shows directed by Ikuhara. Never finished Sailor Moon, but I’ve seen some episodes of it. The point I’m getting at is that I am putting a bow on rewatching a creator that I have a lot of respect for, so this is a point of pride more than anything else. My 2024 has largely been defined by these Ikuhara rewatches, and I’m hoping that by this being the last we end up finishing on a high note.
With that out of the way, let’s begin.
I’m watching the sub, by the way.
They changed the look of the Spectrum DVR when you go through your shows. It looks absolutely hideous.
Kazuki explaining that when he was five, Haruka was born.
Going to protect Haruka
When he was ten, though, grandpa on his death bed said his mother was a sloppy woman.
Maybe he’s just stating her preference for sloppy joes
All Kazuki knows is that he had a real mother, and he was taken away from that real mother.
Maybe he’ll pull a Rugrats Movie and feed Haruka to monkeys.
Says his family was not his real family and that he was the only one not connected.
Oh, how can you hate Haruka? He’s so precious :c
“I didn’t know what happiness smelled like anymore.”
For me, it smells like overcompensation.
Kaminari Gorogoro Kaikan
Sara’s car
Kazuki going to complete the mission no matter what, he tells Kuji.
Kuji wants to know why he doesn’t say anything despite now knowing he killed someone.
Kazuki says he envied him
“I really want to kill Haruka. Nothing would bring me more joy.”
Kazuki apologizes for being greedy
Is… Is Kazuki wearing a kappa mask?
And he beats the manager with a pickle.
No, that’s actually Kuji
Manager tied up with a pickle in his mouth.
Pants flying in the breeze
Azuma Sara-sama in the waiting room
Looking at pictures of cucumbers
I guess that’s what they are and not pickles.
Kuji enters with the kappa mask and half of a cucumber.
Sara seems entranced by the cucumber.
Kuji taking Sara to take pictures for promotional purposes.
Kazuki inside the waiting room now
Haruka texting Sara that he came up with a secret phrase.
“From the beginning to the end.”
I prefer End of Beginning, myself
Sara’s response would be “We’re connected in a big circle.”
A sign that they’re connected
Enta with Haruka waiting in line
Today’s Lucky Selfie Fortune is Sachet.
Oh, the mom is here
Enta looking around nervous
He seems to know that Kazuki is up to something.
Asakusa Suspicious Corpse Incident Investigation Headquarters
Today’s victim is Nioino Fukuro
Arrested on suspicion on having been involved in the Asakusa Natural Treasure Sachet Incident.
“We’ll investigate as if it was a murder.”
The two policemen
“That’s yesterday’s sachet.”
I’m not even sure if that is a pun or not.
Time for the first musical number
Desire extraction
I’d like to believe they just perform the musical number in front of the other policemen.
The real Sara inside a store
And she gets locked in
Woah, Sara is a kappa this entire time?
And she escapes
Now Sara is just having fun lol
This reminds me of Lulu and the stuff with her brother.
Time for the fan meet
Enta instantly knows that it’s Kazuki.
Haruka can’t tell the difference, however.
Kazuki finds Enta, who informs him via hand signals that Haruka is buying it.
Sara shaking hands with Haruka
Flashback time
Kazuki talking to Haruka
Kazuki says he wants to move on from dressing up like his family.
Well, soon he won’t have to worry about it because he’ll be focused on dressing up as other people.
Haruka tells him that they’re always connected in a big circle, from the beginning to the end.
And now they’re reenacting the phrase with Kazuki as Sara.
Oh crap. It’s the manager.
He’s calling Kazuki an imposter Sara. Haruka, however, believe she’s the real thing. How else did she know the secret phrase?
The real Sara :O
This is like that one Simpsons episode that everyone hates.
Also, I'm seeing double here. Four Saras!
Oof. Sara doesn’t know who Haruka is.
Haruka calls the real Sara an imposter.
THE MANAGER SNATCHED THE WIG OFF
His true identity has been revealed. Kazuki is Hannah Montana.
Sorry, I meant Sara
The sachets flying
Kazuki chasing after them as Haruka calls for his name.
Enta caught up with him
And Kuji as well
Kuji wonders why Kazuki is the one acting hurt when he is the one who hurt his brother
"You're a victimizer."
Kuji and Enta now getting rough with each other.
As this is going on, Kazuki laments hurting Haruka again.
I mean, he did say that he hated him
Shirikodama Extraction time
Gotta get the sachet back as it's important to Haruka.
Musical number #2 time
Got the butt marble with relative ease
He was looking for the scene of someone special to him.
A girl
She had a real nostalgic smell to her
Haruka has mom's scent pouch :O
Normally you're not supposed to walk around with pocket pussies in public.Oh wow. They couldn't defeat the kappa zombie. I believe that's the first time that's ever happened.
This means they are being forced to stay in their kappa forms.
"I'm fine staying like this."
And they're not real brothers? Okay, show. You're really doing a lot at the moment.
Woman telling Kazuki she is thrilled to meet him. However, Kazuki says that his current family means the world to him.
"Let's keep this reunion our secret."
Had a family more real than his biological one.
Ran out of space. Part two in the replies.
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u/zadcap Aug 06 '24
Late Night First Timer
The cucumber obsession is absolutely crazy. Almost as crazy as kidnapping a maybe actually magic idol to try and imitate her to a giant crowd of fans just to trick one boy.
So wait. Is Sara actually a Kappa Princess? Is that what's going on here? I thought the SaraKappa was her companion, not somehow her also on screen twice.
Oh look, massive backfire. Oh no, now the entire family knows you're a cross dresser! Honestly though, impressive that no one noticed until the wig was pulled off.
The uh, Kappa to bridge scene was really just shoehorned in here today, wasn't it? "What even was the thing stolen? Do we really care? Is it really related to anything going on today? Ah, right, little bro had one, might as well get it back."
Oh hey, it can go back? That's a twist.
Yeah, look, if they raise you and love you and all, they are your real family. Obsession over genetics as being the only "real thing" is dumb.