In a way this is the Misdirection Overflow episode for Mimi Katsura. If you have never seen Kuroko’s Basketball I will explain what that means. The titular Kuroko’s basketball power is called Misdirection. (This is a show where people have techniques that might as well be magical basketball powers.) Misdirection works on the fact that Kuroko is so unremarkable that people even look over him when he is on the basketball court. This lets him pass and shoot unopposed most of the time which makes his the ultimate facilitator to the stars to the team. Sound like anyone else? One of his more esoteric powers is that he can stand out on the court in a way that gives everyone else the Misdirection power.

In many ways Mimi is using the Misdirection Overflow power here. She is a character who is normally so in the background that everyone overlooks her. So when she shines it sticks out like a sore thumb and districts everyone else from some things happening in the background.

When she eventually becomes a Heroic Spirit and is summoned in the 9th Holy Grail war she will make a most excellent Assassin for whoever summons her.

Also now that I think about it Mimi is actually more like Stealth Momo from Saki.

This is also an unexpectedly Boys Love oriented episode. For a show that has such a strong yuri core to it the examination of the BL side of the force is strong. I mean Ogiue Maniax got three posts out of this little side story arc in the manga for his Fujoshi Files. There is some high level boy’s love talk going on here. The dive deep into the rotten backstreets of Otome Road. It makes me wonder if the hard-core fujoshi character has become its own fetish with men. It does seem like at times the high level fujoshi in shows is there to appeal to the guys as much as any women who might identity with her.
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OK! We can do this! I think I can really catch up. I’m a little worried I am cursing myself by typing these words but we shall see how that works out. If something goes utterly wrong I have a plan where I just make this paragraph a quote as proof that when I started writing this I had nothing but high hopes.

The beach episode is the beach episode. It is practically written into the DNA of a show like this. The show could no more resists the calls of the ocean (or Waku Waku Splash) than a moth can resist the flame. The sooner this passes the sooner they can get back to card collecting and delving into Miyu’s past. 

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Just in case anyone was worried I am still doing the Fate/kaleid liner PRISMA ILLYA reviews. With my vacation, Otakon, work, Fate/Grand Order, and other projects I am behind on EVERYTHING. My life since then has just been a game of catch-up. My official goal is going to be to try to knock out with my reviews by the end of the week. We shall see how that goes. If nothing else it is only Primsa Illya. What I really should be focusing on is Fate/Grand Order and the Hero of France. Got to get in on the ground floor of that Kojirou boom before it is too late.

OK. One thing at a time.

There is a bit of an art to picking pictures for blog posts. I will never claim to be the Leonardo da Vinci of screencaps. But I can at least try to keep the pictures here on the classier side of things. With this episode (and the next episode) it is going to be a bit of a challenge. They are finally making it to the long promised (or threatened depending on your point of view) beach episodes.

If your mad there are no Illya and Chloe make out pictures I merely directly to the rest of the internet that has talked about this episode before me. Seek and ye shall find. Quite easily in fact.
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