HonorableShadow wrote:

Yeah, I can't imagine why they would be villains again. Unless it's like...they're pretending for their reality show fans?  I'm so excited though!

Now THAT would be funny.

I scanned the latest magazine spread: http://rinmatsuokas.tumblr.com/post/141 … together-a so cute. I never knew how much I loved these two until I saw the preview for this poster and freaked out.

There were also two pages about Atsushi: http://rinmatsuokas.tumblr.com/post/141 … at-some-of (open them in a new tab to make them bigger)

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YamPuff wrote:

Season 2 confirmed

Ha! I'm so glad I've revisited here, I would have never learned about this otherwise.
There's a trailer? :>

I'm hoping for some fun Sailor Stars parody goodness. I was a little disappointed that they are identical twins though, as the first thought that popped into my head when I heard 'sun and moon themed twins' was one all golden and blond and the other silvery w black hair. :C *pouty face*

I like how the twin on the left has Yumoto-style frilly additions to the uniform.

So season two.

HonorableShadow wrote:

Yeah! I loved ep 1. Lots of fodder for my ship. But I'm a bit bummed Kinshiro is leaving.. I hope the student council will be back before the end.  I'm excited to see more of the twins, their sugar glider is cute.

I'm sure they will be back real soon. They are way too popular to be shelved.


I hope

The Juri-style fencing helmet removal made me chuckle.

I've only just seen ep1 so far. As to be expected, scary cute!
Yumoto molesting Wombat was positively creepy, the new outfits are rococo of kawai, and don't let me get started on the agony of Kinishiro-Atsushi drama. Oh, and Yumoto's brother's hatcheted wrath is always a pleasure.
I did not even realize how I'd missed this. Ep 2 to go soon.

HonorableShadow wrote:

Yeah! I loved ep 1. Lots of fodder for my ship. But I'm a bit bummed Kinshiro is leaving.. I hope the student council will be back before the end.  I'm excited to see more of the twins, their sugar glider is cute.

My exact thoughts. Kin-chan gets bonus points for me by being voiced by Kamiya Hiroshi, too.

Episode 1 was a blast, loved the random throwback about the constitution (even if all things considered, it might not be all that funny). They are going all out with the fan-service here, so much naked ass...and I am not complaining.

Yumoto's transformation sequence is still keeping up with the Sailor Moon motif, which is hilarious as ever.

Just watched episodes 3 and 4.
I liked ep 3 a lot, it didn't feel repetitive to me. I like Gora. And little Yumoto crying feels like the whole world's pang of guilt.

As for ep 4, is it just me or is this show really getting creepier still. Not an easy fit.
Chest hair, eh?

YamPuff wrote:

At this point it's pretty clear they hate Yumoto due to his relationship with Gora, so could they have something to do with Gora's past?

Yeah, absolutely.

I liked episode 3 as well and it was actually something of a revelation. All this time, I've been thinking that Yumoto reminded me of another character but I could not quite put my finger on it. Then episode 3 rolled by and it suddenly hit me: in a strange way, Yumoto is very much like a gender flipped version of Kafuka from Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei.

Both are ditzy, roll with the punches way too easily, keep an upbeat and positive attitude no matter what and are something of a mystery to the rest of the cast. Their super, hyper, enthusiastic personality leaves those around them baffled more often than not. Their solution will always default to 'love' or at least something very bright and optimistic. They seem to have the emotional age of children yet manage to be insightful. And the fact that the two series, for all their many differences, are very self-conscious parodies that delight in anime trops only seals the deal even further.

Of course, there are some rather...less than salubrious implications from this comparison that make it difficult for me to ever see Yumoto in quite the same way. Spoilers for Sayonara following, in the light of episode 3 of Binan
[So Yumoto and Gora's parents are on a 'hot springs tour' that is almost certain code for their being dead. That is weirdly akin to Kafuka's delusion about her family, her parents trying to hang themselves being retooled as their 'trying to become taller'. It was at that moment that I made the connection and dear god, it'll probably stay with me forever.]

The Christmas episode was hilarious. S2 so far has been hit or miss for me, but the Christmas ep caught Boueibu's old stride.  And it added some much needed development to the twins, who felt flat before.

Yeah he seems pretty fatherly towards them.  They need to appreciate him more though. Poor little squirrel is trying his best to cook them delicious food.