The beginning of the episode opens with Onsen-Mark fighting with a cat for food. A fight which he loses. From there on out his day just gets worse… He’s second breakfast is stolen by Cherry, the headmaster warns him the PTA are on the warpath, then he is mocked by his class when he goes to see Sakura, and finally he gets into a fight with a Beef Bowl restaurant mascot at lunch.
Pushed to breaking point, he threatens 2-4 with detention the next time talk in class. Ten overhears this, and when they start throwing snowballs at him, he decides to deliberately disrupt the class.
And that gives us the second half of the episode as Ten tries to make the class say something, but they constantly remain quiet. Not so much to spite Ten as to spite Onsen-Mark, as even when he gives them permission to talk, they refuse.
Once again, the episode ends with everything blowing up. Because that’s the scientifically proven best way to end stories!
Not quite as kinetic as I remembered, it picks up in the second half as Ten attacks the class with an army of remote controlled vehicles (and one goofy looking combining mecha) reminescent of The Beano’s General Jumbo.
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Screenplay: Kazunori Ito
Storyboard: Kanzaki Mitsugi
Director: Takashi Anno
Animation Director: Asami Endo
