Ch. 11 Summary: Shiina returns to the scene of the crime with Hiro. Satomi slaps her.
Ch. 12 Summary: Shiina visits her mom for her birthday. Her mom is a jerk.
Ch. 13 Summary: An angel-like dragon child attempts to kill Shiina’s father in a dogfight.
We see the Kanji for Shiina’s name the first time in Ch. 12. It’s 秕, meaning “an empty husk.” One can imagine why she doesn’t like to use it. Continue reading Narutaru Ch. 11-13 — An Empty Husk
Normally I don’t watch dramas. All the ones I’d seen parts of before were crap. But the other week a friend of mine suggested I give this show called “Hanzawa Naoki” a try. It was only ten episodes, so I figured why not. In the worst case, I could later elucidate her on why she has shit taste.
Anyway, the lesson is, if all your friends jump off a bridge, you’d better hurry up and join them. Hanzawa Naoki is AMAZING. Continue reading Hanzawa Naoki and How You Should Watch It Even Though It’s an Asian Drama and Asian Dramas Suck
Ch. 8 Summary: Shiina and Akira emo out at home after killing knife boy.
Ch. 9 Summary: Knife boy’s friends meet at a karaoke place to discuss their plans to bring about the world revolution.
Ch. 10 Summary: The government’s special research council on military balloons meets to discuss the dragons. Shiina’s mom attends and explains mythology to the bigwigs.
In short, three chapters of build-up. Ch. 8 follows up on the emotional impact of the previous chapter’s death. Ch. 9 and Ch. 10 introduce the two new major factions, the revolutionaries and the government.
My favorite scene from these three chapters is when Shiina is moping around at home, and we see that she has exiled Hoshimaru to sleep outside on the roof:
YOU GET TO BURNING!
Akito boards the Nadesico to become a cook, but ends up piloting a giant robot to fight against alien invaders. Continue reading Martian Successor Nadesico Review — B
Ch. 6-7 Summary: A boy with a dragon child, Tomonori, attacks Shiina and Akira. He tells Akira that he wants to rule and change the world, and will do so by killing all the educated people. He tells Shiina he will kill her and asks why the dragon saved her. Shiina tells him he doesn’t know. He attacks Shiina and Hoshimaru, but Hoshimaru is Akira’s dragon child in disguises. Hoshimaru kills him with the strut from the plane. Continue reading Narutaru Ch. 6-7 — He Who Lives by the Sword
