K-ON!! 16

we'd have to accept the fact that the Light Music Club is probably the best club you could join... just think of all the free time and snacks to eat... .__.

The girls were having their normal cup of tea and Azusa was given the last piece of cake since Sawa-chan won't be coming. Azusa then sees that Yui's hair had a sticker stuck upon and while helping her to remove it, Jun happens to drop by and stumbles upon them having their usual snacks. Next day during class, Jun approached Azusa and asks her to write down the activities the Light Music Club has for every session. Azusa did not dare to let Jun find out that they were having break times now and then to have snacks and wrote down as 'meetings' instead which Ui helped cover the truth for Azusa. Azusa was therefore determined to change and not to slack during club sessions but when she stepped into the music room, no one was there yet. Moving in, Azusa then finds a clump of hair sticking out from the piano and sees Mugi sleeping there. Mugi awakes, greets Azusa and suggests to her to come over to her as well with the warm sun. When asked for a reason, Mugi tells Azusa that she had planned to scare someone who comes in and after realising that her target was supposed to be Azusa, she tries desperately to scare her, but to no avail. Azusa feels wierd as it was her first time being alone with Mugi and when she takes out her guitar, Mugi was surprisingly close and asks her if it was hard to play the guitar. Azusa let Mugi try playing the guitar and after teaching her some chords, Mugi concluded that it was hard and continuous practice is definitely needed. After spending the next few minutes chatting, Azusa hears voices from the door and opens to discover Ritsu, Yui and Mio watching them from outside the room since it looked 'interesting' to see Azusa and Mugi together. Incidentally, the girls continued to have snacks and Mugi then takes out her newly composed song which would be used for the school festival. After class ended, Azusa was determined again to practice hard during club session and this time, she finds Mio changing her string for her bass alone in the music room. Azusa suggests that they practice but by the time Mio was ready, Ritsu came running to Mio to ask her for help on her home econs for sewing a skirt. Mio then agrees to help at Ritsu's home and packs up her bass and before Azusa could initiate a practice session, she ended up tagging along after Mio thought that she wasn't following. Mio quickly finished up the task which Ritsu treats them to her homemade meal afterwards and Ui wished that she could eat Ritsu's homemade meal too after Azusa told her and Jun the next day. For the third time, Azusa tried to be determined again and this time, she finds Yui alone in the music room. Moving close and finding a chance to start practicing, Yui suggests that they should clean Ton-chan's tank and by the time they had finished, both of them were already tired but with Azusa's calling, Yui asked Azusa on the reading of the notes of Mugi's new song. Seeing how enthusiastic Azusa was on practicing, Yui asks her for a reason which Azusa says that now, it was the real her but Yui doesn't think of it as important since she feels that everyone is everyone themselves and Azusa and Azusa, there isn't really a 'real' self kind of thing. With that, the next day in class, someone went to return the keychain that the others have bought for her during their class trip and it was known to have belonged to Azusa as Yui's fetish on stickers had caused her to stick on Azusa's keychain and writing her name on it. Azusa, who was trying to protect the 'real' Light Music Club from being found out, finally broke in her class. Apparently, the class was deciding for an event in the school festival and since they were doing a maid cafe, Azusa asks Jun if she was wearing cat ears which Jun doesn't understand and Azusa had thought that cat ears were an essential part of a maid. In the end, Jun could nearly see what exactly the Light Music Club was about after her comments.

much about Azusa interacting with each of her senpais in this episode and having such slack members, determination alone isn't going to cut. and poor Azusa have been 'learning' the wrong ways of the maid, most probably through their dear Sawa-chan... Jun's expression was exceptionally priceless after hearing from Azusa that maid comes with cat ears .__.

Ookami-san to Shichinin no Nakamatachi 4

and it begins with Long, long time ago... once again...

Ryouko is seen to have disguised herself totally, wearing a cap, sunglasses and mask in order to buy a girls novel written by Yuki-sensei which she admires but feels embarassed for buying a girls novel and thus, had disguised herself. Otsuu was cleaning the front yard of the Otogi Bank and is watched by her admirers as usual. While returning to the Otogi Bank, Ryouko sees a baseball flying in the direction of Otsuu and tries to get her away but she wasn't going to reach her in time. Ryoushi then shoots the ball away using his catapult and which Otsuu later goes to Ryoushi and thanks him for saving her. Seeing how she's staring, Ryoushi's old habit had started again. Returning home, Ryoushi discovers a maid in his house and quickly closes the door, thinking that he must be seeing things but it was a fact. The next day in school, Ringo sees Ryoushi having some serious eyebags and asks him for a reason which he slowly explains. Having saved by Ryoushi, Otsuu wants to return the favour to him and had thus become his maid. Ryoushi wasn't exactly happy about it but Otsuu seems to be overworking herself to serve him and having to sleep in the same room as her, Ryoushi was unable to sleep at all and fears that he may die from sleep deprivation if the situation continues. Ringo tells Ryoushi that many boys would prefer to be in his situation but Ryoushi says that he prefers Ryouko instead and after seeing her blush, Ringo goes to Ryoushi and whispers to him, asking him if he would like to see Ryouko in a maid outfit which he nods. Ringo then decides that they'll go to Ryoushi's house after school and after enticing Ryouko with the two dogs that she was close with, Ryouko tags along. Having reached Ryoushi's apartment, he tells them about the person looking after him and the other tenants who was Yukime and she was the Yuki-sensei that Ryouko admires. Taking the chance, Ringo reveals to Ryoushi that Ryouko's a die hard fan of the girls novels that Yukime writes and is afraid to be seen reading it for which she attempts to hide them using separate book covers. Ryouko was unable to deny it and shouts out loudly that she's a fan of Yukime's novels which in the flat, Yukime hears it and invites them up. After having some chat, Ringo sees that the impression of Yuki-sensei is rather different from what she imagines to be. Otsuu then comes to serve tea which Ryoushi still feels uneasy and spills it, and was taken away by Otsuu. Yukime could then tell that Ryouko had some feelings toward Ryoushi and when she tries to deny it by saying that she prefers some strong person, Yukime corrects her that what she really wants is someone who could protect her, someone she could rely upon and someone who would love her with his mind and soul. She also tells Ryouko that Ryoushi is someone that fits the bill and that he changes when influenced by certain girls and since its Ryouko, there isn't going to be much problem. Yukime then asks Ryouko and Ringo to stay for dinner which they did and while serving them water, Otsuu faints due to her high fever and was brought away by Yukime to the hospital. Back in Otogi Bank, Ryouko is curious on the reason why Otsuu is willing to overwork herself to repay her favours but Liszt feels that whether to tell them or not, the choice does not lie with them. The Otogi Bank then decides to go visit Otsuu in Ryoushi's house and after seeing how Otsuu still wants to serve them in her current state, Yukime reprimands her and tells her that it would be a selfish decision to do so and asks her to continue to rest. Looking at the situation, Liszt decides that it would be best for the others to know the reason why Otsuu is so determined and tells everyone that during Otsuu's childhood, she had acquainted herself to a neighbour boy and once, while crossing a road, she was nearly banged down by a truck which the boy risks his life to save her. Otsuu vows to return the favour for saving her but before she could repay it, the boy dies from his injuries and the favour can never be repaid. Thus, in fear of not being able to repay a favour again, Otsuu is therefore determined to repay all her favours. Ringo then have an idea which they later carry out and Otsuu, this time, would be served by the Otogi Bank who are all dressed up as maids, even Liszt, Ryoushi and Tarou aren't left out. After serving her for the day, Otsuu thanks them and promises that she'll repay the favours eventually but Ringo tells her that the favours she needs to return is just too much and she'll never be able to repay them all. Even if she did, she would just continue adding more and more favours to pile up her debts. Ryouko adds on that she doesn't want the Otogi Bank system to work within the members since everyone are all companions. Otsuu was touched by them and apologises, telling everyone that they are all her dearest companions. Having solved a problem, Liszt then decides to hold a celebration in Ryoushi's small, compact room which Ryoushi fears of having sleep deprivation again.

having more character development and with more on Ryoushi and Ryouko's relationship, i could say, for now, that as compared to Toradora!, this is less entertaining... maybe due to the larger number of characters that the plot has to develop into and perhaps slowly move on to the actual relationship between Ryoushi and Ryouko. and for this episode, Otsuu's character developent was rather short, as compared to last week's Otohime but at least we get to see Majo out of her funky costume :D