In what might be the final episode of the Maken-Ki anime franchise, Xebec took quite the unusual turn, giving us a prequel season finale that seems more like a new beginning than an ending.
I’m holding off on my review of episodes 4-6, as the blu-ray for those episodes has been out for some time and could become available at any time. Instead I’m moving on, these episodes are based on the TV airing version so anything I say here will just be speculation on potential blu-ray fanservice content.
So it’s here, the 11th episode that sends all the characters to a clothing optional co-ed hot spring.
Another blah episode, but not without a few cheap laughs.
Hmmm… airbrushed them out? Pretty sneaky. But not sneaky enough (pics after the jump).
If you aren’t watching this series, you aren’t missing terribly much. Mitsuki and her ghost friend get in a silly fight, the ghost friend leaves, they eventually have a tearful reunion and with it, a new model for Mitsuki’s chastity belt. The only thing that was really all that amusing in this episode was the bizarre cylindrical chrome ” T ” censorship they used to cover it up.
Maken-ki! Two‘s 8th episode begins with principal Minori getting butthurt over an eavesdropped comment on her lack of ladylike qualities, and she decides to get back by appointing Takeru’s pervy partner in crime Kengo as the new acting principal. The expectation is that Kengo will have the power go to his head and turn the academy into a pervert’s dystopia. Kengo does not disappoint. A quick recap of some of the episode’s highlights:
What a great episode this was. For those that didn’t watch the first season, Kodama has always had a thing for stuffed animals, no doubt to aid in her lolicon charms. But what if her beloved teddy bear comes to life, not as a cuddly loveable creature but as a degenerate sex hound lady killer?
Another ImoCho episode comes and goes, and my confidence that it will be appropriate for a future compilation dips further and further. Even if the censorship in the early episodes ends up being legit, it would take a dramatic turnaround for ImoCho to qualify as a true fanservice series at this rate.
Now this is what I like to see. No shortage of obvious blu-ray changes coming here, including some very steamy voyeur scenes.
