Popotan 5

Well, this is an onsen (hot springs) episode, so of course the streak of having a bath scene in every Popotan episode continues. This time, the sisters (and Mare) have ended up in a hot springs village, looking for popotan to talk to. Ai finds one particular popotan that says that it knows something, so she brings it along and the girls go out to the town and follow the popotan's directions. Including... participating in a beauty pageant. Getting in lots of hot springs... playing an awesome game of Matrix ping-pong (see screencaps)... more hot springs (with certain enhancing properties)... and finally to a popotan field. When Ai talks to the popotan, she and the others see a vision of this girl. Wonder if she's who Ai is looking for? We really don't know. But then.. there's some trouble as Mare and Mai don't make it back to the mansion in time before it disappears!

Oh, a cliffhanger episode! Wonder what's going to happen next? This show is getting better now. Looks like we might have an actual plot. That's always a good thing :)

Btw, the summaries from now on out will be a bit shorter due to the plot moving forward. I don't want to spoil things for y'all too much ;)

Current Rating: Up to a solid B now.