Petopeto-san 3
First of all, sorry for being late with things, and secondly, bluemist has pointed out a site with SSA format subtitles for Petopeto-san 1-3. They look good to me, so I suppose I don't need to write quite as much here ;)
Shingo's not seeming so happy about things after his little run in with Kiyomi. We're very much shown the details of what happened, and why Kiyomi did so was explained also (as I mentioned last time, she's related to the Akaname that lick bathrooms clean and such).
As for Petoko, well, she and her mom are about out of food at home, and then their electricity is cut off as well. Petoko's lack of food shows itself, as the next day she's gotten rather transparent like her mother. Shingo notices and buys her something to drink, and then after school he gets the others to help him collect some money for Petoko. Though Kanna's rather uninterested in helping out a "monster" as usual :P
Over dinner that night, Shingo's dad brings up an interesting fact about the town -- it's the only place in Japan where 100% of families with two or more children have little sisters. The town has a "Miss Little Sister" pageant and he wants Shingo to get the girls in his class -- the "Special Races" girls as well -- to participate in it. There's a nice prize, too -- 100,000 yen. That'd help Petoko with her money problems, wouldn't it?
Shingo gives Petoko the money he raised, and she tells him she'll be going to cheer him on at his table tennis tournament. She, along with everybody else, ends up being more of a distraction than anything (^^;;) Afterwards, they head out to get some ramen, with Petoko paying using the money that was given to her. But, after arguing over ramen and being rather loud -- and Jeremy showing us his lack of a face after pulling that wrestling mask off (^^;;) -- they get kicked out. A couple of MIB-looking types were there in the ramen place... it seems Kuguru's little sister has found her... Everybody ends up going to Shingo's place to finally have some good ol' ramen.
Seems we'll see Kuguru's sister, Chochomaru, again next time. She's apparently president of an industrial company and is described in her character profile as a "sexy seven year old that's to be feared in the future" (I'm not kidding). She sounds like quite something (^^;;) We also found out this time that Kanna apparently wasn't so mean to the "special races" in the past, so perhaps sometime we'll learn what exactly made her call them all "monsters" now.
Anyways, Petoko was cute as usual so I'll be looking forward to next time. And what crazy harem comedy-like situation will Shingo-kun find himself in next? ;)
Hey how could you not like hanging out with monsters? I'm really enjoying this show. But I can see this show does have a lot to offer based on the nature of things. Funny thing is that despite knowing what the characters are you don't really look at them as being monsters at all. Because they are excepted, by some in the human world. But one can see why not everyone can deal with their odd "quirks" of being a monster. But you can see that Shingo is one that is not effected by those types prejudices. I hope we find out a little more about 'Kanna' and 'Chie' why they have such issues.
This show just gets better, if that's possible. The situations are unique, the characters are likeable, the funny bits are funny, the serious bits are serious (prejudice, poverty, illness), and Petoko is so moe. Kudos to YUG and Xebec for the look. Great work again by Ueda Kanna as Petoko. And just listen to Chiwa Saitou (Shingo's little sister) blare out "o-kaeri nasai" when her parents get home.