Kashimashi 3

  
  
  

And we start this time with the alien and the girl that suddenly showed up. The alien would be the one that brought Hazumu back as a girl, and the other girl that calls Hazumu "onenii-sama" is called Jan Puu... she's the spaceship that crashed into her when she was a him (^^;;) Her appearance is modeled on Hazumu's, actually. The alien's there to do a bit more observation of these humans, so he and Jan Puu will be staying with Hazumu and her family. Hazumu's parents being who they are, they have no problems accepting an alien into their house (^^;;)

Putting that silliness aside... though Tomari's not the main character this time, we do learn a bit more about her. Hazumu acts out what she did when she protected her from the mass media the other day to a couple of classmates. Tomari's actually so popular among girls that she's actually gotten a love letter from a girl once. She's cool enough to be an 漢 otoku (man), yup ;)

But this time the spotlight is on Yasuna and her feelings about Hazumu. Very much unlike the manga, Yasuna's timid about approaching Hazumu to speak with her about what's happened, keeping to herself. We also see that she can't clearly see guys for some reason... she spends her time at home alone since her parents are always out. She's never seen her father's face... Meanwhile, Hazumu worries about what to do about Yasuna. After getting some advice from Tomari, Hazumu heads to Yasuna's house. And the next morning she gives Yasuna a plant, saying that she wants to be friends with her. Yasuna aplogizes for hurting her... she was really happy when she (as a he) confessed to her, but she got nervous and didn't know what to do... since Hazumu's a girl now she thinks that she and Yasuna can start things over as friends :) At school, Tomari sees the two of them smiling and taking care of plants....

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...setting the stage for the next episode where it seems we'll see the scene that we saw right at the beginning of the first episode... As I mentioned, the anime Yasuna is nowhere near as agressive in persuing Hazumu as she is in the manga. Yasuna tells Hazumu she likes her right away in the 2nd chapter of the manga. However, I suppose I like the anime Yasuna better as she's not quite so much the stereotypical yuriyuri girl (at least for now), seeming perhaps a bit more natural... if natural is a word you can use to describe this show (^^;;)

But anyways, I'm enjoying things so far. Animation/art/character design for Kashimashi is one of the better this season so it's quite easy on the eyes (unlike some other shows I will not name). Next episode should finish up the content that's in volume 1 of the manga, so we're moving right along here. I suppose this pace means the show will be 13 episodes(?).