[Midonin]

Spoiler for Busou Shinki 05 - ....My Battery Pack: Road to Okinawa:

The title and the preview hinted at this being a beach episode, and it was... for the first few minutes, and that was all taking place inside the visualizer. Doll joints are really visible when one is in a swimsuit. Hina goes with a school swimsuit, of course, and makes watermelon smashing into a test of great strength and skill. Hina definitely gives off different vibes than Ana, a testament to Minori Chihara's range. Once we get past that, the episode takes on a far more wistful tone.

It becomes a buddy travel movie. Rihito forgets them, but damnit, Ann won that Okinawa trip, they're going to get there. Never mind that Okinawa is a long distance from Tokyo for a normal sized person, for a tiny person it must be a freaking Odyssey. But, thanks to a helpful Shinki voiced by Ryoko Shiraishi and the power of montage, they're able to make it before the episode is up. Like I said, the episode didn't turn out to be what I expected - Shinki fanservice isn't completely bad, but a trek across Japan, on the open road, reminds me of so many movies I watched as a kid that it generates that nostalgic feeling.

I wonder how many episodes we're going to be in Okinawa for. Next episode is set there, but with less beach service and more bomb threats.