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GMT · 2012-07-23, 02:10

In this episode of Hyouka!

- Chitanda gets Irisu to move some pamphlets.
- THE HYPNOTOAD Chitanda convinces the Ice Queen Irisu to teach her some of her techniques ALL GLORY TO THE HYPNOTOAD...
- Oreki trades a gun for a bag of flour! Which he uses to be a BIG DAMN HERO.
- EPIC COOKING CONTEST!
- The school kleptomaniac strikes again!

The cultural festival arc continues in this episode. Mayaka admits to her nemesis that she doesn't have the manga from last episode. She is then exiled to the gulag made to do posters. Chitanda gets her old pal Irisu to move some anthologies for her, and causes her some yuri-flavored embarrassment by deciding that Irisu wanted to shake hands to finalize the deal (instead she, imperiously, wants a sample of the merchandise.) Chitanda then goes all HYPNOTOAD on Irisu and extracts some tips from her. Comically, Irisu reacts in almost the same way Houtarou usually does.

Houtarou is set upon by the Ghosts of Halloween Past, who are peeved at him for lighting bags of dog doo on fire in front of their door in the days of his wild youth. Actually, it's just a couple of Girl Scouts pushing cookies. Houtarou offers to trade them a gun and an anthology for some cookies. For his trouble, he gets a bag of flour, and the knowledge that he set a pair of Girl Scouts off on a life of crime.

The cooking competition starts, and a thinly-disguised Kyon is its president (he even makes reference to a Mobius Strip when his vice president talks about how much time Satoshi is taking ... we see what you did there, KyoAni.) Satoshi's nemesis decides to play unfair by bringing an actual apprentice chef. However, Satoshi counters with a Chitanda; who, besides being THE HYPNOTOAD, is also a highly-efficient cooking robot. Too efficient, as it turns out, because she's left nothing for Mayaka to cook anything with except some scraps.

But that's just fine, because it takes Mayaka most of the episode to escape from the gulag finish her poster. It's a desperate dash for her to get to the field of battle, only for her to despair at the lack of ingredients as the clock runs down . . . BUT WAIT! Houtarou, like a big damn hero, rides to the rescue with that bag of flour. And then it's an emotional (it's absolutely amazing how tense it was watching this, and how surprisingly emotional the payoff at the end was) race against the clock as we root for Mayaka to finish her dish.

She finishes in the nick of time, the ChitandaxHoutarou and MayakaxSatoshi ships gets teased just a little more, the Classics Club wins the cooking contest, and the school klepto strikes again.

This episode was more fun than a man should be allowed to have in 22 minutes.

9 bags of flour out of 10.

2012-07-23, 02:10	Link #30
GMT Orthodox Haruhiist Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Making metal ... for fish Age: 44	In this episode of Hyouka! - Chitanda gets Irisu to move some pamphlets. - THE HYPNOTOAD Chitanda convinces the Ice Queen Irisu to teach her some of her techniques ALL GLORY TO THE HYPNOTOAD... - Oreki trades a gun for a bag of flour! Which he uses to be a BIG DAMN HERO. - EPIC COOKING CONTEST! - The school kleptomaniac strikes again! The cultural festival arc continues in this episode. Mayaka admits to her nemesis that she doesn't have the manga from last episode. She is then exiled to the gulag made to do posters. Chitanda gets her old pal Irisu to move some anthologies for her, and causes her some yuri-flavored embarrassment by deciding that Irisu wanted to shake hands to finalize the deal (instead she, imperiously, wants a sample of the merchandise.) Chitanda then goes all HYPNOTOAD on Irisu and extracts some tips from her. Comically, Irisu reacts in almost the same way Houtarou usually does. Houtarou is set upon by the Ghosts of Halloween Past, who are peeved at him for lighting bags of dog doo on fire in front of their door in the days of his wild youth. Actually, it's just a couple of Girl Scouts pushing cookies. Houtarou offers to trade them a gun and an anthology for some cookies. For his trouble, he gets a bag of flour, and the knowledge that he set a pair of Girl Scouts off on a life of crime. The cooking competition starts, and a thinly-disguised Kyon is its president (he even makes reference to a Mobius Strip when his vice president talks about how much time Satoshi is taking ... we see what you did there, KyoAni.) Satoshi's nemesis decides to play unfair by bringing an actual apprentice chef. However, Satoshi counters with a Chitanda; who, besides being THE HYPNOTOAD, is also a highly-efficient cooking robot. Too efficient, as it turns out, because she's left nothing for Mayaka to cook anything with except some scraps. But that's just fine, because it takes Mayaka most of the episode to escape from the gulag finish her poster. It's a desperate dash for her to get to the field of battle, only for her to despair at the lack of ingredients as the clock runs down . . . BUT WAIT! Houtarou, like a big damn hero, rides to the rescue with that bag of flour. And then it's an emotional (it's absolutely amazing how tense it was watching this, and how surprisingly emotional the payoff at the end was) race against the clock as we root for Mayaka to finish her dish. She finishes in the nick of time, the ChitandaxHoutarou and MayakaxSatoshi ships gets teased just a little more, the Classics Club wins the cooking contest, and the school klepto strikes again. This episode was more fun than a man should be allowed to have in 22 minutes. 9 bags of flour out of 10. __________________ Go into the water. Live there. Die there.