Love is in the air, or at least in the mssages.
What They Say:
Bossun has a new e-mail friend, as does Himeko… In fact, they both start to fall for their respective pseudonymous pal, unaware of the person’s true identity.
The Review:
Relationships dealing with the main cast have been done kind of sparingly at best with Sket Dance and that’s been for the better as it’s not the kind of show that I think would work with a lot of romantic complications coming in. Especially if they were within the group itself. The bit in the previous episode with Switch and Momoka works well because it’s not exactly followed through on and has a certain air of innocence to it. They also work well as a pair since one of them is definitely interested and the other is kind of oblivious.
With this episode, the fun of doing all your email communication through your phone is again a big part of a Japanese teenagers life as we see that both Bossun and Himeko are getting into some fun conversations with someone through theirs. Bossun is having some great conversations with a girl he only knows as Pudding, someone that has a lot of similar interests to his. He uses the name Samurai-san, since Shinzou was there when he signed onto this service, but the whole thing is just comical to watch with how into it he gets and the way he eagerly anticipates every new message that comes his way. He’s completely addicted just as Shinzou said he would be and it’s spot on with how he’s in denial but still hooked.
Himeko for her part gets caught up in it as well, helping a friend with an email communication she wants to write and needs to use Himeko’s phone. She didn’t intend to get into it, but before she knows it, it just spirals out of control and she takes on the role of the other person in order to expand things for her and it almost becomes a kind of acted out romance. She’s completely into it and only Switch realizes along the way what’s going on. But smartly, for out benefit and his, he doesn’t tell them the truth but rather puts things in motion so that he can have a heck of a lot more fun with what will happen. Suggesting a meeting is just the perfect thing for him to oberseve and you can see how practically giddy he is about how it would play out.
In Summary:
Things do pretty much play out as you’d expect here when you have Himeko and Bossun messaging each other without realizing it and it all leading up to the big explosive moment where it all comes out. Considering their personalities, it’s no surprise that things just go in a very comical and over the top way, for this series. The ending provides a lot of laughs but I really liked everything else in it where they’re messaging each other and getting so head over heels at times that they’re just rolling with glee on the couches. The messaging addiction is strong but it also shows that Bossun in particular really does want a relationship with someone, something that doesn’t come across much in the series as a whole.
Grade: B
Streamed By: Crunchyroll
Review Equipment:
Sony KDS-R70XBR2 70″ LCoS 1080P HDTV, Dell 10.1 Netbook via HDMI set to 1080p, Onkyo TX-SR605 Receiver and Panasonic SB-TP20S Multi-Channel Speaker System With 100-Watt Subwoofer.
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