Sunday, March 4, 2012

Anime Review: Inu x Boku SS Episode 8


This episode opens with Ririchou making coffee and thinking about how invite Soushi for coffee.

The we see Soushi has finished cleaning Ririchou's shoe outside the school gates while everyone is staring at them. Soushi insists on waiting for Ririchou after she’s done with school while keeping an eye on her 24/7.  Ririchou wants to be in her classroom on time but then Soushi saves her from an accidental flying baseball.

The we see Watanuki behaving like a true "delinquent" (by helping a girl pick up her handkerchief she dropped, giving back the extra 10 yen the canteen vendor accidentally gave him and raising up his hand first to answer a teacher’s question during Math class) and Karuta’s appetite are shown to pass the time during school hours.

Ririchiyo is still trying to figure out how to repay Soushi for his selfless acts after her own unsuccessful attempts.  Then school is over and Soushi’s on time to pick his Ririchou but he has no idea what to do and where to go as he asked Ririchiyo before she goes to her classes.

Then Ririchiyo thinks back about a conversation during lunchtime and the three youkais meet on the rooftop to have lunch together while complimenting each others bentos about how they look and smell delicious. Ririchou denies enjoying lunch with two strange people and while in bed later on keeps thinking of Soushi’s behavior in her enjoying the company of others and wanting to know more of his SS.

Then it's the next day and Ririchiyo, Watanuki and Karuta have lunch together again with Ririchiyo organizing it. Karuta comments on how food tastes better and having friendships with others.  Ririchiyo replies back that people let their guard down as they eat. Which gives Ririchiyo an idea reward Soushi. Bingo.


After a successfully making the best cup of coffee for Soushi we see Ririchiyo sitting in front of her desk and thinking of best scenarios to lure Soushi into letting him try her cup of coffee. All the scenarios Ririchichou comes up with results in how either her or Soushi would react and then spents the entire night trying to come up with a solution. Ririchou has no plans and then we see her meeting Soushi and attempting to ask him to have a cup of coffee with her. Instead she tells Soushi to bring her a bowl of corn potage soup.

Attempt #1: EPIC FAIL. Once Ririchou gets her soup attempts to again inform Soushi of drinking her coffee. Karuta interrupts at that moment and asks Ririchou to have a slice of her fruit and then see everyone else in the cafeteria doing the same.  It becomes quite noisy and Ririchou can’t have a private moment with Soushi.

Attempt #2: Ends in failure due to a minor interruption. Outside the school gates, Ririchiyo tries once again but Karuta pulls her to school so that they won’t be late for class.

Attempt #3: Karuta manages to interrupt!

Ririchiyo decides and plans to finally get Soushi try her coffee.

Meanwhile at the mansion Ririchou witnesses the interaction between Nobara, Renshou and Watanuki and Natsume and realizes there is no such intimacy between Soushi and her. Then we see her returning to her room and she sees a tree we have seen before which is the spot where Ririchiyo and Soushi began their relationship between master and servant.

Ririchou asked Soushi to meet her under the tree while he comments on Ririchou’s strange behavior as of late and asks her if he’s not doing anything up to her standards. Ririchou tells him he’s been doing fine and is relieved that he still cares about her.  Then Soushi mentions all the unusual things she has done over the past few days (wearing the left shoe first instead of the right shoe like she always does, putting sugar on her coffee instead of the cream first and having lunch after sending Watanuki to the hell and back).

Ririchou wants Soushi to have the same standing as she has, not wanting him to keep anymore secrets from her and to be the mysterious masked hero who saves her. He admits that he like Ririchou, he has problems communicating to others normally which draws them both closer.   Then Ririchou invites her Soushi to taste her coffee she’d made herself. He accepts and it looks like Ririchou has been trying to help Soushi to up to the rest of the mansion residents.

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