Wednesday, March 19, 2008

Kirarin Revolution, episodes 43 & 44

(きらりん☆レボリューション) 2006

Kirari (voiced by Koharu Kusumi of Morning Musume!) is a middle schooler who LOVES her food. So much so that it's scary! While girls her age swoon over idols, Kirari swoons over her dad's cooking, and couldn't care less about the life of a celebrity. But when she saves the pet turtle of Seiji of pop group SHIPS and falls in love, she decides to become an idol herself so that they can be together (or so she hopes).

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Episode 43:

A special foreigner guest will be appearing with Kirari and SHIPS in a show. His name is Mark Cappucino, a top Las Vegas magician. He considers Arashi, who will also take part, lesser in skill and relentlessly flirts with Kirari (and any female that breathes). Can Arashi prove to Mark that it's more than "top ranking" that makes a great magician? Can Kirari help? What does a giant crab and corny love story have to do with anything?

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Episode 44:

Rizuko is a child genius. At seven years old she can already count to 10,000 and graduated from a top Japanese college. For the 4th time in a row she has remained the current long-standing champion of the quiz show Kirari is appearing on. If our lovable heroine wants to win that large supply of snacks, she had better boost her brain power.

Mark Cappucino?! What about John Decaf or Tommy Coffee? Sorry, that name made me giggle for some reason. This show seems to REALLY like throwing in foreigners every couple episodes - more than any Japan-based setting anime I've ever seen.

And I seriously wanted to hurt the host of the quiz program. If he said "Q!" at the end of each of his sentences ONE MORE TIME, I swear I would've willed it so I could reach into the computer screen and punch him where the sun doesn't shine.

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