Toppa Bashin – Episode 16

Oh god we’re finally done with the godforsaken Christmas episode.

Now can we finally get back to more plot relevant stuff? Instead of… you know… screen-time padding?

I always make these pleas expecting some magical force to change what’s already been animated… Should probably change my approach.

If someone ever invents a time machine I’ll probably use it to first of all finish all these blog posts.

And second of all, fix the god-awful mess that is Battle Spirits Shounen Toppa Bashin.

But I’m out of time machines so my unwavering skeptical criticism will have to do.

And now I’m watching what I can only determine to be the basis of The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya.

If this turns out to be a skippable filler episode I’m going to be livid.

So a random dude with a Visor, a VERY unkept beard, a bald head and very loud and suspicious.

The fact that he’s even standing outside the school at all would be enough for a call to the local police department.

…Do they not have a reception office at all?

No Keys to the gate? No door scanners to stop the unauthorised from entering?

This random dude can just waltz into the school completely unnoticed.

Okay definitely a need to call the Police-

-Because of fucking course it’s a Battle Spirits player.

What kind of world is it when the worst thing you have to expect from an unknown man wandering into a school he has no association with, is a burning urge to play Battle Spirits with one of the kids.

…If no one is in school then how the fuck did you get in?

Does this school not have a caretaker to lock up after them?!

Abandoned schools seem like the sickest hangouts ever then, given that they’re not in use.

HAH.

SO THIS GUY SOMEHOW WALTZED INTO A SCHOOL, COMPLETELY UNANNOUNCED, DIDN’T RUN INTO ANYBODY TRYING TO TRACK BASHIN DOWN!

A SCHOOL THAT WASN’T EVEN LOCKED UP, APPARENTLY.

AND IT WASN’T EVEN SCHOOLTIME! SCHOOL’S ON WINTER HOLIDAYS!

HOW BAD AT PLANNING A CHALLENGE FOR BASHIN DO YOU HAVE TO BE WHERE THE STARS ALIGN AND LET YOU ENTER A SCHOOL WITHOUT ANY DIFFICULTY ONLY FOR YOU TO FAIL AT UNDERSTANDING HOW SCHOOL’S FUNCTION!

…I’m extremely confused as to what’s going on here.

Also why does Aibou have his OWN Kotatsu on TOP of the already existing Kotatsu?

I apparently know what a Kotatsu is but am confused about the prospect of them being heated…

My knowledge of any given thing seems to be approximate, and it bothers me every time I realise that.

Aibou just casually throwing shade at Bashin despite the fact that he’s also enjoying his own mouse-sized Kotatsu.

Playing Battle Spirits under the heated Kotatsu sounds like a blast in the middle of winter.

Guess what we’re in right now? That’s right dickheads, Summer.

I’m sorry did someone say building a deck?

Sign me the hell up.

Aibou looks stoned, trying to explain how awesome deck building is to Bashin who’s lookin’ like I did the only time I ever got high.

Except instead of cuddling a Kotatsu I just ate 5 bowls of curry and fell asleep.

Never again.

For the record, the main characters of Battle Spirits are all Red-users, and if they aren’t, then they are extremely partial to Red, or Red makes up the main focus of their deck.

Only 3 out of the 7 main characters actually deviate from Red, 1 uses another colour to support his Red deck, another spent an ENTIRE SEASON using only Red before finally deciding he didn’t care what colour he used (Using several colours with Red as a focus despite that) and finally, the last one used all colours but kept returning to Red because the plot demanded he do so.

This is a very sudden request to make of Bashin right off the bat, it would be significantly more reasonable to have Bashin add in a different colour to support his current deck, like how J is using Yellow in support of his White deck.

Which is the obvious response to any kind of suggestion that demands a complete change of deck.

If you’re going to suggest advice for someone, telling them to change the entirety of their deck is not advice, you’re basically telling them that you’re incapable of giving advice for the deck that they are currently using.

Legitimately fuck anyone who ever suggests you change your entire deck when you’re asking for advice.

Correct, but that also works backwards, effects that only work on Red don’t work against other decks, and that discourages their use.

And you’ve got ways around that as well.

This is a perfectly good suggestion by Aibou here. Suggesting Bashin mix in cards to his deck won’t take away from his main strategy, just shift the colours around.

That is fair of Bashin to not want to use Green.

While this isn’t the greatest suggestion, White Magic is among the best type of Magic in the game.

Anything of Cost 4 and below can be thrown into any deck, so Bashin could use Silent Wall for example to cut opposing attack steps short if he plans accordingly, without the need to change his deck make up.

While that’s a pretty shit reason for not wanting to take Aibou’s advice, Aibou is also pushing unnecessarily hard for Bashin to use a different colour.

If Bashin wants to improve as a battler he’s going to need to take advice, yes, but Aibou should also be willing to give advice that doesn’t require that Bashin include another colour that might seem unnecessary.

It’s possible to give advice for his Red obsession Aibou. People just have colours they like obviously.

…

Okay Aibou’s got me on this one.

Aibou is… Saying all the things I’ve wanted to say to this meathead for so long.

It’s beautiful…

I think I might cry…

Well if the hat fits…

YEESSSSS!!

This is the most beautiful day.

Bashin’s getting his pride shat on by a fucking MOUSE!

MMMMM

Admittedly yes but now you’re just kind of deviating from the topic there Aibou.

…I suppose you’ve never seen a Cat in your life then.

Bashin casually admitting to his mouse that he’s more of a Dog person.

Little insensitive there Bashin.

Who wants to break the awful truth to Aibou now that he can speak human language?

So according to Aibou, because he has a sense of identity and the capability to communicate with Humans, he can’t be considered inferior enough to be Bashin’s “Pet”

Considering “Aibou” means partner, I assume that’s what Aibou is trying to make out here.

…

Why is Aibou insulted by the prospect of being called a mouse? Do the cornerstone animals not realise that they are actually animals?

Well according to you Bashin: Aibou, apparently.

Entirely reasonable to be fair.

I don’t think I could stand being subservient to that dumbass either.

Aibou should go join up with J and have J become the main character as he descends into edginess.

Or since Nine was so interested in Bashin’s Cornerstone, go join up with Nine, he uses a Siegfried too.

As Aibou curses Bashin’s reluctance to use a Colour other than Red, he finds himself at Meganeko’s house.

YES, This is the greatest idea, he should make Meganeko the main character.

Also totally on board with a female main character, would be difficult for a Shounen anime like Battle Spirits but it would definitely be cool.

Meganeko has an adorable relationship with her Dog, Nanarin.

She just sits there and watches it eat. I also love how she never quite touches the dog while it’s eating either, Dogs are pretty selfish with their meals, easiest way to get bit by one is to touch it while it’s eating.

So you just casually admit that you are, infact, a Pet?

Makes you look a bit silly for that argument earlier.

Nanarin notices Aibou and Aibou ,trying to get away, is somehow strong enough to kick over a pile of books.

KEEP HIM MEGANEKO.

BASHIN HAS OFFENDED HIM WITH HIS STUPIDITY.

IT’S VERY SERIOUS.

Aibou escapes right after Meganeko discovers him.

And Meganeko just kind of like has a really animated moment where she does nothing and just holds that book for an extended period of time before we cut to the next scene.

Keyword being “Sometimes”

Mixing colours is one of the greatest things you can do in a deck, and it is awesome making a good deck revolving around more than one colour.

But it is by absolutely no means essential to making a good deck.

Probably because mixing colours is a fun avenue to pursue when building decks.

How much you want to bet he’s going to follow this up with some sappy comment?

Apparently Bashin has a 6th sense for the plot because he’s ran off to Meganeko to see if she’s spotted Aibou.

A bit convenient there Bashin.

Meganeko informs the poor little dumbass that Aibou was found under that specific book she’s still apparently holding in preparation for this very visit.

And apparently Bashin has concluded that because Aibou was crushed under that book, it clearly means he was trying to fly to Brazil somehow.

Not sure how a mouse is going to find himself on a flight to Brazil without an exterminator being called once or twice on him.

Meganeko clearing up that little screen-time padding there, as if it needed to be said.

Now you choose to be surprised that Bashin doesn’t know where his god damn pet is?

No mouse is going to migrate to Brazil all the way from fucking Japan Bashin.

Grow a brain.

Just gonna casually sit in a Butcher’s shop and hope that the person in the counter doesn’t bloody notice that there’s a rodent in there?

Come on now Aibou, you know better than that.

Also do mice even EAT meats? I can’t imagine they would find many meats smaller than themselves.

Though a quick google search tells me that Mice will eat just about anything.

Also have you seen a real life pet mouse? They’re adorable.

Shame about finding one unintentionally though, that scares the crap out of most people.

And Striker seemingly pops up out of nowhere.

And as the man who has the best relationship with all of the cornerstone animals, he’s the best person to look after Aibou while he’s in a tiff with Bashin.

…With a bucket?

I know your head looks like a Banana but I didn’t expect your Brain to be one as well.

I love how they immediately think it’s Bashin’s fault for being completely argumentative when the guy just simply wasn’t in the mood to be talking Battle Spirits while relaxing on a fucking Kotatsu.

Aibou was granting him advice when it wasn’t asked for, nor did Bashin specify that he needed it.

And doing that is an easy way to get into a fight for absolutely 0 reason.

I know, because I get into a lot of fights for doing the exact same thing.

Being helpful when there isn’t a need to help is just annoying.

And now Aibou is officially safe and sound with an animal lover like Striker.

Good, that settles that, can we get some proper Battle Spirits related plot now?

By Busy you mean “As soon as the first set of twins were popped out”

And “Didn’t get much better when the second set came”

I’ve only got a little sister and I still needed to help take care of her, that’s only ONE sibling I needed to help with.

Imagine needing to help with FOUR.

How is looking after your 4 brothers in any way the same as putting together a Battle Spirits deck?

When have you ever played any card that wasn’t green in your deck?

And no I don’t count Siegfried considering you don’t have that anymore.

You didn’t even USE Red cards to provide reduction for Siegfried anyhow.

WHAT DOES THAT HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH ADDING RED TO COVER GREEN!?

This analogy of “Give and take” makes absolutely 0 sense in the context of Colour mixing.

I get that they’re trying to say that “By giving up some of my core boost, I can get more power” in the context of Red to Green but they’re not directly saying it that way which is why it is confusing.

But this statement is completely pointless anyway, J is using a Yellow card that would NEVER WORK in any Pure yellow deck, you add different colours for the sake of synergy, not because you “need other colours to cover your main colour”

There is absolutely nothing you give up by mixing colours.

So do I, but that doesn’t make it correct.

Coming from the mouse who felt the need to insult the shit out of him after he naturally refused to take advice that he didn’t bloody ask for.

And started out as initially bad advice to begin with anyway.

This has actually caught me at a time where I was trying to correct my sense of taste to be able to enjoy mushrooms (As my significant other is polish, and they’re big fans of mushrooms over there)

So while I’d normally scream “Ew Mushrooms”, I’m actually wanting a bite of that salad Striker’s put down.

Give a man a fish and he’ll eat for a day.

Teach a man to fish and he’ll eat for a lifetime.

But only if the man can be fucked to actually learn how to fish, apparently.

Has Bashin finally clicked that Aibou heading to Brazil would be completely unreasonable and slightly impossible?

…Nevermind, he’s just Geographically dense.

We haven’t had our initial fight yet and we’re almost halfway through the episode, what is going on here?

Did they decide we didn’t need a Battle after the 6 they threw at us during the tournament episodes?

HOW IS BRAZIL PURELY KNOWN FOR THEIR LOVE OF SOCCER!?

There are fucktons of countries that play Football, is Brazil actually known for their enjoyment of Football?

Please tell me because boy am I confused with this leap in logic.

Also, Bashin has no fucking clue where Brazil is, but knows enough about Brazil to know what they’re into.

Does Bashin even know Japan, the country he LIVES in, is in Asia?

And this is the obligatory scene where we know Bashin is looking for Aibou and that Aibou is currently taking refuge at Striker’s place.

Just to get the younger fans to scream at the screen with “AIBOU’S IN THE HOUSE! HE’S THERE! YOU DON’T NEED TO GO TO BRAZIL”

And then being hit with the harsh reality that the people inside the show can’t here you.

Yes I’m bitter that I can’t punch this orange-haired fuck through the screen.

Striker finally getting to the meat n bones of the situation thankfully.

Hopefully this little “Brazil” mistake that Meganeko told him was a simple coincidence doesn’t last any longer than it has to.

…

This is just going to have Bashin rationalise that he asked Striker to teach him life skills so he could live on his own.

Ah, I remember, this is the long desired prequel to Ratatouille isn’t it?

…Are we sure they can’t hear me through the screen? The Ratatouille thing was a joke man.

Bashin ignores Striker’s attempt to clear up the misunderstanding he’s collected inside his head and fucks off to stop Aibou doing something he wasn’t even going to do.

Welp, you readers in Brazil, if you see some orange-haired schmuck asking to check out your kitchen staff, check if you’ve got a mouse infestation.

Has Bashin not clicked that mice can’t legally be given jobs?

It’s the middle of fucking winter, and you, as a Mouse, decided to pick now to leave.

Not exactly the climate where mice can survive in the open there Aibou, should have thought about that before you ran away from home.

And the little mouse just hitches a god damn ride in the one place where his natural predator would also definitely be.

And after upsetting Okyou the last time she tried to have a heart to heart with him, I doubt she’s keen on letting him live.

Like what? What your next card from the Nazo-Otonas will be and how you’ll somehow factor that into your deck?

Or maybe what other yellow cards you want to use with your White deck?

And now we’ve learned that in his spare time, J likes to think exclusively about Bashin, and it’s been so evident that even Okyou has noticed the change.

Love is in the air~

That doesn’t require long amounts of thought to the point where you’re worrying your damn cat about it.

Understanding how a person thinks can definitely impact how they play, yes, but you would have figured out how Bashin thinks by now by the fact that he doesn’t know where fucking Brazil is and can’t pay attention to anything that isn’t directly infront of him.

And screams “BREAK THROUGH THE FRONT AND RULE THE WORLD” at the top of his voice while being a dumbass midgame.

He’s straightforward and you’ve beaten him twice, I’m pretty sure you have very little reason to think about him unless you plan on taking the guy out for a date.

The only time I’ve seen J act without thinking is when Kyouka noticed him playing with Bashin behind the Gym (Murrrrr) and using Defensive Aura during his main step.

…And the time he decided to challenge Bashin to a match over Kyouka’s “Love Letter” situation but to be fair that was YOUR fault Okyou, and J had enough manners to have never opened Kyouka’s letter.

Not that having opened it would have changed anything but still.

I’d just like to point out before I move on that Okyou is completely adorable and I would also fly a helicopter to beat the ass of my fated rival over inaccurate information she fed to me. Look at that adorable cat.

Anyway, cuteness overload aside, Okyou’s bring up that J’s mixing colours in his deck, which is technically true starting with his WhiteTiger, which is a Yellow card.

But I’d like to see him mix other colours with his deck, it seems this episode is trying to strongly promote the concept of mixing colours. It’ll be cool to see what secondary colours the other cornerstone uses add to their decks.

Anyone who screams “Shomen Toppa!” besides Hayami at the top of their lungs deserves to be shot.

And that entire list has been Bashin up until now, no Nine doesn’t count, he didn’t yell it like a moron, he said it “smoothly” and with such a manner that makes me melt in his awesome…

Sorry, I love villains that actively recognise and take after the hero, a Villain with Hero powers or tropes is one of my favourite types of Villain.

…

Nope

That was awful.

My disappointment is immeasurable and my day has been ruined.

I cannot go on knowing that J just made the worst pun in anime history.

Even Okyou is completely mortified by the utter garbage that just left J’s mouth.

EXPLAINING THE JOKE JUST ENHANCES THE AMOUNT OF CRINGE I’M FEELING J.

EVERYONE WHO WILL READ THIS POST IS NOW DUMBER FOR HAVING HEARD IT.

Busted, Aibou’s been caught red… paw’d?

Do Mice have hands or are they technically quadrupeds?

And in which case are their feet just feet or paws?

Okyou tries to close in but before she can ruin yet another person’s life, J stops her for once.

But you should know this already, Okyou, given that you talk to J on a regular basis and live with the schmuck, did asking what the flowers were for never come up in conversation?

Aibou dodging the question like Striker should have dodged Okyou during that relay race.

Aibou is weirdly concerned about the bouquet like he’s about to admit he’s taken a shit in it or something.

I thought you and your mum were cool J? The fuck you buying flowers for-

Stopping myself there, children shouldn’t need a reason to buy their mother flowers.

Tells you a lot about my relationship with my own mother doesn’t it?

I’m pretty sure if I bought flowers for my mother everytime I did something to upset her, she’d just get even angrier.

My mother is not pleased with apology gifts. I see the thoughtfulness in J’s actions though.

…And then for some strange fucking reason, Okyou starts screaming at Aibou in response to that statement and I’ve got absolutely 0 clue why.

The world’s greatest school infiltrator finally gets another scene, this time deciding to head to Bashin’s house which is a significantly better way to contact someone.

It’s just a shame that Hayami works most of the day driving, and Bashin is currently looking for his fucking mouse.

I appreciate his enthusiasm though, because this guy actually wants to play some Battle Spirits.

I wonder what deck he uses?

I almost feel bad for the efforts he’s gone through to locate Bashin just to play Battle Spirits, it’s actually saddening.

Also look at the disproportionate limbs on this guy.

Never Skip leg day.

I feel ya Mr. Bearded-guy-without-a-name.

I’d be annoyed too if I went to a school that happened to be closed AFTER getting to the classroom to locate a kid, then going to his house to find out he’s not home.

But your best bet now would be to wait for him to come back.

As I kid, I would probably find this amusing.

As a 21-year old man watching a show about a children’s card game (which advertises the Extreme Game containing players significantly older than myself)

I just sympathise with him.

That is a significantly more reasonable question, here’s a better one.

Where in God’s name are you going to find the money to get to Brazil?

And why haven’t you figured out that Mice can’t get flight tickets and would be killed on sight at any given airport.

Who else just assumes J just lives inside his car? He’s never seen anywhere else, except his Helicopter.

I could definitely get behind the head-canon that J just has all the provisional needs for a healthy life inside his car, like a Bath, a bed and an on-board chef with a cooker or something.

J is now apparently a Taxi.

Come to think of it if Bashin just called Speed Star (given he apparently has a phone with which to call her as Hayami called Bashin when he was sleeping during the tournament episodes), Hayami could have really cleared this up with Bashin reaaaaally quickly.

Screen-time padding?

Screen-time padding.

Looking for more evidence to support my ludicrous claim that Aibou has somehow:

Discovered that Brazil exists.
Learned to cook for the sake of moving there to become a cook.
Somehow acquired a Flight Ticket and a Job offer as a mouse with 0 qualifications.

…How come you leave the car door unlocked? Seems a bit stupid if you think about it.

No but I assume this claim is going to get even more outlandish with J’s input.

OH MY GOD.

AND WHY DOES BRAZIL HAVE A SHIT TON OF CACTUSES!?

WHY DOES AIBOU’S MOTHER ALSO HAVE A RED BEAD UNDER IT’S CHIN!?

I’m trying to understand the stupidity that is Bashin and I realise that my first error in doing so was attempting to do so in the first place.

But most of stupidity can be chocked up to stubbornness or disbelief, this guy is literally deriving the weirdest conclusions from UNRELATED PIECES OF INFORMATION!

Except she isn’t-

Okyou what are you doing?

Okyou stop, this isn’t healthy.

THE FACT THAT YOU KNOW IT’S A KYOTO ACCENT SHOULD REALLY HINT TO YOU THAT WHAT’S COMING OUT OF OKYOU’S MOUTH IS UTTER CRAP!

Oh no…

This is really happening isn’t it?

So Okyou, in the span of about a minute, has immediately figured out that Bashin’s story is deluded, but rather than fix the problem, has decided to EXACERBATE it.

Now Bashin is going to probably spend his money getting on THREE INDIVIDUAL BUSES to a place that doesn’t exist.

Argentina exists, but the place Okyou is sending Bashin to isn’t Argentina obviously.

…I don’t care how upset you are.

You are having Bashin go to a place that he doesn’t even know the name of that he can only describe as “Three full bus rides away from home” which is FAR.

He’s going to be a 12-year old kid, wandering in an unknown place all by himself, and even if he could contact his mother to pick him up she won’t know where she is because Bashin won’t know where to direct her!

As someone who spent an entire day hunting for a card shop that apparently moved location a month BEFORE we arrived there and didn’t change their online address, this kind of shit is demoralising, it took us AGES to return home because we had absolutely no clue where we were. And we had an address AND directions!

If you ever Prank someone, never direct them to an unknown area, because it’s going to be frightening for the victim.

Legitimately hate this Cat, Aibou saying she was a troublemaker is an Understatement of the century.

So while Bashin is being made a victim of a very serious misunderstanding that Okyou deliberately contributed to out of a vain wish to punish him, Suiren has taken on her disguise specifically to talk to Aibou.

Entitled piece of shit mouse.

I hate these animals more and more every episode.

Aibou’s referring to this line of people here, I didn’t include the shot because I didn’t think he’d honestly ask Suiren about it.

The fact that you can look at all of those fans and say that without pause makes you a terrible idol Suiren.

Quit or fucking do your job properly, it irritates me to watch you actively annoy the shit out of everyone because you feel like playing a card game.

There’s the recurring theme about fights between friends.

When you finally decide to give yourself a bit of space from them, you find out that you miss them more than you care about the fight.

So in an attempt to evict Bashin from his mind, Aibou asks Suiren what the clip is about.

Suiren is blushing and saying it’s “an exciting, powerful fantasy!”

If it’s so bloody good as you say it is, why aren’t you up there recording it?

YOUR ACTIONS ARE CONTRADICTORY!

I love how Aibou is representing the fairy in these particular shots.

At least My Sunshine is still accurate, also nice to see the consistency in the fact that My Sunshine is suddenly playing a lot of acting roles.

Wow, Spoilers!

Suiren’s going out of her way to spoil a video that’s not even finished recording by her statement.

Especially for someone who’s just a fan, strange that she knows so much about a clip that hasn’t been filmed yet.

Too late, Suiren’s gotta “Henshin” back into My Sunshine so she isn’t seen as suspicious.

Yes, specifically in a rough manner that may result in accidental death and the need for Pink to clean you off the pavement.

…By that I mean Pink is trying to eat Aibou.

Though after the Okyou situation I can’t tell if Pink genuinely wants to eat him or if Aibou just hates him because Chameleons normally like to eat Mice.

…Apparently the latter, because Pink took him to one of the boxes to have a conversation with him, and isn’t currently trying to ingest him.

I’ve always wondered how Chameleons actually change their colour, I know it’s an innate ability they have.

A quick google search tells me that Chameleons actually have specific cells and can consciously change their colour at will. To signal mood and intent. (They can use it to camouflage but it’s not their main use of it, explains why Pink’s rapid changing is tiring for him despite being a chameleon)

That… doesn’t always solve the problem there Pink.

But he’s on the right track though, I won’t fault him for it.

Though I’m checking my watch, wondering when the Card battle is going to arrive.

Awww, Pink genuinely wants to be Aibou’s friend.

So it’s definitely Aibou just being the problem in their relationship because they’re predators and he hates them, rather than because Pink and Okyou genuinely want to eat him.

So, can we petition for Pink as best animal?

Because this guy is not only ignoring his typical eating habits to console a mouse but he’s been trying to get on with Aibou the entire time.

And he’s not a piece of shit because he knows Suiren enough to calm her down when she stresses out.

Pink is an amazing emotional support pet, and I didn’t even know Chameleons could even be pets.

Just gonna cut out anything to do with the filming because it’s irrelevant here, straight to the point, Bashin asks Suiren where Aibou is.

Did you ever here about the literary technique called the “Rule of threes”? Well it’s a trope of media and literary works that a lot of people prefer things that come in threes.

The 3rd instance of this fucking routine was Okyou’s deliberate lying to Bashin to send him to an unknown place pretty far off.

That was the perfect time to actually do something different with this Episode, show...

Suiren explaining the plot of her silly movie clip without actually mentioning that it’s a movie clip.

If anyone’s going to derive absolute nonsense from that it’s Bashin, but I’m already bored given that it’s the 4th time they’ve done this now.

It lost it’s charm the last time they did it, you’re just taking the piss now.

…While that is a pretty cool shot of Bashin’s imagination, Suiren said “A fairy” not “Aibou” and that they were simply talking about it, not living it.

Also Goradon’s face here is absolutely priceless, someone caption this.

Specifically 100.

For what reason I dunno but it does need to be a specifically long amount of time so people really do know how long it’s going to be.

But how they can be so sure it’s 100 years exactly is never quite mentioned, couldn’t possibly be a plothole in the plot of a video clip that is adding to the horrific head-canon of Bashin’s that is currently making up the current subplot.

I’ve tried commenting on this. We’ve seen it 4 times now.

I can’t tell if I’m too exasperated with the fact that he’s fallen for this shit 4 times or the fact that this stupid sub-plot is the reason we didn’t get a mid-episode fight.

And cue Bashin conveniently not hearing this specific piece of information.

Yup.

Like Clockwork.

Except a Clockwork functions significantly better than Bashin’s head does apparently.

Oh wow the guy actually DID do the logical thing and try to wait for Bashin.

I feel even worse considering that Bashin is 3 whole Bus routes away from home right about now.

“ran away” from who?

You’ve yet to give us a name or alias that you go by, bit hard to run away from something you don’t even know is coming for you.

And after all the effort Bashin put into looking for you, you’re going to return home because it’s warm and cosy.

And this entire episode just lost it’s purpose. I feel like I could have skipped this one without ANY repercussions whatsoever.

Possibly to look for his Pet mouse who just ran out of the house without warning and without any indication about whether or not he intended to come back.

You know, standard actions of a Pet owner with a lost fucking pet.

Seems we get a scene with Card Sensei now, and that Turtle looks so happy despite the fact that Card Sensei just left him at school for winter break…

Was he there over night? Did you just return to get him now? How often has this occurred? Does he live at the school normally?

There are lots of questions here that would have a severe impact of how badly you’ve been mistreating this poor little turtle.

Given that this statement exists I will stretch and assume that he normally lives at School, and is the class turtle.

And that this is like the day winter break started, so Card Sensei likely just remembered his routine, Guraguri shouldn’t be in too bad a shape, but feed him as soon as you get home you blue suited bastarded.

Perfect timing was half an episode ago.

And of course he’s asking this dumbass question.

And in standard fashion for when you really don’t want to have your delusions corrected, Bashin ignores Card Sensei asking for a reason for the question and just demands an answer.

Hey, Visor Beard finally found Bashin.

I can’t believe it took a full 18 minutes of Episode time to actually get to the interesting part.

The door opens and Aibou instinctively checks to see if it’s Bashin, but because he spoke when he said that, Hayami had the unfortunate event of hearing it.

Aibou squeaking the problem away makes Hayami just assume she’s tired and she heads off to bed.

Oh man I wonder!

I can’t even put in the effort to give sarcasm at this point.

At this time of night? At a time where Hayami has returned home before he has?

No this is the time where you call the police because no 12-year old kid should be out at this time of night, period.

Given that Aibou has suddenly brought up the possibility of the random bearded dude being a Nazo-Otona out of his ass.

Very likely now that the man who’s been looking for Bashin all day is infact a Nazo-Otona, but that’s a little bit strange.

Nazo-Otonas generally tend to avoid battlers mostly, this one is actively hunting for Bashin for some odd reason to fight him.

Does the same logic apply here? If Bashin wins does he get another X-Rare? Or a High Ranker to the next tournament?

This really isn’t the time Card Sensei, you have a Turtle that needs to be taken home right about now.

And likely hasn’t been fed either, think with your heart, not your crotch.

Card Sensei spots Aibou and tells him that Bashin is at Toaru Mountain.

Also just to re-iterate, a Mountain. Those things have to be of a certain height to actually be considered mountains and not just super high hills.

Also Card Sensei telling Aibou that Bashin is at a mountain seems mighty silly considering mice normally can’t speak.

Not in this card game episode apparently, I am entirely prepared for a fightless episode given the track record of repeating itself this episode has undertaken.

Meanwhile the Nazo-Otona has just placed himself on the stairs to the mountain rather than approach Bashin himself.

…I’m half expecting Bashin to just ignore him and dash passed him.

…Can Papa Navi operate the car by himself?…

If so then holy shit why the hell is Hayami even a Taxi Driver? These Navis are great-

Probably because of the imperfect Bus Navi actually.

So he IS a Nazo-Otona, and he’s offering an X-Rare for his defeat!

…A surprisingly straightforward one as well, he’s actively hunting for Bashin rather than waiting to be found.

It’s a shame that Bashin is too Straight forward for this guy.

Shut the hell up Papa Navi, you robotic unfeeling muppet.

Of course you’d need to actually be human to consider that a 12-year old being out super late at night is worrying and dangerous.

Well at least this episode is going to wrap up soon.

The question is whether or not that Nazo-Otona will get his fight or not.

To reiterate how much of an understatement that is.

• It is the middle of winter break.
• It is the middle of the night.
• He’s atop a mountain.

All those combined and he could be in danger of god damn hypothermia, let alone the common cold.

Finally!

Now just get this awful sob story over with so I can get my fight.

Questions that need answers.

…Delusions that need vanquishing.

Like now.

And they cut back to them returning to Bashin’s place.

ARE YOU SERIOUS? THE NAZO-OTONA WAS JUST LEFT HANGING!

That is absolutely not what you heard and any assertion that you did hear any of that bollocks is a lie.

You can’t blame other people for your being an idiot.

Bashin gives in, and decides he’ll think about trying other colours in his deck.

I suppose after that stress he’d give anything to keep Aibou at home and safe.

FINALLY. SOME CLOSURE!

I both feel bad for this man and admire his determination at fighting Bashin to give him an X-Rare.

I certainly hope he shows up next episode first thing, because this episode did him 0 justice.

…OH YOU CANNOT BE FUCKING SERIOUS.

REALLY!? NOT A SINGLE BATTLE THAT ENTIRE EPISODE!?

You want my review? That episode was complete and utter filler, the mix colour conversation did not need an ENTIRE, FIGHTLESS, EPISODE OF REPETITION to assert into the show.

The only Battle Spirits related bollocks they even discussed was a new Nazo-Otona who easily could have been introduced quickly, and the subject of mixing colours into a deck!

THAT’S IT, THE REST WAS UTTERLY POINTLESS!

…No you know what? Fuck you.

If you’re going to throw a Fightless episode my way and waste my bloody time with no plot either, I’m not going to bother digging into what your topic for the episode is.

I’ll discuss the avenues of mixed colouring in the next episode’s blog post, but as it stands this one was a sheer waste of time with the very little it decided to actually give us besides the suggestion of mixing colours.

Until then guys, I’ll see you next time, sorry for the shoddy disappointment of a blog post along with a boring episode.