Natsuiro Kiseki 2

Uh...What was I saying again?

So here's episode 2 of this wonderful show, will it live up to last week? Will the drama between Saki and Aizawa continue? ...Probably, but let's do this anyway.

They uh...seem...important...?

So the episode starts off with Aizawa, her little brother, and this shota/loli pair here doing what I believe are called "radio exercises". While this is going on, Aizawa gets lost in thought, still surprised about what happened to her and the other girls the other day. She's snapped out of her daze by her little brother and coninues working out, but is still in shock over what happened to her.

DON'T DO IT SAKI! YOUR WHOLE LIFE IS AHEAD OF YOU!

Saki is also in shock over what happened, and tries to recreate the event by jumping off of her bed. Her mother walks in on her doing this, and, after an awkward silence, she yells at her mother telling her to knock, her mother then apologizes, and leaves Saki in deep thought.

THANK YOU!

Aizawa has come home from her sexy exercises, and proceeds up to her room, but not before being stopped by her mother who asks if Aizawa and Saki are still fighting, Aizawa angrily storms up to her room as her mother says what has to be the best line in this show so far, and with that, Aizawa's mother becomes my favorite...

It's...really hot...or something.

Or not, Aizawa's back on top again. After opening her window due to the heat, she locks eyes with Saki who was doing the same thing, both of them try to bring up the events of yesterday but keep cutting each other off, Saki asks if Aizawa plans on going outside dressed the way she is and she angrily covers herself with the curtains and proclaims "We're not friends right now, so don't talk to me!" Oh Aizawa, your mother's words continue to ring true.

Swap meet broom.

At the same time over at Rinko's shrine, she's apparently being asked to clean the entire grounds with nothing but a lame dustpan and the worst broom I have ever seen, seriously, how is she supposed to clean with that? It looks like some shitty Harry Potter broom, but I'll attempt to turn off my janitor mentality for the rest of this post. Rinko goes out of her way to sweep around the big rock first, and who can blame her? That thing made her fly the other day! Maybe it can give her a better broom.

She's met there by Yuka, who is making a bunch of selfish wishes, wanting to become an idol, not wanting to ever get fat, etc, she's got an entire notebook page full of these. So I assume this thing doesn't grant selfish wishes.

What? Big Rock is evolving!

Yuka and Rinko start talking  about Aizawa and Saki, and during this conversation they talk about how stubborn the 2 girls are, how they wish that would make up, how unstoppable they are together, and how they want the 2 to make up. Unbeknown to the 2, the rock "hears" this conversation as well, and starts glowing like it did near the end of episode 1, how Yuka and Rinko don't notice this is beyond me, but somehow they don't.

Awww yeah.

The rock takes their conversation literally and puts Aizawa and Saki together, after a little bit of struggling and rolling around, the two quickly put together that the big rock did this to them, and that Yuka is behind it (Rinko was as well, but hey, she's kind of a wallflower anyway). Aizawa manages to get a shirt on and the two angrily stumble out of the room, looking for revenge.

Trouble? More like double trouble! DOHOHOHOHOHO!

Yuka is helping Rinko sweep the side of the road which has nothing to do with the temple so I have no idea why she has to clean it, and yes, she is still cleaning with THAT DAMN BROOM. Sadly for the two, they don't realize that trouble has found them in the form of the tastefully dressed duo of Aizawa and Saki. Yuka is happy to see them, the two then see how angry they are and that they're stuck together, Rinko grabs Yuka and runs, and Saizawa gives chase.

Remember kids, if they can do it, so can you.

A long chase around town ensues, Saizawa stumbles a bit at first, but eventually they get the hang of running together. The girls run all around town, only stopping for a second when Saizawa crashes into a street pole, I have no idea how these girls are still conscious.

Don't look at me like that Rinko! I wasn't thinking anything!

 The chase comes to it's conclusion around the shoreline, when Yuka simply cannot run anymore, allowing Saizawa to catch up to the two...

SHADES OF AJ STYLES!

OR DOES IT! Rinko, for some reason, decides to do a jumping crossbody onto the two...I literally have NO IDEA why she did this, Yuka was only moving at this point because Rinko was pushing her, how far did she expect her to get on her own? But anyway, Rinko then explains the situation to Saizawa, and the sincere intentions behind their unintentional wish, and Saizawa realizes that their friends were just worried about them, but at this point, Yuka is pretty much running on empty, and isn't paying attention to where she's going...which is right off of the pier. The girls yell at her to stop, but she's too exhausted to hear them.

OH GOD THEY'RE PISSED ABOUT THE YURI JOKES I'VE BEEN MAKING!

The two decide to grab her from both sides, hopefully before she falls into the ocean, but at that moment the two split apart, this takes them by surprise, and they both end up falling into the ocean while Yuka stops just before she does, which was hilarious to me.

RIP Saizawa.

After the two get out of the ocean, they sit and have a small talk about everything which ends with the two apologizing to each other and Saki agreeing to play tennis with Aizawa again, this is pretty much the feel good moment of the show, and a good one at that.

Sorry Yuka, Idolm@ster already happened.

They then start talking about the rock again, and as you'd expect, she starts talking about becoming idols again, the other 3 lie down and pretend to be asleep, frustrating Yuka and ending the episode on a good note.

You're a wizard, Harry!

After the end credits we see a boy along in his room reading the book you see above you entitled "Witches of the world". Wonder what this could mean? guess we'll find out next time!

Overall thoughts: This was a very good episode, I admit the chase scene went a bit too long, but forcing Aizawa and Saki to work together in order to save their friends, and realizing what their friends were going through while they were arguing was executed very well, the drama which came across as meaningless in episode 1 was given a purpose and a nice conclusion, which is exactly how it should've been, hopefully the show keeps this sort of pacing for the rest of the season.