#oso doesn’t meet expectations for kara and choro

[asheoninactive]

Ouhhhhhhhhhhh I need to think about Animatsu . Not even in a funny way I need to spin them in my brain and do character analysis .

[sugoi-writes]

Matsus reaction to female s/o wearing a black male suit? (She's cross-dressing, but her hair is still normal) please? >.

(Bwuh, uhhm, I’ll try to take this in the context that the female s/o is cosplaying a Drag King, etc. because that context makes this ask a little better to me. Or perhaps if that’s how people truly embrace it or call it, that’s fine. I just hope that this will not offend anyone! Clothes are just clothes to me, and don’t really match a gender label, but uh. Yeah! Interpret this as you wish! 

Sorry, maybe it’s just the way I read it? I’m sure you meant no harm by it! Here is some scenarios, tho!) 

Osomatsu

He would probably walk in on their s/o in the middle of getting ready. They know they have a show today, some sort of convention, or what have you. Not once did it cross his mind to knock. Although, he’s pleasantly surprised. 

His s/o looks really shapely in a tuxedo, despite the fact that she had hoped to hide ever inch of curves on her body. He would definitely be bold, and walk right up to her, and depending on the context of the situation, he’d probably say something corny like “Hey Handsome~” if you were further along. Oso doesn’t have a specific preference with his s/o physical attributes, be it sexual orientation, gender, what have you. 

But this guy will gobble her up if she let him. He secretly likes the nice and sleek look, due to how much it can contrast against his own. And he feels like she would look SO good against him. If the two of them ended up kissing, fooling around, etc., he would DEFINITELY let her finish getting ready AFTER she promises to wear this for him again.

Karamatsu

Oh boy. Does this man care about his own looks and fashion. But to see his wonderful honey, in something so… sophisticated? He would probably melt. Don’t blame him if he suddenly gets a little embarrassed, unable to look away. If she invites him closer, he would smile down to her, taking her chin,” My love, never hide yourself, or your beautiful body… I understand that this makes you feel comfortable, but always remember your natural radiance is just as captivating~” He’ll try to woo his s/o so that she couldn’t see what she was doing to him. He’s intoxicated by it all. It makes him want to dance with his s/o, and have her in his arms, basking in her looks. 

“That’s my s/o!,” he would say,” That’s my beautiful, heavenly Karamatsu Love~”

She’d have to shoo him away, but much like Osomatsu, he would love to see her in this again. Honestly, if she were to model some more attire for him, he would die. He’d want to throw a little fashion show for her, and is WAY more willing to let you steal his stuff. Especially if it makes his s/o happy! He aims to please, and will embrace any hobby or lifestyle that she chooses.

Choromatsu 

I feel like with our frog prince, he would also have no qualms (will any of the matsus have any, though?) with his s/o dressing up like this. He will be surprised, sure, and try to run out of the room out of embarrassment… but he certainly will support his s/o in all of her endeavors. He hates interrupting things, and would apologize profusely.

With him, he would think that she would look cute at first, maybe thinking that the suit was a little bit too much, but… it would really grow on him. And she would look DAMN cute in it (even if she was going for the more “masculine” look). He would often compliment her, and ask if she needed to borrow anything. Hair gel, cuff links, undershirts, dress shoes, corsages, ties, the works. He would be as supportive, fashion wise, as Karamatsu. Although, I would say Choro’s attire is definitely more professional looking at the end of the day, and may be more fitting for a business meeting. Aka: maybe a little much for a hobby or even an everyday lifestyle. 

He’s always around to help, though, and will learn to freaking knock from now on. Don’t blame him if he may ask to get a picture of you. He loves being able to brag to Totty and Kara that HE helped his s/o, and HE was just a fashionable, dammit! So take THAT, you shitheads!!! 

…Ahem. Yes. Green bean is a good bean.

Ichimatsu

This would be something that took Ichi FOREVER to notice. He doesn’t care about clothes all that much, and honestly, his is usually in tatters somehow. But, when his s/o stumbles across him in the hallway or something, he’ll kind of pause, blinking. Why did it take him this long to notice? Out of all the brothers, he will be one of the few to NOT make a big deal of things. It’s just nice.

He’ll blush, yeah, and maybe ask you why you were doing it. And if he gets a little invasive, he’ll apologize, and pat you on the shoulder.

“It suits you. You should wear what makes you happy… even if it makes me more trashy.” If his s/o pulls him in for a hug, he’ll get all blush and not remember how to hug properly. You do look pretty dabber, and honestly… if his s/o ever left the house, he would sneak into their room and try on their clothes, if he could. If not, he would probably just stare in awe. This was a lot of cool stuff! He may even be a bit jealous!

He’ll get defensive if his s/o insists on helping him, still scarred by the Karamatsu experience… but as long as he wouldn’t get teased, he’ll eventually give in. The both of you can show off your new looks, and Ichi will gain some confidence. He’ll think that his s/o is perfect the way she is, and won’t expect her to dress like this constantly, or on dates. But it’s a pleasant surprise. It will definitely be appreciated, and returned somehow. 

Jyushimatsu

“Hah? Where are your boobies?” 

He may scare the ever-living daylights out of his s/o at first. And like Ichi, he may question her a lot. Where did she get the stuff? Did it cost a lot? Why? What for? When did she start? 

It’s all innocent questions at the end of the day, and though he may not completely understand his s/o’s reasons, he is okay with it! He likes seeing his s/o smile, and if wearing nice stuff makes her happy, he’s happy too! He won’t be able to help much, because his s/o is usually the one to help him look decent, but he will give her an honest opinion if she asks for one. 

And he will always be happy to go get his s/o something, whether she forgot something at home or in another room. He likes seeing his s/o in his clothes anyway, so this is kind of similar to him. He gets a little excited to see you strut out in something, and will be sure to let you know. He’s like a little puppy, and likes following you around if you go into town, being sure no one hits on you or anything. S/o may look cute, but you were his s/o!

If you’re in a community that shuns this sort of thing, because of bigots, he will be the one to shut it down, and protectively keep you out of harms way, whether it’s nasty people or ridicule. He’ll be sure to take you out for food if something were to happen, and give you lots of kisses! It isn’t weird, and no one should make it feel weird to make you feel bad! 

He loves you so much, and will do anything to make that smile on your face shine on through!

Todomatsu

Ahhh I don’t want to copy/paste, but Totty will react very similarly to Karamatsu in some ways. He will get pretty flustered, but he can’t be too bold with you looking like this. If his s/o really pulled out the stops on their look, don’t be surprised to see him shaking in the knees. He’s a complete SUCKER for suits. He will collapse if his s/o leaves the top two or so buttons unbuttoned, going for a more sensual look. 

Need shoes? He’s on it. Cuff links? Bribe Choromatsu for them. Hair gel? Set Karamatsu’s on fire, and gets his s/o her own bottle. His lovely s/o is experimenting with her fashion!!! There’s no way he couldn’t embrace that! Watch out, he may get a little overbearing. He will absolutely BEG to take pictures of his s/o, and spread the photos like wildfire, if he gets permission. If not, they are his secret treasures, and he’ll hold them dear to his heart.

His s/o looks so good, he will try to flaunt his DAMNEST to show you off. He may offer to take his s/o for some dinner. He may eventually get a bit bolder, and try dancing with you, purposely going to a place where the lights are low, and there’s great music. It makes him really happy to see her try things that make her comfortable. And it makes his heart swell, because his s/o can pull off a suit WAY better than a lot of people he’s known. He will 11/10 support you, but don’t get too caught up in Totty’s praise and whirlwind of social media spamming. He’ll convince you to wear this way more often, if you aren’t careful~ It’s a really easy way to get his blood bumping, if you pull this stunt on him.

[matsunoimagines]

This is something I've thought about a lot, but how long would each Matsu wait until they'd introduce their s/o to their family (parents included)?

Oso: He’s going to show them off the first chance he gets! It would probably only be the second date when he shamelessly asks, “Hey, mind if we stop by my house? I wanna show you off to my family so they’ll believe me that I actually have a hot date!” He honestly doesn’t think anything of it since it’s just another part of him, and he certainly has no hesitations just being himself any time!

Kara: Wouldn’t have any problems introducing his brothers if the opportunity arises, however he’d know that bringing them to his parents would be more serious. He’d probably wait until their relationship officially becomes boyfriend/girlfriend before feeling it’s right to take them home to his full family.

Choro: Would be rather ashamed by his brothers, but he wouldn’t really worry about his s/o meeting them so much as them perhaps thinking less of him due to their obnoxious behaviors. His parents however, he’d be quite wary bringing them home because he doesn’t want to put any pressure on their relationship (especially with Matsuyo demanding grandchildren asap). It probably wouldn’t be until the both of them are well situated and steady in their relationship before he takes that next leap with them.

Ichi: Is completely passive about the whole prospect. If they run into his brothers, he just introduces them and goes on with his life. He’d only be hesitant about his parents likely due to the heavy expectations that would come once they see he’s in a relationship with someone. He wouldn’t want either of them having to worry about that, but he’d more likely warn them about how his parents would be rather than avoid them altogether whenever they first come over.

Jyushi: He’d be excited to introduce them to everyone as soon as the idea pops up! He’d probably enjoy telling them all about his family and answering any questions they may ask beforehand. Whenever they’re willing, he’d be ready to take them home with much eagerness to share that special part of him with them.

Totty: Would by far be the most unwilling to show his family to his s/o, because he’s not only embarrassed by his brothers, but also ashamed to undeniably be a NEET like them, so he’d try to put it off as long as possible–so much as to not even mention he has brothers at all, let alone 5 identical ones! However this kind of thing is inevitable for his s/o to find out eventually, but as his brothers are the biggest hurdle, he’d have almost little to no qualms showing them off to his parents once they’re out of the way.

[jyushimatsu-falls-in-love]

s2ep10: a little respect

♪ So-o-oul, I hear you call-iiiiiing Oh baby, pleeeease... Give a little respe-ect, toooooo meeeeee! ♪ - “A Little Respect” by Erasure, which seems to be this week’s theme song :P

[SPOILERS UNDER THE CUT!]

The first of this week’s three skits is “Karamatsu and Brothers”, which I know nearly everyone was looking forward to. After all, Kara’s the fan favorite both here and in the Japanese fandom, where recently he’s won the top spot in a recent magazine’s favorite characters poll; does it live up to everyone’s standards?!

The skit opens with Totty asking Choro to buy him a soda, which Choro refuses to do in a very aggressive manner. I like how Totty described Choro here - “You act like an honor student, but you’re really just a delinquent!”; it succinctly summarizes Choro’s character well enough :P 

Luckily for Totty, Kara comes to the rescue and offers to buy his soda for him! And after Totty gets his soda, he calls Kara “nice” and “reliable”, which makes Kara feel very happy and sparkly :P

Then everyone else starts asking Kara to do things for them: Starting with Oso, who asks Kara to do his chores in his stead; then Jyushi asks the same thing, then Ichi, then all of a sudden everyone except Choro is asking Kara to do something for him. And Kara says yes, he’ll do them! He’ll do anything his brothers ask him, they can rely on him!!

At this point Choro steps in, and scolds the others for putting so much on Kara. He even scolds Kara a bit for not standing up for himself. Honestly these little moments of Choro stepping in for his family members’ sakes (approaching Matsuzo about his problem in S2Ep4, now telling the others to lay off Kara in this ep.) are very nice; he really can be a good son and brother, after all ;v; And to the other brothers’ credit, they do feel bad for piling so much on Kara after realizing it - but then Kara protests and assures them no, it’s okay, he likes it when the brothers ask him to do stuff, it’s perfectly fine!! And with that assurance, the others go back to treating him like a work horse :P

Later, up on the rooftop, Kara confesses to Choro the truth - he actually hates it when the others ask him to do so much for them, so much that he could either die or kill them. When asked about why can’t just say “no” to them, Kara puts on the cool act and says that it’s because he’s such a nice guy~ But Choro quickly gets that the real reason Kara can’t say “no” is because beneath the painful guy act, he’s really just a timid wimp who can’t stand up for himself :P

Honesty Tidbit # 1: I never thought I’d actually say this, but... Kara’s situation was oddly relatable to me in some aspects. My family members - especially my sister - ask me to do things for them, get things for them, etc. all the time. And even when I don’t want to do them, I do them anyway orz (The difference between me and Kara is that unlike him, I usually complain first before doing them :P) To be fair, since I’m a NEET and no one else is, I guess it makes sense that I’m asked to do things for everyone while they’re doing work or resting from work. But still, it’s annoying...

Honesty Tidbit # 2: I can already see the annoying part of the fandom latching onto the fact that Kara’s a bit of a pushover and using that to further push the “pwecious sad woobie” fanon interpretation orz I’m really not looking forward to it...

So Choro tries to be a good brother again and offers to help Kara practice saying “no” to his brothers. However, he ends up getting sidetracked haha :P I find it interesting that Kara actually can’t recognize Choro’s caricatures of the others, even with each one’s more obvious attributes (”horse races” and “boobs” for Oso, “cats” and “killing you all” for Ichi, “baseball” and “BOEH” for Jyushi) mentioned. It makes me wonder, does Kara view and identify his brothers differently from how Choro (and the audience) does? If that’s the case, then how does he view and identify them? ...Or maybe Choro’s caricatures just too exaggerated for him haha

In the end, though, they go and tell the brothers Kara’s true feelings on the matter. And in a very nice moment, the brothers actually backed off once they knew that Kara didn’t actually like being asked what to do (they even said, “Why didn’t you tell us that you wanted us to stop?”), recognized that they really did keep asking him because they knew he wouldn’t say no, and sincerely apologized for it and promised not to do it anymore. Despite what fanon tends to say, the brothers really do care for Kara after all. I’m very glad that’s the case ;v;

...and then the others proceed to make Choro take Kara’s place as the errand boy :P Choro angrily protests, asks for Kara’s help... and Kara refuses and leaves him to fend for himself with a “Good luck~” PFFFFFFFFFFFFFF. Of all times for Kara to decide to say “no”... I guess no good deed goes unpunished when your name’s Matsuno Choromatsu :P

This was a good skit! A good Choro, good Suiriku interaction, the brothers proving fanon wrong... What’s not to love? :’)

The second skit, “New Employee Totoko”, is exactly what it says on the tin - in an office AU, Totoko is the newly hired employee, with Totty being her superior. The skit is already interesting to me because of Totty having the role of the boss/leader/department head in this skit; he doesn’t usually take on these roles IIRC. It fits the ambitious side of his personality though, so I’m not complaining :) He’s also taking his job really seriously in this skit, and certainly acts like how you’d expect a boss/leader/department head to act. It ends up making him a pretty good tsukkomi to Totoko’s antics :P

Speaking of Totoko, she was pretty neat here too! For one thing, her hairstyle as a newbie employee is really nice ;v; It’s her first day working in Akatsuka Tradings, but already she’s causing problems for her superior - first off, she won’t come over when Totty calls her over to his desk. Her excuse is that nobody told her that that’s what she had to do, so she didn’t do it :P Then Totty gives her a document to work on, which he tells her should be finished before lunch - but she doesn’t finish it at all by then, her excuse being that she hasn’t used the programs before, hasn’t done this sort of computing before, etc. Totty ends up having to do the work himself. Then, since Totty did her work for her, Totoko ended up spending her office time updating her social media and sleeping on the job... Again she uses her inexperience as an excuse... Yeah, Totoko’s not exactly the ideal employee for anyone working as a department head :P

I wonder if I can say that I’d be like Totoko if I were in an office setting? :P Again I’m a NEET so I don’t have any job experience... But if my memories of school, college, the two-week internship I had when I was in college, etc. are anything to go by, I know I’d be utterly useless when left to my devices and would always have to ask for help and instructions before I could be set on doing anything orz That, and I get distracted easily, I lose motivation easily, I stay up late... Yeah, Totoko is rather relatable here as well and I’m not proud to admit it orz

Totty ends up having to give Totoko a stern talking to, saying that since she’s new he’ll do his best to help her, but she’s still gotta put in the work herself. They agree to work hard, their conversation ends on a good note, Totty shows off his own version of Kara’s bishie eyes...

...and at the end of the day, Totoko quits her job :P Though Totty begs her to stay, and after his begging she says she’ll stay and even starts saying these cheesy, so-cliche-that-they’re-clearly-bullshit lines about how she’ll do a good job from now on... And then she ditches her job without saying goodbye :P Totty’s very upset about this. Ichiko and Jyushiko (?!) showing up and proving to be better employees doesn’t really help matters either, and it proves at the end that Totty won’t accept “uggos” and wants to work with a cute girl like Yowai-kun :P Ah, classic Totty

And finally, the last skit, “Dubbingmatsu-san”. A couple of unknown people who do unknown work in the Osomatsu-san anime enter a lavishly decorated room filled with food, comfy sofas, and pretty girls in bikinis. What’s all this for? It’s to receive the sextuplets, who are coming in to dub the anime of course! The sextuplets enter wearing various things to conceal their identities to the public - each one increasingly ridiculous than the last - and after a few minutes’ rest, they start to read and practice their lines before they start recording. And during practice, it never seems to be good enough...!!

It becomes clear that this skit actually isn’t about the boys at all - it’s a meta piece about their seiyuu, with the boys kinda-sorta acting as the main six seiyuu’s avatars instead of being themselves. Or at least, that’s how I like to think of this skit :P There are references to seiyuu having to take care of their voices - the boys have humidifiers with them to keep their vocal chords working, and even have back-up surgery implants for their throats in case the worst happens! 

And then the boys start practicing their lines and beating themselves up for not meeting their own high standards - the part I really lost it was when Totty yelled, “What did I go study abroad for?!”, which is a reference to Miyu Irino going abroad earlier this year to pursue his theatre studies. It makes me wonder now if the stuff the others were saying while they were beating themselves up were references to their own seiyuu themselves?? Meanwhile Ichi’s/Jun’s just practicing his stabbing skills. Good job Ichi/Jun Also can we please exploit Miyu Irino’s English skills in S2 already

Then recording’s about to begin - with the boys completely naked of course, can’t risk any clothes ruffling making any noise! - and after some chants, they start dubbing over the provided images. And apparently, they’re so good that they can ad-lib and almost change the script entirely, and it’d be okay! They didn’t even need to do any retakes - the boys/seiyuu are just that good!! They’re professionals!!!

It’s interesting to see Ososan’s (fictionalized and exaggerated for comedy’s sake) take on the recording process of anime. It certainly matches up with some of the things I remember reading in interviews with the seiyuu before. In the end, this skit is a silly and irreverent but affectionate love letter to the guys who bring our loveable six same shitheads to life. I can’t help but wonder how Sakurai/Nakamura/Kamiya/Fukuyama/Ono/Irino all felt while recording this skit. Were they embarrassed? Happy? A little proud? I hope someone asks about that skit either in an interview or in a post-Cour 1 commentary reel, like last season’s.

Finally recording ends, and the boys head home - each going home with a hefty sum of yen in one hand, a pretty bikini girl on one arm, and in each one’s personal private helicopter. I... am pretty sure this bit is an exaggeration, there’s no way anyone would actually go home in a private helicopter unless they’re that stinkin’ rich and famous :P But hey, the boys did a good job, they’re happy, the anime staff is happy, we get a quality anime because of everyone’s hard work, therefore everyone’s happy.

“Who would’ve thought such professionals were behind those shitty episodes that air on TV?” “Makes you respect them even more.”

So in conclusion, thank you to Sakurai & Nakamura & Kamiya & Fukuyama & Ono & Irino (& don’t forget Suzumura & Kokuryu & Endo & Saito & Ueda & Tobita & Inoue & Kujira & Yamashita &...) for everything that you do for this shitty anime!! \( ; v ; )/ It wouldn’t be the same without you, thank you for your hard work! ♥♥♥♥♥♥

All in all, this week’s episode was pretty great! I enjoyed it thoroughly and was invested all throughout. I think my favorites would be a tie between “Karamatsu and Brother” (surprisingly!) and “Dubbingmatsu-san” - on one hand, we have solid Suiriku and brotherly care on many sides; on the other we have meta and a silly but sweet nod to the professionals who make the anime come to life. But even “New Employee Totoko” is solid for the roles the characters play alone! So yes, all in all, this week was a good week, and I’m greatly looking forward to next week’s fare ^^

I’m actually really, really excited for next week because - HORROR(HOUSE)MATSU!!! While I’m not really big on the horror genre as a whole, I like the idea of throwing out favorite NEETs into scary situations. And a haunted house is perfect for it >:) The title is “Chibita’s Revenge”, so Chibita's definitely gonna have some sort of hand in all of the spooky shenanigans... Does he have friends on the other side?! :0

Aaaaah, next Matsu Monday can’t come soon enough! ♥

[jyushimatsu-falls-in-love]

s2ep12: ooh, i wanna be like yo-o-ou~

I wanna walk like you, talk like you, too~ You'll see it's true, someone like me can learn to be like someone like you~! - “I Wanna Be Like You” from Disney’s The Jungle Book, which kinda suits this week’s main skit :P

[SPOILERS UNDER THE CUT!]

Not gonna lie, when the previews for this week’s ep. were released I grew very concerned. Mostly it’s because of the little boy in the preview, Eitaro - I, and a lot of other people, was thinking that he kinda-sorta-really looked like a certain homerun girl. And then theories were going around, especially one that she was the little boy’s mom... So I got myself a little really worried haha ^^; 

But as it turns out, I had no reason to worry at all orz And I actually really enjoyed this episode, especially little Eitaro’s skit! But we’ll talk about him and his family later.

Let’s start first with the first skit, which is yet another entry in the Totoko-and-Nyaa-(with-Chibita) series. It actually comes in right before the OP! So in this one, Totoko and Nyaa are at Chibita’s stall once again. Totoko is rather troubled, and she makes a big deal out of it, irritating Nyaa. But after some brief contradictory behavior on Totoko’s, we find out what’s bugging her: She wants to... quit being an idol?! Nyaa is shocked - and is actually willing to listen to Totoko’s reasons and maybe help her out! This sudden friendliness and willingness to work out their issues scares Chibita. And I don’t blame him, lol :P To be continued!

(Also, Chibita grew his single strand of hair back! I guess Totoko’s “you’re cuter bald!” flattery from last week didn’t stick much lol. But it’s nice to see his hair again.)

After that comes “The Eitaro Family”, a really cute and silly skit for the most part. We open with Jyushi playing with a little boy with Eitaro in the playground. Eitaro is the most adorable thing, a happy and energetic grade school boy who thinks every silly thing Jyushi does - from burrowing into the ground to extreme biking to dressing as a bird - is awesome! He wants to be just like Jyushimatsu, and Jyushi can’t help but feel flattered and play along. Call him Master (and you’ll get a candy if you do)!

While Jyushi and Eitaro are hanging out, Ichi and Totty spy on them. Apparently Eitaro really, really looks up to Jyushimatsu, and hangs out with him a lot to the point of waiting outside the Matsus’ house every day just to hang out and play. Ichi and Totty think the kid’s looking up to Jyushi for all the wrong reasons; and, well, considering that it’s Jyushi, it might not be too far-fetched to worry about that. (Though to be fair, any child looking up to a Matsuno is probably looking up to them for the wrong reasons too :P)

Jyushi and Eitaro’s friendship is the cutest thing, like oh my goodness ;w; Jyushi clearly enjoys Eitaro looking up to him, and he really tries to make himself look good in the eyes of his little friend. To the point that he’ll even lie about what a NEET is (”It’s a baseball position!”) and what a cherry boy is (”I really like cherries!”) just so that Eitaro would still keep thinking he’s cool haha :P So I guess even Jyushi gets self-conscious! But not entirely, I suppose - he still shamelessly shares the Final Fart Rush technique to his little disciple. And yeah, it’s just as stinky as it sounds :’P But Eitaro finds it super cool!! (And surprisingly enough, while it was still gross, the fart joke didn’t really bother me as previous toilet humor jokes in the last few episodes did. Not quite sure why...)

A week passes, and suddenly Jyushi finds himself in Eitaro’s house, sitting face to face with his mother - who isn’t Homura btw, but is instead an older-looking woman with short hair and a low and really familiar-sounding voice. (No seriously, I feel like I’ve heard Eitaro’s Mom’s VA somewhere else before! But where...?) Eitaro’s been imitating Jyushi lately, and his mom is understandably concerned about who her son’s hanging out with, so she asks Jyushi some questions. Throughout the whole thing Jyushi is very, very self-conscious and embarrassed about some of the questions; and little Eitaro, earnest and excited about his “master” as he is, isn’t really helping Jyushi much lol (“EI-TA-RO-KUN!”)

It’s interesting seeing Jyushi in a place where he's embarrassed of what he’d normally be like, and is instead trying to make himself look presentable. One would think that he wouldn’t care about these sort of things, but he does... I think that really adds to his character and makes him a lot more multi-faceted. It’s interesting. (And so every single Matsu  - except maybe for Oso??? - cares about what other people think of him...)

It then culminates to Jyushi ending up having to demonstrate his Final Fart Rush technique for Eitaro’s Mom. We don’t see the gag itself, but we do see the aftermath - Jyushi’s face got beat up pretty badly, to which Eitaro’s Mom apologizes for. She isn’t really mad at Jyushi though, and instead she wants to ask him a favor.

That favor, as it turns out when Jyushi talks to Ichi and Totty about it, is that Eitaro’s Mom wants Jyushi to spend more time with her son and be his friend. Since Eitaro’s dad’s job makes the family move around a lot, the poor kid never really gets to make any friends; so prior to meeting Jyushi, he was a sad and lonely child. What is it with Jyushi befriending sad brown-haired people and helping them cheer up? This is the second time it’s happened, though the context is worlds different from the previous instance :P Anyway, that being said, Ichi and Totty think - and Jyushi agrees - that what Eitaro really needs is to make friends his age in school, not just depend on Jyushi for friendship all the time.

This is an Otoutomatsu skit!! This is an Otoutomatsu skit and I’m super happy that it is :’D While Ichi and Totty aren’t exactly supportive-supportive, they’re there for their brother when he needs to talk to them and they give pretty decent advice. I love love love the Otoutomatsu combo and I’m very happy to see the three of them (and just the three of them, sorry niichans :P) interacting.

So with that, Jyushi resolves to teach Eitaro even more of his gags and antics. (Including others’ gags and antics... Jyushi, the SHEEH is Iyami’s, not yours, even your own brothers point that out :’P) Surprisingly enough, Eitaro’s Mom goes along with it, and she’s very supportive of her son and his teacher. She even made Eitaro his own yellow Jyushi parka!! Ichi and Totty, on the other hand, are decidedly more tsukkomi about it :P Still, all four adults are there outside the school building when Eitaro shows off his newly-learned gags and antics to his classmates...

...and it turns out to work!! Eitaro has made friends with everyone in his class by the end of the day, and it’s all thanks to Master Jyushi teaching him the ways. Eitaro’s Mom is proud of her son, and Jyushi especially is proud of his little disciple! It’s the cutest, sweetest thing ever!!

...until Eitaro reveals that his newfound gag talents also landed him a girlfriend. Cue Jyushi expelling him from his tutelage and flinging the boy and his mini-Kanojochan into the sky :P ...And instead of getting mad, Eitaro’s Mom finds that awesome and begs Jyushi to be her master too. Jyushi refuses. It won’t stop her from waiting outside the Matsus’ house in a Jyushi parka though. Poor Ichi and Totty :P

So this skit wasn’t what I expected at all, and I’m happy! Aside from the fact that JyushiHomu wasn’t sunk (:P), we got Jyushi having an adorable friendship with an equally adorable little boy, more of his self-conscious side, 110matsu, Otoutomatsu, and a lot lot more!! This skit is very worth it and you should definitely watch it ;v;

After that, we have “Give Them Back”. It’s a Dekapan and Dayon skit. Dekapan’s bored one day, so Dayon has the perfect solution - he rips off Dekapan’s pants. He then has Dekapan chase after him and his pants all over the lab, which makes the old man quite happy again... at first. But then Dayon takes the pants with him and runs everywhere else, forcing Dekapan to run after him completely naked. And the skit is just that, really - Dekapan giving Dayon chase all while yelling at him to give his pants back.

To be honest, there really isn’t much to say about this one, because the premise pretty much stays the same all throughout. But that doesn’t mean I didn’t enjoy it! Some notable moments in the skit come to mind:

While running, Dayon and Dekapan come across the other characters, and the two prove to be quite the nuisances :P There’s Totoko and Hatabou, where Totoko becomes scared for her life after seeing the “pervert” Dekapan be completely naked; there’s Oso and Ichi, who lost at pachinko and ended up being spun around by Dekapan and Dayon’s chase; there’s Jyushi and Eitaro, with the latter begging Jyushi to be his master again before they too get spun around by the chase; there’s Kara and Choro at the fishing hole, who end up getting tangled in their fishing lines as a result of Dekapan and Dayon running around them; there’s an Iyami cameo in the escalators of a shopping mall. Tbh the cameos make one of the most memorable parts of this skit

At one point, Dekapan gets tired of the chase and cross at Dayon for all his shenanigans. Dayon tries to get Dekapan to chase him again, waving the old man’s pants in front of him - but Dekapan dramatically gives Dayon the cold shoulder, swatting the pants away and walking away into the sunset. This part was played so seriously and dramatically that it made me laugh. Eeyup.

Near the end of the skit there’s suddenly an art shift into a pixel RPG style. And then an acid trip style. Of all skits to go into art shift, why this one

And it ends with Dayon still running with the pants, and Dekapan yelling at him to give them back, he’s not ever gonna forgive him for this, etc. Dekayon is becoming intense, guys :P

Then finally, we have the last Totoko & Nyaa skit. It looks like Totoko has bared her whole problems to Nyaa, who seems to be listening and sympathizing, so at first it seems to be going well...

...but then Nyaa goes and throws boiling hot konjac on Totoko’s face :P Totoko retaliates by throwing hot daikon slices onto Nyaa’s eyes. Another fight ensues, complete with wrestling tackles and suplexes, and it ends up destroying Chibita’s stall all together. The skit ends with Totoko and Nyaa name-calling and beating each other up, all while Chibita stares ahead... And his regrown stand of hair flies away with the wind, proving it to be fake all along. Ososan’s sense of continuity never fails to amuse me :P

So this week’s ep is a fun one! It’s not the best of the episodes we’ve got so far, but I enjoyed almost every minute of it. “The Eitaro Family” is the crowning jewel of this episode. Hooray for Jyushimatsu and his adorable friendship with Eitaro!! While I think he and his mom would just be oneshot characters, it’d be nice to see them again later down the line. (Also now I want Eitaro to show up in JyushiHomu fanworks ;v; Let Homura and Eitaro interact; I bet she’d love the little guy ♥) (Also I think Dekapan and Dayon might need some couples counselling lol Dayon’s becoming increasingly shadier in this season and I dunno what’s up with that) All in all, thank you for this episode, base-stealing home run!

There’s been some discussion earlier in the stream on whether or not we’ll be having an episode next week. Christmas day falls on a Monday, but I don’t really think it’s considered a day-off day in Japan. According to my research, Christmas Eve is more celebrated there than Christmas day. That being said, there was a tweet made by the official Ososan Twitter account about Christmas some time ago... People are saying it’s about a delay or something. I dunno, we’ll have to see I guess.

Whether or not we’re getting a new episode next week though, we are getting a new episode! And it’s about New Years! “We still celebrate the end of the year,” Totty says in the voiceover. Is that showing on the last day of the year? Well, it turns out New Year’s Day 2018 also falls on a Monday... Will this be what welcomes us into the New Year? Will this be the last episode of the first cour, or the first episode of the second cour? :0 Hmm. Guess we’ll have to wait and see.