I've gone and deleted the episode already and can't be bothered to find where I burnt it to a couple of days ago, so currently (and probably permanently) no screencaps for TenTen 2. Not like an awful lot happened anyway, although it was nicely animated as usual from Madhouse.
Nagi gets seriously beaten up after tricking Takayanagi into losing their fight with a bento box, and spends most of the episode angsting about finally losing a fight and his Tragic Past as a latchkey kid. Another guy with huge lips beats up a bunch of pro wrestling club members by shooting fire from his hands, and we find out he's part of a club of "executioners", who send him and the pro wrestling captain to punish Nagi and Bob for beating people up. Finally, Bob pours out his troubles to his girlfriend until Nagi breaks in and they have a nice supportive chat over a cup of tea, as Huge Lipped Guy sets Bob's bike on fire.
Wow, a whole lot of nothing happened. And why do they always begin with the person that can control fire? Fire's the most boring super power I can think of off hand. Aya was significantly less annoying this episode, but it was missing the fun from last time. Plus Nagi's backstory is seriously dull. Yet for some reason I still want to give this another episode before I drop it. Dunno why.
Posted by BluWacky at April 27, 2004 11:50 AMBecause my "three strikes and you're out" policy has rubbed off on you? :D
Posted by: Lizzu at April 27, 2004 07:23 PMYou may just want to wait until episode 5, when the whole Bowling Alley incident kicks off (Thats going to be acetasticular!).
I cant especially remember that happens in episode 3 (well, apart from Chiaki in the laundromat) and episode 4 is relatively uneventual, but 5 is surely going to rock.
I have to agree. Episode 2 was pretty boring. And instead of coming across as mysterious and menacing, the "executioners" looked just plain weird. The fact that the huge-lipped guy was a letch didn't help.
*possible spoiler warning* Still, things are definitely going to pick up. If my timeline based on the manga is right, the fun stuff will definitely be back by episode 4, by which time they should be training Bob and Nagi as new members of the club.
I have to agree with DiGiKerot. The bowling alley incident was definitely one of the high points of the TenTen manga, so episode 5 should be well worth waiting for.