Hanasaku Iroha Episode 17

My shitty manager can't be this shitty!

3/5 Stars

.... What?

This was a weird episode. The seemingly important events in Episode 16 had very little to no effect on the rest of the arc and really felt oddly strung together. The episode went by in a flash cuz I spent the whole entire time thinking about what the hell the point was of showing us this arc. Enishi's "growth" was to defend someone with tenacity?! What about his impertinent stance of foolhardy tactics to save the Inn? What about his really weak@$$ will to change things his own way? What about his leadership?

Hahaha... still pointless though...

There were SOOO many things about this arc left unexplained or explained with flawed details. Just because Takako was wearing her "battle gear" she was gratified with trying her best for the Inn? What the hell?!

And how everyone besides Enishi and Takako reacted to this whole scam was a surprising thing to see. Everyone felt calm and unsurprised besides these two numbskulls and it made me feel like this arc was kinda pointless.

Okay, but would be SO much better if it were Nako Fanservice.... =_=

Well anyways, I thought that it was just plain old bizarre and ineloquent in how they strung this arc together. We need an arc that feels important, deep and everlasting, just to pick it up with the second part. This arc was not that arc.

KO-CHAN WHERE ARE YOU?!?!?!?!?!