Pantyroad,

Take me home,

To the place,

I belong…

West Tokyo,

High School Girls,

I’ll be home,

Pantyroad…

(apologies to John Denver.)

I watched ET when I was quite young and I cried; I watched Sorato yesterday and I was touched (NOT). It was such a wonderful sight seeing different colors and types of animated panties soaring through the sky and even piercing through the sky alongside a stealth bomber. World peace is coming and we can all rejoice!

Why do I get the bad feeling this is going to pan out like “She, the Ultimate Weapon”?

This episode continues the theme of “be careful of what you wish for” but does not deliver the heavy pay dirt that people (read: Mike #1) who like heavy drama crave. When the serious music played during the part when Sohara Mitsuki talks about the possibility of having to go bare ass for the rest of her life, I laughed. The situation is just so ridiculous that I couldn’t take it seriously. Unlike in the first episode, when Tomoki Sakurai’s wish took a extreme right turn and the consequence was severe and serious, here, it just looked silly.

With some other characters running around and adding some chaos, this so far is fairly typical anime fair. But I can sense that this will turn quite serious (in the manga) later. It’s just another 12 episode title so I wonder how really serious can it get by the end?

Additional Notes: the fan service level is a pass. But the humor in making fun of that is epic raaaaaape! Krauser approves!

Good animation.

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