29. May 2008 by Ria.

This episode is a bit lame, ’cause we spend way too much time with Tohru’s psychologically disturbed relatives. Yes folks, she still has some blood hangin’ around, only it’s bad blood, a witch aunt and two cousins. Now that the remodeling on the house was finished, Tohru’s grandad called her to tell her it was okay for her to come home. Tohru eventually told the guys, who were kind of stunned at the news.

Of course they’re disappointed. Who else is gonna do the shopping, scrub the floors, slave over a hot stove, and wash their dirty underwear? So the next day Shigure, who’s home all day long, hasn’t lifted a finger to cook a damn thing. See, if I would have come home from a hard day at work or school, and I found Shigure sittin’ on his ass lookin’ stupid, I would have to do a Kagura wrestling move on him and break all his limbs.

Well, the guys won’t starve, ’cause they found a pot of Tohru’s beef stew, but…….now get ready for this……. Yuki nor Shigure know how to heat it up. ARE YOU KIDDING ME? But guess who’s got the warm-up-the-pot skills? Shockingly, its Kyo who heats it up.

Next day at school, Tohru runs into Kyo, and he pretty much blows her off. She also runs into Yuki who has enough manners and common courtesy to at least say Hi. When Tohru gets home, she finds out that Witch Aunt had a detective agency reveal the she was shackin’ up with Yuki, Kyo, and Shigure, as if it’s any of her business.

Okay, so now we have Witch Aunt, and the two bad ass kids talkin’ crap about Tohru, until grandad steps in and slaps one of the kids across the face. The only thing is, it wasn’t hard enough, ’cause he called Tohru a tramp right before she left to go back with Yuki and Kyo.

Yep, that’s right, Yuki and Kyo came back to get her, and Tohru was more than happy to leave with them. The guys find out that she never wanted to leave in the first place, so Kyo tells her that it’s okay to speak up and tell people what you want. “Yeah Kyo, and it’s okay for you to shut your face and stop copping an attitude every-time something happens that you don’t like!”

So the three of them walk home holding hands. Awwwwww, how cute. HEY! SOMEONE GET KAGURA ON THE PHONE AND TELL HER TO GET OVER HERE RIGHT NOW! I’m sure she’d love to see this!

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28. May 2008 by Ria.

I just want everybody to know right now, that Kagura is the girl! She is one of the craziest, and funniest anime characters around, and for that, I have to add an extra 1/2 star to this episode. Now in the beginning, when she’s introducing herself to Tohru she comes across all sweet and innocent, until she sees Kyo, then all hell breaks loose, and she turns into some crazy ass psychopath, but I absolutely love it!

If you are a Yuki fan, or if you’re tired of seeing Kyo go off over every little thing, you’re gonna love this episode, ’cause Kagura is in the house, and its payback time for Kyo! Okay, so Kagura comes to visit, and as soon as she sees Kyo, she punches his lights out, then swings him in the air like some kind of baton-I mean she really lays him out flat (LOL)!

Now she does all this, ’cause she’s really in love with him, hmmmmm, what a strange way of showing affection, wouldn’t you say?  I think I may have to get Kagura’s phone number, I really need to know where she learned those wrestling moves. Kyo eventually runs for his life in an attempt to get away from her, then Kagura starts crying, trying to figure out why Kyo is mad at her.

“Well Kagura, I think its because you keep beating the snot out of him every-time you come around.” Well, I really don’t expect her to listen to me anyway. To make up for things, she tries to do Kyo’s laundry, but ends up putting way too much detergent in the washer, so you know how that turned out. Next, she tries to heat up some tea, and ends up destroying the whole kitchen. Can somebody please tell me how do you burn tea?

It doesn’t matter ’cause it’s still a funny scene. Of course Kyo comes back and sees all this, and of course he cops an attitude, and of course, Kagura finds a way to shut him up, and to keep me laughing like the mad woman that I am. Since Kagura trashed half the house, she stays up all night trying to fix things, then Tohru, being the goodie-goodie two shoes that she is, steps in to help.

“No offense Kagura, I mean I like you and everything, but I wouldn’t get up in the middle of the night to help your crazy ass. After all, you did all that damage by yourself, so you should clean it up by yourself, so there!” Oh, I almost forgot to tell you, did you know that Kagura is a member of the zodiac? Yep, she’s the boar, but she looks like a small brown piglet when transformed.

Don’t let her fool you though, even as a small animal, she can still beat the mess out of Kyo, so the bottom line, DON’T MESS WITH KAGURA, ‘CAUSE SHE CAN KICK SOME SERIOUS ASS!

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27. May 2008 by Ria.

Humphrey Bogart has a huge role in this film, but I’ll go ahead and throw this in the Dead End Kids file anyway. This is an excellent movie about life in the slums, co-starring the handsome Joel McCrea, who turns out to be the hero, and starring Bogart as Baby Face Martin, the tough gangster who comes back to his crappy neighborhood to scope out ex-girlfriend Francie, and to chew the rag with his estranged mother.

For all of you who like the Dead End Kids, you’ll get a chance to see a young (and cute for a change) Leo Gorcey, as Spit, a bad ass kid that you can’t wait to give a beat down to. Now I know you’re used to seeing Gorcey as the gang leader, but in this film, Tommy Gordon (Billy Halop) is in control of this group of misfits, and they don’t come any tougher than him.

Yeah, Spit tries to come off all hardcore, but he knows he better watch his step around Tommy, or he’ll get his face knocked off. Now Sylvia Sydney gives an excellent performance as Drina (gotta love that name), who is trying to look after her brother Tommy, while fighting on the picket lines for better wages. She’s also got a crush on Dave (Joel McCrea), but unfortunately, he’s got the hots for Kay (Wendy Barrie) who’s nothing but a gold digger who likes hanging out with rich guys that she could care less about.

Kay is supposed to be in love with Dave, but unless he’s able to give her the kind of lifestyle that she wants, then he’ll be watching her sail off with her rich boyfriend in his yacht. “Don’t worry Drina, Kay may have better clothes than you, but they were given to her by some old rich dude that she can’t wait to get away from. Not only that, but she’s wearing way too much makeup, and it makes her looks like a clown.”

The notorious gangster, Baby Face Martin is glad to be back on the scene, for he hasn’t seen his mother in 10 years. Only thing is, mom isn’t so happy to see him, and gives him a good whack across the face. “Too bad Martin, maybe you’ll have better luck with ex-girlfriend Francie (Claire Trevor).” Unfortunately, that doesn’t turn out to be a good encounter either, since we all find out that she’s a hooker.

Uh oh, now Martin is all pissed off, and he’s decided to take a rich kid hostage. I really feel sorry for that kid, especially after the Dead End Kids just beat the snot out of him. Well, I guess we’ll just leave the situation in Dave’s hands, since he’s the only one that knows that can take care of business.

One thing that you will learn from this movie, is that being broke is no joke (as if you didn’t know that already). For example, there is a scene where this old hag steals a cookie right out the hand of a kid. C’mon! What adult is that broke and desperate that they’d be willing to do some scandalous stuff like that?

I also learned that building expensive homes in poor neighborhoods is not a very smart idea. Rich people run the risk of being mugged, and beat up on, so why risk it? I also learned that if you squeal on a friend, you set yourself up for a good slash across the face with a knife. What am I talking about? See the movie, and you’ll find out!

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