15. July 2008 by Ria.

Tohru and the zodiac gang decide to do some New Years cleaning, and friends Arisa, and Saki join in. Kyo gets pissed off, probably at the wind this time, and Arisa tells him in her own way to shut the hell up.

Kyo shoots back by calling her a dirty bitch. WHAT WAS THAT? ARE YOU KIDDING ME? Now you can see in the picture above what Arisa does to him, but I can tell you right now, it’s not enough. If I was there, everybody would be getting a screen shot of me ramming my fist down his throat.

So everybody is trying to do all this cleaning, and Shigure’s stupid and overbearing agent is stalking him, trying to get him to finish the last 500 pages of his book. And when is this due, by the end of the day? Yeah right, good luck lady.

Now Shigure already finished it, but gets bored and decides to have a little fun with her. Next, Yuki and Kyo try to carry this large library case, with the books still on it I might add. Please, Yuki is trying to lift something that huge with his skinny butt? What he needs to do is lift some food to his mouth so he can gain some weight!

Shigure, and his agent try to help, but since she keeps getting on his nerves, he sneaks off, then she follows, leaving Yuki and Kyo to fend for themselves. As you see, they end up dropping  it, and once again Kyo is all pissed off. “Yuki, don’t listen to him, just slap his ass, and go on about your business.”

This is the extent of the comedy in the episode, and then it goes downhill from there. Now there’s this scene where Kyo and Yuki open their sparkling clean bathroom with different reactions. Okay, can someone please tell me why that was thrown in there, what does this have to do with anything?

Yuki tells Tohru that he and the guys will be going back to the Sohma estate to celebrate New Years, and to participate in the zodiac banquet. Yes, this means that she’ll be all alone for 3 whole days, too bad, she’s not a little kid, get over it already.

Saki finds this out, and decides to lay a guilt trip on Kyo and Yuki, who after reacting like a couple of goons, race home to be with Tohru. Boy, what a couple of saps. “Yuki, you really should go to the banquet, ’cause I can tell you right now, you’re not gonna end up with Tohru anyway.”

Like he’s gonna listen to anything I say. Anyway, the two run home, and they find Tohru sitting in front of her mother’s picture with tears in her eyes. Oh brother, she really needs to save it for another day.

I see Shigure is the only sane one in the group, ’cause he goes to the Zodiac banquet anyway, and Momiji is there to greet him, isn’t he so cute?

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7. July 2008 by Ria.

At the end of episode 7, Hatori demanded Tohru to visit him at the Sohma estate so that they could have a nice chat. ”Tohru, I hope you took some wrestling classes, ’cause Hatori could be a pervert.” She also wasn’t supposed to let Shigure, Yuki, or Kyo know that she was going.  Now this is kind of scary, not only could Hatori be a freak, but he also has the power to erase people’s memories.

Well, Tohru decides to go anyway, now at first I thought it was a dumb thing to do, then I saw Momiji, so I figured maybe everything was gonna be okay. You know, I’m really beginning to like that kid, he’s always so happy go lucky, and full of life, but I see he’s wearing another crazy ass outfit.

“Momiji, did anybody tell you that you look like that kid on the Cracker Jack box?” Now for all of you that don’t know what that is, too bad, so sad, look it up on the Internet. So Tohru meets with Hatori, and he’s being so hospitable, telling her to relax, and make herself comfortable.

Then he asks her questions like how she likes living with Yuki and the others, and blah, blah, blah. Then the final boom, he tells her to pack up her things, and get the hell out of there, before she gets a beat down from Akito. Okay, so he didn’t say it that way, however Hatori told her that it would be best if Tohru moved back in with her own family.

He says that the Sohma family has too many dark secrets, yeah and I know one of them, the fact that Akito is a psychopathic retard who needs to be stomped into the ground. Oh yeah, we find out a lot about that dude, or chick, or whatever, but we also find out a little bit more about Hatori as well.

Momiji reveals to Tohru that Hatori was in love with some chick named Kanna, and they were about to get married, when Akito wigged out, and blinded Hatori in one eye. Now instead of apologizing like a normal person would do, he blames Kanna, and from that point on, she never forgave herself.

Kanna’s self torture went on for awhile, so Hatori decided to erase her memory as a final act of love, I guess. You really have to see this episode, because words don’t begin to describe how dramatic it was.

Momiji is telling the story, but you actually get to see everything play out, scene by scene. Anyway, we find out that Hatori is really a cool guy, he just doesn’t want Tohru to get hurt in any way like he and Kanna were. Ahhhhh, how nice. However, I think if Akito tried to pull that stuff with Kyo, he’d get the crap beat out of him.

Well, that’s the end of my review, and I can go to bed now, but why do I feel like I’m leaving something out? Oh yeah, I forgot to tell you what zodiac animal Hatori is! See, Tohru with her clumsy self tripped, Hatori tried to catch her, but she ended up falling on him (don’t ask me how that happened), and he transforms into a seahorse!

You’ve got to be kidding, a seahorse gets accepted into the zodiac, and not the cat, now who in the hell is more popular? Oh wait, before I leave, I want to give a shout out to Akito, “Yo, Akito, you’re a f—-in’ idiot!”

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5. July 2008 by Ria.

Yuki is standing in front of his classmates trying to decide what flavor rice balls to sell at the cultural festival. Now Kyo starts talkin’ about dumb stuff, like having a riceball battle, and of course, nobody is listening. But when Yuki starts rambling off ideas, he gets the classroom’s complete attention, as usual.

Kyo gets all pissed off (his natural state), and all the sudden, a herd of cats hover around him, with smiles on their faces. Gee, I didn’t know cats knew how to smile. Now I guess since Kyo is a cat too, I can understand the attraction, but since he’s got anger issues, who in the hell would want to hang around him?

Well I’m personally not scared, ’cause I know I can drop kick him into oblivion, but if I was a cat, I’d be a little concerned about where I choose to hang out. Now Kyo says that Shigure attracts dogs (cause he is one, remember), and Yuki attracts mice. WHAT?

Now who in the hell would want to hang around Yuki, if all he’s gonna do is attract a bunch of rats? Think about it, you’re sitting down, eating in a restaurant with him, then, out of nowhere, a whole bunch of rats come to join you. EW! No way Jose!

After coping an attitude, Kyo escapes to the school rooftop (wonder how he got up there), and Tohru follows. Once again Kyo starts talking about how he hates Yuki ’cause he’s so cool, and blah, blah, blah. But remember, Yuki does care for Kyo either, in part because he has no problem being himself when he’s around other people. Yeah, a big ass jerk.

Now Kyo has a good reason not to like Yuki, after all Yuki is a pretty classy guy, until he put that dress on! That’s right, you heard it folks, some of the senior girls put their money together to buy Yuki a dress, and asked him to wear it to the festival. Okay, there’s something wrong here, why in the hell would you buy a dress for a guy to wear?

But Yuki wears it anyway, and he can’t stand it, but no one seems to mind, even the guys. Momiji pops up from out of nowhere, and jumps on Yuki’s neck. Hey, it’s anime, anything is possible, remember? One of the first things out of his mouth is that Yuki looks like a girl.

“Momiji, you got a lot of nerve, have you looked in the mirror lately?” I’m telling you, if that kid didn’t hug Tohru, and change into a rabbit, I would have thought he was a girl. Remember, if a member of the zodiac hugs someone of the opposite sex, they transform.

Wait a minute, who’s this good looking guy that came with Momiji? It’s Hatori (like I know who that is). He’s a doctor, and a member of the Sohma family which means he’s a member of the zodiac. Which animal is he, well, you’ll find out in the next episode.

Hatori came to check up on Yuki, who used to be an asthma sufferer, but he also wants to have a private conversation with Tohru at the Sohma estate. Uh oh, what does he want to see her for? Is he gonna ask her out on a date? Is he gonna try to cut her head off? Is he gonna have a surprise birthday party for her?

I guess we’ll just have to wait and see what happens in the next episode!

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