夜桜さんちの大作戦 第2期

Doctor Mutsumi looking really good as Taiyo's doctor. I love how everyone is helping Mutsumi analyze Taiyo's condition with Kengo is being the least helpful , and Kyouichiro just actively trying to kill Taiyo. Futaba being bad with tech is adorable. Why even give her a laptop when she struggles to type a single letter? I do love that she still wants to learn despite how bad she is with computers. So it turns out cleaning Shion's gremlin cave was the solution to her issues. How dirty is her PC and server racks that cleaning it actually ended up helping her? I do love how Futaba doesn't understand what's going on, she's just happy to help Seeing two Gold Rank spies freaking out about ghosts is hilarious! The trope of powerful characters being afraid of something silly never gets old. Well Ninomae definitely left an impression. While it did look like she dominated Futaba. Shinzo, and Taiyo during that fight, I would like to point out that Futaba never activated her Blooming . Futaba was basically fighting the entire time using only her aiki. I'd like to see a rematch with Futaba using her True Blooming.

Doctor Mutsumi looking really good as Taiyo's doctor. I love how everyone is helping Mutsumi analyze Taiyo's condition with Kengo is being the least helpful , and Kyouichiro just actively trying to kill Taiyo. I love being reminded that Mutsumi looks good in anything and loves to cosplay, especially if it means she has an excuse to look sexy and determined while taking care of her man. Also Kengo really commits to the "sexy Mutsumi" bit just as much as Kyouichiro commits to supporting Mutsumi's cosplay while not supporting her lovey-dovey time with her husband lol. Futaba being bad with tech is adorable. Why even give her a laptop when she struggles to type a single letter? I do love that she still wants to learn despite how bad she is with computers. It's funny how they double down on Futaba as an old person who doesn't even know how to work a keyboard. She can't even use her own smartphone lol. So it turns out cleaning Shion's gremlin cave was the solution to her issues. How dirty is her PC and server racks that cleaning it actually ended up helping her? I do love how Futaba doesn't understand what's going on, she's just happy to help We don't get a lot of sister-sister interactions among the Yozakura's, so this was really nice. Seeing two Gold Rank spies freaking out about ghosts is hilarious! The trope of powerful characters being afraid of something silly never gets old. Futaba and Shinzo becoming Shaggy and Scooby-Doo lol. Well Ninomae definitely left an impression. While it did look like she dominated Futaba. Shinzo, and Taiyo during that fight, I would like to point out that Futaba never activated her Blooming . Futaba was basically fighting the entire time using only her aiki. I'd like to see a rematch with Futaba using her True Blooming. I want to get more insight into the past/history of the Yozakura Family and the family heads, though for now it seems like Ninomae is a fitting foe for Futaba.

Dang, Tsubomi is so far gone she only vaguely recalls Kawashita. And even what lingering memory she has doesn't matter: all that matters is the ideal vision she sees for the Yozakura Family. Mutsumi in a sexy doctor outfit! Perfect for monitoring her husbands' new physical state, researching all the stuff about her dad, making sure Taiyo feels better, AND looking absurdly hot. We also get a montage of Taiyo getting healed/tested by the siblings, but I love how Shion's is just being able to hold your own against her in a video game while she's in Blooming state. Aw, Goliath made a paper crane for Taiyo! And is guarding the mansion in full dog Kaiju mode! What a good boy. If only that WAS the real Mutsumi coming on to Taiyo in bed...but no, it's Kengo getting a swift kick to the balls. But the real Mutsumi has hardly left Taiyo's side once during this, as proof of her love and devotion. I imagine it's harrowing seeing your dad pop up in front of you via cherry blossoms, or to have him swatted away into cherry blossoms by the family dog...but Mutsumi can't bring herself to hate her father even after everything that's been revealed. She still, on some level, realizes he still cares for her. And Taiyo is there to help validate her feelings. They can be weird about family together. Nurse Kyoichiro...just...nurse Kyoichiro. Futaba doesn't want to be accused of being a brocon so she's got to get all these pictures of Kyoichiro off her computer! Too bad she's hopeless with tech and Shion has to basically do EVERYTHING for her on-top of tracking her dad down. But while she can't learn how to use tech, she can apply her Aiki cleaning skills to help spruce up Shion's hacker cave and actually boost up her computer so she's able to track him down! How's that for sisters supporting each other? Time to explore the old Yozakura Ninomae Mansion! Complete with Taiyo, Futaba, Shion, and Shinzo in new outfits! Even though Futaba and Shinzo both would rather be anywhere than a haunted mansion! A mansion that was home to the second Yozakura head, Lady Ninomae (Aya Hisakawa?), a girl who longed for her mother but was never able to be with her. Shion was THIS close to throwing hands with some occult research nerds, but said nerds end up getting kidnapped and leading to the discovery of...Lady Ninomae herself, carrying on her mothers' wishes and keeping a bunch of people trapped (and being absorbed?) by trees. And she doesn't just look like Futaba, she's also an Aiki master! The best Futaba can do is basically tie with her. Ninomae in her life was never able to be with her mother...but now she can, even if it means leaving behind the place that was once her home. To think they'd have disturbed her real body in order to resurrect her like this. Oh hey, Hotokeyama! We haven't seen you in a while. Nice timing to show up to show these occult research idiots that it's not good to trespass violate privacy, putting the fear of the hammer into them, AND smashing all the evidence they have of bad Yozakura business.

I mean I don't even think it's as cut and dry as that. I've been really into the series since Ch. 1 of the manga dropped, so I've analyzed a lot of factors. Simply put... 1. Manga had a slow start, which made series like Undead Unluck and Mashle get pushed in Jump more. Although, Mashle ended quick and UU was outperformed revenue-wise. 2. The series is mostly popular with younger audiences and the west does not know how or care to market to that audience unless it's toy tie-ins like Beyblade and Pokémon. 3. The global manga fanbase is small and divisive. The anime released during a divisive part of the manga and the anime adaptation itself was divisive for assorted reasons. Undead Unluck is also a Hulu Original adaptation of a Weekly Jump manga and it's more popular here and actually gets merch and home video release courtesy of Viz despite Mission: Yozakura Family being more of a success in Japan. So, that goes to show you how it just tends to get the short end of the stick. The manga was also digital only in English until fans successfully begged for a physical release. Despite all that, its still successful and people enjoy it. Just yesterday, one of the BTS members posted a Vlog watching it. Its accessible enough for casual anime fans to come across it and enjoy, but its mostly a comedy anyways so there's not a whole lot to talk about with it unless you get deeper to where the plot becomes heavier. As someone the series means a lot to, I pretty much accept that as the situation and don't let it take away from my own personal enjoyment. Episode 6 of S2 made me cry at the end because I was so moved by how much care they put into adapting one of my favorite fights.