Summary
After Sena brings up the topic of karaoke as a group activity, the Rinjinbu go down to a karaoke box to try it out, with Yozora and Sena each getting separate rooms to try and make up for the cost. While singing, both Yozora and Kodaka have flashbacks about their childhood, and afterwards Sena invites Kodaka to her house to meet her father.
Impression
Everyone keeps denying that they’re all friends with each other (well, more Yozora and Sena really) but in actuality they’ve started to become good friends, with all of them none the wiser. For starters, multiplayer gaming is more or less a group activity, and the karaoke this week is pretty much only an activity that friends do together, no matter what Sena might say. Oh, and Yozora + Sena’s casual outfits are fab xD
Certainly very refreshing from their usual school uniforms. Notice how Yozora likes wearing hats all the time, even indoors while singing. At this point, the cat’s out of the bag and there’s no need to try any harder – it’s obvious that Yozora was Sora, Kodaka’s childhood friend. Not only the hair colour and the cap, but the tomboyish tendencies still show, as well as the flashbacks that I assume Yozora was having, and that reaction she had to Kodaka repeating that phrase a while ago. Though the hair twirling is SO unlike Yozora ^^
Kodaka himself has had his fair share of reactions – when they passed by the park, Kodaka instinctively turned his head to answer, and caught himself just in time. All we need is for one of them to slip up and call the other by their nickname, or some other sudden realization – and I can’t wait for the moment when that happens xD It’d better happen, or I’ll never forgive you AIC
The actual karaoke session was pretty funny in itself – that poor guy’s face was priceless when he realized that he would have to rent out multiple rooms to them, since the price would still be the same if they all went as a group and got one room. Sena, being the smart one, thought up this idea, and the cashier looked ready to cry until Kodaka saved him and booked a room for four. Leading to a jealous Yozora and Sena.
Kodaka turned out to actually be quite good at singing, as were the rest of them. With a thick, hard black thing, as Rika so accurately called it xD Come to think of it, seiyuus usually have the side-talent of being able to sing, so I guess I shouldn’t be too surprised. Kobato’s song was suspiciously cut out though, so I felt cheated out of hearing HanaKana perform. Remember Renai Circulation from Bakemonogatari anyone? OMG and the sequel Nisemonogatari is slated for next season!!! fangasm
The ending leaned towards Kodaka x Sena, as they now have a secret none of the other haremettes know about, and Yozora in particular looked pissed that Sena’s father invited Kodaka over to her mansion. Watch how all the whole Rinjinbu ends up going, I can already see it.