Keroro☆

Watching Natsumi try to smile through that phone call about her mom not making it stung more than the comedy that followed. The festival stuff was fun but that quiet beat is what I keep thinking about

my favorite bit was Giroro muttering he fell for her right after getting thrown into a wall. that is the entire character in one line and it was handled exactly right

Gym shorts instead of bloomers and the whole festival feels scrubbed clean. I get broadcast standards and all but the edge in the original designs is just gone. The races still land though

That three legged race got me more than I expected. When Giroro showed up in a suit and just ran with her like it was the most natural thing. Natsumi hiding her face afterward is the whole show in one image

New Giroro voice actually works for me. Masuda sounds close enough to Nakata that I stopped noticing after two lines. The scolding when he crawled out of the TV had the old bite

Fuyuki calling Giroro just another friend of Keroro's while the guy literally camps in the backyard in a military tent is such a perfect deadpan beat. The whole household just accepting this new angry frog into their routine feels right for where the show is headed

one thing the episode nails is the contrast between the cute round frog art and the actual war zone going on in that living room. laser wires and missiles in a suburban house is such a specific joke and they commit to it fully

Giroro blasting Keroro every time he moved wrong was funny for about a minute then I just felt bad for the guy sitting there covered in soot crying. The discipline bit drags a touch in the middle

Aki bailing on the race the day before had me feeling bad for Natsumi. Then Giroro of all people steps in wearing a suit and they smash the record. That whole sequence got me a little more than I expected from this show

Keroro showing up late in the green suit after Giroro already broke the record with Natsumi is peak embarrassment comedy. The whole school watching him flail around while the video goes viral later just finishes it perfectly

Natsumi catching missiles with her school bag is the kind of nonsense I show up for. Giroro set up all those precision traps and she just walked through them like it was gym class

new Giroro voice is fine honestly but part of me still misses that old gravel. design looks sharp though and the weapons animation got some real attention this time

I couldn't stop smiling when Giroro said he was in love after Natsumi tossed him into the wall. That line has been in my head all day. The GiroNatsu ship is officially sailing and I'm here for every second of it

The 27 year nap explanation is so stupid and I mean that with love. She overslept because of snacks. That is the most Keroro thing imaginable

I couldn't stop laughing at Keroro flipping on a dime the second Fuyuki brought up Gunpla factories. That man has his priorities completely sorted

Keroro actually being scary for a few minutes was not something I expected to see this early. The way he handled Natsumi made me sit up a little

I could not stop laughing at Mois falling asleep for 25 years because she ate too many snacks. Honestly the most Keroro reason to miss your own apocalypse

Humidity Keroro actually beating Natsumi and Tamama was not something I expected. the fight animation went way harder than it needed to. Maximum Humidity Keroro is a real threat now

the gunpla factory panic is the funniest thing this show has done yet. Keroro flipping from conqueror to hostage in one sentence because no more Gundam models. that face he makes

so the king of terror slept through his own appointment and then gets told off by a kid with a magazine. the prophecy update is silly and I kind of like that it commits to being silly