A Couple is Better than a Single / The Byway to Oku
Episode 9 · 2008-03-01
- Animation
- Comedy
Episode overview
When everyone's mind isn't functioning well after the New Year, Maria decides to tackle them in a manzai fashion. Nozumu Itoshiki explains that there are things other than the New Year that causes people to feel groggy such as jet lag. Ultimately, Maria decides to tackle the government of Japan arguing that Japan isn't paying enough attention on its national security matter during the peace time while the neighborhood countries are posing as threat. In the second part of the episode, Nozomu Itoshiki suddenly decides to inspect students by surprise. In order to help Nozomu to achieve his goal, Maria and Chiri starts taking photographs of vulnerable private moments of students. Nozomu's colleague, Jinroku, is the only one able to withstand the inspection 24 hours a day. Suddenly, Kafuka Fūra argues back that being a careless person can be a great appeal as it can draw sympathetic feeling from everyone. Chiri suddenly decides to take advantage of this trend by becoming a careless person on purpose, but it consequently puts many characters in grave danger.
25 minutes
Season 2 episodes
1. Look, the Baron's Reckless Remark / There Are a Lot of Problems in This Class So Please Be Aware of That2008-01-05
2. Forelocks Yet To Be Opened / Adornment At Tiffany's / Rouse Up, O Old Men of the Old Age2008-01-12
3. Seventeen Years Old Don't You Want To Grab Your Wrinkles? / Duty and Soldiers / Don't Say It So Casually! Melos Stood and Retorted Furiously2008-01-19
4. An Artist By the Roadside / I Have Mostly Read Shameful Books / The Inconspicuous Summer2008-01-26
5. Team Play / I Always Called That Person A Leftover / The Other Side of an Act of Kindness2008-02-05
6. Thou Shalt Not Know / The Story of Hoichi the Dreamless / Private Stealth2008-02-09
7. The Cat That Was Told a Million Times / Little Red Riding Hood Sleeps. Be Careful / The Tsugaru Correspondence Education2008-02-16
8. Spynapple Pudding / When The Fruit of Exposure is Ripened / A Half of the Criminal Investigation Report2008-02-23
9. A Couple is Better than a Single / The Byway to Oku2008-03-01
10. Deteriorating Stream / A Fool's Adequacy / The First-time Condition2008-03-08
11. Dark Despair Women / On This Month, On This Night, The Moon Shall Be Clouded by My Tears2008-03-15
12. The Glory of Landing / Role of a Certain Woman / Pororokka Came Riding a Wave2008-03-22
13. Dismissal of Myohonji in Kamakura / The Voice of Daidouji Shinsuke / Under the Assumption of Siblings2008-03-29
