Osomatsu-san season 4, ep 8, thoughts. (Spoilers)
Let me start this off by saying -clears throat- ICHIMATSU! ICHIMATSU!!!!!! ICHIMATSU!!!!!! -GAAAASSSSSPPPP- ICHIMATSU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ok. Now that that's out of the way.
Once again I enjoyed this episode. It's just so freaking cute, but also had some sad parts in it. It's also funny that some of my points in my last post are still relevant in this episode. Such as Ichimatsu not thinking things through, and Todomatsu being the one (again) to try and help him think more about his plans:
(Don't worry, Ichimatsu; I'm the same way.)
And also my point about them needing cat food and not being able to afford it.
Also, how cute was it that all of them tried to persuade their mom into letting Ichi keep the cat? He truly is the baby of the family.
His reaction when he realized that he could adopt the cat was so freaking funny and sweet. He didn't realize that was an option. I also like to imagine that would be his reaction to finding out he was going to be a dad, or if his partner asked if they could adopt a child.
I'm gonna take some inspiration from @pinky-the-bunny post for this next part (I hope it's ok).
Like them, I think Nekomaru does remind Ichi of ESP kitty, but the part I think that does, is where Nekomaru is getting into trouble with the townsfolk.
He causes trouble and gets the people mad at him, which gets him chased, just like ESP kitty did.
I think Ichi still carries guilt from this. Thinking, "if I hadn't gotten mad and kicked him out of the house, he wouldn't have gotten chased and hurt." He's trying to correct (what he believes to be) his sin with this new cat.
Which is why he never gives up on the Nekomaru, no matter how much it hurts.
Why he's so desperate to keep the cat in one place, where he can protect him.
But like for most of us and our past sins, we can't always make up for it. Especially when we try to erase those sins by using someone completely different.
Ichi was also seriously ADORABLE in this ep!
Also, I loved this look Chibita had.
THAT IS THE LOOK OF A MAN THAT HASN'T FORGOTTEN HIS ROOTS! He too was once an orphan (a "stray" if you will) that lived on the streets, having to fend for himself, so of course he'd know the cats' true motive.
Now, with all the good I've said, I have one complaint: Totoko.
I did like in this season how she was treating the sextuplets like chilldhood friends (though I don't think they're returning that treatment to her?), and didn't always act like she hated their company, and we still got to keep some of her mistreatment of them.
But this episode it really made her look like a typical "damsel" side girl in a lot of animes.
Totoko from 1-3 would have been PISSED when that cat scratched her, and she would have whooped his butt. There could have even been a gag where she's so upset that this cut destroyed her looks, that she turns into a delinquent. Or something.
Point is: She wouldn't have been calm about that, and would have at least fought with the sextuplets instead of just relaying on them to catch the cat.
I doubt we'll get it this season, but I hope one day they bring back the strong, independent Totoko-chan that we had for season 1-3. She can still be nice to the sextuplets at times though.
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