MM! – 10
Here comes the M~
*Maniacal laughter* ….Oh yeah, it’s MM! I’ll be covering this little padded cell of a show from now on. PRAY FOR ME. Ahem~
Nah, while the first impression of this show wasn’t exactly singing its praises, is it really that bad? Well…yes, but not always! So, a quick recap from episode 2 to 9: While trying to cure Tarou’s masochism the gang have encountered a green haired loli bent on turning the world into perverts, a nearly fatal trip to the beach, and Mio tried to hypnotize the M out of Tarou, which resulted in some awkward yaoi and Yuno in a bunny outfit. Also a festival that ended in kidnapping. Fun stuff, right?
So, episode 10 starts off rather bizarrely with Yuno, little mild mannered Yuno, verbally abusing Tarou on the way to school! And he’s just as confused as the audience. As he’s confiding in Tatsukichi at lunch Yuno reappears with a bento for him, or to be specific a brick (a friggin’ brick!) which she claims to be a loaf of bread. Tarou, of course, tries to eat it at which point Tatsukichi steps in to try and stop him. Geeze, the only thing that could make this scene more awkward is if Yuno started feeding Tarou with a baby bottle, haha.
OH GOD DAMMIT I WAS KIDDING
Where’s the eyesoap when you need it…Anyway, after Yuno runs away, embarassed at her poor attempt at parenting no doubt, Mamiya shows up and steals Tarou away to the girls’ bathroom to interrogate him. While he’s still in there, looking more than a little undignified, the president of Mio’s fanclub appears claiming, quite rightly to at this point, that he’s not worthy to associate with Mio. Tatsukichi, dressed as his alter ego Tatsumi Antoinette XVI, has to come and save the day again, or more acurately Tarou’s ass, as he’s been abused so much today he’s practically stuck in constant super M mode.
1) Tarou, if you managed to end up like that, you deserve to stay like that.
2) “Is that a plunger in your pants, or are you just happy to see me?”
Tarou goes to to the club room to ask Mio about Yuno’s change in behavoir, where he’s then subjected to the WATER WHEEL OF DEATH! Yuno arrives and upon seeing the spectacle before her declares that she won’t be in school for a while. She goes off with Mamiya for some intensive sadism training in the mountains. Tarou seems worried and texts her checking if she’s okay, which was actually quite sweet a sweet moment.
When Yuno returns she challenges Mio to an all out battle for the title of “Most Extreme Sadistic Girl!” the winner of which can do whatever they like to Tarou for a day. Hey, I’d take that…;)
BATTLE OF EPIC PREPORTIONS~
Round 1: They have to inspire Tarou’s masochism through sadistic cosplay without touching him. Yuno starts things off with a police woman outfit, and does surprisingly well, with Mamiya even shedding a few proud tears. But Mio wins the first round with her sadistic nun cosplay (did I really just say those words?)
Round 2: The two have to excite Tarou in silence this time! Mio opts for shadow boxing, letting Tarou imagine what it would feel like if any of those punches were to hit him. While Yuno takes a more inventive approach by texting, and thus round 2 goes to her! Although to be fair, Mio takes the defeat gracefully and actually compliments Yuno on her sadistic technique.
Round 3: Impliments ahoy! Now Yuno and Mio are permitted to use props to get Tarou excited (I could suggest a few, *flicks through yaoi doujin*) Mio takes to abusing a stuffed toy panda which Tarou imagines is himself. Yuno’s sadism this time round is based on puns, which despite making no sense, seem to do the trick. The fight concludes with both Mio and Yuno calling Tarou a pervert until he literally faints from the pleasure.
Anyway, after that we get a kind of random dream seqeunce. It shows chibi Tarou in a field playing catch with his Father. Then Mio falls from the sky to drop kick him in the face. Uhh…deep?
Tarou wakes up in the infirmary where Yuno has been watching over him. I would say d’aww! but she’s half the reason he’s there so screw it. She explains that because she saw him and Mio at the festival she thought Tarou liked that kind of girl and so tried to change herself. What follows is the usual “I like the old you” cheese. Although, there was a nice moment at the end of the episode where Yuno actually touches Tarou, she just takes hold of his sleeve, but still. Unfortunatley her boy phobia kicks in before she can stutter out any real confession.
Extra Screenshots:
This was just plain disturbing; Holy Mio. *shudders*
My face when I heard they were making a Supernatural anime.
The colour pallete doesn’t even believe you, honey.
Say it with me: D’aww!
End Thoughts: This episode felt the most solid in terms of what I think the show is trying to do. That being said tho, MM! is very much like marmite, you either love it or you hate it. As part of my Jun Fukuyama obsession I was obliged to watch the first episode and while I went into it cringing I came out laughing. Aside from having a lot of genuinley funny moments, I think there is an essential core of emotion there. They could have portrayed how Yuno developed her affliction to men as something funny but it was played straight and for dorama. I do love Tarou and Yuno’s interactions, and there was a few of them in this episode, especially at the end. The two of them are just so damn cute together, sorry Mio. I love ya, but if you went out with Tarou he’d never get cured!
The animation is what you’d expect for Xebec, nothing particuarly memorable about it, but it gets the job done, I guess. It kinda annoys me how all the girls have a perminate blush, though, what that’s about? Cuteness factor? I dunno.
MM! is brain candy, plain and simple. If you’re looking for something with well rounded characters, an epic plot and relateable human emotions – look elsewhere. However, if you want something daft and fun to counterbalance some of the more serious shows of the season MM! is well worth its fair share of uncomfortable moments. It’s a guilty pleasure, to say the least.
Preview: Next week looks like it’s going to be a serious episode. I sense Daddy issues ahead, what with that flashback to Tarou’s childhood. *gets behind angst barrier* Until next time, stay funky~
About Hime
Metanorn's resident perverted princess and porn critic; she covers the overlooked, the underrated and the down right stupid. No anime is safe from her critical eye, but throw something Jun Fukuyama related in her direction and she'll turn into a useless puddle of fangirl goo.
POWUH: Meta Team and The Mad Scientist with 5525 comments
YES! MM! It’s like a slightly improved Ookami-san with even more strange dysfunctions.
I usually don’t like when the Tarou-torture scenes become too drawn out, but the whole contest was actually pretty decent. Maybe I just liked the outfits though, who knows. Yuuno came sooo close to confessing…I hope she’s the one to nab the masochist and not Mio. >_<
POWUH: 1000-1099 and Critique with 1024 comments
I don’t know if they’ll try and save it for the last episode or anything, but the next episode makes it look like Yuno might confess, since her and Mio have another more serious looking confrontation.
POWUH: 1100-1199 and Meta's Evil rice-flour Product with 1137 comments
I really don’t mind where this ends up going because i’m hardly in this show for the romantic tension…:P
POWUH: 1000-1099 and Critique with 1024 comments
I think it’s nice to have it tho, it distracts from teh MADNESS.
POWUH: Lovely-pyon~ with 339 comments
I’m sorry but this series is so so so bad. I have no clue why I’m still watching it, but oh dear XD
I mean, from date to illness to wedding in one episode..?
I’ll finish it though. Somehow.
POWUH: 1000-1099 and Critique with 1024 comments
We’ll get through it together together! :’D
POWUH: Meta Resident and Yōko Fanboy with 1246 comments
OMG! Finally someones reviewing MM! xD Thanks Hime~! ^^ I’ll be looking forward to your future posts too!
Well to start off I really like MM! It’s an awesome anime for laughs and it’s got it’s fair share of romance (in a way) especially between Tarou and Yuno but I’d like to also mention that I got even more hooked into this anime because I heard someone was named MIO~~!!! x3 I most likely enjoyed this episode of MM! Maybe I’m a sadistic person? I’m not sure BUT! I must say this… When Yuno and Mio clashed eye’s and the dragon and tiger appeared behind them it reminded me of Toradora with the whole “I’ll be the dragon while you’ll be the tiger” romantic situation ^^ (If you haven’t seen Toradora I advise you to do so!)
Ja ne~
POWUH: 1000-1099 and Critique with 1024 comments
I think you have to be a bit sadistic to watch this show, Tarou gets tortured so much. But it’s funny so it’s okay xD *cackles* I haven’t seen Toradora but the whole Yuno/Mio battle was so epic, I couldn’t stop laughing.
POWUH: 600-699 and Wingman with 655 comments
LOL looks like Metanorn is posting new animes after another
and thats great XD
I don’t really like MM, but stil watching it because its not unbearable and it has some good points too XP
probably will watch till end
POWUH: 1100-1199 and Meta's Evil rice-flour Product with 1137 comments
FACEPALM, MM IS THE BIGGEST LOL FEST
POWUH: 600-699 and Wingman with 655 comments
I agree on LOL FEST but beg to differ on etc
POWUH: Meta Team and PreCure Mastah with 9203 comments
Don’t you mean?
loli loli loli loli loli loli !
POWUH: Meta Team and PreCure Mastah with 9203 comments
Lmao crazy episode this week, Sooo glad Yuno changed back at the end not sure I could watch with another Mio type of character.
POWUH: iLurker with 17 comments
Agree,
One Mio(doS) is enough, altough Mio have tsundere side too just like Arashiko.
POWUH: Meta Team and PreCure Mastah with 9203 comments
Totally! I did enjoy Yuno’s attempts at being Mio like haha was great laughs loved the Cosplay battle xD