Last week on Baka to Test to Shoukanjuu, Yuuji and Shouko spent a day at the amusement park defining their relationship. This week, the battle aspect of the series finally returns in force as the ESB system goes haywire. Hope you still have the NERV to watch this series.
Damnit Yoshii, don't start Instrumentality without permission!
Some delinquent tries to hack into the school’s computer system, and when it catches him, he trips a power line in the server room. This causes an ESB field across the campus, and makes everyone’s summons go crazy. First, they show idealized versions of the characters as adults, and much fanservice ensues. Then they go stark raving mad. Yoshii is the only one unaffected, since he has direct control over his chibi. Thus, the school has to depend on him to save the day. The other Class F students and the principal assist from the sidelines while Yoshii has to overcome everyone else’s avatars and reconnect the power line. He finally succeeds, but at the expense of everyone having to attend remedial lessons since they all died.
If you know anything about Evangelion, you know this isn't going to end well.
Cosplay fanservice a-fricken-hoy!
Run for your lives! It's the attack of the killer chibis!
This is your team of crack specialists!? Houston, we have a problem.
Shut up Shinji... I mean... Shut up Yoshii!
Brilliance through stupidity. Will wonders never cease?
I HAVE THE POWER... Glove.
And by God you'd best do the worst you've ever done in your life!
Could have shared some of that confidence with the rest of us, Gendo. I mean, Principal.
As you can see from some of the screenshots, and probably every other blog post about this episode, BakaTest gives a massive salute to Evangelion in this episode. I hope you’ve watched it, or most of these jokes will be lost on you. You’re also going to get hit with several classic Nintendo references. BakaTest should have made this kind of episode all season long. It has a wealth of good parody, the battle system commands the center stage, and the characters are *gasp* useful! While the students lack the individual brightness of the A class members, they can still achieve greatness when they put their minds together. Yoshii most embodies this when his quick, off-the-wall thinking manages to save the day. The principal herself appreciates this quality, and it’s why she depended on them to solve the problem. While this episode was promising, the series only has four episodes remaining and the next episode will likely focus on the love triangle. Oh well, the ESB was nice while it lasted.
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