Sawaki passes on the street what appears to be a cross between the polluted river spirit from Hayao Miyazaki’s Spirited Away and the various perverted ninja from 2 x 2 = Shinobuden (Ninja Nonsense), at least the eyes anyway.

It turns out that the microbe monster was actually not a swamp thing but a close friend of Professor Itsuki, the owner of a liquor store. The two upperclassmen and Haruka are charged with making some purchases from the store, so off they go. For those who are interested in sake and types of sake and flavors of sake and sake brewing, Sawaki is dragged to the store to listen to a discussion about sake between the his friend Kei and the owner.

‘Tis not a very eventful episode otherwise, except that a new character is introduced, a girl named Aoi, who has just returned from a trip with some very potent fermented meat juice or something for Professor Itsuki, and spills it everywhere in the process.

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I’ve decided to move to jpeg format thumbnails. Who’d know that they would be smaller in size than gifs and better quality?