Moyashimon - 6
Posted on January 7th, 2008 by Eddie
In this episode we become acquainted with our newest member of the ensemble, Aoi Muto. Two questions first came to mind: Where do I recognize that voice from? And two, is that a nasal strip or a band-aid. One of these questions was easily answered through the use of my keyboard, a google search bar, and Wikipedia. This Mamiko Noto, as she is called, has actually quite the resume, however I mostly recognized her as Nina Fortner/Anna Liebert from the 2004 anime entitled Monster, which happens to be one of the better shows I’ve seen.
As for the second question, using deductive logic as well as exhausting a repertoire of test cases I concluded that Aoi did not possess a damaged proboscis of any sort, and it was more likely a nasal strip to help shield against her large pungent effluence due to a lack of a shower for the better entirety of three weeks. This was because while she and Haruka were originally on a trip together, Haruka forced her to forgo the plane flight due to the volatile products Aoi carried on her person in the form of fermented meats, and thus she was forced to walk.
Also, band-aids and the like are part of the designated “moe” classification, and since I didn’t see any boo boo’s and tears welling up and kissing it to make it feel better, then in order for it to be considered moe, it must have been a nasal strip. Actually just ignore this last entire paragraph.
It turns out that Aoi brought home more than spoiled meat (”Fermented” is just a nice way of saying something spoiled that you will still eat. Kind of like when you’re eating some bologna but when you take the package out of the drawer in the fridge you notice it’s like a week past the expiration date, but then you’re just like “fuck it” and eat it anyway.). No, not an HIV-positive Mexican crack baby, as one naturally would assume judging by her methods of returning home as well as her appearance, but a whole slew of dangerous bacteria that set of sirens to Sawaki. My personal favorite is the microbe with the 6 o’clock shadow, which I would wager the artists used to represent El Tor.
Sawaki notices these border-crossing microbial wetbacks, and a hazmat team proceeds the delousing.
It’s not an episode of Moyashimon with an awesome kick-ass microbe monster, this time caused by a new strain of influenza, most likely a form of avian flu. As a matter of fact, the path of the virus was as follows: The UFO club, led by Aoi for reasons you will just have to watch to find out, for some reason thought it would be a good idea to house both a pig and a chicken in their room. Well, the issue with this is (I believe, don’t quote me, my only reference are these DVDs of Babe and Chicken Run.) that normally chickens and other birds carry dangerous strains of the virus. However, these aren’t easily commutable to humans, so they aren’t usually so much a risk. However, keeping a pig next to the bird is a bad idea, because the birds can pass on the virus to the pigs (also easier to do because generally the pig will be eating the chicken shit, thus passing the virus more easily). Since pigs can catch the same diseases as humans and pass it on more easily, they pass it on and thus the entire UFO club has influenza.
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