Monday, August 18, 2008

Hyakushiki-Ou 12AUG2008 Ice

I guess sometimes I underestimate my ability to get completely sidetracked, but as it doesn't seem like I'm going to get sleep for a while I'm still able to meet my goal of catching up with Hyakushiki-Ou episodes.

We get the same start but it is apparent that someone's missing for this episode and that someone happens to be Fujigaya Taisuke. The only explanation I can think of for his absence is that the classroom segments were taped last month when Fujigaya would have been busy with participating in the KAT-TUN concerts. Kinda makes you wonder how far in advance episodes for this show get taped and how they'll deal with all the boys being busy with SUMMARY all throughout August.

Getting back to the episode though in the classroom segment it seems like they lost another boy as there are only Shoon, Sanada and Takada there with an empty seat amongst them. We hear Keito call out "Inocchi" a couple of times before we're shown the big screen TV next to Inohara with Keito on the screen. Keito enters a room that has a small portable ice rank, called Extra Ice, which is then discussed about. Keito then gets to give skating on the Extra Ice a try and does alright, though at one point he tries to do a twirl and almost falls from it.


It a commercial break and time to move on to the next subject, ice used for treats that you eat. Shoon and Sanada are the on location footage boys again but they're not together. They both get bicycles to ride as they need to cover a bit of ground as they search for places that sell frozen desserts, particularly shaved ice, in a competition between the two.

Sanada gets followed first as he begins his search. He asks for help with directions from a local to find his first spot but still manages to get lost. Shoon has much better luck and finds his first place soon and gets to eat.


Shoon's luck continues and he finds his second place with little trouble and gets to eat again. Then he finds his third spot. Sanada in the meantime finally makes it to his first place and of course gets to enjoy the ice treat there.

Shoon continues his streak and finds his fourth place easily but before we're shown anything about it things switch over to Sanada again as he finds his second. It goes back to Shoon and we see him get a milk & rose flavored ice treat. I kinda had to cringe then as I've had rose flavored ice cream before and it was the weirdest taste as it tasted like you really were eating the flower itself.


Shoon's next place is a bit of a trek but he still seems to have no problem finding the places he needs to. Sanada finds his next place inside a department building where he finds the one after that as well. Sanada also finds his fifth place in the department building so he's able to begin catching up with Shoon rather quickly in this competition.


Shoon makes it to the department building but as part of the competition he can't mark off the same places Sanada has already been to which by then was everything in the building. So he ends up having to go elsewhere to find a place Sanada hasn't been to. As he enjoys his flavored ice Sanada shows up.


The competition is then over and we go back to the classroom were the winner is decided. Inohara has them pull out the utensils from each spot they ate at and in the end Sanada had more, though Shoon tried to use a rubber band to match him. So Sanada wins and we're shown the two places that Sanada made it to that gave him the win. His prize is also revealed to be a large block of ice.


The ending clip is quite cute as it has Sanada and Shoon playing around in one of those painted boards with holes to put your face through.

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