{"id":1950,"date":"2009-04-27T21:56:19","date_gmt":"2009-04-28T04:56:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mikoto.wordpress.com\/?p=1950"},"modified":"2009-04-27T21:56:19","modified_gmt":"2009-04-28T04:56:19","slug":"k-on-04","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flomu.net\/blog\/2009\/04\/k-on-04\/","title":{"rendered":"K-ON! 04: Ritsu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mikoto.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/04\/snapshot20090424004625.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1951\" src=\"http:\/\/mikoto.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/04\/snapshot20090424004625.jpg?resize=500%2C375\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>God damn it. \u00a0I&#8217;ve never before switched my girl-of-choice in any anime (Kagamin came close, but I still prefer Konata), but Ritsu &gt;&gt;&gt;&gt; everybody else here.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Now I&#8217;m no <a href=\"http:\/\/animekritik.wordpress.com\/2009\/04\/06\/while-we-wait-for-k-on-episode-2-about-ritsus-face\/\" target=\"_blank\">expert like animekritik<\/a> (and that&#8217;s obviously why I&#8217;m linking to his incredibly detailed post instead of making at least a semi-intelligible post myself), but I have been shown the light.<\/p>\n<p>This post will be split up into two sections: one showing why Ritsu is better than Yui, one showing why Ritsu is better than Tsumugi and that other one.<\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"color:#ff0000;\">RITSU &gt; YUI<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mikoto.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/04\/snapshot20090424001228.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1953\" src=\"http:\/\/mikoto.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/04\/snapshot20090424001228.jpg?resize=500%2C375\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ritsu&#8217;s the one who takes the lead here!<br \/>\nBeing a moeblob, my ex-waifu cannot think on her own and can only nod in agreement with Ritsu&#8217;s magnificent ideas.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mikoto.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/04\/snapshot20090424001237.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1952\" src=\"http:\/\/mikoto.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/04\/snapshot20090424001237.jpg?resize=500%2C375\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mikoto.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/04\/snapshot20090424001237.jpg\"><\/a>&#8220;Yeah, my face is deformed while yours isn&#8217;t, Ricchan!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Obviously, a testament to Ritsu&#8217;s beauty.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mikoto.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/04\/snapshot20090424002536.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1996\" src=\"http:\/\/mikoto.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/04\/snapshot20090424002536.jpg?resize=500%2C375\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>While Yui is off in the background doing her forced-moe\/Kana-mouth shot, Ritsu&#8217;s in the front being awesome.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mikoto.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/04\/snapshot20090424001624.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1954\" src=\"http:\/\/mikoto.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/04\/snapshot20090424001624.png?resize=500%2C375\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>They both have hair accessories.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mikoto.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/04\/snapshot20090424002846.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1976\" src=\"http:\/\/mikoto.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/04\/snapshot20090424002846.png?resize=500%2C375\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>But WHO ditches it just because of a little water?<br \/>\nWhat a loser, that Yui.<\/p>\n<p>And before you go off telling me that Ritsu isn&#8217;t wearing her hairband&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mikoto.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/04\/snapshot20090424002706.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1979\" src=\"http:\/\/mikoto.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/04\/snapshot20090424002706.jpg?resize=500%2C375\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s right.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mikoto.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/04\/snapshot20090424003050.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2000\" src=\"http:\/\/mikoto.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/04\/snapshot20090424003050.png?resize=500%2C375\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;d take a camisole over a baggy shirt any day.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"color:#0000ff;\">RITSU &gt; TSUMUGI\/MIO<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mikoto.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/04\/ritsu-1.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1977\" src=\"http:\/\/mikoto.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/04\/ritsu-1.png?resize=500%2C375\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Obviously, Ritsu isn&#8217;t as rich as Tsumugi&#8230; but that has its benefits. \u00a0Rich girl is getting fat from eating all those sweets while Ritsu still maintains a slim figure.<\/p>\n<p>Mio&#8217;s a hypocrite, by the way.<br \/>\nLook at that fat stomach, those bulging legs, that corpulent chest!<br \/>\n(cue SanCon ref): She&#8217;s about as fat as Aya Hirano!<br \/>\nDownright digusting.<\/p>\n<p>Yui&#8217;s got some fat around her sweets-storing place as well.<\/p>\n<p>And then there&#8217;s the swimsuits.<br \/>\nPlain white and plain black? \u00a0Pfft.<br \/>\nLittle frills and ribbons make Yui a walking moe billboard.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s only one girl here who&#8217;s got a swimsuit that ain&#8217;t too simple and ain&#8217;t too OBVIOUS MOEBLOB, and that&#8217;s Ritsu. \u00a0Stripes are a plus.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1978\" style=\"width: 115px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mikoto.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/04\/ritsu-2.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1978\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1978\" src=\"http:\/\/mikoto.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/04\/ritsu-2.png?resize=105%2C54\" alt=\"\" width=\"105\" height=\"54\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1978\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Behold, the chest of awesome!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>You may claim that Mio and Mugi have the breasts to back up your support of one of them, and you may say that Yui&#8217;s got the lack of breasts to back up your love for her, but guess what? \u00a0Ritsu&#8217;s got the best chest here.<\/p>\n<p>Why else would her boobs have such heavy shading when she&#8217;s just &#8220;another flat-chested character like Yui?&#8221; \u00a0This is saying &#8220;Ritsu&#8217;s got more than Yui, but not as much as those two fat ones with their <a href=\"http:\/\/mikoto.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/04\/dango-4.png\" target=\"_blank\">monstrous dangos<\/a>.&#8221;<br \/>\nThis screenshot says &#8220;RITSU IS THE BEST&#8221; all over it.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration:none;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mikoto.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/04\/snapshot20090424003253.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1994\" src=\"http:\/\/mikoto.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/04\/snapshot20090424003253.jpg?resize=500%2C375\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m tellin&#8217; ya, Ritsu is the one who made Mio.<\/p>\n<p>If it hadn&#8217;t been for Ritsu and her imaginative&#8230; imagination, Mio fanservice would not have existed in this episode, period.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1997\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mikoto.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/04\/snapshot20090424002806.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1997\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1997\" src=\"http:\/\/mikoto.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/04\/snapshot20090424002806.jpg?resize=450%2C338\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1997\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&quot;...or else Ritsu-dono won&#39;t help me get any fanservice this episode!&quot;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mikoto.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/04\/snapshot20090424004042.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1998\" src=\"http:\/\/mikoto.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/04\/snapshot20090424004042.jpg?resize=500%2C375\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m pretty sure that the only Mio fanservice that Mio herself delivers are her swimsuit scenes. \u00a0And Ritsu&#8217;s striped two-piece is obviously far superior to that black thing. \u00a0Swimsuits don&#8217;t need bows.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mikoto.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/04\/snapshot20090424002902.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1999\" src=\"http:\/\/mikoto.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/04\/snapshot20090424002902.jpg?resize=500%2C375\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Oh wait. \u00a0Wasn&#8217;t it Ritsu who caused the camera to zoom in on Mio&#8217;s chest?<br \/>\nWasn&#8217;t it Ritsu who wanted to go to the beach while her lackey put up a futile attempt to stay behind and practice?<\/p>\n<p>Bah.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mikoto.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/04\/snapshot20090424003144.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1995\" src=\"http:\/\/mikoto.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/04\/snapshot20090424003144.jpg?resize=500%2C375\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Who likes badly-drawn-eye-and-nose girl anyway?<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h1>Other areas of interest in episode 4<\/h1>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mikoto.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/04\/snapshot20090424001501.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2001\" src=\"http:\/\/mikoto.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/04\/snapshot20090424001501.jpg?resize=500%2C375\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I have T-Mobile, and it ain&#8217;t that good.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mikoto.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/04\/snapshot20090424002151.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2005\" src=\"http:\/\/mikoto.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/04\/snapshot20090424002151.jpg?resize=500%2C375\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Time for you to realize that your hair will never be as insanely huge as <a href=\"http:\/\/mikoto.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/04\/snapshot20090423001017.jpg\">Mashiro&#8217;s<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mikoto.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/04\/snapshot20090424002114.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2002\" src=\"http:\/\/mikoto.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/04\/snapshot20090424002114.jpg?resize=500%2C375\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Konata wannabes.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mikoto.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/04\/snapshot20090424003858.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2003\" src=\"http:\/\/mikoto.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/04\/snapshot20090424003858.jpg?resize=500%2C375\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Damn it, Yui! \u00a0You&#8217;re always in the way!<\/p>\n<p>Speaking of &#8220;in the way&#8221;&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mikoto.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/04\/snapshot20090424002248.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2004\" src=\"http:\/\/mikoto.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/04\/snapshot20090424002248.jpg?resize=500%2C375\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>EXCUSE ME, your face is blocking half the screen!<\/p>\n<p>Yup.<\/p>\n<p>Other random thoughts on this episode:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Forced fanservice.<\/li>\n<li>Ritsu &gt; those three insignificant characters.<\/li>\n<li>Not a bad beach\/vacation\/training camp episode.<\/li>\n<li>Mugi&#8217;s vacation home is reminiscent of Chiyo-chan&#8217;s vacation home.<\/li>\n<li>Ritsu has awesome hair.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>God damn it. \u00a0I&#8217;ve never before switched my girl-of-choice in any anime (Kagamin came close, but I still prefer 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