“First thing that you did was criticize, huh?”

Iku begins her intensive training as a member of the Library Task Force under the careful eye of Lt. Chibi-chan. She hiked a mountain, jumped down from a helicopter, and as finale, punched a man dressed up as a fearsome bear. However, the training did not seem as exciting or fun as she thought it would be. Because here comes Hikari Tezuka to ruin her day. He detests her, hates her stupidity and badmouths her in-front of their superiors. What can someone like Iku do? Well, she’s determined, for one thing. Never mind the pimples for staying up late at night studying and eating chocolates. Iku will not just give up. And when a group of soldiers from the Media Improvement Act came to their library to steal some books, Iku will prove Tezuka that she is a deserving member of the Task Force. Well, she is quite the optimist.
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“I specifically told you to never take one step into the kitchen!”

Continuing from the previous episode, Hikari’s “command” from Kei was to fix lunch for him (their deal in the wrestling match was that whoever gets to execute more moves, he or she will make the loser obey one command). There are two problems with this. First, Hikari’s mother goes berserk every time Hikari enters the kitchen. Second, Hikari never made lunch before. Considering her superhuman strength too, will she be able to make anything without destroying everything?
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“Look Shinkurou! I’m finally able to successfully wash my head by myself!”

Murasaki finally discovers Shinkurou’s secret night activities by following him late at night wearing nothing but pajamas. The supposedly smooth deal between her protector and the Yakuza went bad when Ms. Royal Queen intervened with her ever-popular bad-ass attitude.
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“An idiot shouldn’t go imitating another idiot, you idiot!”

The Media Improvement Act was passed on in 2012 (Seika era). Using the excuse of protecting human rights and preventing the youths from negative influences of media, an oppression of the freedom of expression is initiated through a special military body. Library Freedom Act is then introduced in order to fight against the Media Improvement Act. Libraries became self-governing bodies that stand against the Federal Government, through the assistance of the Library Corps. The confrontation between both parties intensified. 30 years later, the situation turned into a full-scale armed conflict.
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Some old & not so old anime classics for your listening pleasure…
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