NOOOOOOO comment. This outfit suits her _so_
well, it's SCARY... "Eye of newt and toe of frog? Who WRITES these
things?!" Meanwhile, Yuushi and Kokoru aren't fitting into their new job
nearly as well... Lucky so-and-so. Erumina's job is just to dust
and sort the magic books. Notice that she keeps getting put around _books_ a
lot...? (Funny when you consider that I jokingly compared her to Hermione
Granger, in the last episode...) Grenda's in LUV! Awww... And notice how the
others actually SEE the little flowers and things that show up because of her
feelings, and REACT to them? I love that, it's so funny! :) This show uses a
LOT of anime cliches...but does so in such a way that I think it's actually
making _fun_ of them, like how shows such as Animaniacs and Quack Pack do for
Western-animation cliches. It's episodes like THIS that back up my theory. If
they were _just_ using cliches to be lazy, they wouldn't have the characters
_reacting_ to them in a humourous way. THAT shows that they know quite well
what they are doing, and are doing it on purpose, with a sly little wink at
the audience. Sort of a nudging of the fourth wall, you might say. "Hello..." And the object of desire is a HUMAN, too!
Gasp! Choke! Wheeze! Well, I mean, seriously--considering all the flack she
gives poor Cube for _working_ for humans...this is quite a bit "worse",
wouldn't you say? "I think this could be...IT." says Kokoru as she and
Yuushi gleefully watch Grenda make a total fool of herself. Grenda the Potions-Mistress! Animal parts
work better than plants, huh? Hey, Magrat...hate to tell you this, but...
;) Tiptoeing through the tulips or whatever kind of
flowers these are. Anyway, Grenda isn't normally the type to go "La la la la
la!" through _any_ kind of flowers, is she...? "Isn't it NEAT?!" Grenda is all proud because she
caught a bug that's a magical ingredient. "I mean, er, um...EEEWWW!! ICK!!" But then she
remembers to act properly "feminine". And THEN Amphi says she's so cute. Gag
me with a freaking fork, _now_. I wouldn't WANT a guy who only wants girls who
are squeamish and giggly and weak... You wish. Needless to say, he never
actually said this... "Of COURSE I'll marry you!" Boy, when this
girl fantasizes, she doesn't kid around! Notice the dress--obviously, it's
supposed to be a traditional wedding dress of Hell, but it's _not_ white. I
_like_ that. Nice creative touch. (And also notice that Amphi's tuxedo IS
white...I bring that up because _Cube_ wears a white tuxedo when you marry him
(his other version) in Princess Maker 2. Is that the traditional _male_ outfit
for a demon wedding...?) "Um...hello...I'm over here!" In real life, Grenda
is actually embracing a tree. Why does this remind me of a certain very
nearsighted Chinese Amazon...? "Or maybe it's fleas!" I agree with Erumina
here... Ah, throw 'em back, they're not keepers! Gaga
takes his orders from the Princess VERY seriously. EEEEK!! He kissed her! On the cheek, but
_still_. Now, she can say that she HAS been kissed, and mean it...if only
that "vacation" episode had happened a bit later... ;) "Are you all right?" says a worried Amphi as, after
the fact that she has just been kissed registers in her brain, Grenda first
turns bright red, shoots smoke out of her ears, then just completely
short-circuits and keels over. Yeah, I'd ask the other person if they were all
right _too_, in that situation... Meanwhile, back at the lab... This particular batch of
potion didn't turn out too well, I take it. "We want to help!" say her giggling friends, who
think all of this is just TOO cute. "It's too HEAVY!!" Well, Yuushi, you DID say that
you would do ANYthing you could to help out...and from Grenda?--you should have
_expected_ this kind of thing. :P He went in here... While out carrying the heavy
whatever, the girls see Amphi going into an inn, and quietly follow him. So he wants the potion for HER, huh...? The
innkeeper explains, when they ask (see how much information you can get by just
ASKING nicely?) that Amphi has been staying at his inn for a month, trying to
figure out how to cure this girl, "who is probably his sweetheart". Oh, poor
Grenda...
Question: If he's been here for a MONTH, then...why did it take him so long to
try looking for a potion at the magic shop that's RIGHT NEAR THE INN? I know,
I know, I think about things too much... Daddy's advice. Grenda consults Satan about magical
ingredients, via a crystal ball. The words all fathers of teenage daughters dread.
"I want you to meet someone," says Grenda just before she "hangs up". "Not..not a...BOYFRIEND????" He takes these things
so CALMLY, doesn't he? Like the fetching little gold earrings, by the way.
;) Ta-da! Grenda imagines Amphi dancing joyfully over to
her as she presents him with not just one, but a whole PILE of thorn
lizards. "It's a one-way love..." says Erumina, as the
friends trudge slowly back to the magic shop, feeling bad but knowing they have
to tell Grenda the truth. And then she'll write his name with hers all over her
school notebooks... Grenda goes (literally) FLYING out the door past them
in search of a "thorn lizard", and these pictures of Amphi are what the trio
finds inside, on top of lots of potion ingredients notes. Oh, dear... "I came to help, Miss." Look who's here! CUBE!!!
(glomps him) Cube-sama! Oh, how I've missed you--er, why is everybody staring
at me funny like that? Ahem. Anyway, he _will_ actually be useful... "I just GOT here!" He never thought they'd
need his services that _soon_... So THAT'S how you say it... We've seen Cube do his
little conjuring act many times by now, but this is the FIRST time one of the
translators has actually bothered to _write down_ the magic words he says.
Thank goodness _somebody_ finally did, because I was wondering... "I got this off of Neo-Sorcoress Vadne." Cube
explains how to use the "Come-to-the-Other" (said in English!), which frankly
seems to be the coolest and most universally _useful_ magical item he's
conjured yet. (Though I wouldn't mind the swallow-winged shoes or the mermaid
costume that actually allows you to breathe underwater, either.) You're awake, are you? The old wizard who runs
this shop finally speaks, for the first time--to tell them where thorn lizards
are usually found. Grenda and Gaga mine all over the place, looking
for a thorn-lizard's den. Way to rip up the landscape. Gaga sort of has a point,
here... "OOF!!" Could we perhaps fine-tune the beaming
coordinates a LITTLE better than that, Scotty? "How DARE you do that to the Princess?" says a
furious Gaga, after the impact of three different people knocked her
unconscious. Well, that's one way to shut him up. Angel my
BUTT, she did that on PURPOSE! I swear! She can fly, so there's no reason at
all to land _heavily_, she did so right in the middle of his back, right when
he was yelling at them and lecturing--thereby breaking off words that they
didn't want to hear--it was on PURPOSE! Lawful Good _right_, I've got your
number, lady...(snicker) So that's the way it is... Grenda takes in the
news that Amphi wants the potion for his "sweetheart." Awww... Her friends feel sorry for her. But she's GOING to find it anyway! The Princess
of Hell does NOT set out to do something, and then not do it; what kind of
example would _that_ set? "I know that sound...that's a BAD sound!" Everybody
freezes in fear as the ground suddenly starts...rumbling..._never_ a good
sign. "GASP!!" Did they really _say_ "GASP!" in Japanese? If
so, that's just too darn funny. "I'm trembling in unutterable
consternation!" (giggle) You wanted it..there it is! Upon actually
_seeing_ a thorn lizard up close for the first time, Grenda has second (and
third, and fourth, and fifth) thoughts. Loyal servants to the rescue! Cube and Gaga
toss magical potions at the lizard...(no explanation as to where they _got_
them from. Must've been stuff Grenda had with her in her pack, since Cube
didn't do a conjuring act dealie.) "All RIGHT!" they crow, as the potions hit their
mark. By the way, that's how you say it: It's "all right", not "alright".
The translator got it WRONG. (It's also "should HAVE" not "should OF", as was
said in a translated line in episode 11...sigh...spelling/grammar ignorance
and apathy on the 'net just disgusts me SO much...) "It's useless. Thorn lizards are resistant to magic.
says Erumina, coming by to rain on their parade. Oh, no! They react with horror as the lizard glows for
a second...then heads right straight back for them, completely unharmed! Hang on, Grenda! Well, you know what they say...once
you have a lizard by the tail, you don't dare let go...er, waitminute... "But look! You did it!" It isn't until a bit
after she's thrown off that Grenda realises she has taken the lizard's tail
WITH her! (Ouch, poor lizard.) Look, I made you some medicine! says Grenda, proudly
presenting the finished potion to Amphi. "Are you sure?" says Amphi in disbelief. What did you say? His _sister_! By the way, I
should say that I _knew_ she was his sister from the moment she was first
shown; she just LOOKS way too much like him not to be related.
What I DIDN'T suspect...was what comes _next_. Bwahaha. Will it work? The whole gang waits with bated
breath to see if the potion does its job. "Hi! I'm your new sister-in-law!" Sleeping
Beauty awakes! And may I say, Grenda's getting a little ahead of herself here,
since Amphi hasn't even _proposed_ yet...br>
This is a GOOD thing?! His sister just turned
into a _frog_...yet Amphi seems _happy_ about that! What the...? Now there's a new twist on an old tale. The handsome
Prince was actually a FROG! HA! I love it. NANI?!! Yeah, that's about how I'd take it,
too. There's a frog NATION? The frogs explain the
true story behind Ampherina's curse and Amphi's quest. By the way, you _do_
get, now, why his name is so gosh-darn EVIL...Amphi...AMPHIBIAN? Get it?
GAHHHHH-_ROAN_!! And ya know, the first time I saw this...the name _never_
seemed suspicious at all... Little late, I think. Oh, NOW he
proposes... :P She's perfectly fine with the idea. The Frog
Princess graciously welcomes Grenda into the family. (Now THERE'S a rather
extreme cross-species match...I mean, I can see it with Dragon-Boy from
Princess Maker 2, who can turn into a humanoid form after ll, but THIS...?
No.) "NO!!!" Grenda just TOSSES them straight out the
window. Can't say I entirely blame her. Oh, well. The frogs are disappointed, but
hey, at least they landed in a nice pond... And so she wanders off into the sunset... but
don't worry, this melancholy mood doesn't last long. Her father shows up a
second later saying he HATES weddings, and she boots him into the stratosphere.
(Bubba voice) She better. :P
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