manga log

The villain comes flying in from outer space.

His stupid-looking sidekick. Probably to be killed later in this episode.

The villain Rouche (sp?) explains that there is a "God Reideen" on Earth protected by the twelve constellations (I think?), and that he needs to get ahold of the "Star Globes" (I think?) in order to get ahold of it and take over the universe. The exposition came strong and fast so I wasn't paying much attention. This guy is voiced by Yao Kazuki, and I can't recall ever watching anything with him in it, but his voice is mighty nice.

Gratuitous bare chest shot of Ace (one of many to come). He's standing on top of a tall building and gazing over the city as if looking for something.

Then he just sort of jumps down like that. Ace is cool.

Hisho reading an article on meteor crash in outer space for Ruri. Aw. (In reality this article is about the arrival of the villains from outer space. Oooh, clever.)

Ruri, in a coma.

Ruri's mother comes in and Hisho stands up. I noticed that he calls Ruri "Ruri" when they're alone but "Ruri-chan" when he mother is present. That smells of a deeper relationship to me.

Ruri is really pretty, I think.

Gratuitous Hisho angst. Hisho is played by Itô Kentarô, by the way. Really neat.

Hisho thinks back to the day of Ruri's accident. Ruri is cute.

OMG gakuran. Not only gakuran, but gakuran on bare skin!!! Hisho is a true trooper. I adore him already.

Ruri talks about how everything bores her and that she wants to get wings and flyyyyy awaaaaaay o/~

It's so obvious Hisho is in love with her, man.

Wind blows. Gratuitous pretty shot of Hisho.

Ruri, what the fuck are you doing?

Flyyyyy awaaaaaay o/~

Ruri really is pretty, but I think she was on drugs.

oh noez! (She's falling down if you couldn't tell.)

As seen in the opening.

Hisho snaps out of the flashback and finds a feather. I think Ace referred to this one as the "God Feather".

Is it just me, or does God Feather look really villainy and evil?

It shines and stuff. Gratuitous pretty Hisho pic.

Hisho suddenly finds himself in outer space.

Pretty.

Attack!

Fighting! A bunch of mecha fighting follows which I didn't bother to cap.

Hisho falls down because he was hit by the villain. Dude, you were floating just fine a minute ago.

I can't stop capping Hisho. He's pretty.

Pretty.

Hisho is rescued by this weird man. The weird man gives us a lot of exposition about how the Reideen faught the Chômazoku (or just Chôma) a very long time ago in this galaxy and managed to banish them, but that they've resurrected and have come back. Then the weird man says he is Hisho, and that Hisho should take the God Feather and fight.

Hisho refuses.

Hisho has sex is woken from this bad dream (or was it? dum dum dum).

By his sister! Aw, she's cute. She's called Tsubasa. How symbolic.

Gratuitous prettyboy angst.

Hisho has promised to take Tsubasa to a concert with the idol Kirari, and takes her there on his shoulders. Aw.

Gratuitous bare chest shot of Ace. I think he's stalking Hisho, yo.

Eyecatch 1.

Eyecatch 2.

To be continued in part 2.