

I think it’s all balanced out really well. Renge is a really great character she feels wise for her age, yet also still has a bit of childish naiveté. I don’t mind the other characters too much, but stories centering around Renge were always my favorite. Now THIS was the type of content I wanted to see. The next day, Renge finds out that Natsumi has set up the tank, and there are new tadpole shrimp in it! It turns out that the eggs from the previous shrimp have finally hatched. The girls do a quick burial of the shrimp, but Renge is still devastated. However, a few days later, Renge comes back to school to find that the shrimp have died. The sun eventually does come out, and Renge has a lot of fun hanging out with her friends on her new bike, and going to the candy store.

This whole scene was pretty predictable, but it was still funny. Oooh, Renge has her hair in a different style here. On the way, she meets with Komari, who does not take Renge’s outfit well. So Renge gets the idea to dress up as a teru teru bouzu and goes out trying to get the sun to come out. Renge also gets a brand new bike from her grandmother, but can’t ride it because it’s raining. Renge is in charge of taking care of them and quickly becomes enamored with them. Renge catches some tadpole shrimp, which the girls set up in the classroom as class pets. However, Kazuho’s just too laid back, so Renge has to resort to a little bit of cleverness to motivate her friends… Too bad you don’t have that sort of enthusiasm for actual studying. They all decide to go to Renge’s house to study and Renge attempts to “shape up” her older sister into a better teacher. Natsumi is really bad at them and thus causes everyone to get extra homework over the break. Everyone has to deal with tests before Golden Week.
