Recap / Fantasy Kaleidoscope E 5

Tropes for "The Flower Incident, Part 1" include:

• Badass Finger Snap: Sakuya does a neat snap with her fingers to end her time stop and catch Aya in a Death In All Directions.
• Breather Episode: There's no incident to be resolved, so everybody in Gensokyo is going about their daily lives as usual.
• Cast Herd:
  • The opening displays Yukari Yakumo, Yuyuko Saigyouji, Kanako Yasaka, and Eirin Yagokoro in order, the "Old Maids Alliance."
  • Cirno, Wriggle Nightbug, Daiyousei, and Rumia, "Team (9)," also appear in a scene with Yuuka.
• Cliffhanger: The episode ends with Eiki approaching Mystia's stand, stating she's finally found what she's been looking for.
• Did We Just Have Tea with Cthulhu?: Cirno is shown scared to death, sweating and trembling with knees shaking when confronted by Yuuka in her field of flowers. Wriggle, Daiyousei, and Rumia (see Cast Herd) watch from out of sight in stunned silence as Yuuka puts a flower in the still-frightened Cirno's hair.
• Lighter and Softer: Medicine Melancholy looks incredibly cute and doesn't show any sign of her Nietzsche Wannabe personality. Then again, she doesn't really have a grudge against Lunarians and probably knows she can't do anything to them.
• Oh, Crap!: Tewi gets this when she falls for Reisen's Wounded Gazelle Gambit.
  • The same happens when Cirno ends up stumbling across Yuuka.
• O.O.C. Is Serious Business: Yuuka is set up as The Dreaded by having the normally boisterous and fearless Cirno absolutely terrified of her.
• Slice of Life: The episode follows Aya, who's trying to make a news story out of the titular incident. Unfortunately for her, said incident isn't actually dangerous, and everybody she comes across are just going about their daily business as usual.
• Super-Scream: When playing in the garden, Flandre ends up pulling a mandragora out of its pot of soil. The ensuing scream ends up knocking out Meiling, Koakuma, and Patchouli and stunning Sakuya, Remilia, and Flandre herself and keeps going until Flandre uses her ability to destroy it.
• Wounded Gazelle Gambit: Tewi gives Reisen a non-lethal dose of poison as a prank. Reisen pretends to fall over dead, then grabs Tewi's leg as she walks past her and force-feeds her the rest of the poison.