Whatever you do, don't interrupt Tae's day off...
The one where Tae gets her own episode (finally!), with Continuity Porn being thrown in for good measure. Hilarity ensues as Tae goes out shopping for curry ingredients.
Full Recap
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Tropes:
- Absurdly High-Stakes Game: Tae bet her 30,000 yen winnings on a trifecta* with Misa in first at 666.7:1 odds and receives winnings of a whopping 20 million * , enough to fully pay off Franchouchou's debts. And she did all by total accident! Everyone is left speechless.
- It should be noted that with only six racers the odds shouldn't have ever been that high, as the permutation of a trifecta in a six-person race only goes up to 120:1 odds. However, the venue, Boat Race Karatsu, instead uses a pari-mutuel system and collects winnings from all bets made. So what happened is that not many people bet on Misa to win, possible considering the reputation she was picking up, thus bumping her odds of winning from 6:1 all the way to 21.3:1.
- Achievements in Ignorance: Tae manages to pull some incredible feats by complete happenstance.
- She wins a local dance competition and receives a huge winning bonus.
- She bets her winnings on a boat race and makes back over six hundred times that amount.
- Ambiguous Situation: The Minamoto and Yamada family graves - Sakura and Tae's surnames, respectively - are right next to each other, although whether it has any deeper meaning or just plain coincidence is left in the air. Not helping matters is how the scene actually lingers on it enough for people to give it some thought.
- Breather Episode: The plot is mostly focused on Tae running errands around Saga and interacting with the locals, while also inadvertently helping Franchouchou's cause by making enough money to pay off their debt. That is until the Cliffhanger hits.
- The Bus Came Back: Many Saga locals from previous episodes reappear in this episode.
- Maria and her friends return as the rebranded ''Dorami Dance Team''.
- The Hisanaka president is a judge at a local dance competition.
- The MC girl from the Gatalympics is commentating the competition.
- The rapper trio returns for an elaborate dance segment.
- The seniors who taught Franchouchou the Kashima dance are competing.
- Cocco is the dance competition's reigning champion.
- Misa is now participating in boat-racing with the rest of Korosuke there to support her.
- Call-Back: Both Dorami and Korosuke have gone through major changes ever since their game of chicken last season.
- Maria has taken her mother's words to heart and is now finding other ways for Dorami to express itself, currently being part of a dance team with Mikigawa and Sayama.
- Misa is currently retired from biking in favor of speedboat racing, trying to find other ways to reach the same sense of speed and thrills that won't endanger others.
- Caught on Tape: Okoba catches video of Tae's head coming off.
- Cliffhanger: Okoba begins to piece together all of his findings from the past season and a half now that he has undeniable proof of Franchouchou being The Undead.
- Continuity Nod:
- Sakura now looks both ways before crossing the street.
- The Hisanaka President is terrified upon seeing Tae enter a disturbing, contorted crab walk.
- A Day in the Limelight: For Tae, as well as Okoba.
- Exorcist Head: When Okaba almost gets caught, Tae and Romero spins their heads around, leading him to hit the deck. Shortly afterward, Tae goes to pull her head forward, while Romero just completes the literal head turn with no assistance.
- Off with His Head!: Sakura trips and accidentally knocks Tae's head off her body. Saki manages to distract Maria before she spots the disembodied head.
- Running Gag:
- Tae chewing on Maria's hair.
- Tae sucking on a marker yet again.
- Saki distracts Maria with Kotaro's classic hand-on-chin gesture, causing Maria to blush.
- Wham Episode: Okoba gets video proof that the girls are actually zombies.
- Wham Shot:
- Tae's betting card.
- Okoba seeing Tae's head fly off.
