Bamboo Blade episode 01

The Broom and the Ally of Justice

In the beginning of the episode the five main characters are revealed it was just their faces, though. Interesting introduction I think something big going to explode. I hope this series will be fun to watch. The opening theme is also catchy. Want some lyrics and mp3 on the opening theme? Just follow the link.

Moving on to the episode, In Moroe Private High School, Dojo (Kendo Hall), a member of the club is practicing alone, while Kojirou-sensei (their coach) is just talking to someone on the phone. Although his, only, member is trying so hard to get their team into the nationals he couldn’t deny the fact that they she is the only member left in the club, even don’t want to spar to his only member and couldn’t help to become self pity about his club.

In his house, Kojirou-sensei is having a financial crisis all of his saving are gone and even worse he could not even buy his own meal. Looking on his shinai, bamboo sword, he tried to swing it upward but his luck is not going well, he hit the bulb and breaks it.

Meanwhile, his senpai (upperclassmen) invited him in a dinner and talks about teaching Kendo in two schools at the same time. He tried to give his best in complimenting him for he has no money and just want his senpai to treat him for dinner. As they talk, his senpai wants to compete with him in kendo club since he already manages to assemble a girl’s team. But, Kojirou sensei declines his offer because he only has one active member. Nevertheless, his senpai wants to bet on kendo and he’ll wait until he manages to find a new member.

To his excitement, he rushes in his car and decided to come up with a girl’s team. A group of five who will become his great warrior to alleviate his financial crisis so he can eat regularly three times a day and even can afford to pay his monthly rentals.

At the Dojo he becomes so furious and aggressive while sparring to his one and only member. And even his member couldn’t imagine his sudden change but Kojirou sensei tell his only student to do their best to go for the nationals. Kirino, the captain of the club the only member as you all know, is encourage by his instructor to strive to become stronger and to draw new members in their kendo team. But as some guy went in to apply in the team he authoritatively rejected them because of the bet. He then explains to Kirino about gathering female members. And even tell her to bring back Saya, she is Kirino’s childhood friend who is freak, you will know soon. Without realizing it she thought her instructor talking about the male members but someone came in to observe their club.

Kojirou sensei rejected the boys but Kirino disagree and beat him. She welcomes them, Nakata and Eiga, in the club and invited them to join. However Eiga wants to joins the ping pong club and decided to go there after they have observed the kendo club.

Nakata really like kendo and wanted to join the club, however he realized that there is no members coming so he decided to come back again and they went to the ping pong club. Kijirou sensei heard Nakata and remembers why he becomes a kendo instructor and told Kirino that he a terrible instructor due to his crisis.

On the other hand, a little girl–eventually become the girl’s kendo team’s icon–is undecided about her self. After school Kirino and Kojirou sensei is still looking for a new member and talking about things like jidaigeki–a popular genre of Japanese media that contains numerous amount of swordplay, such like Zatoichi–when they saw an unexpected scene.

A tennis ball, football, baseball and the Vice Principal, unbelievably falling from the third floor of the school building instantaneously approaching in front of Kojirou sensei and Kirino, an extraordinary little girl passed by and instantly grabbed and, exaggeratedly, swing a broom stick like a bat and manage to hit them all at one glance–and imagine the vice principal is also thrown back from where he falls, that was odd but hilariously funny.

As Kojirou sensei saw the scene, without hesitation, he invited her to join their kendo club. However, Tamaki, the little girl’s name, declines his invitation politely and went straight home. Kojirou sensei then runs to the faculty and look for her background and finds out her name, Kawazoe Tamaki that is.

In their Dojo Tamaki spars to every member of their kendo club at the same time defeating them. The matured guys couldn’t imagine how strong she is. And her father asked her to stop. Although she was just a little girl, she was also an extremely good kendo player who really determines to defeat every opponent she faces. After the sparring session Tamaki thank them politely as usual. And go straight to dining room and eat her dinner. Her father approached her, told her about the school’s kendo club and wondering why she didn’t join the club.

Tamaki is also a plain type person who does every household chore she ought to do. Tamaki is pretty humble unica hija and of her late mother. However during the night she still has a child in heart who also loves watching TV and admire those things as the usual kid do. She even records her favorite anime TV series every night.

The next day Nakata and Eiga came back to observe the club since there is no ping pong club in their school. Kirino and Kojirou then excitedly hand over the application form to them. Eiga cried when they told him that there was no ping pong club however encourages him to join their club instead. Kirino and Kojirou convincingly told them to join the club.

Kojirou told Nakata that if he joins the club he will definitely finds a girlfriend. Eiga had said that his girlfriend hasn’t joined any club and wonder if he can also invited her too. Kojirou couldn’t believe of what he heard but it was true.

Eiga wanted to try swinging the shinai but Kirino don’t want him to not until he builds up his muscles. However Nakata Yuuji, is allowed hold a shinai and even use it. He is allowed to use it because he had an experience in kendo. When Kirino asks where he manage to learn kendo he said he trained and Kawazoe dojo. Kojirou is shocked when he heard it. He forced Nakata to join the club and even mixed up his name to Tanaka. Eiga really wanted to wear armor and use a shinai, Kojirou suddenly change his mind and allowed him to do whatever he wants. And approach Yuuji about Tamaki. And ask him to invite Tamaki to join the club. However Yuuji tell him that she is not interested at kendo. For her it is just a household chore. Kojirou told Yuuji about his bet and if Tanaki won’t join the club his bet to eat at the reastaurant for free in the entire year will be over. As Yuuji went home he saw Tamaki and talks to her and invited her to join the kendo club.

On the second day, Eiga bring his girlfriend in. while waiting for her they are imagining things about her but as they saw her. They were stunned to see a very gorgeous girl in front of them, Miyazaki Miyako that is.

Meanwhile, the former member of the club Toyama is looking for his cellphone but as his classmate gives him his cellphone he beat him. After he got his cellphone they went down stair and met with the Kendo team and afterwards went to Kendo hall and made some commotion. Kojirou and the other however are busy to come with a solution to invite Tamaki. Kirino on the other approaches Tamaki and invited her to join the club and dragged her to the Kendo hall.

As Tamaki saw what Toyama is doing she couldn’t stop herself to get mad who mock Kendo and use it to hurt youngster. She finally decided to challenge the former strongest person in their club.

Review:

The story went well. The characters are pretty interesting, how they are introduced and they portray their characters are exquisitely impressive.

The plot is realistic. Except for some exaggeration of action, well that is dependent on the anime law. Every scene are quite amusing, it’s funny when Kojirou sensei acted as if his life will be safe when they saw Tamaki. Kirino is also silly when she dragged Tamaki in their Dojo. And she, Tamaki, seems pretty serious about bullying. I like that aura of her it seems that a small girl becomes the most terrible person. However Kojirou sensei is acted desperately when he actually heard Nakata saying that he was trained before in Kawazoe Dojo, poor him, I hope he can still sustain his hunger and manage to go to nationals and win his bet with his senpai.

The plot is easy to understand and the morale of the story is clearly shown. If you’re wondering about it, let me about it being strong or the strongest doesn’t necessarily mean that you are capable of hurting anybody that is inferior to you. Tamaki on the other hand is strong and wise but she stays quite and humble about what she capable of.