woop, new episode, and i'm up to date with it.

first impression of the OP, kitamura gets midly booted, and it seems that he'll have a much smaller role. clearing some space for Ami.

which I'm all in for, since kitamura is boring as hell, and ami is goodness.

Kihara is pretty cute as well, and it seems that she has a sort of functioning brain, did I say she's cute?

as always, Christmas appears awfully out of place in anime. it's proabably a matter of cultural upbringing, but I find it lacking that we see chirstmas before any traditional holiday. also, Taiga trying to be nice can only lead to disappointment.

Kushieda, as previously said by just about anyone, is crazy. and I can hardly say she's worth looking into her actions and trying to find an explanation.

last thing, I think it's a shame we haven't seen the off time that Taiga didn't go to school. it could have been used to show different sides of AisakA and ryuuji when they aren't constantly orbiting each other.