Zero no Tsukaima: Princess no Rondo – Episode 2

After the surprisingly good first episode, the writers clearly thought that they were trying too hard. It was difficult watching this episode as it decided to disassemble all the good plot development in the first episode, and reconstruct it into some miclone of the second season. Okay that wasn’t all true, but the part about the miclone of the second season was.

Summary

Seista decides to accompany Saito and Louise on their mission to abduct find the elf called Tiffania. She heard about their mission and Saito’s de-familiarisation with her ancient voodoo maid powers. Which makes no sense considering she was present when Louise and Saito discover his missing rune. Her reason to come on the journey is to secretly rape Saito while he’s sleeping cook for the group.

Seista’s attempt at leekspin

Seista made more advances in the carriage ride than all two season combined. I guess the fact that Saito is no long a Louise’s dog slave had something to do with it.

This hankie represent her unrequited love

While camping out for the night, Henrietta’s tomboy bodyguard forces Saito to train swordsmanship with her. You just know that she has some deep hidden feelings for him that will be reveal somewhere later in the season to create a love triangle square pentagon … polygon.

I honestly can not remember her name…

Amazingly, after only one and a half days of travelling, they find Tiffania picking some kind of peach/apple hybrid in the forest.

Another addition to Saito’s ever growing harem

Anyway, Louise manages to get herself isolated in the forest… again. Perfect opportunity for Sheffield to mount another attack. Geez, you’d think that she’d learn to not run into the forest by herself.

Where exactly do all these dogs come from? Out of Sheffield’s ass?

Louise, after realising the futility of her resistance decides to cast a summon spell and hope that Saito will reappear as her familiar. I would have loved for some random new character to appear instead of Saito. Just as a change from this otherwise lame plot so far.

But alas, this is too much to expect, and Saito appears through the green orb. What’s even more bizarre is that Sheffield immediately retreats. Maybe the lovey dovey atmosphere generated by their reunion scared her off.

Saito reveals that he actually tripped and fell through the glowing green orb, and that Louise actually summoned an invisible water flea as her familiar.

Thoughts

Apparently, the writers decided to resolve both Saito’s de-familiarisation and the search for Tiffania. Here I thought they were going to spend some time exploring those two scenarios. The only remaining unresolved plot is Sheffield and her shady master with some figurine fetish. I guess they’ll make Tiffania a more important character in the season considering the only scenes she has been in so far had something to do with her breasts, and in Saito’s fantasies which also involved her breasts.

On that note, the fan service in this episode is just as abundant. Coming from the scene with all those evil dogs. As well as the countless remarks on Tiffania’s breasts which were ginormous I might add.

Hurray for fanservice

These dogs really know which areas to target

Countless fanboys were hospitalised do to uncontrollable nosebleeds

Screencaps

“Sigh… how come I never get any action?”

Those trunks also double as a versatile weapon

I was right, the carriage ride will be awkward

The change in seating arrangement didn’t have the intended effect

More Louise-tsundere

“Saito want fun sexy time?”

“You want to join us in a threesome?”

A long stick… no implied sexual innuendos there

Level 94 skill: Breast Enhancements, something Louise has yet to master

The animation quality decreases as shock increases

“Saito is my dog, so you are now my bitch”

“Yes master!”

“No hawt lesbian secks until after 10pm”

It’s a bird, it’s a plane… it’s a flying sting ray?

Louise learns the art of internet smilies T_T

rape!

Her flying sting ray comes equipped with warning lights to prevent mid-air collisions

I’m inventing a new word, figuraphilia: the fetish for figurines