Bamboo Blade 10

Pink-Black Ranger MiyaMiya meets her match, in both senses of the word, in Evil Psychotic Stalker Reimi who had been flagged up by Mentar earlier (though, at the time, I thought he and Dav were talking about CLANNAD orz). With a fun mix of motivations, the team works towards the goal of the inter-high.

Bamboo Blade 8-9

It's been great to watch how Tama-chan's been developing as a person / character. Lots of new experiences from joining a club, making new friends from other schools, and now a part-time job. The creepy shopkeeper reminded me of Kayahara-sensei but, at least, the latter has a bijin side when eating ramen!

But Miya Miya quite effortlessly steals the scenes when she goes back and forth between Black and Pinku. If MaxFac makes a figurine (or Good Smile Nendriod) of her, they'll definitely have to have alternate heads for her. And speaking of yandere figurines that may tempt Skane, I've yet to see a similar concept executed for Her Supreme Yandereness, Krazy Kaede Fuyou herself. In fact, for some reason, good SHUFFLE! figurines seem far and few but I'm still pleasantly surprised, i.e. in shock, that it's been licensed by FUNimation!

Bamboo Blade 6

Ishida-sensei uses trickery to deploy Tama-chan twice for the 4 v 5 match. Obiwan Tamaki has taught her team mates well; Saya and Kirino manage to triumph against their opponents after learning to trust in Tama-chan and to use the force. Tama-chan 'fesses up when asked for her name by the visiting team's teacher but the only thing on his mind is to pit his skills against hers.