1 Thing to Hate About Sugar Sugar Rune Episode 6

Episode 6 of the Sugar Sugar Rune anime (#ad) and manga series by Moyoco Anno has best friends Chocolat and Vanilla trying to learn how to fence, so they could fight against Pierre Tempête de Neige, the captain of the fencing club. If they win, they’ll be allowed to join the club. What is there to hate about this episode?

Vanilla Practices Fencing

Vanilla Mieux / Ice tries her best to improve her fencing skills. She practices and works really hard, all so she can help her best friend win.

She stays up late at night and goes home early every day after school just to practice. Her actions are admirable, to say the least, especially since she's not doing this for herself. She's doing this for her best friend.

Chocolat Is Useless

Chocolat Meilleure / Kato was the one who wanted to join the fencing club, so she can get more hearts and eventually win the Queen Selection Contest.

And yet she isn't taking this seriously at all. She slacks off instead of practicing. While Vanilla is doing her best to practice, Chocolat is being useless.

Why It's Unfair That Vanilla Got Injured

If anyone should have the chance to fight against Pierre and possibly win the match, it should have been Ice since she was the one who was working hard and doing her best. She deserved a chance to shine and show how much she improved her fencing skills.

This is why I thought it was really unfair when Vanilla ended up injuring herself on the day of the match. What the eff? This is so horrible. Did I mention it's unfair how Ice won't be able to fight? :-( There are not enough sad emojis to show just how upsetting this is.

Think about how much Vanilla worked so hard and tried her best. She put so much effort into practicing, and for what? For nothing. Now, she can't even fight and showcase her skills.

Why This Scene Is Contrived

The worst is how this scene came across as completely contrived and unbelievable. I think Vanilla getting hurt happened just to set up the Pierre vs Chocolat match.

Sugar Sugar Rune is setting Pierre and Chocolat to be the main love pairing, even though it comes across as creepy, so, of course, it would try to set it up so that Pierre and Chocolat can fight without anyone else getting in the way.

Honestly, if they had no intention of letting Vanilla compete in the first place, then they shouldn't have let her do all that and made the audience believe that she would fight alongside Chocolat.

From the beginning, they should have just let the match be between Pierre and Chocolat so there won't be expectations that Vanilla would be able to join them.

One thing that really makes this scene come across as contrived was why couldn't they reschedule? Seriously, why couldn't the girls explain the situation to Pierre? Tell him Vanilla injured herself, so can they postpone the fight until she's all healed? This could give the girls more time to practice.

Chocolat-chan, I'm sorry
- Vanilla

Vanilla apologizes to Chocolat, but she has nothing to be sorry for because this entire thing was totally contrived.

Your Thoughts and Opinions

What about you? What do you think about this? Feel free and welcome to share your thoughts and opinions by leaving a comment below.

Note: this is another unfinished post that I found in this blog's (Anime Meta (Anime Archives)) drafts list. The post's last updated date is listed as May 14th, 2016 11:01:08pm. Yep, this has been sitting on my drafts list for practically forever already. It's definitely time I got 'round to publishing this.

Besides, like I mentioned in my other blogs, I have a lot of unfinished posts stored on the drafts pages of my numerous blogs (particularly Tumblr and Google Blogger). I'm now trying to finish all these articles, so I can publish them already and decrease the number of my drafts.

*Notes:
- Pic is from Amazon.com; link shown above

How Chocolat Is Holding Back Vanilla in Sugar Sugar Rune?

I found this unfinished post in this blog's (Anime Meta (Anime Archives)) drafts list. The post's last updated date is listed as May 14th, 2016 10:59:02pm. Yep, this has been sitting on my drafts list for practically forever already. It's definitely time I got 'round to publishing this.

Besides, like I mentioned in my other blogs, I have a lot of unfinished posts stored on the drafts pages of my numerous blogs (particularly Tumblr and Google Blogger). I'm now trying to finish all these articles, so I can publish them already and decrease the number of my drafts.

Anyway, this post is about the Sugar Sugar Rune anime (#ad) and manga series by Moyoco Anno.

"I'm ashamed. I'm the one holding you back."
- Chocolat Meilleure / Kato

Chocolat, the series' main female character, says the above line in episode 6 of the Sugar Sugar Rune anime. It’s directed towards her best friend, Vanilla. Why does she say that? Is she right or wrong?

Sugar Sugar Rune episode 6 has best friends Chocolat and Vanilla trying to learn how to fence, so they could fight against Pierre Tempête de Neige, the captain of the fencing club. If they win, they’ll be allowed to join the club.

Chocolat Slacks Off

Chocolat Meilleure / Kato was the one who wanted to fence, so she could get a lot of hearts for the queen contest, but she wasn’t taking things seriously at all.

Instead of practicing and doing her best to study and learn fencing, so she has a shot at winning when fighting against Pierre, she does absolutely nothing at all. She just slacks off, relaxing and having fun.

Vanilla Works Hard and Tries Her Best

In contrast to that, Vanilla Mieux / Ice was the one who was taking all this seriously. She’s not even interested in fencing, and she’s only doing this to help out her best friend.

Yet she’s the one who stays up late at night to practice. She even goes home early every day just so she could practice.

Chocolat vs. Vanilla

As such, when the 2 friends have a practice match, it’s Ice who wins. This isn't surprising at all considering all the effort she put into practicing. But Kato gets all upset about losing, and she runs off.

Vanilla runs after her friend, apologizing and saying that her win was probably just a fluke, but she wishes it wasn’t because she doesn’t want to hold Kato back. Oh, Vanilla, if anyone is holding anyone back here, it’s definitely not you.

Chocolat Realizes Her Mistake

Thankfully, Chocolat realizes this and says the quoted line above. It turns out that she’s not as oblivious as she’s made out to be.

Initially, I thought she didn’t even realize the things that Vanilla has done for her (going home early and staying up late at night to practice fencing), but, as it turns out, she’s actually aware of this.

So, yes, IMHO, Chocolat was completely and totally right when she said the quote above and when she told Vanilla that Ice winning during their practice match was not a fluke. It wasn't. Because practice makes perfect.

Vanilla tried her best. She tried really hard, so she definitely had the right to cherish her victory. As for Chocolat, she pretty much just cruised through this, saying that it would work out somehow even though this was her idea.

She was the one who wanted to fence and win. Vanilla only got roped into this because she's a good friend. Ice was doing all this for Chocolat while Kato was busy daydreaming and thinking about Pierre.

I'm glad that Chocolat was able to realize her shortcomings. I'm glad that she tried to cheer up Vanilla and was honest enough to admit that she was the one who messed up.

So, yes, surprisingly, I felt kind of sorry for her in this part of the episode. At the moment, she wasn't as bad as she usually was. Could this be a sign that she was getting better in terms of character development? What do you think?

*Notes:
- Pic is from Amazon.com; link shown above

Problem With The Magical Transformation Sequence In Sugar Sugar Rune

What's wrong with the magical transformation sequence of Chocolat Meilleure / Kato and Vanilla Mieux / Ice from the Sugar Sugar Rune anime (#ad) and manga series by Moyoco Anno?

Remember the days of Sailor Moon and other magical-type anime series that include long and drawn-out magical transformation sequences? It’s like we just have to see each and every single angle of each and every single character’s transformation. We have to see how their clothes change, how they acquire their weapons, etc.

Well, it’s kind of like that with Sugar Sugar Rune. Needless to say, I can definitely do without these utterly pointless and useless transformation sequences. The only good thing about this one is how it’s not that long.

It’s actually pretty fast when you compare it to the other transformation sequences in other shows. Plus, we only have to see 2 people transforming (Chocolat and Vanilla). Compare that to having to see, say, the entire cast of Sailor Moon transforming into their magical outfits.

But I still think that they could have made the entire thing much, much shorter. Of course, it’d be much preferable if they cut it out altogether or if they only showed it once or if they just made it really super-fast because, seriously, how many times do we have to see this transformation sequence anyway?

Once is more than enough. Twice is pushing it, but more than that? Ugh. Enough is enough. Why can’t we have them automatically transform or something or like why can’t they just transform in the blink of an eye? Why do we have to see them transforming each and every single episode? What a waste of time. What do you think about all this?

*Notes:
- Pic is from Amazon.com; link shown above