Let's Watch: Panty and Stocking With Garterbelt!

Yeah, and that's only if you assume that Chuck is even a DOG.

You know what time it is!

Will try to put it in by the end of the weekend. Saturday's kinda busy.

And so we begin Episode 5.

I must say, the Ear Worm of an OP is beginning to grow on me.

Ok, arc title is “The Runny.”

The opening narration is about passing fads. We get a scene…of…everybody picking their nose. Eh, it turns out that picking your nose is the new fad in town. Stocking, being the Only Sane Woman, refrains from doing so.

Well, there’s massive sexual innuendo with Panty and her nose-picking.

…Panty…like…takes out this massive snot thing from her nose, which, disturbingly enough, looks like Stocking’s dessert. I feel kinda queasy, but, sure, why not…

Brief comes over, takes his Ghostbusters machine thin, and determines that the booger thing reeks of the Ghost-energy thing. Is this episode seriously going to be about nose-picking?

The snot-thing flies off Panty’s finger and into this other guy’s nostril…ok, ok, that’s kinda creepy.

It turns out that the name of the guy is Oscar H. Genius, owner of the Café and the inventor of the whole nose-picking fad. He invites them to the OneHundredAndEighth Anniversary Party feast thing.

They use their booger balls to fly into the airship that hosts the feast. Um, apparently, there’s…gas…in them…or something, don’t ask me, I don’t know.

Well, at the party, Stocking just eats the sweets while Panty goes off with the Oscar guy to the special room. Porno music plays, and we have images of a phallus-like object entering a canal-thing. It’s finger and nose, isn’t it?

….well, they’re totally using sexual terms to describe nose-picking.

….well, the Oscar guy was a Ghost.

….um, the Ghost caught a nose-STD by nose-fucking with an angel.

The…balloon…turns into a…booger thing…I don’t really know how to describe this.

Well, the BBEG’s plan, as explained by Garterbelt is to release a bunch of dust into the air, and anybody who breaths it in turns starts picking their nose to fuel the booger-balloon.

Well, the balloon uses a nosebleed to accelerate. Everybody starts getting a nosebleed, compared to “losing their nose-hymen…”

They apparently want to ram the moon. The Ghost, that is, for some reason, wants to ram his ship into the moon.

Maybe I’ve been watching too much Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann, but…

Well, the plan is to get Panty’s booger, and then ram it up the Ghost’s nostril to make him sneeze, thus preventing him from reaching the Moon.

Well, Panty wasn’t wearing a skirt, so she has to strip to reach her gun, and flashes the crowd for the xth time. This makes everybody nosebleed, thus accelerating the balloon thing.

Panty dives into the Ghost’s nostril and plants the booger. The Ghost blows up. Stocking flies into the moon and makes it sneeze.

Well, that’s over with. Next one is…Vomiting Point…?

…woah, ok, to the left of Daten City is apparently “Little Tokyo,” where everybody is glum and stuff. Holy shit there’s a massive Art Shift when we go to Little Tokyo. We have a sad little scene of a man getting laid off while the tragic piano music plays in the background. This is…strange.

Well, the setting for this arc is apparently taking place in salaryman world. We cut to a scene of three men discussing the going-ons of their colleagues. Specifically, the old man who was (almost, not quite) getting laid off (he still has his job). His name is Terao, he’s been working in an entry-level position even though he’s 50-something. They ridicule him, but then notice that he’s…standing right there.

This is massive Mood Whiplash. You show me a clip from Episode 5 Arc 2 and any other scene in the show and I say “different shows.” It’s that drastic.

We see a scene of Terao reading the newspaper, while his wife asks him to stop. They live with their child and an elderly woman, who I presume is the kid’s grandmother. Lighting is rather subdued, the whole thing is bathed in this eerily-green glow. Tomorrow is the kid’s birthday…and she wants to meet Panty and Stocking. Well, there’s my confirmation that these two arcs take place in the same universe.

Midnight News Show is on, talking about the previous arc: specifically, about how Panty and Stocking defeat the ghost.

Next scene is of a girl crying, name is Mika. …um, Terao gave her this buttugly turtle for a birthday present.

OH GOD WHAT IS HE GOING TO GIVE HIS DAUGHTER

…Terao apologizes in front of everybody for his shitty choice in presents. Another salaryman suggest they just head for drinks and kick back.

Terao really wants to leave (it’s his daughter’s motherfucking birthday), but one douchebag isn’t letting him. He cusses him out, saying that he never gambles, drinks, never hits on women (he’s married, you asshole), etc. etc. “I get so pissed when I watch you!”

At the same time, this black wind-thing is flowing off of Terao’s back. Don’t know what it is…

Well, in order for them to let Terao go home, Terao has to take “the tower,” otherwise known as a pyramid of beer. Like, a literal pyramid of beer. He must drink it all.

Oh dear god this man is going to die.

…no, I actually have little doubt of this. This is a dark enough show that he’s going to fucking die. On his daughter’s birthday.

…oh god he’s becoming a fucking Ghost. This is how Ghosts are born. I see a few similarities with Bleach in this regard. Wait a minute, no, Terao’s vomit became the Ghost. Panty and Stocking show up and blow the Ghost to pieces. Terao’s on his knees in front of Panty and Stocking, begging to be taken to his house so that he can be there for his daughters’ birthday. Because he wanted a birthday present for her.

But, all is not lost, for he gets autographs and photos from both of them.

Back to a scene at the office. Terao is getting his ass fired.

End.

Ok, that scene was so strange that it bears commenting on. What was the point? It was essentially your stereotypical rat-race old man scene. Why are Panty and Stocking in it? Panty and Stocking does not fit in that sort of setting. I don’t know what Gainax is trying to do with this, I honestly do not.

At least it was interesting.

Considering the total response of 0 after the last post, is anybody actually interested in seeing me continue this?

Yeah, sure. Don't assume nobody's reading just because nobody commented.

Yeah! Why do you think I am still doing my FMA Liveblog?

Ok, then: Episode 6. Definitely liked this one.

Here begins the liveblog:

Episode 6. I read some of the comments in the Manga and Anime thread, which talk of…plot?

Les Diabloques is the name of the arc.

And, holy crap, they don’t use the stock footage for the beginning of the episode. Instead, it’s just a standard explosion scene of Panty and Stocking slicing up Ghosts. All of them look the same, and all of the yield zero heavens. Panty and Stocking express frustration towards Garterbelt because of this.

…uh, we get a scene of the women’s bathroom, and Panty and Stocking sitting on the toilets. Nothing that shocking. There’s a Ghost on the ceiling, who is quickly brought down to the ground. The Ghost escapes, and jumps into the toilet. It then proceeds to splash toilet water on P&S, pissing them off extremely thoroughly.

We cut to next morning, when, strangely enough, they didn’t even manage to catch the Ghost. They walk around with…what I believe is shit in their hair. A couple students comment on the fact that P&S aren’t wearing uniforms, as per new regulations set in by the new “queen.”

Uh, who is this queen that you speak of? A new high school episode? What plot is this? Answer me.

Brief briefs (I’m sorry, I couldn’t resist) them on the situation. Apparently, the new queens are the mayors’ daughters.

Ok, the names of the new Queens are Scanty and Kneesocks. First character impressions: You Gotta Have Blue Hair (they have green and blue hair), The Libby, The Ojou (hell, they’re the mayors’ daughters). One of them is a Meganeko. Um, and they’re Our Demons Are Different. In this case, they attend high school. Those Two Bad Guys, definitely. I don’t know if there’s a trope about similar sounding names.

They notice (smell) Panty and Stocking immediately. Uh, a standard shouting match, in which the newcomers totally establish their position as Ojous. Apparently, they’re trying to combat the rampant debauchery by instating rules.

…Kneesocks is totally ranting about the rules.

The lunch menu is totally changed to be health food. NO. NO. THIS IS A TRAVESTY, I WANT MY GODDAMN CRAPPY SCHOOL MEX FOOD.

Scanty and Kneesocks come in, comment on their figures and how they maintain them by eating healthy, etc. etc. And then they comment on the existence of the angels (who they don’t know are Panty and Stocking). I think. Anyways, they start talking trash about them. Panty gets up to beat the shit-

Owait a minute Stocking’s Berserk Button is pushed when she’s referred to as “obese.” “That was episodes ago!” she exclaims. Made me laugh.

Well, uh, I’m starting to seriously suspect that they knew that PS were angels all along. And that they’re intentionally pissing them off with responses to “it’s on” with “why is it ‘on?’”

Well, they bring on the question of establishing who’s judging who’s superior, and in which categories. And Panty and Stocking get their asses kicked in every single category, and are relegated to their Corner of Woe.

Well, in their victory speak, we have the epic “rules” rant. It was…like, actually pretty funny. And they take pictures of them falling through a hole in the floor, and post it all over the school.

I love watching this shit happen. Anyways, PS have been relegated to the “Geek Class.”

Oh, and they find the Ghost, who was also a “loser in life.”

Oh, wait, and the Ghost has a secret that he’s willing to tell: namely, the way to get out. Via toilet. Um, usually I would be kinda surprised, but this is PSWG, so I’m not really.

And they come out. And we have the return of the pink vomit.

Ohwait, the “entrance” wasn’t an “exit,” it was an entrance to a Ghost factory. Geek Guy phones in Garterbelt, who informs PS of the situation—there’s a Ghoststone at the top of the factory, which is producing the Ghosts. If they destroy the Ghost, the factory shuts down.

Uh, and Garterbelt speaks of “those two,” the only ones who can control the Ghoststone. Oh, and surprise, surprise, we have…

Uh, crap. What where their names?

Ok. Ok. One of them was a “Panty” knockoff…Scanty. Yeah. And Kneesocks.

Hereafter referred to as SK.

Well, SK descend from the stairs above (while knocking Brief aside with their Red Carpet, which has become a Running Gag.)

Stocking points out the inherent hypocrisy in them ranting about rules when they’re definitely being illegal right now. SK defend themselves by saying that it is their mission to…overrun the world with ghosts. They’re either WellIntentionedExtremists or CompleteMonsters.

…ACTUAL FUCKING PLOT! FUCK YEAH!

And we have, like, our second straight transformation sequence since the first episode.

…the Loser Ghost seems to be on their side now. Like a second Chuck, but evil.

Oh, Crap! SK grow devil tails. Will we have a drawn-out Transformation Sequence? Will we?

YES WE DO. IT’S TOTALLY THIS S&M THEMED TRANSFORMATIONSEQUENCE. HOLY FUCK. SIGN ME UP AS ROOTING FOR THE BAD GUYS, THESE PEOPLE ARE AWESOME.

…”wait, they’re actually demons?” everyone asks. Well, I mean, I thought that they would be NobleDemons or something, since we haven’t seen anybody in this show with the least bit of depth who wasn’t a good guy.

Well, the small ghost is given a Buff by the Demons, but is very easily destroyed.

We have some Exposition- Demons and Angels have been in rivalry since the beginning of time. Makes sense. Fairly certain we’re going to get a Mirror Match battle sequence, when Brief comes in and points out the fact that they just need to grab the stone if they want to win.

Chuck grabbed the stone, and then swallowed it. He enters into a fierce battle with his Evil Conterpart, whose name was like…Evil Chuck or something, I swear to God. Uh, Chuck shits out the Ghoststone, when Panty combines her guns to make a FUCKIING ASSAULT RIFLE.

This is without a doubt the best episode so far. Brief (and everybody else), for that matter, escapes through the plumbing. And now we have our Mirror Match battle. Kneesocks summons up their Evil Car piloted by their Evil Chuck, but See Through, piloted by Chuck, fights it off.

Oh, and when the guns are knocked out of their hands it devolves into a Catfight.

Oh, and I finally figure out who’s who. The Greenhaired one has the guns, and is Scanty. Blue hair is Kneesocks.

Did I mention that SK have Noblewoman's Laugh to the nth degree? They go OHOHOHO with absolute impunity, I swear.

…I finally noticed something. There is no Evil Counterpart to Brief. Will see if this proves significant in later scenes.

Oh shit, Scanty totally busted out a shotgun. Well, it already has, actually, seeing as Brief’s the guy with the Ghoststone.

AND PANTY SHOOTS A BULLET OUT OF THE AIR WITH A SNIPER RIFLE THIS EPISODE IS SUCH AN IMPROVEMENT.

To provide context for the above statement- Scanty had Brief at gunpoint, asking where the Ghoststone was.

…I’m loving how PS are referred to by SK as the “Angels of the Toilet.”

Anyways, we have a Mexican Standoff-ish situation, as SK have Brief at Reaper (did I mention that Kneesocks has motherfucking reapers as her weapon) point. Panty, however, seems to be perfectly fine with the prospect of Brief getting killed. Disturbing. Brief has one last request: “could you at least call me by my real name before I’m killed?”

Ouch. Sorry, man, I’ll stop calling you Geek Guy. Brief it is.

..Scanty is actually mildly disturbed, as any person would be, by the prospect of willingly sacrificing a hostage. There’s a pretty awesome showdown as Stocking deflects a few incoming bullets and knocks SK’s weapons out of their hands.

Dammit, the good guys won. Fuck.

The Ghoststone is blown up. The school…it fucking explodes. Um, Panty and Stocking, committing arson. Whoop de doo…

…Brief, during his attempts at a victory sex scene, is shot the fuck down. Ouch. Somebody gives this guy a hug.

Oh, and SK are bowing before the fucking mayor. The mayor is in on this crap? Oh, and in a scene of You Have Failed Me For The Last Time, SK are dumped into the toilet.

End.

PLOT! PLOT!

PLOT!

edited 5th Nov '10 9:00:31 PM by Chubert

They're more commonly referred to as scythes rather than reapers.

Well, of course the mayor's in on it. After all, what kind of good-versus-evil show would this be without at least one corrupt man in high power pulling some of the strings? ...Plus, you mentioned that SK were his daughters in the 8th or 9th paragraph.

This is a weird, yet very interesting, LB. Keep it up, dood!

^^ ...that was the word I was looking for.

Ah.

Haha.

Keeping it for the Epic Fail.

Keep it coming. It's interesting seeing your reactions.

Also Evil Chuck's name is really Fastener. I was a bit distracted by the epicness of SM's transformation scene to really pay attention.

Going in blind. All I know of the first episode is something about sugar, sex, and a shit monster.

This makes it sound like the wacky, animated version of Sweet Movie. Maybe I ought to watch this, too.

It's more like Engrish Sweary Powerpuff Girls,but that's good too.

That time of the week, folks. Episode 6 revitalized my faith in this stuff.

Let's see if 7 can keep it up.

It begins without the stock opening footage! There’s still the opening narration though, talking about two life forms engaged in “a battle since creation.”

Oh yeah the arc is named Transhormers. The next scene is Brief praying to God to…stop the fighting between Panty and Stocking.

Good fucking luck.

Brief tries to break them up, and simply gets punched halfway across the church.

Uh, well, the “two life forms” were actually the fucking Transformers. We have Optimus Prime Masculimus Surprise. He has come to “end” something. That something is not the fighting, it’s apparently another battle. Megatron Femitron enters.

There is an Allspark on Femitron’s chest, the “Guimauve.” Stocking thinks that it’s a lollipop and eats it.

Femitron collapses into pieces, and Stocking turns into “Gothic Empress Stocking.”

This episode is FAILING ME.

And then Panty turns into “Bitch Commander Panty” after she eats the other thing’s Allspark thing.

Oh god and then everything transforms into transformers. There’s the Pantybots and the Stockingcons (I don’t think they’re actually called Stockingcons but that’s pretty much it).

So the following scenes are of Panty and Stocking fighting it out in their robot forms. We have stealing fridge food, locking the bathroom doors. Sex with underlings. Underlings turning out to be suicide bombers. Oh wait they really are called the Stockingcons.

Anyways, an all-out war soon erupts. And then comes the final battle. We have robot panty and Stocking trashing each other as….

Wait it was all a dream oh wait no it wasn’t. Stupid Brief subverting All a Dream.

Well, it turns out that Optimus Prime and Megatron (not their names, couldn’t care less) are still alive. Panty and Stocking are fighting in their stead, they say.

Well, Brief gives a nice little speech about how fighting is bad and blah blah blah and OP and Megatron make up and shit this had better be subverted later on.

Oh yay it turns out that they really intend to kill everybody on the planet with their newfound alliance.

A ghost all along. Yay….

We get another transformation sequence…with P and S screwing up their lines…don’t ask why…

And the Ghost blows up. And then all the Ghosts explode into lots of Heaven coins. But it turns out that they’re foreign Heaven coins that are ridiculously worthless.

Ok, next one is “The Stripping.”

Seemingly standard fare. Though the last arc was mildly entertaining. Only one robot sex scene.

Opening scene is Garterbelt complaining about their spending. Because of their spending, Garterbelt can’t even repair the church. All the money PS make is Heavens. And Garterbelt laughs at their proposal to make actual money.

And so PS must make 3 mil in 3 days.

I predict it will involve Panty whoring herself out and Stocking selling sugar or something. At least 3 sex gags.

…oh wait they actually sign up as maids at a café. But they kinda suck at it. And they get fired from every job from then on.

Finally, we see them sign up as Playboy bunnies. A rich person at the café says that he won 3 million at the Casino.

Oh wait strip poker, isn’t it.

Ok, let me count the sex gags so far. Hardcore ones? Surprisingly none. Softcore fanservice is abound, though, but this was far better than I had expected. And it isn’t even strip poker- it’s the slot machine.

Well, at the slot machine PS, being angels, win. A lot. And when Brief tries, he runs out of money and is sucked into a hole in the ceiling.

The head of this place and all the servants are Ghosts aren’t they.

AND FUCK YEAH WE HAVE FASTENER (WHO WAS ACTUALLY EVIL CHUCK) OPERATING A MACHINE IN THE CEILING. AND FASTENERS MEANS…SCANTY AND KNEESCOKS THIS EPISODE IS NOW TEN TIMES BETTER.

Well, what they’re doing is harvesting money for a Money Ghost. To start a mass economic collapse.

Well, SK see PS gambling, but Scanty shoots down Kneesocks’ idea for them to just beat the crap out of them then and there.

Well, we see PS already pass their quota, but decide to keep going anyways, which guarantees, by the law of fiction, that they lose it all by the end of the day.

Uh, Kneesocks changes dealers with PS’s current deal. PS, being total buttfuck morons, don’t recognize her.

And suddenly PS start losing all their money. And then they lose it all. And then they get sucked up. But wait no! They start selling pieces of clothing to keep betting. They are both very quickly down to their bra/panties.

Oh yeah it totally was strip poker. Scanty comments that if she manages to make them loose all their clothing, they’ll be screwed over.

Panty sells her bra. Followed soon afterwards by Stocking.

And yeah this counts as a sex gag.

Well, Kneescoks is distracted by Panty sneezing all over Stocking and forgets to rig the roulette. They win all their money back.

The ghost withers away, and Panty takes off her last piece of clothing to finish it off (cheers all around from the men). The ghost is shot.

SK are foiled. Dammit. And PS learn that they can sell their underwear (this was once on the news earlier).

Brief, in his little secluded corner, keeps upping the price to “protect Panty’s panties.”

End.

Did you catch the Megatron masturbation joke?

Screwdriver. Just... screwdriver. O_o

After you finish this anime, go play a game called Red Seeds Profile. Really. You will find that you can enjoy it without any probelems.