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Episode 4: Full Swing

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  Your Humble Author: OMG! Baseball! Best Anime Evar!!!1
Haruko: Oh shut up. You've only seen like, what, five?
  Your Humble Author: Sorry.
Shigekun: Boy howdy, we sure suck now that Naota's brother left. We can't even score against a being from another planet.  Naota won't even swing the bat.
Naota: This isn't another one of those things where I have to overcome my own neuroses and pull myself out of my brother's shadow, is it?
Shigekun: ....No.
Canti: Perhaps I can help your team, being a super-powerful robot that is.
Naota: Let me guess: "There's no rule that says a robot can't play." Honestly, how many takes on "Gus: The Field-Goal Kicking Mule" does the world need?
Haruko: Don't worry, this episode focuses mostly on me getting jiggy with your father. Or so it seems!
Naota: Even with that hardly cryptic postscript, that's just nasty.
Amaro: Speaking of cryptic, people should be ambiguous and spicy bread is addicting.  PS, Haruko is bad.  You'll hear from me again.
Naota: Well duh. I don't think they'd waste eyebrows like that on a supporting character.
Amaro: Eyebrows?
Haruko: Say chief, need some tips on how to swing the bat?
Naota: Sure, but first I'd like my head back.
Haruko: Visualization is the key; why don't you aim for that big flickering star that I randomly picked and did not choose with any ulterior motive?
Kitsurubami: You mean the satellite that's going to pulverize the city?
Haruko: Sure, we could to that too.
Naota: I will now spy on my father and Haruko.
Haruko: You know, that's a great way to make yourself a target for falling space debris.  
Mamimi: It's okay that you're not playing. I mean you're not the type to swing the bat.  You can just stay here and listen to my demeaning remarks.
Haruko: But Canti's playing today.
Mamimi: In that case, forget you. Ciao sucker!
Naota: I guess that's my cue to go home.  Say dad, you sure are acting strange.
Kamon: AFFIRMATIVE. BZZT COMMENCE FREAKY MONTAGE SEQUENCE BZZT. I AM TRAINED TO SMASH YOUR CAMERA. 
Naota: Augh! *THWACK*
Kamon: NO DISASSEMBLE JOHNNY FIVE! *THUD*
Amarao: Don't worry Naota, you haven't just reenacted Oedipus Rex; that was actually a robot duplicate of your father!
Naota: Yeah, I'm pretty sure everyone's already figured that out.
Amarao: Okay, then I'll just explain how Haruko is pulling robots out of your head.
Naota: I think most of us had an inkling of how that worked too.
Amarao: Oh, well then...uh...Haruko and Naota sitting in a tree!
Naota: Cram it!
Kamon: Say, does anyone want to reanimate my corpse, per chance?
Haruko: Hey, the manifestation of your adolecent desires is back. Anyone miss me?
Naota: Yeah, Eyebrows says he needs you to stop the bomb hurtling towards Earth.
Haruko: I've got a better idea: how about you do it?
Naota: Buh?
Mamimi: It's the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fine!
Haruko: Hey, guess what? I need something from your head again.
Kitsurabami: Ooo, so sexy!
Naota: Huh, I guess girls really do dig guys with guitars, though I've never been very partial to the Flying V myself.
Haruko: Well, it's up to you to swing the swing the bat now.  Bye, chuckles.
Your Humble Author: Oh I see, the satellite is shaped like a glove and ball! Glee!
Haruko: Hey, what did I say earlier?
Naota: Must...follow through...with...baseball metaphor. *SWING!*
Haruko: On second thought, maybe it'd be best to help him out with that *SWING!*
Amarao: Congratulations! You've destroyed the vile red satellite and saved the universe. Consider yourself a hero!
Mamimi: Well shucks, he swung the bat. Now I don't have a naive, spineless boy to lead along.  *POUT*