Keijo!!!!!!!! (Episode 2) – The Hip Toss Brings Us Together!!!!
Training at the Setouchi Keijo Training School is tough. Every morning they have to do butt figure of eights, butt squats, butt-runs, and just about anything else you could do to strengthen your butt. However, there’s more to Keijo than a strong butt!!!!
Keijo!!!!!!!! (Episode 2) – The Hip Toss Brings Us Together!!!!
What happened?
The girls of room 309 are quickly reminded of just how hard this course is. Unless they can move up to the elite class, this training regime will be a daily occurrence. However, the food isn’t bad and they aren’t stingy with the portions. Of course, the elite class has access to the best meals and gelato. Nozomi is determined to make it to the elite class and is going to do everything she can to strengthen her body. However, that’s taking its toll on her concentration which has been noticed by their teacher of Asstrology. To make matters worse, the elite class are already training in the pool, making Nozomi incredibly jealous.
First, though, they’ll need to prove themselves on the beach. This activity puts the girls into groups based on their rooms where they will need to keep a beach ball in the air by hitting it between one another, however, they can only use their butts. The first session is a disaster leaving them dead last which earned them another hundred butt figure of eights before they could go back to the room. As they began the next session on the beach, Sayaka suggested that they needed someone to lead them and volunteers for the role. However, after a few missed attempts, Nozomi noticed something. Kazane was always near the ball when it hit the ground. Could she be predicting its flight in the wind?
As they prepare for their evaluation, Nozomi takes control, reading Kazane’s body language to predict the path of the ball, since Kazane is too scared to speak. Amazingly, it works and they soon match the best score. Then, Nozomi purposely gives the wrong instructions, forcing Kazane to speak out and give her the correct directions. Nozomi makes contact with the ball, winning them some of the prized gelato. Finally, after who knows how long, they are ready to take to the Land in a four-on-one trial battle against the teachers. Room 309 finds themselves up against Nahisa Ujibe. She may not look it, but she was once a prized competitor. After a couple of failed attacks, Nozomi tried to build up some momentum and unleashed an incredible attack. It missed Nahisa but shredded her teammates’ swimsuits. Nozomi had just stumbled upon the Vacuum Butt Cannon!
What did you think?
I love it! This series is brilliantly ridiculous and at the same time one of my favourite sports anime ever. It does everything right and then adds the hilarity of having to fight with their butts and boobs. Of course, it’s been massively focused on butts at the moment… and I mean massively, but boobs will get their time in the light too. Don’t worry, this series has it all covered… or not… you know what I mean. I love that their room is basically a team of misfits that no one is expecting anything from. It’s great that they are already showing signs that they were not understood by the traditional approach to training.
On top of all the action and butts, this series has a wonderful colour palette that makes everything feel warm and inviting. I said before that I love beach episodes because of the way the scenery makes me feel and Keijo!!!!!!!! is no exception to that. Then, when you contrast with the bold lines used everything comes to life in a very comic-book way. This is already proving to be a great choice with which to follow on from Highschool of the Dead. I’m glad that I made the decision to focus on revisiting some great shows that I never got around to discussing the first time I watched them.
Episode highlights
Series Information
| English Title | Keijo!!!!!!!! |
| Japanese Title | Keijo!!!!!!!! |
| Genres | Combat Sports, Ecchi, Sports |
| Demographic | Shounen |
