Tiny microbe riding a giant face-worm?? The “WTF” factor in this show is just beyond compare. I mean, it’s worse than Ghost Hound, honestly! This scene kept me awake at night, staring at the ceiling, the image forever burned into my mind’s eye. O_O

That’s a rather eerily human face for an earthworm…but the microbe riding it like some kind of cowboy was pretty hysterical. It’s great how the bacteria manage to steal the show even without having any direct input in a given scene.

Like this, for example. I just crack up every time the bacteria are on the screen, I’d watch the show just for the microbe theatre personally.

Personally, I think planting rice could actually be a fun experience. Of course there is the heat, and the manual labor, and the mud underneath the toenails…gross. On second thought, I can understand why they make the freshmen do this. >_>

I love ramen noodles, but I was never personally a fan of menma. It’s not repulsive or anything it’s just not my cup of tea…erm…cup o’ noodles? Whatever.

Once again we have another brutal Hasegawa freak out moment. I can’t understand why she detests Misato and Kumahara so much. I mean, they’re pretty enthusiastic about research, you’d think they’d get along. Maybe if they wore more impractical leather.

Earthworms, check it!

Another reason why I love this show is all the horticultural remedies it mentions. It’s such an obscure topic but it’s delivered in such a hilarious and enjoyable fashion that you become kind of engrossed with it.

Excellent ninja running form.

Now they just need to be leaning forward at a 45 degree angle and they’ll have it mastered!

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You know, you’d think that at an agricultural university they’d have some more degrading form of hazing than forcing freshmen to raid vegetable gardens. Speaking of which, did anyone else have Peter Rabbit flashbacks while watching this episode? Or if not Peter Rabbit, then how about the scene from Lord of the Rings where Pippin and Merry steal mushrooms?

I think even Pippin and Merry would’ve been screwed if they were caught by these guys, though…I mean both the kendo and karate clubs are represented, along with the football squad. Wait…why on earth would an agricultural university in Japan have an American football team? This place gets more and more bizarre with each episode.

The non-fossil fuel powered tractor debuts…and as with most new alternative sources of fuel it is immeasurably impractical and embarrassingly weak. I’m not saying we should clear cut the rainforests or anything, but it’d be nice to have alternative fuel that was legitimately an alternative, as opposed to another excuse for yuppies to feel philanthropic.

All right…I think I would’ve just faked a seizure or drank some ipecac syrup or…you know… committed suicide. Any of those would be preferable to reaching inside of a cow’s butt. The announcer doesn’t skip a beat either, he’s got quite the stomach.

Ah ha! Sawaki saves the day again with his ability! You know, picnics would be a really nerve racking experience if you could see bacteria. I mean, it’s just as much a buffet for the microbes as it is for the people, really.

Itsuki-sensei springs into action! Hilarious!

Along with face-earthworm, this was absolutely the funniest point of the episode. Itsuki-sensei is what science geeks all over the world wish they could be – scientific superheroes, leaping through the air with microscope in hand to save the day!

Crisis averted, well played Sawaki! This series continues to be excellent; I can’t wait until the group starts to brew some sake. Let’s just hope it doesn’t turn into some kind of Yakitate! Japan style “brew-off”.