There are weeks and there are weeks with this series, and this was one of them. Weird even by Uchuujin MuuMuu standards, though I suppose coming off an episode about pooping and shaving down below that’s a matter of perspective. “For it’s own sake” is definitely a recurring pattern here. Events don’t have to have a reason for happening, either for plot or character sake (though they sometimes do). They happen just for their entertainment value, and the chance to expound on the world of modern technology in ways you never thought an anime would.

The A-part is the more conventional of the two this time. It returns to Tenkubashi-san (who was entirely absent last week, perhaps for the first time). Sonoko has given him the brushoff, which has left him devastated of course. But she has her reasons – to wit, that she realizes most of the guys on campus hate him because she spends time with him. I think she’s a bit wide of the mark here – I think most dudes around the place seemed to hate Prez already. And he cares not a whit about that anyway, so she needn’t have worried.

She has haters too of course, which is ironic as she’s really not giving her time to any of the losers who target here. Including Takkun, the asshole a jealous girl and her posse confront Sonoko over. Things start out OK with him, as he tells the girl to back off and stop bothering Sonoko for something that’s not her fault. But he quickly reveals himself to be a serious douchebag. First he makes as if to hit her, and Sonoko grabs his harm. Then he tosses her down the steps in response, disaster only narrowly averted because Tenkubashi is still stalking (no point in pretending otherwise) her.

During this drama Tenkubashi is snapped out of his stupor by the uncontrollable urge to rant about charging ports. USB, its pluses and minuses – who knew we needed a full exploration of that? I will confess it’s annoying when you have to buy a power bank with three types of built-in cables (or buy three cables) but that’s the world we live in. The next technological battleground is disaster preparedness equipment, which Prez has fallen back on as the next scheme to make a buck. He borrows a disaster preparedness vehicle from the city and cons the university into thinking he’s performing a public service.

This scheme finds Sakurako and Akihiro behind two-way mirrored glass, putting on a little performance for the public with the help of Maru and MuuMuu. That black cat scientist briefly shows up (literally) just to remind us the plot exists, but it doesn’t intrude on this random at all. Introvert or no this is an opportunity for Sakurako to play house with her beloved, so she ain’t gonna say no and he’s fine with it as long as there are cats. Tenkubashi urges them to think of the disaster preparedness equipment like camping gear, and you can easily enough pull that off.

While Sakurako shows off how much she’s picked up hanging around Wataru and Tamotsu, Akihiro is aware of how blissfully unaware of the need to conserve anything he’s been. Prez using simulated earthquakes to enhance the mood ensures drama, the otaku squad shows off and sees as this as foreplay, Miwwa’s spider sense sends her running, and the main source of income from all this turns out to be video of “that actress”. But the stuff about conserving your power is interesting, as we’ve all become so accustomed to living in a world where power is just a plug-in away (if we can figure out the right cable).