After a tense showdown between Kosame and a group of bandits in episode 8, episode 9 of Appare-Ranman gives its characters a chance to rest and relax before the grand finale. The racers visit a hot spring to take a well-earned soak, but Kosame and Appare don’t realize that public baths in America are mixed gender and – more importantly – actually require clothing! Another fun moment in this episode comes when pretty boy Al challenges resident badass TJ to a drinking contest and ends up wasted after only a few shots. His prim and proper friend Sofia decides to take over for him and promptly wipes the floor with TJ without breaking a sweat, sauntering out of the bar with only a slight wobble in her step. These characters are so entertaining that we would gladly watch an entire Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu style spinoff of their downtime antics. Get on it, P.A. Works!

The God of High School wastes no time with anything, much less its character introductions. The MAPPA animators put their god-tier skills on full display for a rapid-fire slapstick comedy scene that efficiently gets our three main characters together for the start of the God of High School tournament. Highlights include Mori making up a sad backstory for the old lady whose stolen purse he’s trying to get back, Mira slamming face-first into a street sign in the middle of her special move, and Daewi punching the thief’s lights out so hard that the poor guy crashes into a truck and explodes. We wish this anime had more of these hilarious scenes, but at least this one is as perfect as can be!

Fans of the Fruits Basket manga have been waiting over a decade for the infamously terrible “Cinderella” class play to be animated, and now here it is in all of its unhinged glory! Tooru’s class decides to perform “Cinderella” for the school festival, but due to some mean-spirited meddling by the Prince Yuki Fan Club, it’s horribly miscast in every way. Gloomy Hana is Cinderella, bristly Kyo and brusque Uo are princes, and sweet little Tooru is the evil stepsister – how could this ever work!? Luckily, they rewrite the script to match the cast and the resulting “Cinderella-ish” becomes the story of how Cinderella and her stepsister opened a yakiniku restaurant together instead of marrying anyone. And this scene is actually important for the anime’s plot, since Tooru and Uo’s emotional outbursts in the middle of the performance show their respective love interests how they really feel!