Monday, March 12, 2007

Gakuen Alice 12


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When a car passed the area, a group of armed men appear and hold the car under a gun point. All of a sudden, Natsume who now wears a black cat mask, appears on top of the car and uses his fire alice to disarm the gun used by the men who stopped the car. As a result, the car can now move on safely. The armed men, however, are unhappy and began to shoot Natsume. Natsume manages to escape although it seems he's injured a bit by a stray bullet. The car itself is then seen arriving safely inside a building while elsewhere, Natsume appears behind Persona. Persona then instructs Natsume to return so Natsume follows the order without mentioning the fact that he's injured due to the job. The scene then cuts to a shot of a man talking on the phone about Natsume's appearance. The man is then seen smirking in the dark after ending the conversation.

The next day in B class, Narumi announces to the students that School Festival season has officially started. So he encourages everyone to collaborate with each other and use the opportunity to know each other better. Once Narumi left, all of the students begin to talk to each other excitedly. Well, everyone except Natsume who is still in pain due to last night's incident. He, however, hides it well even from Ruka. Anyway, later on Iincho explains to Mikan that the festival will last for 2 weeks and includes a dance party. In these two weeks, four Alice groups will compete for the best performance in the festival. True enough, a lot of students are already looking busy doing their bit parts for the festival. Ruka-pyon, on the other hand, has another issue on his mind. Apparently Hotaru took pictures of him wearing a skirt back when he helped Mikan to escape from the school. Ruka wants the pictures back so he ends up chasing Hotaru all over the school.

Meanwhile Mikan is disappointed when her sempais tell her that they're not participating at the festival. The group feels that it's easier this way since they have no idea on what to do and the fact that there is no common ground between each other's Alice. While trying to find out the solution to her problem, Mikan ends up talking to Natsume. She tells Natsume that it must be easy for him. His own Alice, for example, can be used in fireworks. Upon hearing Mikan's complaint, Natsume asks her to get closer and when she does so, he burns the end bit of her hair and tells her to disappear. Mikan is obviously angry at Natsume's juvenile behaviour. She, however, also feels sorry for him when he tells her that the school tries to hide his group's existence and therefore, they are not allowed to participate. Before Mikan can say anything much to Natsume, however, Sumire and her brother, who turns out to be the sempai who bullied Mikan, appears together.

It seems Sumire's brother is looking for Hotaru and to top it off, he seems to be rather infatuated by her. Hotaru, however, doesn't give a dime about him so she runs him over with her vehicle since she herself is still busy trying to evade Ruka-pyon's chase. Unhappy with the incident, Sumire and her brother decides to vent their anger at Mikan. Natsume, however, can't stand the guy either and decides to burn his hair so that he'll leave. Once the two leave, Mikan spots the RPG book that Natsume's been reading and gets an idea on what her Alice group can do for the festival. She suggest a Role Playing Game feature since some of the people in the group can do monster and such. The idea is well received so Tsubasa and Mikan come to the teacher's room to ask for Side Entry permission. Unfortunately, their request is rejected by Jin-Jin. Elsewhere, Ruka is seen flying using his eagle, chasing after Hotaru who flashes a banner showing Ruka wearing Mikan's skirt.

Back to Mikan, she and the Special Alice group are unhappy with the rejection but unfortunately there's not much they can do since Nodachi is still time tripping somewhere. Mikan, however, doesn't want to give up and ends up being angry with the group's defeatist attitude. Feeling miserable, Mikan ends up running away from the group and encounters Natsume reading a book underneath a tree. She asks Natsume if she can speak to him for a while. Natsume declines as usual despite Mikan protesting that he's supposed to be her partner. In the end, she asks if she can at least sit there since she doesn't have anywhere else to go either. Upon hearing this, Natsume reluctantly agrees to her request. Meanwhile, Narumi-sensei encounters two female teachers who are apparently excited about the possible arrival of a famous performer called Reo to the upcoming school festival. Narumi, on the other hand, looks concerned upon hearing this latest development.

Before he can contemplate the situation further, however, Tsubasa and other upperclassmen from Tokubetsu class appear in the teaching room again. They ask Jin-Jin to allow them to participate, if they can make him laugh. Jin-Jin at first refuses but thanks to Narumi's nudge he finally agrees. The problem is, making Jin-Jin laugh proves to be difficult since the guy is hellbent on not laughing despite the students' attempt. Jin-Jin even covers his ear when he realises that one of the students has an Alice that can make anyone laugh just by hearing one single word from his mouth. Tsubasa, however, cleverly uses his shadow skill to tickle Jin-Jin so that his hands stop covering his ears. As a result, Jin Jin laugh and the Special group Alice get their permission to participate in the festival. Meanwhile, Hotaru and Ruka has taken their run and chase adventure to a ridiculous level but they eventually stop when the two spot Mikan and Natsume peacefully sitting back to back.

Mikan is in the middle of telling Natsume how she had a fight with her group back then. So Natsume tells Mikan to go back there again and make amends with them. Mikan thanks Natsume for listening to her and proceeds to leave him. After Mikan, left, however, Natsume passes out due to his injury. Thankfully Hotaru and Ruka see the incident. Meanwhile, Mikan is surprised when she returns to her group and sees everyone busy preparing for the festival. So Tsubasa and Misaki explains everything to her. Mikan is happy about the news and wants to tell Natsume but when she goes back to the spot where the two sat together, Natsume is not there anymore. The scene then cuts to Hotaru and Ruka standing next to a hospital bed containing Natsume. At the same time, the mysterious man who was seen earlier in the episode is now seen talking on the phone. Thanks to the conversation, the man finds out that Natsume has been taken to the school's hospital.

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