Lemon Angel Project - 04

The less of Tomo we have, the better the episode! I know I keep on stating it, but Tomo has to have the worst voice ever in anime and she can't sing much better. ;) A bit of drama and angst in this episode, which can only make this otherwise uninteresting anime more appealing!



The trio of misfits: Tomo, Saya and Erica arrive for their pop grooming classes late. Erica puts on her Ninja outfit to make it all obvious! All are hoping that they have the X-Factor required to land into the lucrative market of being in a girlband. The manager, who is Simon Cowell's nicer alter ego - let's them off with a slap on the wrist and tells them to get started.The first challenge up is dancing! This part vaguely reminds me of Glass Mask, but not even half as good. As expected Tomo ends up all over the place while all eyes on Erica as she gets a compliment from the instructor. However, this just turns out to reveal Erica's vunerable side as she hears the other jealous girls calling her a stupid foreigner.
After the other classes end, Tomo tries to cheer up Erica who seems to be a bit off. Saya stands her guard as being the cruel but nice one as they all share lunch. Saya makes up her excuses to avoid taking any of Erica's food and runs off. Poor Erica think it's because she is foreign - but Tomo makes her forget her problems for a while - she's about to have a guest for some home cooking!



During the next set of classes, we finally get to see some background on Erica via some flashbacks. She and her brother Takumi, are from Brazil (The Rio De Janiero statue gave it away) and now are trying to fit into Japan. Even though Takumi notices how difficult it is to fit in, he makes his way into a popular boyband group called 3Sence. I wonder if they will be against Lemon Angel in the future? ;) Erica realises she must do the same and applies to Lemon Angel.
Of course she makes the mistake of telling everyone that her brother is the famous Takumi of 3 Sence. All the spiteful rivals are now interested and invite themselves along!Erica returns home and cooks up a feast. Takumi phones her up and says he cannot make it..well of course the rest turn up and start catfighting with poor Erica. Haruka, in particular was taking a leaf out of Glass Mask and punishing her to the utmost even in her own home! That girl knows how to own! Tomo and Saya burst into the rescue but Erica can't take it anymore and runs off to the nearest bridge to jump..I mean look over. It starts to RAIN. Tomo and Saya run for cover but their unique RADAR sees Erica in the distance. After a few tears and harsh words, Erica promises to be a better rival and it ends happily via some groping. Yay.



Lemon Angel Project is now going from dire to nearly average! I'll probably stick with it as long as it has more catfights and angst. Maybe Tomo's voice will improve - that will be a miracle. I liked this episode better as you felt sorry for Erica being treated different just because she is a 'Gaijin'.
In that respect, it suceeded where I think Shinigami no Ballad failed - to make me feel something other than being bored.

Overall: 6.5/10

I suspect megane-ko to have a catfight with Haruka in the next episode!