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Foreword:

Episode 3 covers Vol. 5 Ch. 10 and half of Ch. 11, I am not sure whether they'll cover the rest of it in the next episode, but if they don't, then you can expect me to cover it for you. The title "Everything in the World Serves as My Experience Points" also comes from Chapter 10.

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Time Flow & New age of the Characters:

Original Scene

Starting off the episode we see Aoyama reading a book on a boat, as always, being in the most unpredictable places. Afterwards, we get into an Anime original scene, in comparison to other episodes this season, I felt like this one had the most original scenes. With Cocoa's and Chino's conversation (I also appreciate that the "Welcome! Come on!" phrase is being used more often), it is confirmed that this series does have a flow of time and that Chino will be going to high school and thus the others will also be going to college (if we ever get to that point). That also means that their ages have also changed from the beginning, which I'd like to point out. Basic summary of everyone's ages now at the time of this episode:

Chino: 14
Cocoa: 16-17
Chiya 16-17
Syaro: 16-17
Rize: 17

Megu and Maya's age didn't get revealed in the manga and thus cannot be confirmed. However, it is highly likely that they are also 14 years old like Chino if nothing out of ordinary happened in their life. We also don't really know what month of the year it is right now, so Cocoa, Chiya and Syaro may or may not have had their birthday this year already.

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Syaro's & Rize's School Information Fair Part 1:

Original Scene

Megu basically was indirectly asking Chino and Maya to come with her on that event since she would have been nervous going alone. Chino would be happy to accompany her, but Maya doesn't have a good impression of that school, however. She doesn't like formalities at all, which she likes to call in the Anime translation "Salutations" Syndrome, the fan translation of the manga translated it as the "How do you do" syndrome for those who will be reading the manga. Speaking of Maya and formalities, if any of you noticed, she is the only character in the cast to not refer to any characters with any honorifics. Not any -san, -chan, or any of that kind, which is considered to be really informal in Japan. So from that, one could have deduced from the beginning that she will have issues adapting to that environment.

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Cocoa's Classmates & Culture Festival Preparations:

Volume 5 Chapter 12

After 2 Seasons we finally get to meet Chiya's and Cocoa's classmates, which is surprising since most series of that type focus a lot on the school part of a high school girls' life. However, Koi-sensei intentionally didn't choose to cover it, which makes sense as the various events to be done there are very limited and focusing on this will make Gochiusa feel repetitive and similiar to other SoL series'. So now after 2 Seasons, I am sure that a lot of the viewers are happy to finally see high schoolers actually do something high school like.

The names of their classmates have all already been confirmed here, if you'd like to read about it.

Considering the reaction of their classmates on Chiya & Cocoa being in charge of their culture festival project it does seem they goof around in school as much they do outside when we see them. When these two get together it sure will be fun as they bring the most dorkiest side of each other to the surface. However when it counts and when no one is watching, they both actually try their best on their work and have worries. Whether it may be improving Ama Usa An or being able to bake the most delicious bread. And it also can be seen when the both of them are on their way back home. Chiya may joke around and put up a farce, but she actually has worries and the only one she spills these beans to is Cocoa. And as we know, Cocoa is the best person you could ask for to cheer you up. That scene where Cocoa comforted Chiya was precious.

The next few scenes are all Anime original as well. Rabbit House talking about the culture festival, Chiya and Syaro talking together as well as Chino and Cocoa.
What stuck out to me is that Chino has now opened up herself enough to Cocoa where she lets her hair dry on Cocoa's bed, openly smiles sometimes in their conversation and now even teases her.

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Syaro's & Rize's School Information Fair Part 2:

Volume 5 Chapter 11

Speech:

In this speech scene, few things are different in the Anime from the Manga. In the manga, Maya actually almost slept during Rin's speech. Furthermore, Chino's scene about encounters that may change your life also didn't happen in the manga. CocoChino undertones are very much appreciated however :3

When the speech finished and Maya tried her worst on her "Salutations" impression, I was really surprised by how good they adapted that part. Really happy to see that it was very faithfully adapted from the manga.

As MayaChino and Megu got separated they each find one of their senpais, who help them to find each other. What I particularly found sad is that Syaro wasn't able to carry out any of her plans she had with the sales and stuff, because she helped ChinoMaya. She even put time off of work just to visit these sales...

The meaning of Beans in Gochiusa:

As ChinoMayaSyaro joined the tea party in that prestigious school, Maya recommended Bean Sprouts for ingredients. This is more than just a random food that she picked. Bean is actually written Mame (豆) in Japanese, which is basically Maya & Megu's group name. Speaking of group names, Petit Rabbit is the group name of the 5 characters: Chino, Cocoa, Rize, Syaro, Chiya. That's why for example the song "セカイがカフェになっちゃった!" is performed by "Petit Rabbits with beans".

Reunited:

Throughout their adventure to find each other, they all came to know the school better and Maya seems to like the school now. The scene where they found each other also was really funny in the manga.

Things got cleared up in the end and we get to know Maya much more now. Unlike how her behaviour suggests, she is actually "the smartest" from Chimame. Being able to constantly get good grades at school and ended up getting a chance to be a scholarship student at this prestigious school. Not only is she smart, she also has a lot of worries and is shy talking about it. She was already worried about which school to go to in Season 2 and asked Rize for help without talking to Chino and Megu about it. And this time, now that she got the recommendation for this school, she has been worrying about this herself again. There's many things more, but like I believe in, every character in this series has more to it than you expect. Every character has a sad backstory to them contrary to the belief of others and this is one of the reasons why I like this series.

Lastly, Chiya and Cocoa join them as they were borrowing decorations and stuff for the culture festival. This scene kind of has an antithesis feel to it. Although all of them are from different schools and that they may also possibly split up in the future, which is kind of the topic right now in this episode, they are now here wearing all the same uniform as if they were all from the same school. However, they showed us, you don't need to be classmates or be in the same school to be close friends and I think this scene is really wonderful. Also Yura as well as Rin has showed some appearances this episode here and there, hopefully many will remember them this season at least.

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Afterword:

No Screencaps this time because I am unable right now to provide them, hope it's still fine. Either way, hope you guys liked this episode and maybe consider interacting with the community in its subreddit or Discord! As always, if you have any questions, I'd be happy to answer them and would be the best person to ask them to. They put a lot of foreshadowing for future events into this episode, which I would love to talk about, but yeah uh, can't be doing that. Would ruin the experience so I'll just have to suck that up.

 

PS: To the people asking about the "Sex Museum", the translation is correct but I think the euphemism "Hihokan" would be more fitting.

really enjoyed this episode..

Cocoa being teased is kawaii.. too bad for you Chino seems already set on going to rich girls high school.

Maya also seems to fit right into that place. :)

looking forward to next week!