Finally, after 9 painful episodes of aimless tourist wandering around outer space planets, Robi and Hachi hit the Highway towards their final destination – Isekandar. Anyone else that feeling that it’s going to be the disappointment of a lifetime?

Plot

So the guys & Ikku are flying in space. They are extremely close to the Isekandar checkpoint, and already something feels off. Robi is having a brief flashback, and I’m telling myself that if this is a flashback episode, I’m going to throw a chair at the nearest passerby. Luckily (not sure how this is better, but…) instead of a dive into Robi’s magical memories of his journey, we get to peak at one of his fantasies of having his ears cleaned by a white woman in a kimono. Thankfully, he decides to take a nap and spare us of his grim imagination. Just as I thought we’d get rid of him for a while, Hachi screams, wakes him up, and announces that they can’t go through customs because… well, because Robi is a runaway and a debtor. Naturally, Hachi is pissed off and they start bickering over whose fault it is. Ikku explains that the fight isn’t just because of this incident, but just the spark that ignited all these days of being cooped up in the spaceship together. The fight gets wilder and wilder.

Soon, it gets really petty, to the point where they blame each other of their bathroom manners (with an extensive description of using the toilet, and preferences of peeing positions, ughhh), Robi’s porn and sex toy stash, his snoring (which sounds like an echo from the depths of hell) Hachi’s sneezing technique, stealing food from the fridge, the laundry, Hachi’s online shopping habit, melatonin, and the use of candles… Pretty standard petty flatmate arguments. They finally get out of each other’s face and promise to never speak to each other again (as if). They even split the spaceship in half, marking their territory with spray paint, like proper alpha males. In the meantime, mr. Yang and his minions are at some sort of beef planets stuffing themselves with sukiyaki and waiting for Robi to get arrested.

The pettiness goes on for quite a while. Hachi seems to be having the short end of the straw, as the fridge is not on his side of the spaceship, and has to sneak around to eat. Robi is, of course, stealing all his food. The toilet issues continue. Ikku seems to be the one who is suffering the most out of this situation, as he wanders around the spaceship witnessing all the nonsense taking place. It’s painful to watch. I’d rather be staring at fabulous mr. Yang having dinner. And that he is doing, along with some sightseeing. He even got to do some power weaving at the museum, like a real Anni Albers enthusiast.

The whole shabang ends up with Hachi starting a fire, claiming Robi’s pyjamas are his favorite and Ikku activating fireman mode to stop them from burning alive. They stop fighting and make up, and at this point I feel like I’m watching proper shonen-ai. Hachi even puts on his man-pants and secretly pays all of Robi’s debt without him knowing. Thanks to him, they are able to sneak through the last checkpoint.

Andddd just as things seem to be going just fine, Hachi’s past is finally catching up with him (remember all that stress he’s been having while looking at his bracelet from time to time?) and some lunar people are now after him.

Finally

Isekandar, let’s see it, how bad is it?

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RobiHachi

Anime Info | Spring 2019 | Simulcast