Arakawa Under the Bridge x Bridge

The second half of episode 4 was quite nice as well, and helped me to get into the Halloween spirit even more. I laughed when Stella conned Ko into helping her out and then grew giant. They certainly like to keep her in that form, eh? It was a little disappointing that we didn't see more of sexy Maria, though especially in that vampire outfit of hers...

The selling point of the Halloween segment was definitely when Ko was cared by the fact that he looked like his dad in the mirror. Now, what person isn't terrified of becoming their parents?!

A major in psychology finally coming in handy I see, but really, Riku's scare, I don't think is as deep as you're suggesting. I don't mean to sound patronizing but as much as I know you know, he just saw the entity he fears the most with the punchline being, instead of screaming for mommy, he screams for pappy.

Hm...yeah, you're probably right about that. It was probably just a gag off of the whole, mommy/daddy scream, but Ko is also very afraid of his father.

Amazoness is very scary. Muscle girls in general scare the crap out of me... It's ok if they have a toned body, but muscle bound is just terrifying.

Anyways, this episode was pretty good. Amazoness' minions hypnotizing Ric into falling in love with Amazoness was creepy. It was interesting to see Nino display her affection for Ric, although the duel between her and Amazoness was just weird...
I also gained more respect for Star cause instead of taking advantage of the situation, he decided to honour Ric as a rival and take into account Nino's feelings.

That, and Ric showed he truly loves Nino by breaking the hypnosis through his own willpower.

I agree. Episode 8 was very entertaining. Unlike you, however, I don't find Amazoness very scary. In fact, I find her to be quite cute. I really enjoyed seeing her act all modest and shy around Ric, even though she looks so strong and tough. It was also interesting to learn that she really is weak, physically, which is a nice change of pace. I also found her to be really adorable when she was working out at the end, (as well as a bit sexy). I can't wait to see more of her.

I really liked Nino in this episode as well, though. She really showed her love for Ric, which she doesn't normally express so much. It was very touching, (even though it hurt Ric), for her to punch him with all of her might for breaking up with her, and even after that, she said that it would take hundreds more to express her feelings. Her best moment, though, was when she wanted to get "married" to Ric, and it ended up that she just wanted to drink some milk with him. So cute.

I, too, also admired Star for not falling for the hypnosis offer. He probably wants to win Nino on his own terms, which is very respectable.

I agree. I enjoyed this season a lot, and even though I wanted a little bit more romance, the romantic moments were definitely worthwhile. I thought that episode 13 was an exciting way to end the series, but I was a bit dissappointed that the plot of going to Venus wasn't touched upon at all. I suppose that we can only hope for a third season, (which is definitely possible since Hidamari and Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei both got third seasons).