Episode 9. Sports Festival Time!
Some highlights:
[spoiler]Kona-chan's dad speaks!
We get to see how Kagami would look with (really) short hair.
Kagami really does stuff with enthusiasm.
Kona-chan no otosan, that's an impressive camera. Wait...
Konata's 100 meter dash competition gets rendered as a Kyonani® Track and Field game. This sequence is golden.
We get to see another character from the opening (Ayano Minegishi, she of the long orange-brown hair with a headband and blue eyes).
Tsukasa is our Osaka. I get the feeling she is selected to her event (hurdles) by default.
Miyuki is surprisingly athletic. Plus, she wins by fanservice! And we get the return of the BGM from the Initial D parody.
We get a cute musical sequence with Tsukasa and Kagami.
I like the sequence where the girls are in the cafeteria line.
And my final bit: poor Konata, I've done that before (books and CDs).[/spoiler]
Lucky Channel has some nice amusing moments this time. And surpisingly, Minoru doesn't die this episode (although he sure seems like he has a death wish). LC isn't still quite the same caliber as the main show, though.