| The Legendary Twirl Dancing Duck Squad | |||||
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| 回転舞踏伝説アヒル隊 | |||||
| Kaiten Butō Densetsu Ahiru-tai | |||||
| Staffs | |||||
| Scenario | Kazuyuki Fudeyasu | ||||
| Storyboard | Son Seung-Hui | ||||
| Staging | Son Seung-Hui | ||||
| Animation Director | Takurō Sakurai,Mari Shirakawa,Shōko Yasuda,Shunryō Yamamura,Masahiro Shimizu | ||||
| Japanese Air Date | |||||
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October 24, 2015 | |||||
| Music | |||||
| Opening | No Poi! | ||||
| Ending | Tokimeki Poporon♪ | ||||
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| Previous | Next | ||||
| ← The Ash-Colored Rabbit and the Ash Princess | Cocoa-senpai's Elegant Tea Party Tutorial → | ||||
The Legendary Twirl Dancing Duck Squad (回転舞踏伝説アヒル隊?) is the third episode of Is the Order a Rabbit?? anime series.
Synopsis[]
To prepare for the upcoming Fine Arts Month event, Chino, Megumi and Maya attempt drawing and dance. But in comparison to her friends Chino is worried over her lack of skill.
Summary[]
In Art Class, Chiya and Cocoa do self portraits of each other. Chiya isn't very confident but she wishes she was so that Ama Usa An could have a fancier menu. Cocoa decides to borrow this idea but struggles to think of anything for Rabbit House, besides a cup of coffee.
After school the girls leave while discussing art until Cocoa spots the trio and runs up to greet them. They ask what is going on and Maya explains that at their school it's "Fine Arts Month", a time when a creative dance recital is held, along with a sketching contest. Chino is concerned because she isn't confident in her art skills, so the girls attempt to encourage her, with Cocoa recommending scenery as a good place to start. She picks an ideal spot, only to become distracted by a rabbit, who pees and ruins her serene image.
As this is going on, Megumi comments that Chiya would be a good model to base art on. Maya voices her desire to draw one of the Coffee Shops and Chiya offers to decorate the shop and herself for the both of them, excitedly running off as Cocoa remains with the trio. They begin to chat about the creative dance and how they want to do it as a group, but they haven't come up with choreography just yet.
Chino isn't very confident at Fleur de Lapin. She thinks it will be difficult to draw, but Maya disagrees. She suggests the perspective would make it easier but after they realize they don't actually know what the word means, they step inside and attempt to pose while holding their pencils. Artists usually do it so this should inspire them. When nothing happens, Maya decides to settle for something more simple like some fruit or a vase. Megumi suggests they try to pick something they like from Rabbit House, like the gramophone or Coffee Mil.
There the girls sit down when Maya comments that the artist pose isn't worth doing anymore. Rize teases the girls a little, but after seeing Megumi take her words to heart, she quickly clarifies that the pose is used by artists to observe the size of their drawing object. With that, Chino observes Tippy for a moment before the trio attempt to draw him. They're not happy with their plain drawings, so Maya asks Tippy to change forms and they begin imagining him as a feathery, winged creature. They observe their drawings again when Chino asks Rize to try to draw something since she's such a good artist. She quickly sketches a picture of Tippy and they fawn over it, asking her to lend them a hand while a rejected Cocoa watches. Cocoa makes a remark on Chino's picture while Rize comments on Maya's. This leaves Megumi saddened over how plain hers is in comparison until Chino and Maya manage to perk her up, then they sit back down to try drawing again.
Aoyama happens to overhear them and offers some words of encouragement, then she begins chatting with Chino. Cocoa feels inspired to put her older-sister mentality to use by bringing the girls some drinks. Chino is impressed with her responsibility, and Cocoa proudly hangs up their various drawings. Chino insists that its only for a little bit. Meanwhile, Megumi and Maya start to express concern over their pictures of Sharo they did earlier.
Some time later, Chino goes on to show them drawings of Rabbit House she did. The girls are amazed but the Teacher gave her a low score.
That evening, Tippy observes the images they hung up. He seems impressed, then criticizes the "uniqueness" of one of them.
The next day Maya chastises her friends for not coming up with Choreography for their dance yet. Chino admits that she isn't athletic and can't do very much, but they decide to at least try and do some warm-ups to begin with. They turn on music and begin to do rabbit jumps, then Maya shows them some dances she knows before criticizing Megumi for how clumsy she is, and Chino for not even trying. Chino reveals the CD she brought, it belongs to her dad, and the girls decide to use it after listening to its gentle melody. To their surprise they watch as Megumi appears to feel the flow of the song and beautifully dances; until she gets flustered realizing this and stops. Maya explains that Megumi's mother is a ballet instructor so she learned through her, then points out she also took lessons. Chino is shocked since they never told her, and she starts wondering if she could learn. Megumi assures her that her mom can make time for them.
At work, Chino practices her tip-toe walking and explains her plans to take up ballet. She assures Tippy she is only doing it for the Dance, but they get distracted after Cocoa is led to believe Chino actually got taller and calls Chiya to inform her of this.
Chino is disappointed to learn just how hard Ballet is. Megumi tells her to avoid overdoing it, but Maya's words only cause her to fear she could never become a beautiful dancing swan like her friends. After a few days, she shows great improvement though. During one lesson, she discovers Cocoa has Tippy and they have come to watch. She brought many items of food for them, and she suggests they try putting a Cafe theme into their dance. The girls aren't sure if this is a good idea.
Later, Rize comes by with some snacks and drinks, but to her shock she finds out Cocoa has decided to join them. Chiya and Sharo also show up, with Sharo needing some convincing- namely Rize deciding she wants to join them too. Maya is surprised seeing how good they are at dancing, but Cocoa and Chiya leave much to be desired. Rize and Sharo dance together to show them how they should do it, until Sharo trips and dizzily lays on the ground, feeling nothing but bliss for having touched Rize.
Megumi's mother comes by to ask if the girls would like to join her class, but Rize refuses since she's already busy with work. Sharo also turns it down since she can't afford it, then quickly say she's too busy to cover it up. In the mean time Maya takes over and tries to help Chiya as Megumi helps Cocoa. Rize and Sharo prepare to leave, only to express shock when Cocoa walks backwards and reveals she learned to moonwalk from Maya.
Watching them causes Megumi to laugh a bit, which catches Maya's attention as she hasn't been this happy in some time. She goes on to bring up Megumi's stage fright and how she quit dancing when she got embarrassed doing so in front of others. Chino is confused because of how good at it she is. Just then, Maya recalls that they never settled on their Choreography.
After the recital Chino tells the girls at Rabbit House how it went. She is sure next year will go better, and the girls express confusion after Tippy begins to cry. Chino accuses him of being dramatic and Rize mentions that he might have missed her because of her being gone so much recently, while Cocoa decides to show them something new she learned: only to crash into the wall. Chino effortlessly performs the same dance move, leading Rize to remark that maybe one day she will gain a pair of toe shoes.
Characters[]
- By order of appearances.
- Cocoa
- Chiya
- Chino
- Maya
- Megumi
- Sharo
- Rize
- Tippy
Gallery[]
Is the Order a Rabbit?? Bunnisode 3/Gallery
Trivia[]
- The title is inspired from ballet, which involves a lot of twirls, while the duck could reference ballerina, who are compared to Swans, or the Ugly Duckling.
- The song played from Chino's CD was possibly a deeper/orchestral version of the Pas de deux-based Vocaloid song, Honeymoon Un, Deux, Trois, performed by Rin Kagamine
Major Events[]
- The main cast temporarily takes up ballet.