Salutatory Initiation

"**Salutatory Initiation**" (乾杯イニシエーション, *Kanpai Inishiēshon*) is the sixth episode of the anime series *Hoshikuzu Telepath*. It premiered on November 13, 2023.

## Synopsis

Umika is excited to be the president of the Rocket Research Club from today. Umika, Yu, Haruno, and Matataki are excitedly waiting for the results of the club's application. However, Emihara-sensei reported that "if it is not a club, but an association, we can allow it," with zero club fees and Emihara as the advisor. Umika encourages Matataki who is disappointed. They are all happy to see Umika's growth. They immediately decided to celebrate the formation of the association at the secret base. Then the activity started. Guidance on the production of model rockets by Matataki. Plus, a look at the Model Rocket Fest. That's where Umika met...

## Plot

Umika is ready to go to school, but Honami asks her sister when time will be back a little late; Umika needs to attend the club and is currently president of the Rocket Research Club. After going to school, Yu greets Umika and uses Odekopathy to read Umika's mind, those classmates remember her, including Haruno and Matataki.

After school, Matataki talks to Yu about her forehead, which she treats as a greeting; Matataki tells Haruno to stop her, and Haruno asks her if she wants to try Odekopathy. They imitate together as Yu and Umika, and Yu wants to see Matataki's mind using Odekopathy, and then Haruno introduces Yu's Odekopathy. Matataki name-calling her as a bun-haired nutjob, Haruno checks the time when Emihara should be done with her meeting soon, and they guarantee to get it. Emihara apologizes to them when they wouldn't recognize them as a club, the name was renamed from Rocket Research Club to Rocket Research Association (Crunchyroll translation as Rocket Research Hobby Group), it has zero funds, an empty classroom after school, and she is the advisor of the Association. Yu guesses that Emihara teaches mistakenly as a gym class, but it's modern Japanese; Umika thinks that is fine as an association and they might acknowledge themselves as a club, but she wants to give it a shot with them. Matataki couldn't go against their honorable president (chairwoman in Crunchyroll translation) and had been promoted from the president. Emihara decides to work hard to become a full-fledged club and gives a modest gift to Yu for 3,000 yen, but she still has her university loans to pay off. Then Yu tells Matataki which makes Emihara cry.

Matataki has an idea that they need a workspace if they're going to be building stuff and doesn't let them use her place, she is surprised when they go to their secret base; Haruno is fine with it and they still use the lighthouse and her grandfather used to be the keeper at the lighthouse, but now it is been abandoned. Matataki thinks when the lighthouse is abandoned but the power is still running, Haruno's grandfather left the place and all of the power supplies were shut off. Yu tells them should grab a cup and celebrate the new association and they toast them, Umika can do her best as president and can support Yu. She doesn't eat or drink too much. Umika is working at home but Honami stares at her, and Umika used to be so bad with computers. She tells Honami when she tries to print that it turns into a PFD (mistakenly from PDF).

The next day, Matataki scowls at Yu and calls her "bun nut" (a short word for "bun-haired nutjob"); Haruno tells Matataki that what happened on her face was just a scrape from the wrench that her father threw and puts a bandage on her injured spot. He didn't tell her that he found out that she took his black powder engine without asking. Matataki admits it may not have been the safest move, but it's all been settled, and she got her father back good with a C-clamp.

They'll make some rockets at the secret base with safe tools, and the right knowledge, and points to Umika and Yu. Her father's given that the okay and they can finally build black powder rockets. Umika is hard to speak when she is happy and Matataki teaches a lesson them about their model rocket which recently launched in a duel, and there are even official world championships. She actually hopes to order some kits online, but the association only has 3,000 yen, then Matataki teaches about the plastic bottle rocket and how the reaction of the model rocket makes the rocket fly. Yu picks the rocket engine which is a more powerful engine that can reach ten times, Matataki lists the model rocket engines in alphabetical order based on their total impulse. She will use A engines and knowledge for the model number, but Yu is shocked by it, Haruno easily divides by 2.5. Yu wants to use Matataki's head to read her mind using her forehead, and Yu's head almost bursts because of Matataki's mind, and Umika noting while Haruno's saying.

Matataki continues to teach them about a parachute for a model rocket and the black powder's heat doesn't melt it and places flame-resistant material gently and will finish by blowing into it. Haruno tries to blow into it, but she cannot, Matataki gives it and doesn't want to blow into it. She teaches them to set the engine and lies to Umika that it'll explode on them and says the truth is it'll lead to a misfire. Matataki makes Umika anxious and Yu is angry at her. Umika did complete the model rocket and they really managed to make them, then Yu is tired because of Matataki.

Matataki might take some time to split it up and will explain it later, and might have skipped a bit today. Then, they can all build model rockets together and Matataki remembers in the past when she was a kid, then Yu wants to use Matataki's head again. Umika thinks she understands it and Yu is not good at remembering stuff and it might take more than once. She found Umika's got something to share, but Matataki told her to stop. Umika showed a Model Rocket FESTA!! event next month to them, she saw those rockets looked like Matataki on the computer. They decided to go to the event together as an association, Matataki thinks that they're going to launch a jumbo model rocket. They go out of the secret base while Yu is excited about the model rocket event and she will start commencing the countdown for it, but it's still raining. Matataki thinks that the launch will be postponed.

Umika and her friends and advisor start a head count when they arrive at SKYGROUND. They go to the Foodie Fest and take pictures together, Matataki guesses that they spend some time until the main launch event. Emihara knows where it looks like someone, so they will look around without Emihara, but Matataki says that is not a field trip. Kei bumps behind Umika, and they recognize themselves as the "plastic bottle girl," Haruno remembered that they met before when they were gathering materials for the rocket duel. Umika greets Kei for a long time, but in reality, she can't greet her. Haruno introduces to them that they're first-years at Fujino Misaki High School, Kei introduces her name and is her second year at Tatsuoka Science and Technology High School (Crunchyroll translation as Tatsuoka High School of Science and Technology). Umika is shocked that Kei is a second-year student and she will duly consider that. Kei now remembers the student names from Fujino Misaki and asks when they come there to the event, she was looking around the stalls to find some snacks for her friends and forgot where she needed to go. Haruno asks Kei to join them until she finds her friends, Matataki looks at those model rockets from a famous club, but Kei also looks for them. Kei reminds Matataki that she will take pictures of them while Yu talking, Umika sees a multistage rocket for the first time and Matataki has much common knowledge of it. Kei shows that rocket to Umika unlike the last one, Matataki glares at them while Kei talks to Umika. Yu wants to buy grilled corn on the cob and Kei wants to buy three, but she forgot her wallet so Umika lends her money. Kei's friends are waiting for her and they want to go quickly.

The special event for the jumbo model rocket launch has started, Emihara trying to take pictures during the event and Matataki got it earlier. The staff represents Kei, the club president of the Space Research and Development Club of that school and the entire club is thrilled to have taken the championship at last year's tournament. She hopes their launch today can reach the hearts, they set up before the launch. Kei is starting to launch their rocket and Umika is feeling happy while looking at the rocket.

Yu was much fun after the event and it almost felt like it could reach space, and Umika's reach was really breathtaking. Kei runs until she sees them and is glad it was a success, Haruno doesn't know her were the representative. Kei finds her wallet again in the pocket until she finds it, Matataki decides they will join the championship this year and can pay it back after she loses against them. Kei likes that love to go up against them and the price of three corn cobs will be 900 yen, she is sure they remember it or might end up forgetting. Emihara was glad she got to see that rocket and got a photo of Yu with her mouth wide open. She remembers them going to join the tournament this year and will be rooting for them. Umika guesses that they can pull off a cool launch with no doubt, then they do their best as well, but Matataki pays Umika back that money.

In the post-credit scene, Emihara shows the picture from a rocket launch event to Saya, but Saya can't see the rocket in the picture when it is blurred. Emihara only got one picture of the rocket launch event; Haruno took a video of it yesterday and Saya showed her video. Emihara wanted to see a good photo of Yu that it got yesterday.

## Characters

List of characters in order of appearance:

* Umika Konohoshi
* Honami Konohoshi
* Yu Akeuchi
* Haruno Takaragi
* Matataki Raimon
* Akane Emihara
* Akikazu Takaragi (mentioned)
* Kei Akizuki
* Neon Teruya (debut; cameo)
* Michiru Yugumo (debut; cameo)
* Saya Kagami

## Trivia

* This episode title is based on the chapter 13 title.
* This episode's eyecatch is based on the chapter 13 cover.

### Adaptation changes

* Before they go outside the secret base, Yu starts counting down from five to two in the anime, but in the manga, she starts counting down from five to one.
* Yu doesn't walk off at the Foodie Fest before Kei meets again in the anime.

## References

1. ↑ Translated from the official anime website.