Explosive Mechanic

"**Explosive Mechanic**" (爆薬メカニック, *Bakuyaku Mekanikku*) is the third episode of the anime series *Hoshikuzu Telepath*. It premiered on October 23, 2023.

## Synopsis

Umika and her friends' plastic-bottle rocket gradually increases its flying distance, but the road to space is long. Umika was worried that she lacked knowledge and everything, but she had an idea about an excellent mechanic. It is a non-attending classmate, Matataki Raimon. Determined, Umika and her friends go to see Matataki. However, Matataki's attitude was so ungracious that Umika could not say anything. It has been the same since they first met in middle school. Nothing will change. Then and now, Umika was so depressed that she couldn't get a word in edgewise to Matataki...

## Plot

Umika is watching TV for the first successful fully private satellite launch in Japan after three years and she is excited about it; she will build a rocket in one day. Her little sister, Honami seems suspicious of her big sister.

For the fifth time, they will be ready for the rocket Number 5, which launched and increased. Umika explains those rockets for flight distance; Number 1's flight distance is unknown because it landed in the ocean, Number 3's flight distance is the lowest, and Number 5's flight distance is the highest. Thus, they're gradually flying farther; Yu thinks that they should make it to space by Number 100, but it's impossible any of them will ever reach space. Umika learned about rockets at home last time.

Haruno needs a capable mechanic, and then Umika agrees to it. Haruno explains to Yu about mechanics and asks her when she came to Earth in a spaceship. Yu is hard to think about it and she didn't know it after it crashed. Umika minds her when she might know about rockets. Haruno asks Yu to use her Odekopathy on Umika, and then Yu scares her while using it. After using her Odekopathy, Yu draws a person with orange hair, Haruno knows Yu's drawing is Matataki, one of Umika's class. Yu doesn't remember anyone with that name, but Haruno only met her one time. Umika knows Matataki hasn't attended class once since the first day of school, Haruno visited Matataki's house to bring her notes to their classes, but she isn't home. She asks Umika if would wants to try going to Matataki's house, but Yu decides they go as a group.

After they come to Matataki's house, Umika doesn't have any chance if Yu asks her if she is nervous. Haruno should ring the doorbell, Matataki calls her father he stole her toolbox again. After calling her father, she sees her classmates and ignores them by closing the shutter. Haruno opens the shutter and gives her notes to Matataki, Yu greets her using Cosmic language. Matataki makes them weird by being a nutjob, but Haruno will get a chance to talk with her. Matataki pulls Yu's hair to prevent touching stuff. Haruno should give her notes to Matataki and she takes it. Matataki ignores Yu being called a bun-haired nutjob. Umika thinks that never have been able to talk with Matataki last time. She can really talk with her that they can make a rocket and Yu knows Matataki is good with machines. Matataki talks to Umika about being called messy hair. She doesn't care about them, so Umika and Haruno leave Matataki's house. Haruno apologizes to Umika when Matataki is in a bad mood today. Umika tears and has the wrong idea. Meanwhile, Yu is still there at Matataki's house and Matataki's mind is easier to read than anyone. She doesn't have to tell her twice to leave and Yu promises her that will be back.

Umika goes home tonight and seems depressed about Matataki and Honami cooks pasta. In her room, Umika opens her rocket notes to see their rockets and Yu's drawings.

In the second year of middle school, Matataki introduces herself to them that her hobby is building robots and she will study to build a large-scale robot. Umika ended up in the same class as her for the first time. Matataki scares them with her classmate's chatter about her. Umika is really shy about her and Matataki would be friends with her, but Matataki annoys her. Umika should imagine her first conversation with Matataki and she will reach Matataki with her words. Umika guesses that Matataki could even be friends and the aliens toss her. Several weeks later, Umika needs to be brave and Matataki goes to clam up afterward after she stops showing up to class.

Umika wakes up and bonks Yu on the forehead. Yu recently used teleportation, and she was worried about Umika, and a lot happened yesterday. Umika feels better and fell into bed yesterday. Yu's face has made her feel better and had an alien power. Yu touches Umika's forehead and reads her mind, and Umika's words aren't connecting. Umika can be able to feel those things up close and Yu uses Odekopathy to her and her voice reaches Umika. Umika remembers her words to reach Matataki and Yu hugs her and can always use her forehead.

After school, Haruno asks Yu about Umika leaving the school for Matataki's place. Umika has something to talk to her and Matataki calls Umika's rocket stupid, but Ummika's rocket isn't stupid. Matataki asked her if she had made any prototypes yet, Umika and her friends made a few plastic bottle rockets, but she needed to learn from scratch and it was impossible to build one. When she was a kid, Umika feared a firework rocket with her little sister. They swore that build a rocket and promised to go to outer space together. Umika will figure out a way and wants to walk with Matataki. She remembers that Matataki likes robot anime and Umika asks her why builds robots. Umika's reason that she wants to go to space is to find that place and build a rocket with everyone. Matataki guess that's nothing wrong with outer space. Umika pushes the shutter door and will have something to tell her and gives her paper to Matataki for the contest. She needs to challenge her to a duel, she has to explain it and runs away. Matataki doesn't agree with it and calls Umika being idiot.

Umika continues running and is done until the lighthouse reaches her and she goes to Yu's lighthouse. Haruno and Yu finally found Umika, and Yu's forehead is always there and used for her. They laugh together when Umika gives a letter to Matataki, and Umika wants to do her best to build a rocket and they don't have to trouble for Umika. Yu flicks Umika's forehead and they get that in the bag with the three of them. The path to their dream is to walk together without head starts, Umika praises them for hating not being able to do anything alone. She wants to be strong, likes the two of them, and would let her be with them. Haruno tries to use telepathy for her, but it can't. She wanted to make sure those feelings reached Matataki as well, then they made a rocket way better and their goal was to surpass 100 meters. Haruno should have remembered to have a small present for them and receive a key.

## Characters

List of characters in order of appearance:

* Umika Konohoshi
* Honami Konohoshi (debut)
* Yu Akeuchi
* Haruno Takaragi
* Saya Kagami (flashback)
* Kinashi (flashback)
* Akane Emihara (face never shown; flashback)
* Matataki Raimon (debut)

## Trivia

* This episode title is based on the chapter 6 title.
* This episode's eyecatch is based on the chapter 7 cover.
* This episode has no ending song.
* The piano version of "Tentaizu" has been used.

### Adaptation changes

* The anime adds Honami cooks pasta with meat sauce before Umika comes home.
* Haruno didn't introduce her secret hideout on the lighthouse in the anime until they went there.

## References

1. ↑ Translated from the official anime website.