Okaa-san no seigikan

## Mother's sense of justice

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**Mother's sense of justice** or Okaa-san no seigikan (お母さんの正義感) in Japanese is the episode 004b of Atashin'chi and the eighth episode overall in the series. It aired together with How to eat things like Bread Crusts on May 10, 2002. A 1080p upscaled version of the episode was uploaded onto the official Atashin'chi Youtube Channel on January 13, 2023.

## **Synopsis**

While on a shopping trip with Mikan, Okaa-san talks about things that annoy her and fights back when the said annoying things appear.

## **Plot**

The episode begins with Mikan and Okaa-san waiting for the bus when Okaa-san tells Mikan that sometimes in buses, the front is full but the back isn't and because the front is full, no one can enter the bus. After telling that, Okaa-san states her opinion on how she finds it annoying and they continue waiting for the bus.

Time goes by but the bus still didn't come. Many people have gathered at the bus stop until suddenly the bus finally arrives, but the front of the bus is packed. Okaa-san and Mikan enters the bus, however, Okaa-san then starts pushing people at the back of it, stating that there's most certainly place at the back of the bus.

The bus arrives at their station and the two storm off through the entire shopping mall because they don't have much time that day and try to get to the escalator on time, but all of the sudden two young people who are on the both left and right side of the escalators are talking and not moving.

Being unpatient, Okaa-san pushes through them. The two young people find her annoying until they see how much of a line they made on the escalator and apologize. The scene then cuts to Mikan and Okaa-san eating on the rooftop with Okaa-san telling Mikan that they won.

On their way home, Okaa-san boasts about her amazing sense of justice until she gets a bar promotion paper given to her from a stranger. Okaa-san thought that the paper was a discount, but after finding out it wasn't, she crumbles and throws the paper away on a random bike's basket. Noticing this, Mikan tells her that it's wrong, but Okaa-san argues back saying bike's aren't even supposed to be parked there.

The episode ends with Mikan picking up the crumbled paper and telling the viewer that they shouldn't do what Okaa-san just did.

## **Cast**

* Okaa-san Tachibana
* Mikan Tachibana

## **Songs**

* Saraba (OP)
* Kite Kite Atashinchi (ED)

## **Did you know?**

* Some of the background characters in this episode can be found in the Opening, Saraba.
* The same transition scene has been re-used three times in this episode when Okaa-san and Mikan were running through the shopping mall.
* The bonus skits for this episode is Okaa-san having tea time in the morning, afternoon, and in the evening. In all three of the skits, the same tea bag has been used until it falls down on the sink in the evening.

## **Quotes**

* *"What's wrong with the bus company? Making us wait for so long..."* - Okaa-san Tachibana
* *"Bah! It finally came!"* - Okaa-san Tachibana
* *"I bet there's space in the back!"* - Okaa-san Tachibana
* *"It's alright as long as they understood their mistake!"* - Okaa-san Tachibana
* *"But still, you shouldn't do this!"* - Mikan Tachibana

## **Gallery**

Full bus in the frontMikan and Okaa-san laughingEye catch 1Full bus stopOkaa-san pushing through"Why did she do that?"Running scene 1Running scene 2Running scene 3Running scene 4Mikan and Okaa-san runningThe line created cause of the young people"Su-Sumimasen..."Okaa-san storming off faster than MikanOkaa-san and Mikan eating on the rooftop"Bike's are not supposed to be parked there!!""Her sense of justice is acceptable at certain times..."Mikan running back to Okaa-san after telling the viewer not to do what she did.Eye catch 2Morning Tea time (Before the episode)Afternoon tea time (After the episode)"There's extra's after the Ending!"Dinner tea time (After the ED)