It just had to be that episode...

I'm so disappointed.

For the past week, I've been watching the Full Metal Panic Heavy Metal collection (first series and Fumoffu) I bought a couple of months ago and was really looking forward to watching Episode 9 (the hot springs episode) of Fumoffu, which is, in my opinion, if not the funniest anime episode ever produced, then at least in the top five. The problem? It seems I got a bad pressing on the last disc that renders the last seven minutes of that episode (along with about a minute or so of the next episode, but I don't really care about that one) completely unwatchable. It's a brand new disc, so there are no scratches or smudges or anything like that to explain why that part is messed up. I can only conclude it's a problem with the disc itself.

This totally sucks! A large reason why I bought the series was for that episode in particular. :( And though Right Stuf is selling the individual discs for five dollars (which I certainly wouldn't mind paying, as the discs come with extras that didn't come with the collection), of course they don't have the one disc I need. Gah!

I suppose I'll just have to hope that they someday get a new shipment. *crosses fingers* Until then, I guess it's off to Youtube. *sigh* At least I only need to stream the last third...

(pisceswater , I'll get to your Top 5 suggestion next entry.)