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You know what hot springs mean right?

Summary:

In order to prevent Reika from working so hard, Shinobu does all of the cleaning chores in the Ninomiya household. Reika praises her work when she arrives home, but quickly becomes angry at Mayu’s preparing dinner for Ninomiya. Shinobu strikes at Ninomiya, in anger of his getting between herself and Reika. Ninomiya’s class seems to enjoy themselves on a school trip, but the boys are causing more trouble than they should be. When Ninomiya asks the teacher to do something about this, she only leaves all the work to him before going back to sleep. Irori meets with Ninomiya and invites him to play afterwards, as Mayu watches from a distance. Mayu is greeted by Tasuku soon after, who wishes to spend time with her later. Ninomiya notices Mayu talking to Tasuku, but he is pulled away by Irori before he can do anything. Elsewhere, Reika spies on Ninomiya as usual. She, Mitsuru, and Shinobu are conveniently there by “coincidence”, and Reika has already made plans. Ninomiya runs into Mayu on the way to the bath, and both of them have things they would like to express. An awkward moment is caused when both of them try to talk at once, but neither of them are able to get their feelings across when Taichi and Heisuke take Ninomiya away. Hinako causes some trouble for Mayu when she arrives in the bath, removing her towel for everyone to see. In the boys’ bath, Ninomiya is forced to go on a mission with Taichi and Heisuke. When he reaches the top of a cliff despite the various obstacles, he finds Reika in her private bath. As she lets out a scream, Ninomiya falls just like the rest of the boys.

Tasuku had met Ninomiya and Mayu in the past, but he was left alone quickly afterwards. Behind him was a lone girl. In the present, he promises to get revenge for that time. In other places that night, Hinako brings up the trip’s tradition to Mayu. She explains that boys go to the girls’ room to commit yobai, and asks Mayu what she would do if Ninomiya went to her. Hinako soon puts this off as a joke, but Mayu is still nervous about meeting with Ninomiya. While the girls continue discussion, Irori slips out of the room. Various boys are caught trying to sneak into the girls’ room, but they all fail miserably. Ninomiya receives a call from Tasuku while in the boys’ room, who threatens that he will be committing yobai to Mayu. Seeing that Tasuku is not normal, all of the boys gather together to lend their aid to Ninomiya. With Taichi and Heisuke’s help, Ninomiya stealthily makes his way to the girls’ room. Taichi and Heisuke believe that this will make Ninomiya a more interesting person, and their teacher secretly agrees. Ninomiya finally meets Tasuku in the hall, but he is captured by possessed girls. Tasuku brings up his payback, but Ninomiya has long forgotten about his past. The lights suddenly go off throughout the entire building, giving Ninomiya the chance to escape. He is soon caught, however, by Irori who gives him a kiss. Mayu and Reika have also left their rooms during the blackout, and they witness Irori and Ninomiya’s kiss when the lights are turned back on. Reika quickly rushes to aid the now drained Ninomiya, while Mayu despairs to herself.

Preview: The students continue to enjoy themselves during the school trip.

Impression:

Great, another succubus. So, it was totally obvious that Tasuku was Irori’s brother the first time I saw him. It was confirmed in this episode, as the two have the same last names. Irori’s kissing of Ninomiya wasn’t exactly surprising, and Ninomiya’s past still hasn’t gotten any more exciting. I got a lot of Girl’s Bravo vibes from this episode though (yes, more than usual), with all the brother and sister plotting. The possessed girls also reminded me of something that I can’t quite put my finger on (Wow, I’ve watched way too many bad love comedies). I’m kind of disgusted at how much the girls in this show were actually looking forward to yobai. What a bunch of sluts! Is it even hot when it gets to that point? I was also wondering the other day why so many people are watching this show. I was wondering why I was watching this show. I even remembered how much hope I had for this show before the season started by looking up at my site’s current headers (yea, I forget about those).

None of you care about any of that though. This episode was total fanservice, and if it wasn’t, something would have been wrong! I mean, it’s the hot springs episode. The were plenty of girls’ love vibes with Hinako and Shinobu as usual, and of course, about every girl was shown in the springs. Reika did get more screen time in this episode, but it still didn’t seem like a lot. They’ve easily made Mayu the main girl, putting everyone else to the side. I’m not sure how that works out, since all the promotional art has both Mayu and Reika in them. Come on! There was a bit of cheap humor in this episode with the MGS parody. I actually just got a wii this week, and seeing Snake made me think of Smash Bros. Who else is ready for that?I’m actually kind of looking forward to more kansai next week, if not more Reika. The OP and ED are also out, and I pretty much have the same feelings about those as I do from the actual show.