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Genderbend saves the day again!

Summary:

When Noboru was younger, Toru once approached him in tears after wetting his pants. Noboru simply told Toru to take a warm bath, and to come to his bed afterwards. In the meantime, he would clean Toru’s sheets. Waking in the cabin he is currently trapped in, Noboru believes he has remembered this because of seeing Toru with Shiro. Although Noboru was young, he properly took care of his brother. Noboru wonders how he was able to do this, but he soon realizes that he only did what his mother once did for him. In the present time, Toru seems to be doing the same for Shiro. Tenko leaves the house while hiding his true intentions, having Ko look over Toru. When he reaches Ebisu’s shrine, he surprised to find him absent. However, he soon realizes that this is because of Kannazuki. Alerting Kouga and Eiga of the situation, Tenko has them watch over Toru as well. Having taken a liking to Toru, they quickly agree to.

Tenko later searches the area for Noboru, coincidentally running into Enju’s followers. After learning of Noboru’s location, he lures them into a trap. When the two men fall down, Tenko realizes that they are demons. With this, he remembers Gyokuyou’s previous words about the recent strange activity. Reaching the church, Tenko cleverly asks to use the phone. When he calls Noboru’s number, he soon hears it on Enju near him. Enju quickly escapes the church after discovering this, baffled that Tenko had appeared in the form of a man. Before she can get out of his sight, Tenko puts a tracking wire on Enju.

While Toru practices swinging a bat outside the house, Shiro eagerly watches him. Toru starts to ask Shiro where she came from, and if she has any family. When Shiro implies that she doesn’t know, Toru believes that this is a bit lonely. However, Shiro does not seem to know the meaning of “lonely”. Getting closer to her, Toru wonders if Shiro would join his family. Seeing this as a proposal, however, Toru puts it off as a joke in slight embarrassment. While Kouga and Eiga watch over Toru, they can only believe that Shiro is his girlfriend. In other places, Tsukuyomi confirms to Bekira that they were not mistaken of Shiro’s location.

Tenko follows his wire to the building Noboru is trapped in, but he is shocked to find that the coat it was attached to is now away from Enju’s body. Tenko almost uses his abilities to break out of the room he is now trapped in, but he realizes that it may be dangerous while Noboru is inside. Enju meanwhile makes her followers realize that Noboru should still be in the house, as the runes she put up on the walls were made to prevent humans from running away. This was something she researched on the internet with great confidence. Realizing he now has Noboru’s phone in his pocket, Tenko makes a call to Mubyo to ask for help. Tenko realizes that Mubyo would be able to use one of her techniques simply by speaking through the telephone, and this theory is proven when the door before Tenko opens.

Noboru eventually makes it to a room in the church, but he is captured by Enju soon after realizing this. Tenko blasts through the walls to reach this room, but soon after revealing that Enju is a demon, Enju unleashes a flaming beast against him. Tenko is quickly able to take care of this beast, but Enju has already escaped with Noboru via car by the time he is finished. Noboru wonders why Enju would do something like this, so she reveals that Shiro is actually her belonging. Noboru does not believe this is right, since the package she came in was addressed to Toru, but Enju claims that this is Tenko’s doing. Enju makes Noboru realize that he has no idea why Tenko was sealed away for so long, but in return, Noboru claims that Enju knows nothing about Tenko either.

Tenko soon stops the vehicle, but Enju continues to insist that he return “Byakki” to her. Noboru makes Tenko realize that this is Shiro’s actual name, as Enju describes her as a being that is seemingly not living or dead. Enju also explains that she needs Shiro to become the king of demons. Tenko actually suggests that they give back Shiro, and despite Noboru’s resistance, Tenko makes him realize that he cannot take care of her forever. When the group reaches the Takagami household, Enju is surprised to find that Toru is the boy she met at the school festival. Toru is also surprised to learn that Enju is a demon, and that she is bringing Shiro back home. After Shiro leaves with Enju, Toru runs away in tears. Meanwhile, Tsukuyomi makes Bekira realize that Enju would not be able to use Shiro the way she wanted to. This is because she had opened her eyes to Toru.

Preview: GODZILLA BATTLE.

Impression:

If I target a girl and she ended up being a dude, I would be baffled too. Actually, I would probably be freaked out. So despite the bad sign of this episode opening up with piss pants, it actually turned out to be pretty good. We learned quite a bit about Enju, and what Shiro actually is to her group of demons. Along with that, we also got quite a bit of action and humor. I especially laughed at Enju’s confidence in the internet as the solution to all her problems. I think a lot of us would think the same, though I’ve never heard of a site that would let me order a big flaming monster. I also find it extremely ironic and hilarious that the demons’ base of operations was at a church. Shiro was still cute too, and it looks like her character will become even more interesting next week. Mubryo’s cameo was fun, as I really like her character, and I do like how they put some meaning into her giving Toru her phone number earlier in the series. And on a last note, Tsukuyomi is played by the talented Kugimiya Rei. I forgot to mention this last week, but I find it funny that she is playing more boy roles recently. The two shows she is doing this in air on the same day too!