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The other side of Momiji…

Summary:

At school, Toru meets with his friend Pakerata who had been absent from school for quite some time. Toru mentions the rumors that have been going around about him, but Pakerata surprises Toru by showing him that he actually has fang marks on his neck. Pakerata cannot remember why he had become sick, but he mentions that his older brother Midori had the same marks. Noboru is meanwhile shocked when he sees a floating fish before him. The fish introduces himself as Kiyomaro, a servant of Miyabe’s father Juuzou, and asks a favor of Noboru. This brings Noboru to Momiji’s home that night, as she happily invites him inside upon seeing him. The happy conversation does not last long, however, as Momiji has some of her servants capture Noboru. Momiji explains that she wishes to suck Toru’s blood in order to become powerful, which is why she needed Noboru to lure him to her.

Tenko refuses to let Momiji have her way, quickly revealing that she is at her estate as well. Using a dummy to distract what are revealed to be werewolf servants of Momiji, Tenko is quickly able to reach her floor. Upon doing so, Tenko reveals that even the captured Noboru was a dummy. With all of Momiji’s servants defeated with Tenko’s injections, Momiji prepares to fight Tenko herself. The real Noboru shows up to interfere, however, which Tenko seems to have expected. Previously, Kiyomaro had explained that the recent werewolf events were due to Momiji’s recent gaining of her own powers. Kiyomaro had wished for Noboru to save Momiji, but Noboru was knocked out by Ko soon afterwards. Kiyomaro joins Noboru in the present, but this only makes Momiji frustratingly wonder why her father would not meet her in person.

Momiji transforms to reveal that she is the gold werewolf, but despite her formidable abilities, Tenko is quickly able to subdue her. To Tenko’s surprise, Bekira then shows up to reveal that she had actually been working under the Miyabe family. Although Tenko is still concerned with Momiji’s want to suck Toru’s blood, Noboru guesses that she only took action in an attempt to gain her father’s attention. Momiji wonders why her father would not pay attention to her, but Noboru suggests that if he truly wasn’t, he would not have sent Kiyomaro to check on her. Momiji is finally able to put a smile on her face after this, allowing Tenko and Noboru to leave the estate satisfied. Bekira also reveals that Shiro is sleeping peacefully, something that Noboru guesses Toru would enjoy hearing about. It turns out that it is Xmas Eve, so Noboru takes Tenko home to celebrate with the rest of the family.

Preview: Dieting episode.

Impression:

Even if we were all expecting it, I don’t think anybody really wanted to see it. That is, unless you were waiting for the creative fanservice in the aftermath of Momiji’s defeat. I mean, I know it makes sense for the clothes to be ripped after a transformation, but the shots of nude bodies after the werewolves were defeated was just hilarious. I also like how special attention was taken towards Momiji taking her shoes off, and Tenko’s black dress was a nice touch too. The actually development in this episode was pretty anticlimactic, with the revealing that Momiji only interfered with everyone’s lives because of her daddy issues. I just think it’s weird how two episodes can be spent on this arc, when it seemed like Shiro’s arc lasted an eternity. But with Momiji’s announcement to Sakura that she likes Noboru as well, I guess she goes back to her place as a major rival for Sakura. The next episode suggests that it will build on this theme, so I’m pretty excited about seeing it.