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    10 months ago

    This time it was Shushu’s turn to fight in the exhibition match. She did a pretty good job, but then Sahara’s unconscious fighting power took over and won things in the end. Don’t fret too much Shushu, you still got to show off for Yuuki. Then, who could have guessed that there was going to be a shuuki attack?!

    I am excited to see Tenka do her thing next episode. I have been able to gather she is a fan favorite character and she is the one that sings the ED of the show, so she has to be important. She was able to somehow eliminate a ton of shuuki without anybody noticing, so that is impressive so far.

    It also turns out that Yuuki can have two masters? He kind of becomes like a fusion of his other two forms after a brand new magical-girl-esque transformation sequence. It’s appropriate, because Shushu was certainly gushing over him this episode while both Himari and Kyouka were very eager to go for a ride. The harem elements of this show feel like a throwback to the harems of old in that they provide just a barebones justification for these girls to like him and then they do. Don’t overthink it, just have Yuuki do one nice thing for them and then wham, in love. It is almost refreshing in that it skips past all the “what are these feelings” parts of the story.

    Finally, I just want to acknowledge the boundless elegance displayed by best, worst girl Yachiho. You may be the worst, but this got a good chuckle out of me. Well done.

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      10 months ago

      Ultimate power can only be released by the ultimate pose.

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    10 months ago

    Kyouka and Himari didn’t think thoroughly the fusion thing, right? That’s great because the reward is going to be awesome.

    I like how Sahara’s power is actually connected to her love for sleeping. In fact most Peach abilities seem to be somehow connected with the personality: Kyouka is a leader so her ability allows control over someone, Himari strives to learn but has that bit of inferiority complex so her ability is to copy skills, so goes on.

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      Kyouka and Himari didn’t think thoroughly the fusion thing, right?

      This was my first thought too. I think this actually says a lot about how the ability creates a fight -> reward structure to build anticipation not just for the fight, but what comes after as well. It clearly worked on our brains ;)

      I think the peach powers corresponding to their personalities begs the question, which came first? Were their personalities influential in what their peach powers became or has living with their specific power caused them to converge on a complementary personality. I think Kyouka is a clear exception as they made clear this episode. We haven’t learned much about peaches yet, so I am looking forward to hopefully finding out more in the future. The peaches are clearly a story point based on how Aoba was munching on one a couple episodes ago as she pulled up on Kyouka and co.

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    Alright! This episode had the best animation yet!

    And much like the manga, once shit gets going we are barely lingering on the ecchi. It’s there for you to pause on if you like, but if not, it’s right back to the action and characters! Just like the manga, you can stare at those pages as long as you like (and I do), so what’s the point of having 20 panels of the stuff at the expense of everything else?

    And man, what an episode, Yuuki’s energy beam is eye candy, and the Super Sayans Sahara’s movements were smoooth.

    Cannot wait to see my girl Tenka go all out next episode. And then subsequently use her teleport to break and enter Yuuki’s bedroom every chance she gets.

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      Sahara’s movements were smoooth

      The opening couple blows between Sahara and Shushu were genuinely great hand to hand fighting animation. It was like a whole different show for those couple seconds.

      Also, not sure why I didn’t think of Tenka using her portals in that way, but…yeah…that would totally be the way they get used in a show like this. I wonder if Himari is able to copy that power for her own use.

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        9 months ago

        Tenka would not be out of character dropping in on Yuuki showering, just to watch.

        She has an extremely bad case of whatever the opposite of “confidence issues” is called.