Summary:
In a flashback we see Santana returning to the Factory to find Hakkoo crying over the dead kid’s body. In spite of Liang’s protests, Alphard agrees to let Santana take Hakkoo as long as Santana agreed to refer more customers to Alphard’s mail order bride business and a few other conditions. Back in the present, Liang baits Hakkoo into using a voice attack, only to reveal that Hakkoo has inadvertently blown a trussed up Santana’s mind. Santana’s last request is to hear Hakkoo verbalize her love for him, and she tearfully obliges.
While Canaan and Minoru fight off too-far-gone Unblooms, Maria and Yunyun take a break from cat’s cradle to sneak after Alphard and Cummings deep down into the Flower Garden. Even Yuri stops by to blow open a wall with a grenade launcher and somehow redeem herself. Liang confirms that the experiments were conducted to create another Canaan, since the Ua virus boosted Canaan’s synesthesia tremendously. This synesthesia backfires on Canaan when Liang triggers an ANC so that only Canaan is vulnerable to a shell-shocked Hakkoo muttering “I love you” and dragging the (strangely light) body of Santana. Only Minoru’s quick thinking allows him to mack on the vulnerable Hakkoo and get her to STFU. Downstairs, Maria is surprised to find Canaan encased in ice as Yuri provides the sugoi cliffhanger.
Reaction:
The most pressing question in this episode is just how wide are Hakkoo’s hips? Previously, Yunyun had to sit in Hakkoo’s lap, but when Hakkoo moved to the front seat, Minoru, Maria, Yunyun, and Canaan all fit in the back comfortably. I never really cared much about Hakkoo x Santana, but this episode had a lot of amusing moments. Apparently the Snakes are an organization devoted to stamping out all heterosexual couples, and if there was any romance in Liang x Cummings, you know that Cummings would have died in the helicopter last episode. Also, Liang trolling Hakkoo by pretending to be affected by killer karaoke was awesome (although immediately topped by Liang setting a Dr. Claw trap with her only dress and then being forced to change into lingerie).
I’m glad we at least found out that those ridiculous Unbloom mascot heads were designed to cancel noise and UV-rays, but couldn’t they have been at least a little smaller? It looks like the Canaan in the ice was just a clone, since the left arm did not have a snake tattoo, but I couldn’t tell if the clone was wearing Canaan’s (or any) clothes or not. I highly doubt that Yuri will end up shooting at Yunyun and Maria, and I was disappointed that she tossed away the grenade launcher in favor of a pistol. I really loved how twisted Liang is, and she seems like the type of person who would upload a clip of Hakkoo karaoke in order to Rickroll everyone. And what the heck does Hakkoo’s voice smell like?
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Forced to change into lingerie? I thought Liang was the type that couldn’t wait to take off clothes!
She likes getting undressed, but it’s tough to get her re-dressed.
She has pretty big lingerie, I wonder how it fits under the dress… I guess she brings a spare just in case.
Hakkoo has awesome, childbirthing hips. Too bad the only who can peruse them has bitten the dust. P.A Works and TYPE-MOON haet hetero couples.
I’ll never get sick of saying this re: TYPE-MOON and Fate/Stay Night re-make – Rin x Saber FTW.
If Minoru really tries to lay the pipe, he’s next on the death note. BTW, best excuse for kinky gags and skipping pillow talk, or best excuse for kinky gags and skipping pillow talk, amirite?
Correction you silly lolicon Liang Qi haets heterosexual couples. Alphard onee-sama tried to nudge Hakko in that direction out of love, but Santana in his unjust jealousy sought to defame Alphard onee-sama despite the generosity she showed them. T’was a just reward for Santana’s ungratefulness, had he been wiser he would have taken up Alphard’s suggestion that they live happily ever after once Santana agreed to Alphard’s generous terms.
I read the Treaty for Hakko’s Happiness all Alphard wanted was for Santana to promise to take Hakko, to be his wife, to have and behold from this day on, for better or for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish; until death do they part. It was Santana’s sense of inferiority at how Alphard was so bad ass and yet so kind and faithful to love that prompted Santana to try and oppose Alphard and break the treaty.
Hakko might be happy and hetero yet because Minoru is of House Colasour and as a result is immortal and impervious to deadly things like Gundam beam spam. So unless you are a cowardly fatalist and hypocrite I expect you to never lose hope for the hetero cause and sing the praise of Minoru.
Troll!Liang Qi is definitely the best part of the episode. If she is going to bite the dust eventually, I hope it is not until the finale.
If Liang Qi makes it all the way to the end, she will join Lunamaria Hawke and Ozma Lee in the “Characters I was so sure were going to die” hall of fame.
hahaha I have to go with that hall of fame too!
Man there were some nose-breaking facepalms in this one (aided by gg’s PEW PEW PEW…), but at least there was a little action as well.
The chair was a pretty obvious gag, but I suppose you could say Hakko was blinded by anger or something. Or that broad-hipped Borners are no match for pure batshit insanity, which is like a superpower in some ways. Liang Qi is my main reason for watching anymore.
Also, welcome back!
I wonder if Hakkoo can vary how bad her voice hurts. She was able to do a whole Nene karaoke without killing anyone, and Canaan’s super senses have withstood several doses, but just a few lines killed Santana and that flashback kid. Hakkoo falling for that stupid trap (why would Liang be facing away…?) was not surprising, given her other displays of combat prowess; Phantom has shown me you should always verify the identity of your target before attacking!
And thanks for the welcome back! I’m getting solid 2 hours of sleep per shift now, so I am starting to feel more like a person and less like an Unbloom zombie.
yeah, the effects of Hakkoo’s voice is inconsistent. It’s probably some weird combination of the intensity of her voice plus the duration that matters.
It seems that the only thing Hakkoo is good for is taking out her own teammates. And there’s no way she can stand up to Liang Qi.
That’s not completely true, since apparently she is also great at serving drinks to pervy old men.
Meh, aside from her mindblowing voice and obvious natural resources Hakko’s basically a civilian. And hardly an exceptionally clever one either. Not a chance against someone who’s spent years learning the Evil Mastermind business (with a side order of Greater Trolling For The Evulz, though Liang seems to have ample natural talent in that field too) from one of the best.
Also, “OpenGL support” ? Hurt me more, baby.
I didn’t expect Santana to be captured so easily, and Liang is pretty good. I can’t bring myself to hate her, she really amazes me on how twisted she can be. The lingerie caught me off guard though.
lol, I still remember that show.
I guess her voice isn’t the only thing she’s packing.
Santana was probably already captured by the time Hakkoo saw the video, so this marks the second time Snake has trolled people with pre-recorded and/or edited videos. I’m a little pissed Liang hasn’t used a pistol/broadsword combo like in the OP but I never could have predicted how awesomely insane she would be when I first saw her.
Wait I thought it wasn’t the snakes the first time with the video thing, but it was Maria’s dad?
That’s what I thought at first, but I think the Snakes trolled the VP of the US to make him bomb China.
Liang Qi is leading the war on hetero but the Snakes are not against hetero couples. Alphard onee-sama is a staunch advocate of love in its many forms. Despite Hakko being hawt Alphard onee-sama knew that Hakko would never return her love, but in her generosity she let Hakko go with Santana to live happily ever after after agreeing to her condition that Santana, take Hakko, to be his waifu , to have and behold from that day on, for better or for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish; until death do they part. Hakko always loved to wear lingerie cosplay as her efforts to get Yun Yun into prove. Alphard never forced that on her, rather Alphard onee-sama loved and encouraged Hakko’s “hobbies” before Alphard became heart broken that Hakko could never love her the way she loved Hakko (which lead to Alphard deciding to set Hakko free to live happily ever after as a heterosexual).
It was not to be as Santana was jealous of Alphard who was superior to him in every way, to the point that Hakko would write in her Dairy how much more of a man Alphard was compared to Santana who pimped her out to drunks.
Liang Qi has learned much troll-fu from Alphard onee-sama, the only test left for Liang Qi to earn a black belt in troll-fu is to use the same troll repeatedly…
At any rate Canaan is now vouching for Alphard onee-sama’s honesty and sincerity, soon her heart will go doki doki for Alphard. I hope Liang Qi does get adored by Alphard onee-sama, but after Alphard onee-sama punishes Liang Qi for being a naughty little imouto.