♫ I'm starting with the man in the mirror ♫
Summary:
Oh no, the towel is going to get wet!
Unable to get her magical booty call to work, Henrietta does things the old way by just going to Saito’s house in disguise. Fortunately, onsen ex machina appears out of the ground in Saito’s backyard, and so Saito invites some classmates over for a house-warming party. While Henrietta searches for the fate of hidden room, Siesta and Louise spot her and efficiently team up to apprehend/restrain her. For once, Louise doesn’t beat around the bush and while in the onsen confronts Henrietta about the hidden room. Henrietta actually denies knowledge of it, and then turns catty.
Louise can’t believe that Henrietta is putting aside queenly duties to poach her man, and is reminded of all the times Henrietta would steal her dolls and then toss them out. Repressed memories flooding out, Louise slaps Henrietta and they settle things the way they used to as kids: with a naked wrestling match in the water. This one results in a draw, but honestly I’d say everyone won. Not only does this resolve the beef between Louise and Henrietta, but it also makes Louise realize that she can’t regret anything because they are constantly in danger. Louise decides to get it on with Saito, but at the critical moment she somehow doesn’t notice the massively boobed, passed out, overheated Tiffania passed out in their bed. Naturally Saito also misses it, touches Tiffania’s chest by accident, and all romance flies out the window.
Reaction:
I know, I hate when that happens, too
It’s incredible that Saito somehow got Louise to agree to allow cheating, although she quickly took it back. His plan is working! I suddenly understand his Operation Low Standards on Louise. The part with Tiffania at the end was so dumb, but overall I kinda have enjoyed this HGTV no Tsukaima arc. I was so happy to see Henrietta graduating from zombies to losers, and she was really a force of nature this episode. Sneaking out of court, smirking all around, germing up the pot by tasting the stew with her finger, and taunting Louise during their onsen session all combined to make me see Henrietta in a different light. I wonder how long before Henrietta and Saito get Louise to agree to an arrangement where Louise is the wife and Henrietta is the mistress, because Henrietta doesn’t see nothin’ wrong with a little bump and grind. I can’t see Siesta working out, however, because she actually wants a relationship.
Tabitha tried to make some strong moves, and trying to impersonate Louise in bed was pretty brilliant. However, the moment that Saito realized it was her, he just seemed disgusted and unhappy so I think Tabitha is stuck just being the stalker girl now. When it was Henrietta making out with Saito, he went for it in a moment of weakness. This just highlights that someone like Tabitha has no chance at all and is firmly behind all the busty girls at the mansion. Saito only makes exceptions for Louise as he very clearly prefers mountains to plains.
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Kabitzin – who has written 1970 posts on Sea Slugs! Anime Blog.
One of the founders of Sea Slugs, I handle most of the blog admin tasks while wearing my I AM BOSS shirt. I like my action series well choreographed, and my romance series extra trashy. I also have a soft spot for puns.
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I know I was totally kicking out on Henrietta this round. “He’s not answering his phone! I’ve been calling and calling, so I’d better go see him in person!”
I also love how even though Saito did directly say he’s going for Louise as his main squeeze, Henrietta said, “Psh, I’m still gonna getcha sucker!”. She won’t take no for an answer cos she’s QUEEN! The confrontation between Henrietta and Louise was also fun to watch, like a great episode of Jerry Springer’s cheaters. “I’m gonna take you’re man byatch cos you ain’t got tha goods to keep him!” *snaps fingers in face*. And on top of that Louise gets old childhood memories dregded up from her “traumatic” past and uses it to chew out the queen xD.
Well, Louise almost made Saito win this episode, I can’t forgive her for back-pedaling on her promise about him cheating, cos having Henrietta and a few others like Tiffa on the side would have been fantastic. I do agree whole heartedly that missing the fact that huge pale skinned Tiffa glowing in the pale moonlight couldn’t be seen by two people jumping on the bed getting ready to get their groove on. Ridiculous but at least the rest of the episode was quite entertaining.
Tiffania was even kinda diagonal on the bed, so there was NO WAY to miss her! The stuff about the pale skin is hilarious, she’d be reflecting light like the moon!
Hmm, I think Saito rejected Tabitha easily because he doesn’t really know her that well (she didn’t really keep in his face all that much romantically). Tabitha has wonderfully smooth silky pale looking skin, but you can’t compair her waifishness and those tiny CHERRIES to LEMONS I guess.
We know some stuff about Tabitha from flashbacks, but has she even said 10 words to Saito? Tabitha is just the classic too shy to do anything, stalker girl.