We start with a quickie maid cafe scene, and learn that the fateful Cultural Festival has arrived. Fast forward to the end of the DC play, and Mugi is a bit intimidated at Chitose’s moving (sorta) death scene. With their club on the line, Takashi asks if they have some backup plan in case Nono loses her voice, and Risaki says that they’ll just wing it.
Wouldn’t you know it, but Mugi starts off pretty badly and Nono loses her voice almost immediately. While Risaki’s ad lib buys precious seconds, Nono quickly stops the clock by launching into a series of flashback vignettes. Although all the DC members are absolutely horrified, Nono manages to croak out some lines, and Mugi is totally inspired. At last Mugi summons her ougi, Belly Voice, and it crits everyone in the audience for 5x damage.
Mugi sounds soooo different with her “good” stage voice. I was highly amused at how Mirei told Kayo to believe in Mugi, but Mirei herself tried to slink away in horror as soon as Nono lost her voice. On the more positive side, it was very cool of the DRS to agree to leave Nono on stage and risk public humiliation. Nono’s performance this episode was not that great, starting with the weak “Neko Punch” and single “Nyan.” I expected a lot more from Nono, although Takashi’s comment about how moe she looked was funny.
As bad as it seemed to the DC members, I bet no one in the audience realized something was wrong. It’s an original work, so no one knows the script, and the DRS did a decent job of covering it up. Besides, it’s not like there are that many people in the audience…
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Yukino Satsuki is so awesome! I nearly cried (mostly tears of shame at the fact that I wanted to cry any tears at all) when Mirei can’t bear to watch and is horrified.
Do not underestimate the power of Neko-punch - especially if it is reinforced with Yoki!
Haha, I didn’t see the eyes change, so Nono must have been using less than 10% of her demonic power.