Summary:

Several mysteries get explained, and we learn that Enjin has possessed the body of Hime and Akina’s friend Nanami Gin (Ao’s older brother!) for the last two years. Now Enjin is trying to get some strange sprouts to take root on the Nana-Gou, but the sprouts tend to wither quickly. Enjin’s partner Shinozuka seems to possess the same powers as Kotoha, and the two manage to get inside the barrier to taunt Akina and the others before running away. Akina can’t bring himself to tune Enjin because Gin’s spirit is still alive, and Akina orders Kotoha and Ao to keep the encounter a secret from Hime.

We also get a flashback of how Gin, Akina, and Hime used to be great buddies and won some ugly monkey charms from the noodle stand after Gin ate a huge plate of yakisoba. Akina takes the deaf monkey because he never listens, Hime takes the blind monkey because she doesn’t watch what she’s doing, and Gin takes the mute monkey because he lets his game do the talking. Back in the present, Gin’s spirit surprises Enjin by trying to choke-suicide, but it doesn’t work. Gin probably should have waited for a better moment, but perhaps Enjin’s hold was weak from tangling with the Nana-Gou for several episodes.

Reaction:

No wonder Hime was beating the crap out of Silver so badly! At first I thought she had just been watching too much Shakugan no Shana, but now I know she was taking her angst out on her dog. This plot is like something straight out of JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure. I look forward to Enjin dropping a streamroller on Ao and then screaming WRYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY. With the way the art is going, I figure both Enjin and Ao will both be represented with neko-mimi stick figures by then.

I was confused by Hime singing the Tsun Tsun Dere Dere song and making it the town song. Everyone was giving Hime a hard time about the massive amount of carbs she consumes, but she needs that all that instant energy to beat her pets! Also, what exactly does the Council of Elders do? Yae was cool with her sword skills, but all Yuuhi does is wander around and make Mariabelle play dress-up (which is totally awesome).

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