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「ペテン師系婚活女子」 (Petenshikei Konkatsu Joshi)
“The Con Artist Marriage Girl”
Well, I’m not sure what I expected after last time, but this? Now this I approve of. While Sentouin has largely thrown story to the wolves in favour of weekly shenanigans and science gone right wrong, it’s definitely the right sort of sacrifice. All Sentouin needs is for its stars to align and its banter to get going to make its presence felt, and this week was no exception.
Considering Sentouin’s initial setup I find it quite funny how it’s taken until now for Alice and Six to actually try and investigate their new world. All the magic, curses, fantasy races, and other nondescript anomalies floating about? Apparently unimportant and not worth the hassle thinking on until boredom and a need for excuses kicks in. Although such thinking proved its worth in gold. Comedy gold. Personal Pancakes prioritization of chimaera cuteness or not (Rose is good girl, fight me), Grimm’s struggle to prove the validity of her powers against Alice’s brutal rationality was hilariously on point, and only made better by the poor demon girl caught up in the process. The thing which puts the cherry on top though? Knowing said demon girl came from a piece of preserved meat. There’s a reason this spat didn’t end with definitive metaphysical answers after all – just imagine what the next sacrifice will yield.
Not to be outdone either are the likes of Six and Snow who are definitely a better match than they may think. Besides Snow repeatedly justifying her dunce cap (oh how I love she grabbed a flame sword to make up for the previous ice sword’s weakness – only for it to fail against a normal sword), now we have Six’s soft side going full out and wearing off on others at all the right times. Or the wrong times, I guess it depends on perspective. How this poor guy is going to build back up those Evil Points when such conflicting emotions are crossing the mind is anyone’s guess, but I don’t foresee too much trouble given that truce with the ever abusable Heine only lasts a month (and we’ve already had a partial timeskip as lolicon Tigerman’s presence proves).
Remember, the legend of Zipperman lives on, and there’s plenty of people left who have yet to make his acquaintance.
Preview
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No. 6: “I’ll tell you what they call me here! Zipperman!” *Unzips pants and flashes his…err…”wiener.” (Cyberjunk?)*
Astaroth: *Obviously flustered and covering her eyes* “I’m sorry! Put that away!”
If this wasn’t already a “crosses the line twice” comedy, I’d imagine certain people and groups on the Twittersphere would have a field day with that scene–and not in a good way.
– Was that Rikiya Koyama as Tigerman and ending his sentences with a cat-like “Nyaa”? If so, kusa. (And I’m already hearing him in a more serious role as Zafar over on Cestvs.)
– Never thought I’d see No. 6 doing a homage to Aqua’s most famous crying face. That poor Mokemoke, though…
– *Hears about Grimm apparently summoning undead* Sounds like Grimm and Wiz might get along swimmingly… (Also best girls of their respective series.)
– *Sees Grimm’s initial “sacrificial offering”* Cue flashbacks of a war criminal rabbit girl that goes HA⬆️HA⬇️HA⬆️HA⬇️HA and those killer rabbits from Re:Zero. Ya be.
– Shieeet… Alice is even more of a demon than an actual demon…
– Also, Snow should know by now that magic swords sold by vendors are (mostly) overpriced trash. The best swords are usually looted from dead enemies or found in treasure troves (potential curses and such aside).
I know I should be tempering my expectations, but man, if this was the “bottleneck” episode for this season, I can’t wait to see what kind of craziness and hilarious situations are in store for No. 6, Alice, and the rest of the gang in future episodes.
What makes Alice my favorit character is that not only is she a deadpan snarking and shotgun-toting Lolibot… but she’s also a Flat Earth Atheist.
And Tiger Man isn’t just a LoliCon… he wants to be turned into a Loli!
If the preview is to be believed, we’ll be getting that “party trick” next episode.
What I like Alice too is that she knows how to be sultry when desired. The earlier episode with her lying on the bed being case in point – the girl knows what she’s doing all the time.
This series , abusing demons, Mokemokes, and evil corp commanders alike…