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「悩みさえなければいい.」 (Nayami sae Nakereba Ii.)
“A Lack of Problems Is All You Need. “
In this episode, it’s Chihiro’s time to shine as she starts working for Ashley and move forward in trying to get closer with Itsuki. At this point, everyone except for Itsuki knows that Chihiro is a girl, which confuses me how no one’s mentioned it, but is important to how we see her motivations. When Ashley finds out, she is the one person who connects the dots right away that Itsuki will eventually find out, and when he does, his little sister complex might motivate how enthusiastic he is about this news. Chihiro’s own development is put on-hold as there were no revelations during her trip with Itsuki other than how blushy she gets as the subway presses them close together. Although Itsuki knows nothing of Chihiro’s identity, she doesn’t do as good a job hiding how excited she is to be close with him. It will take time for any updates from her side of the story, but in time, it will be interesting to see what happens with her.
One thing that did come from their trip to the aquarium is Chihiro attempting to try to get Itsuki in touch with his dad. The episode’s beginning sets the tone for the remainder of the time with the resentment Itsuki had for his father moving on so quickly with another woman following him to this day. Itsuki had only remained in-contact with Chihiro once he moved out, but his dad might be harder for him to want to allow back in his life. The end poked at the possibility of Itsuki letting him back in after he was taken aback by Chihiro’s desire for him and his dad to reconcile. That’ll probably take even longer to happen, but now that he’s warming up to the attention and fun that Nayu gives him, it could happen.
Speaking of Nayu, she offers the episode’s more light-hearted moments as she joins Itsuki while he tries to get inspiration for his next volume from the zoo. He’s not quite able to get his latest idea about a little sister monster devouring her brother, so he’ll have to deal with incorporating vulgar pandas inspired by Nayu’s comments on the indecent exposure zoo animals get away with on a regular basis. If Itsuki doesn’t want to be thrown in novelist prison again, he’ll have to do more than get inspiration from trips, but we’ll see what he can get from his recent visits to the zoo and aquarium.
Haruto finally gets a shining ray of hope this time around from an unlikely source, his sister. The “hell-beast” that revolts Itsuki turns out to actually be cheering him on from afar, expressing her disgust at the anime production studio for not accurately capturing the majesty behind his work. She doesn’t want to admit it through her standard rough tsundere approach to caring for her older brother, but she could just be his greatest ally, pushing him to make sure no one bastardizes his work like that ever again. I’m looking forward to seeing if she shows up more to give Haruto some peace of mind after all the obstacles thrown in his direction.
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I want Itsuki to meet Haruno’s little sister so badly just to see his reaction to finding out the horrible little sister Haruno is always dismissing is in reality a cute tsundere brocon.
He should meet Hikigaya Komachi… The Eternal Imouto. Far superior than all other imoutos combined
Good to see chameleon dude moving on. Totally expected, of course.
https://randomc.net/image/Imouto%20sae%20Ireba%20Ii./Imouto%20sae%20Ireba%20Ii.%20-%2010%20-%20Large%2014.jpg
Imouto no Uta
Imouto no Uta is a Lovecraftian horror romance novel by Itsuki Hashima with erotic content.
Fuminori Sakisaka is a young medical student whose life completely changes when he is involved in a car accident along with his parents, killing them and heavily wounding him, leaving him with a brain disorder, which symptoms manifest as an exaggerated form of agnosia, that causes him to see all imouto as hideous monsters. As he contemplates suicide in the hospital, he is soon visited by his Imouto who comforts and him. In reality a horrific monster from another dimension whose appearance drives people mad. Due to their circumstances, Fuminori and his Imouto become close and move in together, eventually becoming lovers and incredibly dependent on one another.
And that ladies and gentlemen, is how Itsuki Hashima becomes the next Butcher.
https://randomc.net/image/Imouto%20sae%20Ireba%20Ii./Imouto%20sae%20Ireba%20Ii.%20-%2010%20-%20Large%2025.jpg
You know… There’s more than one way to misconstrue this screenshot…
“Nii-chan… Liking traps isn’t gay… Nii-chan, what your other hand doing??? No not in this crowded train!”
Good to know that there were others that thought about Saya no Uta at that instant.
This episode does exemplify that a sister, even the hidden ones, is in fact really all you need.
Nah just kidding. Chihiro might be cute but Itsuki better god damn hook up with Kani by the end of it. Their interactions are just too god damn cute at this point.
Is pixelating the cockroaches an authorial play on words or just some Japanese thing I don’t get?