天下制覇

Because Harutora is the center of everybody’s world.

Impressions:

You know, show, Oral Fixation Girl was one of the few things you’ve done with your characters thus far that I’ve actually liked without having to qualify the statement with "because it was inappropriate enough to make me laugh." A menacing character, toying with other people, slightly unhinged, willing to murder on a moment’s thought, on the better side of Japan’s rampant fetishization of everything, and oh yeah, emotional but confident. But that would probably be threatening or something to our bland lead.

So of course, reintroducing her as a member of the harem requires completely rewriting her character into blushy, insecure, squirmy, teary-eyed, and desperate to win his favor. Basically, making her the same as every single other character, but sometimes she smirks and clings to him for scene transitions. They also went out of their way to quickly dash any hope of it being a facade too. Ye gods. They didn’t even keep the oral fetish, choosing instead that the frills of her skirt bouncing around were far more interesting. How one could possibly reach that conclusion is a mystery I don’t think anybody is capable of solving.

I guess there was also some other girl that had about three minutes of screentime, like about a dozen other characters this show’s introduced and then forgotten existed. Wait, no. That one kid handed Touji his spear or something. Purpose fulfilled. Still waiting on Blondie’s, Peg-Leg Professor, That One Super Guy With a Presence from the last arc, that Other Super Guy With a Presence from the last arc, that Hobo With a Presence from the last arc, That Guy in a Car With a Presence from the last arc…