天下制覇

Those are terrible child names.

Impressions:

Very generic and very boring episode, particularly the second half which was as plain as I’ve seen in a long while. It was practically indistinguishable from a thousand other date bits. I miss the time when Mahiro controlled her with threats of violence and forks, brief as it may have been. When she used to tear open demons too for that matter instead of being nothing but a transparent cloying wish fulfillment device. The biggest laugh I got from the episode is when Mahiro’s friend suddenly teleported about 6 feet away, conveniently just off camera. One moment he’s right next to Mahiro… talking to him even. And the next, he’s suddenly gone for the next minute or two.

This episode, Mahiro completely reverted to a complete spineless doormat, and it wasn’t even played off for laughs. He said that he hated her, which made her depressed, so then he said it was a lie and took her on a date montage, the third of the episode, I believe. That’s seriously it. Most of the second half wasn’t even trying to be funny. I’m not sure what they were trying to do with it since all it led up to was her just saying that she loved him for the fourtieth time, but this time with a sunset and emotional music swelling. Nothing actually leading up to it. No reason to actually give a crap this time compared to any other. Just more annoying cloying nonsense. Stab it with a goddamned fork.

Preview:

At least it has a giant sword.