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<\/a>Normally I\u2019m strongly against episodes without much Raidou, never mind Raidou or<\/em> Reina. This week was something of an exception, because the Aharen sibs are all great characters. Nevertheless, whatever the reason, this direction does annoy me. I don\u2019t know whether it\u2019s a function of the anime having adapted out of order or just the way the manga evolves. But straying away from a clearly winning formula \u2013 no sir, I don\u2019t like it one bit. Matsuboshi and Reina are the essence of this series (especially his imagination). Why move away from that?<\/p>\n<\/a>Again, though, the stuff with Eru and Ren is always excellent, so no complaints there. Futaba and Akkun are kind of a one-gag subplot, so those chapters tend to get pretty repetitive. But there\u2019s no doubt it\u2019s a damn good gag. And we got enough twists on it here to make it interesting. The gag, of course, is Futaba\u2019s fruitless pursuit of Akkun and her tendency to see anyone and everyone as a potential love rival. But she had an abundance to choose from this week, starting with Riku (who just isn\u2019t very funny, and is taking up way too much oxygen in the room).<\/p>\n<\/a>Indeed, labeling Riku a \u201cshotacon hussy\u201d is pretty hilarious. Obviously she has no interest whatsoever in Akkun or his buddies but that doesn\u2019t stop Futaba\u2019s imagination, almost as powerful as Raidou\u2019s. The next threat is \u201cSecret King\u201d Ren-kun, who Futaba quite understandably mistakes for a girl at first (after mistaking him for Reina, anyway). Ren is a super-extrovert, that\u2019s for sure \u2013 and he seems to be good at pretty much everything. Once she realizes the truth she chills out \u2013 until she catches the blush on Akkun when Ren hugs him<\/a> (he\u2019s a hugger). At that point he\u2019s reinstated to threat status.<\/p>\n<\/a>The find leg of the Royal triumvirate is Eru, who shows up in the park more or less by chance it seems. Mistaking her for Reina even for a second is a stretch, but even once it becomes clear she\u2019s not, Futaba still sees her as another shotacon hussy. The joke here is that the boys keep asking Eru to teach them stuff (like skateboarding), most of which she has no idea how to do<\/a>. And by the time she masters it (with her siblings\u2019 help), the boys \u2013 who have the attention span of a gnat \u2013 have already moved on to something else. At least she knows how to do cat\u2019s cradle\u2026<\/p>\n<\/a>It\u2019s fun watching Eru and Futaba have a tsun-off, but the highlight of the episode is the final chapter, a hardcore siblings one. And seriously, the cuteness is cranked up to twelve here. The Aharen clan is pretty hard not to love, and they\u2019re incredibly devoted to her each other<\/a>. The \u201cfight\u201d between Ren and Eru comes when the latter is mean to Matsuboshi after Ren recruits him for advice in making something for Reina that she\u2019ll really like. Riku (sigh) ends up involved yet again, giving Ren advice (though not really) after he runs off in a huff. Ren gilds the lily by making a pudding dessert for Reina to amplify the \u201cthanking Onee-sans\u201d vibe.<\/p>\n