Howdy of us, and welcome the heck again to Flawed Each Time. Right now we’re checking in on the hundred girlfriends at a second of disaster, as Kusuri’s well-intentioned but morally doubtful love potions have despatched her fellow girlfriends right into a kiss-hungry frenzy. With a pack of feral lovers nipping at their heels, Rentaro and Kusuri should now have interaction in a race in opposition to time to return these women to regular, lest they be trapped ceaselessly as amorous animals in human type.
So mainly, it’s simply one other day within the life for Rentaro and firm. Effectively, largely – Kusuri’s introduction has undeniably raised the general chaos degree of the manufacturing, and from all of the “sure… quickly…”s that I’ve been receiving from mates on Twitter, I think about issues won’t ever be the identical. She is a pleasant amoral goblin with far an excessive amount of energy at her disposal, and I stay up for seeing what nonsense she inflicts on our harmless polycule subsequent. Let’s get to it!
Episode 8
We open with Kusuri smiling and making a bunch of bizarre Kusuri noises, a transparent signal of a superior episode
I think about this present was a enjoyable problem for the voice actors, as sustaining distinction between such an unlimited array of heroines primarily calls for an intense diploma of comedian exaggeration, and lots of that has to come back by the larger-than-life vocal affectations of the characters
I’ll admit, I used to be considering it might take longer than 5 girlfriends to succeed in “the lady who completely loves medication.” We’ve largely run by the default harem members at this level, that means future women will probably be outlined much less purely by affectation and extra by pursuits and circumstances. In fact, there are nonetheless some archetypes left to pursue – “childhood good friend” may not work with Rentaro’s backstory, however the “older sister/mature magnificence” sort is sitting proper there
Amused by the animators’ makes an attempt to make Shizuka any type of intimidating in her zombie mode
Nice drawings proper from the beginning right here, leaning into 100 Girlfriends’ usually angular, personality-rich character artwork whereas increasing on its characteristically low drawing rely. They’re going all-out for this episode
Love that even zombie Hakari stops to select up Shizuka when she slams into the bottom
Kusuri simply flings half a dozen vials from her coat as she searches for a correct countermeasure. She is a strolling chemical waste catastrophe
“The Soften-Ya-Face-Off Medication!” Yeah, Kusuri has rocketed us into beforehand unimagined ranges of madness
The man zombies serving to Shizuka is now a working gag, with Nano grabbing her hand so she will be able to sustain. The Littlest Zombie
Zombie Nano plans a pincer operation! Even zombification can’t overcome her logical considering!
Truly burst out laughing at Shizuka simply face-planting in her pursuit of Rentaro. The lady is simply not geared up to be a correctly intimidating zombie, and Nakamura is taking full comedic benefit of that. I’m starting to see one of many routes for continued drama and humor right here – taking all of those various girlfriends and throwing them in a wide range of unfamiliar situations, in order to let the distinct points of their personalities shine in new methods
Additionally an excellent punchline right here of Rentaro instantly dashing to her help. Utilizing Rentaro’s chivalry in opposition to him is a pure riff on his persona that I’m positive we’ll return to
Rentaro’s concern for Shizuka is so overwhelming that he briefly forgets our episodic battle altogether
A great character-defining beat right here. Rentaro is briefly overwhelmed with Shizuka’s kisses, however then recollects how she usually is, and resolves to get her again to regular. Merely with the ability to kiss his girlfriends with out finish wouldn’t make Rentaro glad; he loves them for his or her full personalities, for the enjoyment of spending time with them in addition to the pleasure and intimacy of kisses. So many harems and much more easy romances deal with ladies’s personalities as “challenges” to be “solved” and overcome, ultimately leading to a complacent intimacy dispenser. Rentaro doesn’t need that – he loves them for the complete spectrum of their personalities and pursuits, and this drug destroys every thing of them however their want to kiss
After which in fact we get an ideal sight gag, Shizuka simply helplessly hanging by her sweater from a coat hanger
Karane simply straight-up flings Hakari at him. Pleasant smears for the second of collision
Rentaro deftly defeats the pair of them by turning their kisses in direction of one another. A uniquely 100 Girlfriends approach of affirming the bonds of affection between Rentaro’s co-lovers
Zombie Nano in fact went on to the chemistry lab, once more valuing effectivity whilst a zombie
Rentaro hides in a helpful locker, however finds Kusuri there as nicely. Complete bunch of nice Kusuri faces this episode
Kusuri displays on how her obsession with medication all the time results in her being remoted like this. Look, I sympathize with being ostracized in your passions, however you gotta cease feeding individuals harmful chemical mixtures, Kusuri
I respect this totally pointless lower to a Pokemon battle for demonstrating the idea of feeding Nano the reversal drugs. It doesn’t really make clear their actions in any approach, only a flourish included for the hell of it
It seems Kusuri really has one dose of the reversal drugs on her, which she promptly chugs herself. A tidy articulation of Kusuri’s persona right here, that she’d consider fooling Nano by “disguising” herself in her older type earlier than contemplating simply feeding Nano the combination herself. A defining trait of Kusuri appears to be that she’ll fortunately take a extra convoluted route over a easy one, as long as the convoluted route entails brewing and consuming bizarre potions
In fact, this route additionally ends in the important state of affairs of Rentaro and full-sized Kusuri being caught in a cramped locker collectively. This story has its priorities, in any case
And gosh, the animators positive are having enjoyable with all these Kusuri faces. She clearly has a face that’s naturally suited to stretching, squashing, and simplifying in all kinds of humorous methods
Full credit score to Ayaka Asai on her vocal efficiency as Kusuri, which calls for each this sultry older voice and the insane chipmunk noises of her tiny type
And naturally, Kusuri blows her cowl instantly, and will get tied up by Nano within the horniest approach attainable. Kusuri is perhaps a genius in a single area, however she is clearly sufficient of an general fool to suit neatly into Rentaro’s household. And really, her normal unwillingness to assume issues by pairs fairly properly along with her obsessions – she’s an “experiment first, debate ethics later” kinda gal
Nano takes a second for a straightforward The Shining reference as she closes on her goal
Ah, the false credit score drop, a timeless structural gag
“I waited till your reversal drugs wore off.” “Oh proper, that’s how I acquired out of there. I believed you’d used some type of Soften-Ya-Ropes-Off drugs.” Yep, successfully leaning on Kusuri’s utter lack of widespread sense, and dedication to make use of essentially the most chemically circuitous technique to fixing all her issues
Rentaro ends the episode with a sacred vow to wash up any of Kusuri’s future drug-related messes. You’ve set your self fairly the problem there, Rentaro
And Finished
Ahaha, this ridiculous fucking present. Effectively, I’m not totally positive what ethical or romantic lesson we are able to draw from “I’ll ceaselessly be your confederate in cleansing up experimental drug-related messes,” however I’m glad everybody appears proud of their newly expanded household association. I get the sensation issues are solely going to get extra ridiculous from right here on out, as we’ve now launched a chemical wizard who can justify mainly any type of supernatural nonsense. Rentaro’s dedication to supporting his girlfriends is swiftly migrating in direction of collusion in god is aware of what insane acts of criminality, however so long as he and his many girlfriends are content material, I suppose issues will prove high quality in the long run. Congratulations on surviving this kissing disaster, everybody!
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