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Hentai Ouji to Warawanai Neko. – 09

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(Koufuku na Ouji)
“The Happy Prince”

So Emi is real, but she’s a pawn of a wish that’s been many years in the making, linking the Yokodera and Tsutsukakushi households for many years, but continues to be real even though all the wishes are cancelled, and she’s not actually a cat because that was a red herring, but–

No, just no. We’re going to leave it at that. Emi is cute but bipolar and she somehow ties in with Yokodera’s lost memories, which is now apparently a major plot device. Until the show decides to make sense of all this crazy nonsense, I’m not even going to try addressing the sporadic plot.

What I will address though is the amount of balance given to each of the main characters. I do like that Azuki has taken a front stage in competing for screentime, and I believe that we will see even more of her in the following episodes to come, balancing out the Tsutsukakushi sisters in the process. While i do enjoy my sister fanservice, it’s good to see Azuki return back to the fray after avoiding Yokodera so much.

However, Yokodera himself seems to be having some problems, which are piling up on the numerous ones he has to balance right now. Just like how the themes of fragile friendships are explored in Haganai, here we see Youto trying to balance a proper distance and closeness between each of the female characters. It’s interesting that he doesn’t chase after them actively and revels in his perverted nature–avoidance of commitment is actually not commonplace in romantic comedies–while the main male protagonist may find himself in many a perverted situation, he does show interest in being together with at least one of the characters, if not all in a close relation. Here, Youto instead seeks to form friendship with a proper distance, where he’s rejected imouto paradise and being Azuki’s beloved consciously. Like in Haganai, Youto may not show his awareness of the situation, but he knows. Just like how he faked hearing Azuki mention a kiss, he used that knowledge to his benefit, even though it was knowledge he wished to avoid before.

Although the plot is quite messy right now, I hope that the show does spend some time growing this aspect of Youto, as well as the consequences that go with such a stance. After all, his stance right now has definitely hurt many people for the sake of friendship, and it probably won’t be the last time. Like the cat sharply says–the sparrows can only keep granting the prince so much until they themselves tire from their unfulfilled wishes.

When will we see this breaking point? Perhaps when Youto’s past is finally revealed and we get to see what lead us to the Youto we see today, and how exactly he connects with every single character. We’ve already seen the ties that connect him to the Tsutsukakushi sisters, but now we must explore Emi’s role as well as Azuki Azusa’s possible past connections with our beloved prince, perhaps in the next episodes ahead.

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27 Comments

  1. mianghuei
    June 11, 2013,

    Now we realize why Azuki wasn’t affected by the powers of the wishes. And they kissed!!! 🙂 http://images.randomc.net/Hentai%20Ouji%20to%20Warawanai%20Neko./Hentai%20Ouji%20to%20Warawanai%20Neko%20-%2009%20-%20Large%2035.jpgI think Tsukiko did not find out? Else she would be so mad!!That’s one beautiful drawing by Tsukiko, and that foreshadows Azuki’s narrative at the end of the episode. http://images.randomc.net/Hentai%20Ouji%20to%20Warawanai%20Neko./Hentai%20Ouji%20to%20Warawanai%20Neko%20-%2009%20-%20Large%2009.jpgAnd now we have one more name to call Yokodera by, “pumpkin”. 🙂

  2. Cybersteel
    June 11, 2013,

    Needs moar wan wan fanservice :3

    • MgMaster
      June 11, 2013,

      Or wait…it’s still not clear whether she’s still gonna go or not.Stay with us Tsukushi!

  4. LGrey
    June 11, 2013,

    So … the cat god is actually bordering on omnipotent side a la Haruhi instead of doing smaller thing like Natsuiro Kiseki’s Oishi-sama? I mean, looks like he’s able to create a person out of nothing. Or something like that.

  6. rafflesia
    June 11, 2013,

    Have I understood it correctly that Emi wished a “100% smile” from the cat god, and this smile was Tsukiko’s before?

    • mianghuei
      June 11, 2013,

      It seems to be from my understanding, yes… because her wish was to get the 100% smile that Yokodera likes the most – which is Tsukiko’s.

  8. Kuntzy
    June 11, 2013,

    The kiss disappointed me… if only because Kantoku’s illustration of that scene was just like… wow.This seemed kind of plain in comparison.And they better not skip the parts of vol. 4 they haven’t already covered. Particularly Tsukushi’s scene and Azusa’s date.

    • edo
      June 11, 2013,

      could you tell me more about tsukushi’s scene ?

      • Kuntzy
        June 11, 2013,

        Sure thing. This does seem like the least likely part of vol. 4 to be adapted anyway.Basically, Tsukushi believes that Yokodera and the vice-captain girl of the track club are in love due to Yokodera having to return her bra to her and that vice-captain girl is “tsunderu” (She’s unfamiliar with the term tsundere) for him. She brings them to the clubroom so they can “make up” and all three of them play a board game Tsukushi used to play with Tsukiko that kind of plays like the King’s Game. Vice-captain girl is pretty yuri for Tsukushi so she agrees to play since if you land on a space you have to follow the command (The one she was particular about is “have the person you like pet you”).Tsukushi ends up landing on a space that tells her she has to hug all the players and after she hugs Yokodera she ends up being all embarrassed. This bothers her because she thinks she’s cheating on Yokodera’s “younger brother”. She decides to test herself by faking feeling sick and asking Yokodera to carry her to the nurse’s office (princess carry). She ends up being extremely dere and embarrassed (There’s an illustration of this. OMG my heart) and makes him put her down. She ends up asking Yokodera which direction his house is in and apologizes profusely in its direction. (lol)She later lands on a space telling her to kiss everyone which almost makes her cry but vice-prez saves her by noticing there’s a note that says that even in games there are some things you can’t do and there’s something wrong with anyone who follows these commands (It’s pretty obvious Tsukiko included this as an out clause just in case). They end up stopping and Tsukushi reveals she wanted them to make up so that they could double date with her and Yokodera’s “brother”. Vice-prez isn’t actually opposed to the idea as she reveals earlier she might have liked him but then he turned into a full out perv (She pretty much is a tsundere).

    • edo
      June 11, 2013,

      Thank you so much! so Vice-captain is bisexual xD

    • MgMaster
      June 11, 2013,

      I’m kind of leaning towards the G.A. in Gargantia,but after that my allegiance might change.

    • Annami
      June 11, 2013,

      Omg I loled so hard seeing that , suisei and hentai connection

  10. gawrshness
    June 11, 2013,

    OK I have to express that with the story going on I’m terribly confused…It kinda felt like that the person behind the cat mask years ago wasn’t the little sister but the older one…but if that’s the case how is Yokodera still the same age in the flashback. Somehow I get the feeling that Yokodera isn’t human himself and we’re on for a major plot twist in the future episodes.

  11. flap
    June 11, 2013,

    Wow, so many questions.- Did Emi have Tsukiko’s 100% perfect smile?- Tsukiko was having trouble remembering that he was “Hentai” and not “Ouji,” because of a wish’s effect. Is that the same reason why Yokodera can’t remember stuff?- Why does Tsukiko have a bottomless stomach but never grows?- Did Yokodera wish to see Tsukiko naked a lot?- Is Yokodera really a pumpkin?

    • haseo0408
      June 12, 2013,

      Now that you mention it, Youto doesnt remember the incident when the dam broke and flodded the town so maybe that incident and Youto missing memories are connected with the Stony Cat.

  12. Crook
    June 11, 2013,

    Anime: Where nipples can be conveniently moved or disappear altogether.

  13. Ananas
    June 11, 2013,

    This show is going into weird territories right now. Which could be interesting if the execution wasn’t so horribly lacking. No wonder Emi can’t sing, her voice is downright horrendous.

  14. b.i.t.w.
    June 11, 2013,

    yoto & tsukiko on bike ride wonder what going with azusa recently flashback show emi as church chori then walk around see bunny & “person” which forward cue youto seeing pic yet having memory probs to recall it.so after wonder give missing bunny, patch-up with azusa, then see emi & tsukiko going blah battle lead to swim match with all calm yea swimsuit wish is gone cue tsukiko run away.after bunny found & etc youto go talk to emi about past & wishes give emi going why give can’t recall the past & other reasons as well & oh school is still italy give youto see emi on top with azusa give acess to let youto reason with emi.youto go talk emi give bit upset & mention youto got memory probs then twist came here azusa but she been ghost hi-jack by STONY CAT itself due wish azusa did.& making choice that youto either keep still like same or cancel wish azusa is safe but emi goes “bye-bye” so 3rd option kiss azusa to rid stony cat control, move the italy stuff & emi still ok all fine indeed.

  15. S83
    June 11, 2013,

    Emi is cute but bipolar

    Zanibas, you keep using that word, I do not think it means what you think it means.

    • Zanibas
      June 11, 2013,

      bipolar Having or relating to two poles or extremities.Now if we’re talking about bipolar disorder, then yes, I probably don’t know the exact definition. However, I can say with confidence that she does exhibit two extremities. Isn’t it safe to say at least that?

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