He Is My Master 8

  
  
  

While Yoshitaka, Anna, and Mitsuki are out Izumi thinks she's going to have a nice day off to rest. However... her and Mitsuki's little sister, Karin (5 years old according to the manga), comes over to play since her father's in the hospital and her mother's busy taking care of him. So Karin and Izumi have fun, with Karin riding Pochi around the house (she loves gators) -- was Pochi watching some kind of mahou shoujo show there when Izumi walked in? Yup, he's an otaku :) -- and even Izumi dressing Karin up in one of Yoshitaka's maid outfits.

However, the others come home earlier than Izumi expected which causes a problem. Yoshitaka's "strike zone" knows no bounds so Izumi doesn't want Karin to get close to him.. but she's gone. After making a deal with Anna to get her to help find Karin, and running around, and kicking Yoshitaka away from the loli maid angel of his wildest fantasies things finally calm down. Karin produces the contract from the idol company she found in Izumi's room and gives it to her, telling her she should become an idol. Izumi, filled with confidence from Karin, finally decides to do it -- not just becoming any idol, but a maid idol. After Dad comes from the hospital to get back Karin from Yoshitaka's paws (though it seems Dad enjoys Karin's maid outfit as well...), they go home... and Anna finally gets to sleep with Izumi ;)

That agent from the idol agency informs his boss that Izumi agreed to work for them. Seems the boss has a grudge against Yoshitaka for some reason...

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And if he's who I think he is (those who've read volume 3 of the manga know who I'm talking about) then Izumi might wish she hadn't become an idol. Once again, this time was mix of original developments and things straight from the manga, working pretty well, though some things from the manga I would've liked to see were left out -- most of Yoshitaka's dialogue with Karin, and Karin mistaking Yoshitaka for a good guy since he likes gators (though he's just putting on a show, of course). Though Karin didn't end up in a maid outfit in the manga, so... ;) I was as surprised as Izumi that she herself dressed Karin in that outfit. I thought for sure it'd be Yoshitaka's doing.

Next time... "Umi, umi, umi, umi, umi!", as Sakura-chan would say, as the group goes to the beach. Should be fun :) See how/if they tie in this whole idol thing into the story.