Inukami! 5

  
  

This time we finally see how Youko became Keita's inukami... well, more like how Keita became Youko's, but anyways ;) This is actually not the first time the two met -- Youko remembers meeting him before, but Keita doesn't at all -- but we don't know the details of that first meeting now. You might think Youko was a bit more gentle back then, but that wasn't the case at all, as she was quite a tough case among the inukami. Keita finds that out rather quickly, shattering his dreams of having his own cute inukami-chan that will listen to everything he says ;)

After completing only half of the contract ritual -- inukami and inukamitsukai have to exchange something -- Youko breaks out using her jaen and goes on a rampage in town, setting shops on fire just to get a taste of chocolate cake, her favorite. Demons are after Keita now as well, so he goes to town to retrieve Youko, and he's got Youko's weakness to use against her. As we saw a few episodes ago, Youko hates cute fluffy dogs, and when Keita shows the dog to her she breaks down, crying and begging Keita to get rid of it. Of course, when he does she gets that evil smirk on her face and demands he become hers as those demons come to attack. Without any other way out, Keita agrees and Youko gives him her side of the contract -- that collar. She easily gets rid of the demons, but sets the building on fire in the process. And she's used up all her energy so she can't put it out... Oops (^^;;) But thanks to Keita they jump to a nearby water tank and put the fire out....

...so that's how it went. Back in the present, as Nadesico heads back home she talks to Youko about Keita. Of course, the nice talk about Keita stops as soon as Youko discovers an inappropriate DVD that he's bought. Ouch (^^;;)

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Keita ain't going to learn, is he? Well, that's the default for this kind of couple, so nothing much to be done about it ;) Anyways, as I said last time, despite Keita's bad habits and Youko's attitude, they do trust and depend on each other. Kinda fitting that an inukamitsukai that doesn't act like a proper inukamitsukai ended up pairing with an inukami that was the same -- I guess nobody else besides Keita could've handled Youko. I wonder if we're going to find out when it was Keita and Youko first met, and maybe why Keita doesn't remember. Sounds like it'd be something rather important...

Next time, it's all Tomohane! In her character description on the website, it says that she likes Keita as much as Kaoru-sama, so I guess we'll be seeing how that happens :)