![]() ![]() So far so good despite working with limited resources and a very tight-knit network of girls with endless possibilities for slip-ups, he’s comported himself well and even facilitated the release of the curse on Kanon.Īs the details of Keima’s grand mission and the myriad complications from all sides pile up, the entire series is ever on the cusp of being swallowed up in plot, but this season has been very clever at dispensing huge amounts of exposition while keeping the story moving with swiftness and urgency. Whereas the first season of TWGOK, the stakes were limited to his life and perhaps the lives of his conquests, this time an entire dimension is at stake, only the united goddesses can save it, and only he can release them from the girls he’s conquered. Keima is deep into the RPG of his life, with the role of agent of the preservation of New Hell, only he isn’t playing a game. Keima apologizes to Diana, and she sprouts wings as well. Jealous of her sister’s wings, Diana/Tenri confronts Keima right as Haqua is insisting he tells her he needs her. With three goddesses left to awaken, Keima reaches a deal with Nora to delay her report to her superiors for a week. Even so, Apollo is still very weak and casts a “hydration” spell on herself, keeping Kanon unconscious. The kiss boosts her goddess powers and she sprouts wings.ĭiana meets with her sister and Keima takes them to Kanon, where they combine their powers to remove the Vintage Weiss curse. Keima gets beaten up to the point Tsukiyo trusts him and gives him a kiss while he’s passed out. Meanwhile, Nora discovers the miasma-covered Kanon, and Haqua has to explain. She attacks Keima believing him to be unfaithful. Keima is confident Shiori is hosting a goddess, but he can move on to anyone else, he’s cornered in the library by Tsukiyo’s doll, Luna, who reveals that Tsukiyo is hosting the goddess Vulcanus, who cannot move her body but only manipulate other objects. Our only gripe is that this episode was possibly Shiori’s only time in the spotlight this season…but they say absence makes the heart grow fonder. And Keima is masterful at steering her towards simply writing about herself as a safe means telling him about herself. We love how she defaults to writing about galactic wars when she gets struck. We love how she assures herself she’s open-minded enough to accept a guy like Keima, even though he cross-dresses and he’s seen him “embracing another man” (really Yui). On the contrary, he seems to be enjoying every minute of it, to the point where you wonder if he could ever go back to dating sims after playing the real game.Īnyway, back to Shiori: what works so well about her for us is her near-constant inner monologue, which shows us sides of her she’d never bring out (except maybe through her writing). This may have started out as one big cluster-fuck of a hassle, but Keima has not once complained about the reversal of the tragedy of these ladies forgetting all about him after falling for him. ![]() His countless hours of practice with hundreds if not thousands of virtual mates may have reinforced his latent polygamy when it comes to romantic relationships, so we wouldn’t be surprised if at least part of him truly loves all of these girls, including Shiori, and all in different ways. In fact, this story got us wondering for the first time – and perhaps later than many – how emotionally invested Keima actually is in these girls, now that he’s aware they all remember his initial conquests. But perhaps more than all the others, we find her more than just a funny send-up to her trope, but a legitimately good romance on its own terms, leaving aside the fact Keima is at least partially acting the part of the smitten guy. She’s extremely moe, and while her “whole library girl stuck in her mind” is a well-trodden character path, and like all the other various romances Keima engages in, is meant as a half-winking satire of such stories. Going back to the first season, we think Shiori was our favorite of all of Keima’s conquests. The story she comes up with ends with a confession to him, and when he responds by kissing her, it releases the goddess Minerva. He tells her to “stop thinking and start writing” a story about herself, something only she can write. When she gets writer’s block, he vows to stay with her and won’t let her leave the library until her novel is done. He starts by approaching her dressed as a girl, hopeful a unique love interest will help inspire her to write. Keima starts to court Shiomiya Shiori, who remembers him saving her. ![]()
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