Before we get to the fun of episode eleven we have to talk about episode ten aka the big school reveal with Mea showing off her super cool powers! Yes thanks to the typical To Love-Ru plot of insert one of Lala’s inventions going crazy at school we have a vacuum cleaner which was powered by a mini black hole? Wow Lala is either smart or insane! Anyway it malfunctions and goes from sucking up trash to sucking up panties?! Yep that is the entire plot of episode ten, but at the same time it was a special episode because Yami got the chance to call Mea her little sister in front of the entire school or was it more of a friendship episode for Oshizu and Mea? Either way it works. Now onto episode eleven which starts the official “darkness” arc and IMO is the whole reason this To Love-Ru is even called Darkness, but of course we could say it’s called that because of Nemesis? I don’t really have much to say about the episode other than prepare yourself to see a very different side of Yami! Then again Misato Fukuen who plays Yami did a great job as the over the perverted Rika from Haganai.

Panty sucking robots ftw.

Harem king Rito.

Yami loves her showers. 

Odd that she smiles here in the anime but not in the manga.

Momo is the best alarm clock…

Not that any of us would be sleeping.

Yami and Rito have all kinds of fun together.

Tearju is a great preview of Yami as an adult.

Yami showing off her true power.

A kaiju battle between Suu and a dryad, more of Cerea’s taking it too far, and the influence of a devil give us more of the usual stuff in episode 11, but Cerea does learn an important lesson for herself, and that’s that it’s ok to not be able to do everything yourself, and ask for help from others when you need to. In return, you should try to help others when they ask and you can be helpful. That’s a good motto to live by, I think. And on top of that, Rachnera gets herself a little plaything when she catches the devil that was trying to bewitch Cerea.

Darling is the most resilient guy ever

The dates continue in episode 11, but this time it’s with the MON squad, who apparently got bored and wanted to join in the fun. Darling-kun, being an all around great guy, shows each of them a good time, including showing off his sewing skills helping Tio with her skirt, and helping Zombina with her hand… and left boob. He even is genuinely nice to Mana, who has trouble with her self-confidence and with people being scared of her. But it turns out that the original threatening letter was a ploy by Smith and Doppel to try to goose Darling into picking one of the monster girls to marry. But what it really showed is that he is caring about everyone, and doesn’t really care if they’re Interspecies Exchange Girls. But it turns out that there actually is a threat to him, from the Dullahan, who is probably my least favorite character in the show (slotting in below Papi, if you can believe that). There is just no consistency to her character. Is she serious? Is she goofy? She tries to ride some line that’s both, and it just doesn’t work.

Gettin’ pretty handsy there…

I have to say that the series finale was probably the best episode of the show by quite a long ways. It managed to work all the girls in but not making fun of them too much. It was also the most sincere seeming one, as everyone freaks out about Dullahan threatening to kill Darling, but they just put him in more danger until he finally puts a stop to it. He has to be feeling pretty indestructible, especially raising a whole forest of death flags. But he figures out that she’s really just chuunibyou, and not really someone to be scared of. The rest of the episode is quest for food, as Darling hadn’t realized that he could bill the Interspecies Agency for the food for the girls. But the shopping district helps out with the leftover fish parts, the misshapen vegetables, b-grade eggs, and all sorts of other food that they can give away because the girls are very charming when they’re in their wheelhouse. Another factor in the last episode’s favor is that I think half of the animation budget for the entire series went into it, with a lot of high framerate animation. All in all a satisfying end to this series, which might be getting a second series sooner than you think.

Miia’s not letting you die without her

Manako finally makes eye contact

If he died giving her the children, how did she get the wedding picture?

A new use for Suu: muffler

A single frame guest appearance in the last episode. Can you guess who?

Loot and Sacrifice are the main themes in these three episodes. First, I think we all know that after a tiring dungeon crawl, everyone just wants to get some loot and head home. But stupid booby-trapped chests take the fun out of the loot. And so does not getting what you want. Unfortunately, our heroes argue themselves out of any loot by complaining about what they are offered. You should always take whatever you can get!

I figured I’d stick with the bedroom pictures

Episode 11 presents us the selflessness of the Paladin, who repeatedly sacrifices herself for her comrades. After helping everyone out, she actually decides to ‘sacrifice’ herself to the sketchy mayor of the town. There are certainly a few mixed messages coming out of her as she prepares to be defiled, but at the last moment she’s saved by her friends. … Yeah, thanks guys…

I said that I was sticking with these, didn’t I?

Episode 12 gave us something that I thought was interesting: A clip show but of all new clips. Fighter killing her father, Paladin blowing up to sacrifice herself for everyone, Dark Elf betraying everyone, Mage… not really doing anything, but being cute while she does it. We even get the return of Valkyrie and Hunter, who aren’t really any more effective than the rest of them, but do provide more of a cast. Basically, they go through a bunch of adventures without needing any plot, and a bunch of apparent bedroom combinations. I wouldn’t be surprised to see another series of Bikini Warriors, and to be honest, it wasn’t a terrible show. I mean, if you want a MetaFap show, it’s about the pinnacle, except for…

Nope, not done yet

Can’t leave Mage out, can we?

Oh no! Betrayed at the end!

It’s a little more see-through than she thought.

Happy Birthday, Ui! Ui’s 16 now, so she could actually get married to Hayato, but that’s not what’s on his mind. He wanted to get her a present, but she mistook a gift from Sawatari as a present for her, and I think everyone liked it. At least until Ui realized how see-through it was. But her mom was at least partly right, in that if a guy gives a girl clothes, it’s at least part of his goal to take them off her. So she takes this opportunity to “pounce” on him, even if she messes up and falls asleep at first.

“Seems like you like it.”

I have to say that even though it’s male-gazey, I like the characterization here of Ui about 98%. I have problems with Hayato’s constant “hold-back, hold-back, hold-back… lose control” excusing of what he’s doing. I would much rather see him willingly participating, not doing it out of spite or ‘because he was pushed over the edge’. I find that tedious and a bit too rape-y. Be a human, take some responsibility. But Ui on the other hand is someone who has found what she wants, and she is interested and engaged.

“You’re not the only one”

The final episode was kind of a let-down, with Ui’s mom making another appearance, and this time bringing her dad, who also looks and talks like an elementary school kid. And has a big chip on his shoulder. But eventually he seems to relent a little bit, especially realizing that this is what Ui wants, a factor that also makes Hayato more accepting of Ui. A little bit anti-climactic, but overall not a bad series.

I think “Dad” is younger than Hayato.

He fell for the “I’m cold” routine

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