English Dub Review: TenPuru: No One Can Live on Loneliness “Go Ahead and Take a Shower”

Overview

Akagami and Yuzuki make a mad dash to Ryukoku Temple for the matchmaking meeting. Upon arrival, Akagami is immediately conscripted by one of the temple nuns. After missing the last bus and train, the two of them seek shelter at an unusual place…

Our Take

They finally make it to Ryukoku temple and meet the potential fiancé, Kijo. Akemitsu is mistaken for a monk by a priestess and ends up attending as an official matchmaker. Kijo is a genuinely nice man; making Yuzuki feel guilty so she confesses her goal was to trick Kijo into becoming her fiancé and head priest, then break off the engagement once she qualified to replace him as head priestess. Kijo is sympathetic but concludes Mikazuki temple should close. Akemitsu resorts to begging on Yuzuki’s behalf. Yuzuki panics as it sounds like a marriage proposal.

Kijo agrees to a fake three-year engagement so the temple stays open, but saving it from financial ruin will remain Yuzuki’s responsibility. Kijo meets with the priestess, revealed to be Ryukoku’s head priestess Aoba who manipulated the meeting after realizing Akemitsu is an Akagami. Due to the late hour, they are forced to stay at the only available hotel, the Love Hotel. Akemitsu struggles to repress his lechery, especially after he correctly suspects Yuzuki watched a pornographic movie while he showered. For her safety, he decides drastic measures are necessary…

Overall, it looks like they’ve solved the problem of the temple being closed down, for now. And the ending played with everyone’s expectations. Though I guess it’d be too early for that sort of development anyway. But it seems that Yuzuki’s relative (Abbot Aoba; she may even be the mother) is probably going to be the main antagonist here for a while. Hoan seemed like a nice guy, but it kinda means that he didn’t believe Yuzuki’s temple wasn’t worth saving. And finally, I wonder what the backstory with Akagami’s Father is though. Was he a womanizer just like his son or is there more lore? Aoba said his name like they had a lot of history. Hopefully, we find out soon…