Overview:
Haruka overhears delinquents misusing their skills.
Our Take:
After all that talk Haruka caved so fast, but to be fair he did it for a good reason. The “nerds” were being ostracized from the group for a dumb reason. They needed help and Haruka invited them back to his cave. He sent them on the way with some mushrooms but then he ran into the “gal” group who wanted to apoligize to the nerds. Haruka agreed to help them but only if they pulled their own weight. Upon agreeing to help them his subjugation skill activated and now the girls basically do anything he says. Before any misunderstandings can happen, Haruka tries to stop the skill but then the class rep shows up.
It’s understandable why Haruka would want to make sure he wasn’t using that skill because a good portion of the episode was dedicated to people misusing skills like that. The “delinquent” group were trying to level up so they could use their charm skills on the girls in the group. As you can guess they weren’t happy at the prospect of being “forced” to like someone.
I was enjoying the direction of this episode and I was able to stay awake. My only issue is that it seems like the story wants to seem like it’s darker than it is. They could explore some interesting themes but it seems like we won’t go there entirely. But we’ll see how the next few episodes go.