Onzoshi ni Koi wa Muzu Sugiru Episode 10

Things go from bad to worse...

This episode is more like the second half of the last episode. Which means that it's a continuation, a fleshing-out if you will, of the antagonistic elements that Cupid brings to a relationship, as much as he brings romantic ones. Here we get the amalgamation of evil in Former-Subaru Friend-Now-Enemy Tomoya. His character is truly a 180 degree change from before. Before he was demure, but now he's demonic. Then there's Madoka's Maternal-Mother-Now-Maniacal-Manager Kaoru. She's taken the reigns of Fukuten from the ailing gramps Wataru, and she's not taking any prisoners in attempting to bring the company back into the black. Which is all great, but unfortunately the main reason for me to watch the show, the heart-tugging scenes between the two main leads, suffers greatly. They do briefly hold hands, and in another scene talk heart-to-heart, but it's just not anywhere close to mune-kyun level for me. To make things worse, Subaru gets so down, what with his gramps approaching death, the company he envisioned not turning out the way he thought it would, and so on, that he now wants to break up with Madoka! Didn't they just get together?!?! And so we approach the last two episodes, where ultimately Cupid will show Subaru the way through this mess-- how to love and kiss, as the lyrics of 「HEART」go. Eh, you didn't already know that Subaru aka Nagase Ren, is part of the duo that is King & Prince, the performers of that theme song? On a footnote, Lily again makes a brief appearance, as in all of ten seconds or so. Brandishing those legs which should be branded as weapons...No appearance by Richard. That's too bad.

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