Our episode starts in a way that’s to formula, much like the last episode, but also much like the last episode, effective. Natsume enters live combat for the first time, and despite not being the best of the best just yet, she manages to hold on and put on a good show, dispatching Gadoll in her search for Pipe. During the fight, she catches the attention of her hero, Kurenai, the strongest fighting Tanker, and makes a good impression.
Aside from Kurenai seeming to have a
long-time crush on Kaburagi, she also provides Natsume an
introduction to The Power, letting her join the fight on an official
basis. Everything seems about on track: at this point, we should
have a series of minor battles, possibly in montage form, allowing
Natsume to rise in rank and esteem before socking her with the next
major turn; possibly the System finding out she’s a bug (she’s fairly
free with the term after Kaburagi dropped it), perhaps something
else, right? Wrong.
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