[Shiikamayo]

Originally Posted by Joe88

As for the gift im pretty sure

Spoiler for :

its for houki birthday which she thinks ichika forgot all about in the last episode, he will most likely give it to her in ep 12

Spoiler for Houki's Gift:

Houki should be getting her gift before the day is done since her irritation towards Ichika in episode 10 regarding him not noticing appears to be setting the stage. Still, it appears pretty difficult to argue that the item bought in Episode 9 wasn't Charlotte's Bracelet.

Unless the show is going off canon (From what little I know of the LN), Houki should be getting a new ribbon for her birthday which doesn't seem like something you'd buy at the jewelry store shown or fit in a box like the one he was carrying out (To be honest though, I have no idea how one would go about gift wrapping a ribbon). They may have changed it to a ring or necklace, but there doesn't seem to be a particularly good reason for doing so unless they are jumping the gun on an anime exclusive ending. Of course, he may have just bought multiple gifts during that time.

Incidentally, if Ichika ends up giving Houki a small pink ribbon, I'll laugh uncontrollably and officially declare Ichika to be the best male harem lead of all time (Remember the ribbon on the gift box Ichika was carrying? Yeah - that).

seeing how she helped Laura, she deserves the place of the harem matriarch

Agreed! ^_^ On the flip side, if being friendly doesn't work out for her, she also has a terrifying aura when angered similar to Miya of Sekirei or Chizuru of Ika Musume who rule all the girls in their respective shows with an iron fist. She has yet to show it in the anime though... would be awesome to see her IS abilities if she actually does go into this mode while piloting. Who knows? Maybe she'll grow wings and start blasting small planets out of orbit with One Winged Angel playing in the background. ^_-