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Okay, let's not mince words. That was disastrously bad.

Spoiler for ep11:

Well... so far, one of the major strengths of Kämpfer has been that it managed to retain many elements from the more serious novel background story even in the much more comedy-oriented anime version, which gave the show a bit more depth and atmosphere. However, after a good enough start in the ep, it was like the storyboard writer had just received his termination notice and decided to trash everything within 15 minutes.

o A nutty attempt to both give an introduction and resolution into the background by slapping the abducted burnt lion (Kaede's favorite animal) silly. Massive fail.

o Shizuku getting Natsuru to remember, by upping the count to 5:0:0. She finally manages to have him upgrade her from "Kaichou" to Shizuku and pleads to have him help her to fight the moderators together.

o Natsuru visits Kaede to "check", and naturally gets mindlocked again.

o Mikoto/Akane/Shizuku meet in school, have the joint "me!", "no, me!" etc. session and rush to the school roof to confess to Natsuru. Instead, they're running into the Whites, who reintroduce themselves once more.

o Transformation scenes for Shizuku and Akane rehashed, new one for Mikoto. Then they proceed to beat all the Whites in 7 seconds (yes, I stopped the time).

o Mindlocked Kämpfer Natsuru approaches. Girls hesitate. Attack to subdue her. Kaede intervenes. Confirms that she's evul. Takes out the three girls with the help of Natsuru.

o Night scene, Purple team comes to, bound in chains. Kaede wants Natsuru to toast and roast them for her, and she preps a nice fireball. However, Natsuru's eyes are drawn to the phone strap trinket gift, and (s)he remembers and comes to. Decides that he kinda likes the Purples more after all.

o All fired up by this revelation, the three free themselves, go into Super Sayajin mode, and to the background music of Beethoven's "Song of Joy" hypercharge, ripping their clothes quite a bit. Then they proceed to kick the tar out of Kaede and the Whites.

o Kaede attempts another seduction/mindlock attempt on Natsuru, who - just when he was about to be kissed - releases to male form. Kaede isn't amused at all and slaps him silly, especially when he dares to call her "Kaede" (the only scene in the second half I liked).

o Kaede pouts and retreats with the Whites. Shizuku ups the count to 6:0:0 before Mikoto and Akane move in to set the final result to 6:1:1. End scene are the three bickering about Natsuru.

The End. (and a preview about what looks like a Christmas fanservice special)

No, I'm not kidding. They decided to put everything in a big blender and made a big mush. In result, it kinda makes me embarrassed that I actually debated some developments seriously. It's like someone told them "by the way, this needs to be the last ep, finish it", and they decided to subcontract Pokemon storywriters to abort it.

What a disaster ^_^;

Waiting for the mangas and novels to pick up the ball which the anime just dropped.

I'll simply pretend that the last 15 minutes of the episode never happened. Or maybe I'll get myself enough to drink and try again, considering this ep a gigantic troll. My goodness ^_^;