The more I'm diving deeper into Tonagura, the more I can tell some LOVE-HINAesque details scattered from here to there.
Anyways, the show has this freshness by a limited number of reasons:
- Marie is the cutest, monotone, moe girl I've ever seen.
Would I be mistaken to comment that she could perfectly fit on the shoes of Kanako, Anju, and Miyu (the weapons she carries)? Or more fit to be the little sisters of the cast from Gunslinger Girls?
- Naughty Yuuji goes overboard with his lechery, yet makes out best of any dangerous situation even if that means beaten like a dog by Kazuki or shot by Marie.
Spoiler:
Basically, Kazuki demands Yuuji to throw his porn stuff away after the latter acosts her with his stash (talk about never showing your secret treasures to girls, and more if she turns to be your childhood friend)
Discussion ensues to no end, but Hatsune kindly proposes a bet. Yuuji will get rid of his stash, if he commits anything perverted. He must keep composure until sunset.
The funny part is that Hatsune makes of this scenario into a playful game by dressing Kazuki to become the fantasy girl of any otaku and putting Yuuji within the range of absolute dangerous territory.
Because he desires to keep his stash at any costs, Yuuji beats on himself to keep check on his lechery; his forced impotence is evident as he struggles against his inner perveted beast from going astray.
Marie at several key ocassions notices that her nii-sama's pervert self is about to burst and tries to take action, but Hatsune gently forbids her since both Kazuki and Yuuji have to cope with this problem by themselves.
Poor Yuuji goes to such lengths as to eat Kazuki's food, tasting no better than radioactive waste; the heir to the awful cooking of Akane Tendo I can see.
Incredibly, Yuuji did make it through the end of the day, winning the bet and defeating Kazuki, but he's all wore down.
What Kazuki did not expected was that onee-sama adjusted her dress to reveal some new compartments which ends up arousing Yuuji, getting shot by Marie again.
The many things that surprised me were that Yuuji did actually won the bet against Kazuki, which is a first to me watching in a harem anime; loser and even lecherous boys never win bets against the main female lead.
Second I'm starting to think that Marie actually is not punishing her brother for his uncontrollable outbursts, rather is her way of a therapy (albeit an unorthodox one) to shoot him firecrackers in order to cure him of his condition.
- She reacted everytime that Yuuji repressed his lecherous side, knowing that the pervert will come forth and ready her weapons. Marie was clearly awared about the vexing effects of the sexual frustration her brother was experiencing.
Third, it's just priceless and laughing matter that Yuuji turned for Hatsune's help and exposed Kazuki to her big sister about the former demanding him to off with his goodies.
An unexpected turn, a gaping-jaw Kazuki bears no credibility when Hatsune sympathetically goes for Yuuji's side of the story.