The Otogi Bank calls everyone for a meeting regarding someone who’s been badmouthing them. It seems that their location has been leaked somehow, but of course their main base is not known to anyone. Liszt thinks it could be Onigashima’s council president. No harm is done yet, so they’re going to wait and keep an eye on things.

Thinking that they’ll need a lot of repayment favours, Liszt puts up a special offer of 30% off. Surprisingly it works too well and they get flooded with requests.

As Ryoushi heads home, he meets someone called Nekomiya Saburou, third year, who seems to know everything about Ryoushi. He wants to help Ryoushi become more of a man so he can protect Ryouko, and somehow Ryoushi is dragged into it.

When Ryouko and Ringo enter their apartment gates, they see a girl from Onigashima sitting by a wall in bad shape, and they immediately help her. Her name is Kokonoo Reiko and she, like Ryouko, has just been dumped by Kitsujikai and ran for it. Feeling anger again, Ryouko decide to let Reiko stay at theirs whilst she tries to get her transferred to Otogi academy.

Next day, Ryoushi starts his training. Nekomiya tells him that he needs a cool head at all times if he wants to fight and starts to attack him. Ryoushi asks why he’s doing this and Nekomiya says he’ll answer if Ryoushi completes the training.

Ryouko arrives home to find that dinner’s prepared, laundry’s done and the place is cleaned thanks to Reiko. Back at the bank Ringo wants to make sure that Reiko is trustworthy. They find details on her and apparently she’s easily led on and her personality changes with her boyfriend. But just to be sure she doesn’t try anything funny, they get Otsuu to keep a look out too.

The last day of the sale and Mimi comes to visit. It seems a girl from Anderson girl’s academy, a place for rich girls, wants a loan. So Alice goes with her to see this girl.

Elsewhere. Ryoushi’s still training. In town some guys say to Urashima that they have Otohime, and ask him to come along quietly. Otsuu faints from a taser but we don’t know who did it. At the restaurant where Mimi and Alice are waiting, it becomes obvious that it’s a trap as a few guys show up. This isn’t what Mimi agreed to, so she flings salt at them and runs with Alice. Ringo, who’s with Ryouko gets a weird call and she fears Shirayuki may be in danger so rushes off without Ryouko. It was a trap to lure Ringo away as Reiko stuns Ryouko with a taser.

All the while Ryoushi’s still training. Otogi’s bank’s biggest pinch! What will happen?!

An unlikely turn of events it has to be said and I for one am rather excited now! The series is finally reaching its climax now, a good way to start too. Though I have to say, for Onigashima to organise a plan like that must’ve taken quite a bit of planning from them, especially when they’re just a bunch of thugs with rocks for brains. I can quite easily see a clear end to this now. Who else but Ryoushi to the rescue!!

With the start of the climax, there are some new characters. The random guy called Nekomiya Saburou who’s training Ryoushi. He just kinda came out of nowhere, literally. Wonder what’s his relationship with Ryoushi then, doesn’t seem like an enemy though, otherwise he’d be on that van with Ryouko too. Well whoever he is it’s most likely that he’ll make Ryoushi into a man! Actually, just a speculation, but he may have something to do with Ryouko, like he likes her too or something… I’ll wait and see.

And then there’s that girl, Kokonoo Reiko, who has no heart at all. After being treated so nicely by Ryouko her way of repaying her is delivering her to Hitsujikai?! Shame on her! Can’t she tell she’s being used and manipulated? Ringo was right to be suspicious, but all that surveillance was for nought in the end. She even tasered Otsuu, her fan base won’t be happy about that. And that’s why it’s always good to be cautious.

On another topic I thought that their 30% off was quite hilarious. Considering that their loans aren’t exactly values. So 30% off what exactly? Must be fun figuring that out for each unique loan.

Ryouko’s dream makes a return in this episode. I think she obviously wants it to happen… Awww it’d be such a sweet moment if it did. Or something similar would be nice too.

So I am now eagerly waiting for the next episode. What will happen?!