DCSS 06

I'm know I'm doing an injustice to DCSS 05 by not blogging. After all it was the most enjoyable Aishia-centric ep by far and an important development for her character. "Junichi" is a HUGE improvement over "goshujin-sama" and I'm already partially to Aishia because of the loli-sweetness that accompanied her "Junichi". I do however have one petty gripe which was that empty-can-hit-wasp-nest scene; a scene that probably caused Sir Issac Newton to turn 30 times in his grave and invoked a public outcry against the animators' physics teachers. As usual, I digress. I'm skipping ep 05 because 06 COMPELS me to blog.

*Spoilers....

I was totally thrown off by Nemu's sudden return. As much as I loved her return and applaud FEEL for making her even more babelicious than in Season 1 (no, I don't have a nurse-con or anything equivalent unless you count meido), it just didn't make good sense for Nemu to come back so early in the story. For this viewer, one of the marks of a good harem series is the ability to generate powerful drama as fuelled by intense rivalry borne of the girls' deep affections vying for the protagonist's love (that is why I enjoyed both DC and Kiminozo immensely). Therein lies the problem with Nemu's premature return: There is no one, not even the perfect Kotori, who can contend seriously with her for Junichi. With poor competition, there can be little hope for the same heart-wrenching (but very excellent) drama as Season 1. For this very reason, I sincerely hope that Nemu doesn't stick around for too long. Don't get me wrong, I love every minute of Nemu's screentime but her early appearance and continual presence would render the rest of the harem girls, especially Kotori, obselete and thus severely upset the series.

However, we do have hope because it has been mentioned that Nemu hasn't graduated from nursing school and seemed only to be present in aid of the school's medical check. Plus I want to believe that Aishia/Kotori will remain the leads of this season (given DCSS's publicity so far). If so, Nemu's brief stint at the school would serve as a powerful plot-tool to further Kotori/Junichi's relationship, now that Kotori realises the cruel reality of her less-than-ideal-place in Junichi's heart. Aishia would be critical in all these since she represents the magical element in the story and can provide the the necessary environment for Kotori/Junichi's relationship to grow. (Yes, we all know that Kotori is too gentle/pure/kind to be aggressively ripping Junichi off Nemu and any development has to be mostly circumstantial rather than Kotori-initiated) Personally I thought the very essence of Sakura (Season 1) is now imbued in the two persons of Kotori (love component- the challenger) and Aishia (magical component- the incomplete mage). Hopefully, Aishia can aid Kotori to challenge Nemu sufficiently in the latter parts of the series as Sakura did in season 1 so as the inject the same intense dramatic angst that made DCS1 one of my favourite harem series.

2 days to more Nemu/Kotori goodness.

Related posts:

1. DCSS 07
2. DCSS 01
3. DCSS 02