[Anime] Kämpfer + für die Liebe

- Kaede giving those evil slit-eyes. Looks good.
- I can see Shizuku not trusting Kaede one bit in the series since she saw Kaede's house full of the Entrail animals. It only reinforced her belief either Sakura is behind all the fighting, or worse, she's the Moderator. She deployed Natsuru as the bait and had Akane act as an "observer" on Kaede. Oh, it's also a possibility she knew about Kaede's sneaky smile to the three passers-by White Kampers.
- I believe Hitomi Minakawa (the one using the green energy bolt balls) is the de facto leader of the Whites when Kaede's not around.
- The Whites didn't try to harm Natsuru since according to them, "she is important". Guess that's a hint Natsuru will be manipulated by next episode. But as the rule of "the hero of the series will overcome obstacles", I believe he will lodge a big-ass wrench right deep into Kaede's plans sometime in episodes 10 and 11. The 12 will be in for some serious fighting, if it is.
- The Messengers taking a bath? Cool. And also mentioning the Moderator... it seems to me they're the amused spectators here - no help, all watch.
- The Gurren Lagann reference was cool. As if the Jigoku Shoujo reference last episode wasn't enough ^_^
- Shizuku kissing Natsuru again, for the third time, IN FRONT OF ALL. And the "unrequitted love" was a good touch. Also, the tongue. That's why I like her.
- Oh, so Kaede has a mind-control ability (not that strong since Natsuru had some freedom on his speech).
- I think Shizuku already picked up on Kaede's... not anymore suspicion, but in firm belief already. Notice the prolonged thought she had after Kaede took Natsuru outside.
- Next episode, expect inner Kaede to use Natsuru to the fullest... muddle things up, make conflicts, and judging from the preview, try and violate Shizuku. Pretty interesting plot development, though I feel they're rushing it too hard. Rush is no good.

So I got a few topics in mind after 9. Told you it's a reveal episode.

- So Kaede is the person Midori Kuzuhara reports to. Remember that rogue Red Kampfer in the first few episodes?
- It's a possibility Kaede manipulated Natsuru from the very beginning he became a Kampfer to blindly like her. It's a good chance.

I do hope there's a deeper connection to why Sakura can manipulate Natsuru. Otherwise, it will just seem like total BS. It makes sense for the Whites since they are slutty lesbians getting rewarded. I can only think that Natsuru is supposed to be Sakura's "knight".

Shizuku's IQ dropped:
"I want to fuck you."
"I'll let you even though you are totally not acting like yourself and we all know how devoted you are to Sakura on top of it."

Funny:
"Why did you choose me?"
"Because someone told me to."
Burned.

I am also reminded of the little argument between Akane, Mikoto, and Shizuku. Akane and Mikoto talk about how perfect Shizuku is, and then Shizuku basically says that she's actually been holding back.

- Oh, so Sakura's hypnotism is event-triggered? LOL programmable.

- So the girls enjoy playing with Natsuru's boobs in the bath ^_^

- On the previews, the 3 non-Sakura-infatuated girls face off against a hypnotized Natsuru (I think so). It's a nice plot shove, and hopefully it'll be the episode where Natsuru finally drops his infatuation with Sakura. HOPEFULLY.

- Sakura whispering nastily to Shizuku was the bomb, it even caught Shizuku off-guard. But it served as her confirmation: she's her greatest enemy besides the Moderator. Or if Sakura IS the Moderator, she solely is.

- LOL the 4 White Kampfers... with a sinister-looking Sakura in a dark-lit room. I wonder - is there any reward whatsoever to the winner of this Battle Royal-like fighting? As if they're anticipating a reward. Interesting.

- I smell something weird with Sakura though. First, her "inner evil bitch" self can come out at will. So I wonder - is she like that from the start (basically an observer) or this other self just came out recently after episode 5? Basically it's like orchestrating. I just hope the next three episodes show a little reason for her motivation to do so. God I think too much ^_^ Forgive my ramblings if they're too much.

- Shizuku was like *tsk* when she realized that Natsuru hypno-induced to have sex with her could probably her only chance of getting him to willingly make love to her. Missed chance though, but there's always next time ^_^ But it's shown that she's willing to have sex with Natsuru for reasons other than having somebody order him to do so. She forgives him with a kiss.

- Mikoto's love is obvious in this episode - but she didn't go for the jugular. Oh well, next time.