The episode commences with Momo, Akane’s friend, coming to her house and restocking her refrigerator with food and other necessities.
She shows her deepest regrets for not being able to help Akane in her dire situation when she needed her the most.
However, Akane reassures Momo of her improving health and mentions how Yamada was so helpful and kind enough and took care of her throughout the night.
Listening to Akane rambling about how Yamada helped her and showed such great hospitality towards her despite them being relatively new in their friendship evokes concern in Momo for Akane.
A young guy helping a girl, that too, throughout the night, simply for the sake of newly born friendship, seems strange to Momo.
Momo acknowledges that Yamada is a good guy and he has no ill intentions towards Akane. As far as she has known him through Akane, he seems to be a genuine and kind-hearted guy.
Still, it bothers Momo as Akane has recently gone through a heartbreak, and she doesn’t want anything or anyone to hurt her anymore.
She is sure of it that Akane is not going to fall in love again shortly, which soothes her anxiety a little bit and lessens her concern regarding her dearest friend.
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In the meantime, Akane spends the entire day cooped in her room. Out of monotony, she logs into the game, hoping to find someone online.
Rurihime and the new guild member, Tsubaki, are already in the game, and Akane joins them.
Akane is exhilarated to meet the new member. She introduces herself and soon engages in a conversation with her. She didn’t take much to gel in with her, all thanks to her extrovert characteristics.
Akane gives her some heads up regarding the game, and soon they confront a monster in the game. They work together to combat it. This brings them closer while they try to communicate and coordinate in the game.
Unfortunately, the monster was not an easy one, and hence they failed miserably in attacking and killing it.
Akane’s Growing Feelings for Yamada and How do his recent gestures impact her emotions?
Talking about the “brutal Demetal” from the game provides Akane with an opportunity to give Yamada a call. She enquires him about that monster and how to defeat it, but the actual reason behind the call is the deep urge to listen to Yamada’s voice.
From this, we can sense that Akane is gradually falling in love with Yamada. It’s not just this time; even earlier, we have seen Akane going all red while blushing for any small thing Yamada did for her.
The last night, when she was in such a vulnerable state and how gently and kindly he took care of her served as the last hit on the nail.
All these gestures of Yamada had a deep-seated effect on Akane. Initially, she neglected the feelings cause she was trying to move on from her recent breakup. She could not bring herself to love anyone else any sooner.
But slowly, the feelings happen to go out of hand, and Akane is too flustered to entangle the mesh of feelings she was experiencing for Yamada.
Unable to solve the unseen equation of emotions, the realisation of her taking a liking for Yamada and fancying him is so sudden that she reaches out to her friend Momo and they decide to meet and have a face-to-face conversation.
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I love this last scene between them and yamadas little chuckles. Wholesome❤️ pic.twitter.com/6cLzYJWdcj
— Mars. (@AwayOnMarss00__) June 3, 2023
Tsubaki’s subtle confession: What was her actual intention to join the Game?
In the middle of this, Ririhime and Tsubaki have a conversation where Tsubaki confesses her true motive behind joining the game. Rurihime motivates her and encourages her to make the first move.
From this subtle confession of Tsubaki, we can assume that she was in love with Yamada all this time despite her efforts to subdue the feelings.
Love has its own way of defying rationality and warnings. It often leads us to develop strong emotions for the individual we may consider to be not the right one.
Despite Tsubaki’s conscious reminders to herself not to fall for Yamada, her attempts to suppress her emotions have proven ineffective every time.
Love has the potential to be a strong force that transcends our intentions and resists our efforts to control it. The pull of feelings and attractions may be difficult to withstand, especially when our hearts are involved.
Many people who have discovered themselves falling for someone they once thought they shouldn’t relate to Tsubaki’s situation. In life, it frequently happens that the heart pursues its own wants instead and clouds our rationality.
Tsubaki may have felt a variety of things, from yearning and longing to frustration and internal conflict.
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Akane and Momo meet at the cafe, where Akane asks her if she has any major flaws in her. If at all she has any, Akane is willing to work on it so that history does not repeat itself.
But Akane is such a pure soul, and maybe having no drawbacks is one of her major flaws. She is perfect in her own way, and she must have someone to make her feel the same way. She deserves the kind of love where she is accepted the way she is and does not get dumped because of her loyalty and innocence.
While having the conversation, soon they are interrupted by a couple of guys. These guys were on a group date with Momo last night.
Since the boys were being very touchy and super pesky, Momo left right away. And now, coincidentally, they meet at the cafe, making it super awkward for Momo and Akane.
Even at the cafe, they did not stop with their obtrusive behaviour, invading their personal space despite being unwanted and unwelcome.
To their surprise, the waiter who took their order was none but Akane’s guild master, Eita Sasaki.
He tries to persuade the guys to move to the other table and not cause any inconvenience to the customers.
While the guys are stubborn and still taking his request of Sasaki lightly, he immediately deepens his voice, and the mood takes a serious turn. The boys understood the graveness of the situation and left for another table.
The fact that Akane knows better and more handsome guys than Momo takes her by surprise. She admits that the game she plays has dreamier boys than the boys from her group dates.
We see Akane and Momo waiting for Sasaki outside the cafe. That there is something Akane wants to confide in him implies that she must have something that can only be helped by Eita and nobody else.
Does that mean Akane will be consulting Eita regarding the feelings she is beginning to harbour for his best friend, Yamada?
The episode ends right at that moment, leaving us on a cliffhanger and giving us the freedom to speculate what might happen in the following episodes.
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