Homura becomes hot and bothered around Minato. Warning: some screen caps not save for work. That's the way to start off a party. Don't be such a party-pooper, Homura. Summary: Uzume attempts to deactivate Kazehana but changes her mind when Kazehana starts talking about Uzume's dedication to her Ashikabi. Uzume then leaves the inn and skips Minato's "welcome back" party. To get more participants, Minato invites Kagari who attends. However during the party Minato starts to get on Kagari's nerves even though Minato isn't doing anything out of the ordinary. Kagari abruptly leaves the party, and Minato wonders if he has made Kagari mad somehow. Why so scared? Kazehana, Musubi, and Tsukiumi wouldn't even notice those comparatively tiny man-boobs of yours. Back in his room, Kagari struggles with his bodily reactions and realizes he might be reacting to Minato. Kagari tries to forget about things by taking a nap, but he has a nightmare where he is taunted by Minaka. Kagari wakes up and decides to take a bath to cool down. While alone in the bath, Kagari remembers that Takehito and Takami told him that his body and power will be unstable until he is winged by an Ashikabi. While Kagari is pondering what to do, Musubi, Tsukiumi and Kazehana suddenly enters the room, prompting Kagari to let out a bloody-curdling scream. The three female Sekirei stay outside of the bath, but Kagari doesn't want them to see his body and is therefore trapped inside the tub. At least Minato doesn't have to worry about studying for his exams anymore. Meanwhile, Minato's party has finished, and Minato suddenly realizes he hasn't been keeping up with his studies. To help Minato out, Matsu gives Minato an aptitude test based on Tokyo U's entrance exams. Minato finishes the test without much difficulty, and Matsu is surprised that Minato has answered all the questions correctly. Matsu realizes that Minato's problem is with his nerves and not his brain, and she encourages Minato to have more confidence in himself (or she can always change his scores by hacking into the servers). NSFW screenshot of the day that has nothing to do with the story at hand. At this moment, all the Ashikabis in the city receive a text message from Minaka in whcih Minaka announces that the last unwinged Sekirei is in the northern part of the city. At the inn, Matsu explains that the message will trigger a free-for-all for the last Sekirei, but she encourages Minato to go after this last Sekirei. Matsu blurts out that the last Sekirei is actually nearby, but she quickly retreats back into her room in fear of being barbecued. Meanwhile, Kagari finally manages to escape from the bath but he is feeling hot and bothered. Kagari bumps into the Minato in the hallway. Minato is surprised by Kagari's soft chest and Kagari almost kisses Minato but ends up knocking him out with a punch. Kagari gets the notion that everything is Minato's fault and thinks about killing Minato, and uncontrollably flames appear in his right hand. Before anything more can happen, Minato and Kagari are doused by Tsukiumi who heard the commotion outside. The water seems to cool off Kagari a little, and Kagari realizes that he should be going after Minaka instead. It's sure getting hot in here... ... but Tsukiumi is here to cool things back down. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ After spending three weeks to steer the story back to the manga material, ~Pure Engagement~ has gotten down to business with the story of Homura's winging. This episode is just set up though, so there is not much in the way of action or excitement (unless you count Seo's in-bed scene with Hikari). Most of it was Homura feeling icky and hot around Minato which is amusing but not much to talk about. The real action will begin next week when Homura leaves the inn and walks right into an open season featuring himself as everyone's target. Given the preview to next week's episode, I think the mini-arc regarding the free-for-all for Homura will last at least four more episodes, probably more. Hopefully the anime won't move as slowly as the manga, or at least provide enough original material to keep us entertained. The Homura mini-arc is fairly long, but I don't think there's enough material to go until the end of a 12-13 episode season, so I'm still wondering how much material this season of Sekirei anime will cover up to. From the feed of A Product of Wasted Time
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