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Episode 1 was great. Momo seemingly being hit on/assaulted by some thug, but apparently that was her boyfriend. Needless to say, they broke up. Momo seems a little like a delinquent, which is interesting and the only reason she dated that dude, was because of him having some vague likeness to Ken Takakura, apparently someone she has a crush one.

Momo comes across an Otaku kid being bullied and he misunderstands as her being interested in the occult. She says some pretty mean shit to him as she's tired of people, but then apologised after seeing how it affected him. She doesn't really like bullies. Turns out she believes in ghosts due to being raised by her grandmother who is a medium. The Otaku doesn't, but does believe in aliens, so they rope each other into investigating aliens/ghosts to disprove the other and prove their beliefs right.

The Otaku ran into some ghost/spirit and ended up being cursed. On the other hand, Momo was abducted by some freak aliens and they tried to rape her to bare offspring. The Otaku interrupted by teleporting through the phone thanks to the grandma overtaking him with the curse giving him some powers. He really wanted to help Momo due to her being the only person to stand up for him, but he was too weak. In the end, Momo kicked ass by following her grandma's advice regarding chakra. Now they're off to confront the spirit/ghost. Turns out the Otaku's name is Ken Takakura and he said one of the phrases that Momo picked up on of the other Ken Takakura.

 

Episode 2 was good. Momo refused to believe that Ken's name was Ken. She refuses to call him that. The curse almost took over again but Momo was able to stop it. The duo ended up going back to Momo's house. When arriving, Ken ended up catching fire due to the curse and protections that Momo's grandmother had up, so she took it down. The grandma is absent too. Due to the talisman being taken off to ward off evil spirits, one ended up ringing the doorbell for evil sprits. Sneaking out the back, they tried to have Ken get out while Momo applied the talisman to the torii gate, but they ended up trapped by the creature. Turns out it was an alien not an evil spirit. Ken got a new form, although is body can't keep up. After a prolonged battle, they managed to pull a win.

 

Episode 3 was good. We were finally introduced to Momo's grandma, Seiko. She's an interesting individual and not what I was expecting. She behaves a lot like Momo. It's funny she doesn't believe in aliens. Thankfully, she was able to deal with the spirit that was possessing Ken for the moment, but it needs Ken and Momo to confront her. Sieko seems pretty strong/good at dealing with spirits. It turns out she's only got her abilities in a certain region, where she borrows the powers from a god of that region. When Momo woke up, the way Seiko said about it, it was made out that Ken was dead. Momo was both relieved and somewhat annoyed/embarrassed to find him alive. Sieko told them that they have to challenge the granny to a race, and pull her too far away form where she gets her power, she she can be taken out. With this, they tried training Ken a bit, but he's a little hopeless. He also really needed to use the bathroom.. When he eventually got there, he was possessed by the spirit who told Momo that she'd kill everyone unless she and Ken challenged her in the tunnel that night.

 

I must've not looked at all LMAO. I will merge then later.

Yeah, bit different. The start is kinda slow, 4 episodes of the granny shit. Reminds me a bit of durarara

 

Episode 4 was good. Finally got done with the granny. The whole opening half was trying to deal with her in the tunnel. She cheated on the counting to 10 minutes, when they thought she'd honour it. Momo and Ken actually had her corned but a giant crab of spirits or something came to her rescue. There was some cat and mouse across town with a bit of destruction. Thanks to breaking a pipe with hot spring water, the crab thing was cooked... it didn't stop there though. Eventually when it seemed like the granny had won, Momo flung them onto a train and with the help of Seiko, they pulled a win. It's not clear if the granny was consoling the spirits of girls assaulted and killed there, or not.

 

Episode 5 was good. Geez, they're so awkward around each other after everything. Firstly, Ken was overthinking talking to Momo. Then when he saw her waiting for the gate at him, assumed she was waiting for someone else so walked by her. The when Momo caught him, and was chatting, he barely answered her due to the nerves. Then they were criticising themselves thinking the other would no longer want to interact with the other over that lol. When it was finally lunch, they both missed each other trying to find the other, even walking basically past each other. Both Momo and Ken had basically given up, then they walked straight into each other, basically kissing, which was caught by Momo's friends. Due to the embarrassment, she went super hard on poor Ken. Later on when Ken was leaving, he bumped into another girl who played nice, but just enjoyed playing with/teasing boys like Ken. Momo heard it, and intervened with her powers and made up with Ken. Turns out, what Ken wanted to tell Momo before, when she shot him down, was he got is shaft back, but not the balls lmao. Turns out the granny was inside him but weak. Momo and Seiko managed to pull her out of him and she ended up cornered due to her power being left inside Ken. Now the next thing will be getting his balls back.

 

Episode 6 was good. Ken's balls are covered in the granny's spiritual energy, which has made them gold. It's off to look for his balls. When Ken got to classed, he was being asked by one of the other's to introduce him to Momo and about the slanderous lies spread about her being an easy person. Ken flipped out with his power, sticking up for her.

Turns out the one who spread the rumour was that girl Momo roughed up, Aira. She thinks she's a demon because of her powers, she took the arms as demon wings. Aira thinks she's been given the gift to see the spiritual due to a golden ball from heaven, being one of Ken's balls. She also mistakes this as her beauty being angelic. Aira plans to save the world from evil, or something like that. She's a bit loopy. Seems she's seeing a spirit in a red dress, and thinks it's Momo's familiar.

Aira confronts Momo, right when she and Ken are going to look for his balls. Momo relents and goes with her. When she's taken to some shady factory, she's attacked in a manner of speaking by Aira and her friends. Ken eventually arrives in time to try and deal with that spirit. Only both Ken and Aira end up eaten, before Momo herself does... Luckily, that crucifix turned out to be a lighter, and so they ended up setting the spirit on fire from the inside, due to some of her hair being eaten too. It's interesting having the granny help too.

 

Episode 7 was good. It was an interesting start, a peak into Acrobatic Silky's human past, which seems like a distressed woman running away or chasing something. She was getting even more worked up about Momo and Ken apparently turning Aira against her. This lead into a bit of a fight/cat and mouse game. Acrobatic Silky's hair got her tied up in what she grabbed which allowed enough time for Momo to hold her and Ken land an apparent finishing blow. With that, they got one of Ken's balls. Apparently, Aira is also dead.

Momo and Ken tried to do CPR but it wouldn't work. Acrobatic Silky ended up having a change of heart and offering up her aura to Aira to revive her. acrobatic Silky went so far as to rip her jaw open to prove she wouldn't/couldn't eat anyone. Momo used her ability to link the two together, which gave her a peak into Acrobatic Sikly's human past. Wasn't expecting it.

Acrobatic Silky was a woman in debt, working multiple jobs, including unsavoury things like sex work, while raising her daughter. It doesn't go into detail how she even got into debt, but she ended up using some money for treats for her daughter, such as shoes and dresses. The men found out when they came to collect money, and brutally wounded her and kidnapped her daughter. She chased after her daughter, but due to her injuries couldn't keep up with them and their get away van. After this, she had nothing to live for, so after a final dance, killed herself. There's no real indication on her daughter, but after this, Aira mistook her for her mother, who passed away. That lead to an obsession as a spirit. Naturally, this brought Momo to tears. Ken thinking that Acrobatic Silky hurt her, went to attack, but Momo called him off. Acrobatic Silky was doomed to go to the void/be erased with seemingly no way to pass on to heaven. But it seems like Aira also shared the memories as she saw her mother in her, which seemingly helped the spirit pass on.

 

Episode 8 was good. Started out with an awkward dinner with Ken, Momo, Aira and Seiko. Seiko seems to be more on Aira's side than Momo's. Seems like Aira is now into Ken. LMAO. Nice for Ken to finally get one of his balls back in place. Ken blows Momo's offer to hang out and look for his other ball due to being busy/doing a report for school. She figured that something was up with him and he wasn't being truthful. Turns out that Ken decided to work out to get stronger to help her. Aira confronted Ken and was trying to kiss him, and they both ended up on the floor in a compromising position, which is what Momo saw, so she was rather angry. The alien's came back and things were a bit of a struggle, but Aira has her own form now from Acrobatic Silky's aura.

 

Episode 9 was good. The battle continued and it was pretty dicey, even with Ken, Momo and Aira. The alien even combined with the other two, turning into a real issue for them. But with some team work, and Momo's thinking about the weakness of the mantis shrimp, they came out on top. Ended up with Ken being naked on top of Momo who was in her underwear at school, along with Aira being in the same state as Momo. Everyone saw them too.

 

Episode 10 was good. The school nurse was introduced, she seems like the bdsm type. She was checking to make sure they weren't being bullied. Momo's friends really easily deduced part of the reason for things. But they were off at the end with the whole nude gladiator match lmao. Aira also owned up to making up the lies about Momo being a whore, when they were all against her for the whole incident of them being stripped. The mantis shrimp alien thing was healed up by Seiko. He's struggling trying to make money for his sick kid. Seems like the problem was solved as their blood is basically milk, so Seiko got a cow for him. Looks like Momo's childhood friend and first crush has turned up.

 

Episode 11 was good. Jin is an interesting character. Seems like a bit of a goof, but also a bit of a playboy. So, he's moving in with Momo and Seiko's house temporarily due to his parents being put in hospital. A bad curse seems to be in their house. They hired prominent spirit mediums in the past, and 3 of them ended up killing themselves. Brutal. Ken also is in his head about Momo and Jin being in love with each other, even though it seems that Momo isn't a fan of his antics. Seiko also seems to be buttered up with the compliments. Seiko won't take the job due to it being out of her jurisdiction and has left it for Momo and Ken.

Jin seems to be a hit at school. Ken also was working out with the intent of leaving Momo alone, but she came to eat with him. Kin turned up, which made him start to leave. A mannequin then barrelled Ken over, and almost took out the other two too. Suspecting it to have Ken's lost ball, Momo swung into action. Ken couldn't keep up with it, and with getting worked up over Jin, transformed to give chase. With some group effort they caught up to it in a dump. It was trying to get back with another mannequin, it's alleged love.

 

Episode 12 was good, but god damn what a shit place to stop with a break. Started out with Ken getting worked up over Momo and Jin interacting. Then, it moved on to the group going to Jin's house. Momo dips in the hotspring while the boys are alone together. They're getting on kicking a ball, then both start fighting over who is in love with Momo and who "wins". Then some creepy old dudes invade the hot spring and are assaulting Momo while Jin and Ken have found a hidden room with talisman all over it and that's where it cuts!!