JMEsther

So Rin’s whole gimmick is that she’s a pop idol. When she first gets her powers, she is given this really tacky, sexualized costume that she hates. This was her main costume for several chapters until her idol power increased, which unlocked her ability to change/upgrade outfits. So now Rin’s new costume is this respectable black suit that is far less sexualized than the original one. Also, it’s black because, presumably, it represents Rin’s love of dark romance (aka vampires).

MVP of the arc goes to Miko and Kei, not that they're not already MVPs for Momo and Okarun's relationship lol. They knew just what to do to get them talking and hanging out. I was totally into ancient Egypt as a kid, so I'm pretty excited for this "mummy man" fight, though neither Okarun nor Momo have their powers... Maybe Momo's powers will awaken here, or she will use the "crime prevention whistle" she got from Sanjome. I've got my eye on you sir!

But back to their date, they're as cute as always 😭 Momo may think she's not interested in the supernatural, but when Okarun explains the theories, she's all ears. The way Okarun explained how aliens use human bodies to live on earth reminds me of the Kito family. Are there other connections like this?

And we have Okarun's confession of love 🥹 He just can't hold it in anymore, poor boy, he needed to answer the question honestly! In Japanese, he says "めっちゃ好きっス" (meccha suki ssu), meccha being slang for really/very/extremely, so the use of totally fits well.

seeing how far he’s come in all this time just warms my heart. okarun started out as someone who was so shy and unsure of himself, and even though he’s still an awkward guy, he is so much more grounded with the new support system he has now.

the thing that makes momo fall for him is that he is just so unabashedly himself. when he’s not trying, he’s charming and sweet and caring and kind. in this chapter, we SEE that!!! when he can just be who he is, we see how interested and intriguing of a person he can be. we see momo engaging with that, smiling at that, listening to him speak.

this is what gives him the courage to come clean about his feelings. he LOVES her, and that’s not something that he feels ashamed of or has to hide. even if it’s scary to admit something like that, he is so secure in who he is and who MOMO is that he’s not afraid to be upfront about it. he DOES love her, and he knows that she loves him, too.

if she’s going to ask, he’s going to be honest. he doesn’t dance around it or try to deflect; he’s being himself. it’s something that’s just so beautiful about okarun as a character. the thing is that he’s never been afraid to tell it like it is, especially when it comes to momo (hence their bickering).

and then it's even worse at school, when seeing that backdoor in her classroom seems to fill her with some emotion she can't quite place...it's not dread exactly, but it's something almost like anxiety...like there's something she's missing. Some part of her that doesn't quite feel complete. At times it's almost like anticipation?

Then she sees that boy, the one with glasses and wild hair who seemed very sweet and a bit shy that morning. The minute she saw him she felt a tug, a connection, something that made no sense to her until Jiji told her they had been good friends. Surely that was what it was.