#( dorian.)

He then somehow makes her Dark Princess on the spot (I thought it was just a vision at first, but it became clear that it was not); she sits on a throne in a castle with Rumi and Dorian bowing before her and Baku beside her dressed like a prince, with Mari Land’s military backing them up.

Of course, it doesn’t take long for Kuromi to adjust; with an “Ohoho!” she proclaims that the kingdom is hers now, and it shall henceforth be named Kuromi Land. She also proclaims Baku the new cabinet minister, to his delight (and Dorian’s dismay). "Of course,” Kuromi tells Dorian, “You’re fired.”

Her next step is to make all men hunks by decree, which causes them all to have hair and clothes like Hiiragi. Most of them are happy about their magic makeover; Dorian, Flat, and Risu/Squirrel are visibly upset, though. Piano is so astonished that she speaks intelligibly for once: “Pokkiri-baa!” Basically, “In the blink of an eye-baah!” (Except for Dorian, they all were at some kind of outdoor dance event, so we can see that the effect is on all the men in the country, not just the ones near Kuromi). Kuromi then takes great pleasure in bossing her new army of hunks around (getting them to fan her, bring her juice, etc).

After that we’re taken to Rumi’s point of view; she’s very concerned, and we see a vision of the earth being overtaken by wisps of dark energy.

The people within the dark zones seem pretty happy, though, engaging in their selfish desires.

Queen Rumi recruits Uta and My Melody to stop Kuromi, and they agreed, though tbh I don’t see why. Giving My Melody’s guy friends a haircut they don’t like is not nearly as bad as imprisoning a child, so this regime is doing a better job than Rumi’s so far (even though Rumi did get the popular vote). We also see that Kuromi’s 5 and Baku’s whole family are enjoying a big feast, which is heartening.

The queen goes to confront Kuromi, who defeats her by thrusting dark energy at her; the dark energy puts her in a fantasy of a much-cooler-than-real-life Zou/Elephant declaring that she’s not her only love. She’s so into it that she no longer puts up a fight. A bloodless coup!

Unfortunately, Uta and My Melo show up to defeat Kuromi. Hilariously, the helper My Melody summons this time is... a younger, smaller version of Kuromi who still adores My Melo, and tells her bigger self that it’s wrong to do “bad things" and punches her over and over with her tiny fists.

Kuromi (internally): It doesn’t hurt at all, but my heart’s in pain.