tl;dr

The Story Itself

• I like how Misora managed to bait out Alshat
• The dynamic between Misora and Hatsune is pretty nice. With them both being PSI users.
• Makoto felt like the weakest character here.

Difficulty

• Nothing much. Perfect comprehension.

The Story Itself

Out with it, Alshat

At first, it seemed like Misora is simply playing wingman (wingwoman?) for Yui. Going shopping for clothes together, looking for gifts together, strategizing the date and all that. However, after each night, Yui is shown to grow more and more restless. Yui being Yui, it looked like she's just growing more and more nervous at the thought of spending the Christmas with KSKN, but there's more to it...

Before I go on any further, I'd like to point out how the story tried to put a humorous spin on it at first. With KSKN thinking Yui was sick and taking her to the hospital. It's a good choice for the story not to go full serious mode at the start, it helps with the pacing and being a Christmas story, it SHOULDN'T be 100% serious anyway.

During the day of the date, Misora, Hatsune and Makoto all stalk KSKN and Yui to see how's their date is going. It's going well at first, with KSKN being more perceptive and noticing Yui's new makeup, Yui taking the initiative and buying matching merchs for the two, and making snowmen together and having them look like they were kissing because some kid bumped into it. Unfortunately, Misora isn't quite satisfied with this kind of date. Not bold enough, perhaps? Misora decides to take matters into her own hands and pushes Yui into KSKN with her PSI, only for Hatsune to counter. In the end, KSKN ends up holding Yui, at the cost of her gift rolling away. Suddenly...

Dorururun....

Misora wasn't quite satisfied because she needed the date to be steamy enough for Alshat to come out. At last, the reason why Yui has been getting restless is revealed, it was because of Alshat all along! Makoto gets mad at Misora for using Yui as bait. Sadly, Alshat gets her way with Yui. Alshat blows Yui a kiss and puts Yui into a deep slumber. KSKN, Misora and Hatsune jump into Yui's dream while Makoto stands by to cover for them.

I always thought Misora to be a carefree, careless girl. After all, her preferred weapon is a minigun where the entire playstyle is to shoot as much shit as possible without much care hoping for SOME bullets to land. This story reveals that she has some tactical acumen in that incredibly messed up head of hers. She was perceptive enough to see Yui not being herself, and the fact that she immediately suspected that it was outside force at work also reveals that Misora has some trust in Yui.

Two Different Kinds of PSI Users

You know how all PSI users are always abused in experiments one way or another except for Hatsune? All she does is float around sleeping. Well, this story finally gives an interaction between two very different PSI users.

In episode 2, the group is walking around town looking for gifts. Hatsune got Shiori and reading pillow with a built-in warmer and Yui got a glass ornament with a pattern portraying two birds that symbolizes eternal love. Things are going well until the group notices a kid under the Christmas tree about to be hit in the head by a falling decoration.

Hatsune saves the kid by moving the decoration out of the way with her PSI. However, now Misora knows that Hatsune also has PSI...

She then falls asleep because that's her PSI's drawback and the group decided to call it a day.

In episode 3, Hatsune uses her PSI again to counter Misora's PSI. However, this time Hatsune is the one that notices that Misora has the same powers as hers,

These foreshadowings pay off in episode 5. When the two finally secure KSKN's safety, the two immediately starts "continue fighting". A flashback then reveals that they were in a truce to rescue KSKN and Yui. When they landed in Yui's dream, they were in a tavern and the people around kept spouting how KSKN and Yui would make for the perfect couple. It got so rowdy that they had to run away and KSKN disappeared somehow on the way out of the tavern, hence why he needed rescuing in the first place.

After managing to shake off the mob, Hatsune used this opportunity to ask Misora about her PSI. Does she feel sleepy after using her powers? Misora answered that she doesn't, but she does feel an intense itch behind her left eye because of her powers, perhaps different PSI users experience different drawbacks? Wait a second...

Did Misora actually gouge her eye out in real life because of this itch? Creepy...

Misora then brought up that perhaps she's simply more used to her powers and that's why she doesn't feel sleepy. Misora then asked Hatsune what she thinks about how much one must train to get used to PSI. Hatsune guessed using PSI everyday for 365 days would be enough. Misora then reveals that it took her using her powers from dawn to dusk everyday without any breaks, with the real breaks she gets only during the time she faints from exhaustion.

This entire exchange culminates in the two fighting over on how to escape Yui's dream. Misora wants to simply kill everyone in it, since they're not real anyway, while Hatsune wants to find out a way to deal with things without violence somehow. This was a great way to show how the two PSI user contrasts with each other. Their different upbringings result in different ways of thinking, and the story presented this point through their spat really well. Misora and Hatsune are definitely this event's strongest written characters.

Makoto...

One part I like about Makoto in this event that she actually gave her idea of a perfect date according to her. She wants a skiing date in a remote area where the slope is steeper so KSKN would keep tripping enabling her to keep helping him up allowing for more contact, followed by a break time where Makoto would spoonfeed KSKN her homemade lunch. By this point, Makoto's character of "tomboy that actually likes doing feminine things" is already super obvious to the audience, but I'm still glad it's still consistent to her character. Yui and Misora are surprised by the revelation, but the audience shouldn't.

The part I don't like is how Makoto was completely uninvolved in the climax of the story, that is when the group goes inside Yui's dream. The justification makes sense, Makoto needs to keep watch just in case Alshat comes back. But Alshat...just didn't. I think the story would've been better if Alshat did come back and forced Makoto to actually defend her friends. You could make it so that Alshat is hindering the team's progress in the dream world from outside so that Makoto is both forced to fight AND contribute to the team even when in not in the dream.

Next, I would say how Yui is also pretty weak in this story, but she's kinda the victim in all this, so I guess it's a bit understanable. Maybe Misora and Hatsune just shone too bright in this story.

Difficulty

This section is pretty empty nowadays. 100% (877/877) comprehension.

That's all for this blogpost. See ya on the next one.

I want to be a victim, too...

Notes

Prologue:

• story takes place a little after alshat's attack
• misora is helping yui buy clothes for her date with kskn
• misora suggests something sexier, already asking for a date might as well go all out
• flashback
• yui is shopping
• notices all the couples, realizes it's almost christmas
• shopkeeper asks where her bf is
• huh?!
• huh, not bf huh?
• done, yui walks away, sees couple flirting
• christmas reminds me of kskn...wish we could spend time together
• your wish is my command!
• misora wants to help yui to look cool, yui gets help, win win
• back to present
• yui can't choose
• misora forces her to pick between cute and bold
• still can't choose
• misora starts counting down
• yui pussies out
• they talk outside, realize they need to strategize.

Episode 1:

• strategizing
• makoto comes in, shocked at misora
• misora explains she's only trying to help yui
• oh yeah? show me an example of a good date then
• sure
• first, walk around town where no one knows the two
• intentionally trip and fall into kskn's arms
• then, have a drink on the way
• indirect kiss!
• then, in the inn, only one bed. need to sleep together because cold
• makoto and yui stop misora from going on
• now misora asks makoto her idea of a good date
• makoto invites kskn to ski
• kskn jobs at skiing, makoto catches her
• slope here is steeper, but less people
• after skiing, eat homemade lunch
• misora is surprised makoto's that kind of girl
• also spoonfeed kskn
• yui be like wtf
• well there you go, my idea of a date
• you know, talking like this is pointless if you don't go with kskn in the end
• go with me where? kskn shows up
• this is your chance yui!
• yui says she wants kskn to go somewhere with her
• she says that her body feels hot and her heart won't stop pounding
• oh no! let's go to the doctor
• they go to the doctor and get the understanding cleared
• the meeting is done
• makoto confronts misora, the former still doubts the latter
• misora wishes to be friends with yui, but in the end realizes the two are way too different
• so she wants to be her cupid
• in the end, makoto chooses to believe misora because yui believes in her
• meanwhile, yui is dreaming about kskn
• she feels hot as usual, but now it's kinds different.

Episode 2:

• misora asks yui what's needed in a christmas date
• night sky?
• no, presents!
• what present would you want to give kskn?
• giving yourself as the present is an option too you know, all you need is erotic underwear
• wtf?!
• kskn and hatsune show up
• hatsune is looking for a present for shiori
• yui asks hatsune to come along, hatsune doesn't mind helping yui find a present
• kskn asks yui what present she'd like
• obviously she can't say him, so she lies and says a glass ornament
• yui notices the 2 birds pattern
• kskn says it's pretty too
• misora notices yui has figured it out
• shopkeep says the 2 birds represent love, wow what a coincidence!
• yui buys it
• misora asks what present hatsune bought for shiori
• a warm knee pillow, can use it while reading
• wow that's such a perfect gift for her
• i know right...wait, is that christmas tree deco falling on that kid!?
• use psi to move it out
• kid is okay, but misora notices that hatsune also has psi powers
• the group goes home because hatsune is tired
• at home, yui is dreaming of giving kskn the ornament
• misora is monitoring her
• misora is also mildly annoyed at hatsune for also being into kskn

Episode 3:

• the day of the date has come
• misora is watching from the back
• meets hatsune and makoto, ask them to watch
• the world is fucked up, might need to give them some time off. this time off being the date
• kskn is more perceptive, noticed yui's new makeup
• yui is more assertive, bought matching merch
• build snowmen, yui's got bumped by some kids, looks like it's kissing kskn's
• end of date, yui is about to give kskn his present
• misora feels she's not being bold enough, might not get another chance since the world is fucked up
• misora pushes yui with psi
• hatsune notices the psi, tries to fix her back up
• in the end, the present is gone, but kskn is now indeed holding yui
• yui feels strange
• just as the two are about to get intimate, misora starts shooting
• alshat shows up, she's why yui's been feeling strange
• makoto is pissed at misora for using yui as bait
• misora doesn't care, she only wants to piss of vision empress above all

Episode 4:

• misora came back to astrum after jobbing to vision empress
• saw yui passing by, feels strange
• so that's why she decided to watch over yui for a bit, but didn't expect alshat to be the culprit
• alshat gets her way with yui, wishpered to her, acknowledged that she started redive, kisses her
• yui faints
• alshat runs away
• they decide to go into yui's dream to deal with this
• makoto stands by their sleeping bodies
• in the dream, they're in the restaurant
• it's pretty normal, they order food, yui is serving
• suddenly, misora says yui and kskn would make a great couple
• hatsune agrees
• both of them didn't realize what they were saying
• see around, everyone are shipping yui and kskn
• the mob chases the group out

Episode 5:

• kskn is suddenly gone
• taken to a heaven-like area
• yui shows up, wearing the sweater with the heart-shaped cleavage hole
• kskn asks what's up with that
• yui doesn't know, already wearing that when waking up
• yui tries to fuck kskn
• kskn notices that it's not yui
• it's alshat
• alshat tries to go for kskn
• hatsune and misora bust in and rescue kskn
• alshat doesn't seem to chase
• suddenly, hatsune and misora start fighting
• continue fighting, according to the latter
• flashback
• when they were running from the mob, they lost kskn and end up in front of nightmare
• take a break
• hatsune asks if misora has the same powers as hers
• yes
• hatsune asks if misora also gets sleepy
• no. probably because misora is used to using her powers
• although she gets an itch behind her eyes, it's bad enough she wants to gouge her eyes out
• misora asks hatsune how much does it take for one to get used to psi
• using it everyday?
• no. you use it for dawn to dusk, without stopping, and only having real breaks when you faint
• huh???
• mob catches up
• misora wants to just kill them all, doesn't matter since they're not real
• hatsune disagrees
• back to present
• hatsune asks kskn to come up with a way to stop this without destryoing everythign
• kskn remembers using imagination to move to oedo

Episode 6:

• yui making out in her dreams
• starts thinking about other girls
• suddenly, went outside
• misora and hatsune are making out with kskn
• turns out, this is what they thought would distrupt yui's dream
• fake kskn lures yui into being with him forever
• yui rejects the convenient world
• alshat is disappointed
• alshat gives the group a monster to beat up
• the group beats up the monster
• yui fainted because of stress, hatsune goes to sleep from using her power too much
• misora apologizes to yui, for today and everything else

Epilogue:

• since the present was broken, they go look for another one
• hard to look for a replacement
• misora suggests a more bold present, a kiss
• yui goes awawawa as usual
• misora, tired of this shit, sends the three to an area where they can't leave without kissing
• yui brings up that kskn can also kiss misora to leave because she's also a girl
• you get the option to put kanon back in her slate, i took it
• you get to pick
• can't pick both, misora calls you greedy
• pick yui: she shies out at the end
• pick misora: she really does go for it and intentionally loosens her clothes so that they'd fall off. yui covers misora's tits with her scarf
• misora was like it's ok he won't see it because we'd be kissing
• despite misora's extreme approach, yui still really is grateful to misora
• again, misora just says she wants to piss off the empress
• they go back to the real world
• hatsune and makoto wonder where the three have been
• oh no biggie, i just kidnapped them
• huh!?
• btw, i've been good haven't i? i deserve a reward too
• misora grabs kskn and runs off with him
• yui gives chase
• post credit
• alshat comes home and reports that she fucks up
• vision empress doesn't mind, as long as she managed to sow chaos, she did her job
• alshat notices that vision empress didn't eat her cake. plans to give it to freyja and friends, while also offering her own "cake"
• vision empress turns her down
• aw, but can we at least decorate this castle? it looks like shit
• sure, as an admin, holding seasonal events for the players is important
• even more important because her turn will come soon...