Chained Soldier – 10 – Caught in the Middle

Naon tells Yuuki the story of how she was just an ordinary human model doing a shoot when she ended up in the middle of a Mato mishap. She tasted a peach, which then went haywire, and the next thing she knew she was a captive research subject of the Onmyou Bureau slowly transforming into a shuuki. It was cruel, inhumane ordeal that makes her desire for revenge valid.

But that validity begins and ends at the Onmyou Bureau, and the people who hurt her directly. It should not extend to the entire human bureaucracy in Mato, including the Demon Defense Force. And yet, despite Yuuki’s protests, Naon, Coco, and his big sis are itching for a fight, alongside their hulking monster familiars.

Kyouka, Tenka, and the others arrive outside Aoba & Co.’s cave, and Yachiho uses Golden Hour to instantly defeat all the small fry. She and Himari take on Naon’s weapon-wielding spider-like familiar, while Shushu and Sahara face off against Coco and her bear-like familiar.

The melee abilities of our wrestler girls are a poor match for Coco’s ability to make herself slimy and slippery, and her familiar’s near-invincibility. Yachiho’s Golden Hour ends up working on the spider monster, but it used itself as a diversion so Naon could ambush Himari with Yachiho too far away to help.

Meanwhile, Kyouka successfully tracks down Yuuki, and I love the way Tenka wordlessly opens a portal, walks through, nabs Yuuki, then walks back and waves to Aoba. Kyouka still owes Yuuki a reward, so she starts sucking and licking his fingers. Tenka joins in despite not under the effects of any contract, because a.) she must feel left out and b.) she really is into Yuuki.

When Aoba finds them and rushes at the girls, Yuuki stands between them and halts her attack. He tells Kyouka and Tenka about Aoba and the other humanoids’ circumstances, and how they’re victims to. Kyouka promises that the Onmyou Bureau will pay for what they did, but Aoba doesn’t trust her. Tempers flare, and Aoba ends up tying Yuuki up with her hair so that he’ll be out of harm’s way while she fights Kyouka and Tenka.

Kyouka ends up taking on Aoba’s Unihorn familiar, making Tenka Aoba’s first opponent. When Tenka introduces herself as Yuuki’s girlfriend, it enrages Aoba (who is a bit of a brocon) that much more, hopefully to throw her off balance.

With Naon and Coco in firm control of their battles against the others and the mysterious Shikoku ready to make a big move, things are really starting to heat up. But don’t get it twisted: the show remains committed to tossing in as much ecchi content as it can.

Rating: 4/5 Stars