Chapter 87: Clearly the lead actor, but playing a supporting role

[Even though it’s spraying common objects, why is it so disgusting?]

[Belt beam buckle!]

[Damn, the destructive power]

The jet stream from the abdomen of the Tunjiti in the anime is even more shocking than seeing it with your own eyes.

Jiang Jian Yue felt a pang in her heart—she should’ve been able to acquire that skill.

Although the prerequisites are a bit… bizarre.

But the power is great, and there’s a beauty in strength—a strong force naturally makes up for aesthetics.

[Did Emi’s Insect Blade get bigger]

[Pervert]

Jiang Jian Yue’s hands were severed by the Cutting Space Chains, and blood sprayed out like a B-grade movie, without restraint.

[Isn’t this a bit too gory]

[Since when did Rui Station become so daring?]

[Human stick pervert]

[The auditors love it too]

[Brothers, I really like this one]

The audience noticed that this series had fewer censored parts, especially with more PG13 scenes in this episode.

According to Rui Station’s usual style, there should’ve been mosaics or extra clothes added to characters.

After Jiang Jian Yue’s arms were cut off, Yuki Asahi in the frame was engulfed in a faint black-purple aura of rage.

Because there’s always a slight difference between what you see with the naked eye and what’s depicted in the anime, Jiang Jian Yue couldn’t be sure if it was an ability mutation or just the animation style.

Let’s just consider it a rage mode.

The reason the Noodle Shop collapsed was because the Tunjiti cut through its load-bearing structure right before dying.

Yuki Asahi protected her at the moment of collapse.

After a transition, the scene shifted to Special Response Japan arriving for rescue.

The Blue-Haired Boy made his second appearance.

He had brushed past Yuki Asahi in earlier episodes, and had even spoken with the Silver-Haired Man among that group.

By looking up unfamiliar names in the episode’s voice cast, it was deduced that his name should be “Xin” or “Shi”—all the codenames for Curtain Cluster are so chuunibyou.

[Yuki is so cool]

[How did her hand recover?]

[Is this a BUG?]

[Why does this smoke look like Devourer G’s?]

The barrage of doubts flashed by, quickly replaced by attention on other things.

Finally, by the end of the episode, Yuki Asahi finally confessed.

[Hey! Are you sure you want to confess while not wearing any clothes?!]

[99]

[The confession happened? This is only episode eight!]

[This is progressing faster than any romance anime]

[It’s over, Kaori is completely out of the running]

[Don’t rush, the OP already explained everything]

[Don’t make Sister Yue laugh]

In the OP, Jiang Jian Yue is clearly not on the main character’s side—a Damocles Sword hanging over the Emi faction.

No one knows Jiang Jian Yue’s true purpose, or whether she’s really the “her.”

Currently, mainstream community opinion is divided into three factions.

The most widespread is the mastermind faction—they believe Jiang Jian Yue and the Dawn Resources Group behind her are mid-to-late-stage antagonists, possibly even the main culprits behind GPRI’s destruction during the Crimson Plan.

The second is the possession faction: that a small Knife Tip Worm possessed the original Jiang Jian Yue, which is why she seems to know everything.

It’s not like she could’ve known so much just by watching weekly updates at her computer, right?

The third is the early-stage split personality faction.

This viewpoint relies solely on the OP, as if hinting at a split personality.

There’s no evidence of a second personality in the main story, and most of the arguments are just speculation.

Despite Jiang Jian Yue’s rapidly warming relationship with Yuki Asahi in the main story, viewers still subconsciously stay wary of Jiang Jian Yue—even when watching Shokugeki, they suspect it’s a witch’s ploy.

Therefore, in the community, the Kaori faction is often called the “custom champion.”

No matter how you look at it now, the chances of winning aren’t high—only Jiang Jian Yue’s sudden coldness in episode seven gave Kaori Onishi’s progress bar a push.

All sorts of hints point to Kaori Onishi as the true heroine, and that Jiang Jian Yue will definitely “explode” in the future.

The OP content is the Steiner for the Kaori faction—once the offensive is launched, everything will turn out well—why does this feel a little ominous?

But after Jiang Jian Yue awkwardly delivered her “refused but not completely refused” declaration, even some viewers firmly convinced she was a villain started to waver.

[Masaka?]

[Could it be?]

[This really doesn’t look like acting?]

[Don’t forget, just a few minutes ago, the lady gave a brilliant performance]

[So clumsy, Emi-chan, where did your coolness go!]

[This is obviously acting]

[Bad woman, still stringing Yuki along!]

Of course, some also recalled Koji Hattori’s rumor, commenting in the barrage:

[Definitely tsundere]

[Tsundere is already out of style]

[If it keeps leaving the meta every year, doesn’t that mean it never left?]

[So gentle, a gentle mother like this can’t be a villain]

[There’s content after the main story, don’t skip]

Thank you, Eggman.

The content after the ED shows Saori Saiyonji sitting at a desk, fear in her eyes.

[Isn’t this a trap?]

[Who are you?]

Saori Saiyonji flipped through a thick stack of documents on the desk, gritting her teeth and forcing out a line:

“Impossible, right?”

There was still package wrapping on the desk, with a pale purple Badge shining inside, given a special shot by the production team.

Episode eight ended.

Jiang Jian Yue instantly grew alert: Saori Saiyonji didn’t mention this Badge—was it a deliberate omission?

The people Saori Saiyonji contacted were very likely from the Saint Organization.

Generally speaking, cults are always linked to various forms of mind control.

Could this Badge… be some sort of mind control item?

But it was just a guess.

Jiang Jian Yue probed in the LINE group: “Saiyonji-san, did you destroy all your documents?”

Saori Saiyonji didn’t respond for the moment.

Jiang Jian Yue could only set it aside for now.

She put down her phone and started searching for secondary creations.

I like you, you like me.

<[Misunderstanding Series]The Sky of Fate for Amuro Kaede>

My god, the forbidden sibling love.

Absorb them all into my lungs!

<[SunXMoon][Secret Crush]My so-called inferiority, burning like fire>

The technical skill is strong, but it’s outdated—since there’s already a confession in episode eight, it’s not a secret crush anymore.

<[Plot MAD]Clearly the lead, yet playing a supporting role…>

Ugh, when will our Kaori-chan ever become the main heroine?

It analyzes why Jiang Jian Yue turned cold in episode seven.

This UP guessed that, judging by Jiang Jian Yue’s actions, she seemed to know Yuki Asahi’s ability to sense emotions and intentionally distanced herself—pretty much guessed it right.

There really are a lot of smart people.

Of course, it could also be survivor bias—if you guess every answer, Jiang Jian Yue wouldn’t care about the wrong ones.

However, the UP’s conclusions, now that episode eight has aired, seem kind of funny—he thought Kaori had a huge advantage and that episode eight would deepen her relationship with Yuki.

The barrage and comments were full of travelers from episode eight, asking:

“So what about now?”