Outbreak Company - Episode 9
The long awaited beach swimsuit episode! The Last Otaku was born for this day. Minori agrees. It looks like Shinichi isn't the only target for affection.
Such a real world problem - you've got to take a break to use up your vacation days, even if you are stuck in some alternate magical world. So off to the lake beach, using a royal vacation home as thanks for helping the empress with her bout of depression. Oh my, we've got Minori with her megane-oppai look, Miusel with twin-tail elf-meido look, and Elbia rocking the genki-girl look so she can dig holes and do the doggy paddle.
Meanwhile, we establish a running gag back at the palace. Petrarca is busy doing her official duties, but as a way of feeling connected to her friends, and as a reward for being motivated again, the imperial advisors set up a serious committee to design a swimsuit for her. While the other wizened men debate very adult fashionable swimsuits, the youngest baldest one keeps extolling different versions of the school swimsuit. After all the debate, the advisors offer their suggestions to the imperial fashion designer, and we get... school swimsuit. Petrarca is very happy with her prize, while the lead advisor gets all the credit. Poor baldy.
As for the beachgoers, Shinichi and Miusel try to do the manga suggested activities, such as splashing each other, but not knowing whose turn it is. Minori is happy to lay out reading Free! BL doujins. Not a big surprise. Minori has fans too, though. Roic the elf, is walking to the lake to catch a glimpse, and Romilda the dwarf just happens to follow him to make sure he doesn't do anything bad. Uh huh. We got a hint this was going to happen during the soccer match when Roic and his elf-buddy did the BL trope of ripping their shirts off and hugging after a goal, and Romilda got all flustered about it. Plus, we see that otaku culture is beginning to bridge the dwarf-elf divide in the Eldant Empire.
On their way to the lake, they spy some movement in the bush, and Romilda gets attacked by some lightning magic. Roic runs to the lake to get help, and we see three figures in some very green fur skulking about. Roic's description, and Elbia's sketch reminds Shinichi of Morizo, the 2005 World Expo mascot. They move out, to rescue Romilda, and to protect Shinichi, thinking he might be the target of some other traditionalist faction. After some action, and an unfortunate wardrobe malfunction, they reveal the Morizo beings are Japanese soldiers in ghillie suits. The lightning magic was a Taser, and the soldiers were there to offer surveillance and protection. Or so they claimed. Minori asks why they didn't identify themselves when their cover was blown, and why their surveillance equipment is a prosumer grade camera, and why their pictures are all cheesecake shots... Ah. Minori Stomp!
Yup, a decent sendup of every beach swimsuit episode.
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