Uragiri wa Boku no Namae wo Shitteiru Episode 10

I try to post my Uragiri wa Boku no Namae wo Shitteiru posts on Monday because I want to start my week off happy and full of yaoi undertones. But XXXholic finally came back from it’s long hiatus and I got a bit excited. Plus my Domeki x Watanuki pairing has been around a lot long than this show so….they got priority. Sorry my lovelies.

But here were are Tuesday! Tuesdays are usually boring in terms of the rest of the week so this post shall brighten up my relatively calm day. Poor Tuesdays getting no love.

Even the villains are fangirling over this series!

In any event, post was slightly late, I made an excuse, let’s get on with the show. Spoilers for this episode are included as usual. Also this post contains Luka and his ever disappearing wardrobe. Fan service for you!!

Hotsuma has the anger!

Episode Summary: Takashiro manages to get everyone inside to talk about the drama. He says that they don’t know where Shuusei went to and that they will have to wait while they investigate the situation. Hotsuma tries escaping to rescue his love but Takashiro karate chops Hotsuma and knocks him unconscious. Hotsuma mumbles about Shuusei and suddenly we are in Shuusei’s point of view. He is trapped somewhere with all the young men who recently have gone missing. A Duras arrives and introduces herself as Ashley (the one female apart of Kanata’s gang). In true villain form she explains to Shuusei her evil plan because she is going to kill him soon and what better time to brag about your villainous plans? She uses the energy from girls in love to put those girls to sleep forever (the Sleeping Beauty syndrome) so they can dream of the boys and then Ashley takes the boys as her new hypnotized pets. Shuusei got brought to Ashley by mistake because Hotsuma’s stalker is holding onto Shuusei’s handkerchief thinking it was Hotsuma’s snot rag. But when Ashley realizes that Shuusei is Zweilt her plan changes. Back at the Twilight Mansion Hotsuma has been trapped in his room by Takashiro.

I wonder if Ashely is tweeting her plan too...

Yuki comes in to bring Hotsuma something to eat. Hotsuma then opens up to Yuki about his past and how he tried to kill himself and that Shuusei is the only one who matters to him. All very romantic stuff. Takashiro calls everyone together to play a little video. Ashley has decided to leave the heroes a message in the room of her latest victim (the Hotsuma stalker). She is all like bring me Yuki (God’s Light) or Shuusei dies. Takashiro tells everyone that they are not doing anything and that’s that. Elsewhere Ashley has made a voodoo doll of Shuusei and keeps torturing Shuusei because he won’t give up information about his people. Shuusei does so to protect his beloved Hotsuma. After hurting Shuusei Ashley decides to put Shuusei in a deep sleep forever with Shuusei’s last thoughts of Hotsuma. Elsewhere Luka is having a bad day because something ate his shirt. Also he is worried about Yuki not eating and worrying about everything.

I'm sure it will be fine.....

Takashiro calls Tsukumo and Toko upstairs and wants them to go investigate at stalker Hotsuma’s house. They seem worried about what Takashiro’s plan for Shuusei is (if Takashiro is going to decide that saving Shuusei isn’t an option). Downstairs the siblings try to convince Yuki everything is going to be okay. Because Yuki’s charms will protect them XO. Upon arriving at the house there is tie switching and the siblings promising each other it will be okay. Toko goes to see the girl while Tsukumo waits by the car. But then Tsukumo magically hears something that no one else does and runs off. One of the men that was kidnapped by Ashley is running from creepy toys/dolls/Duras and Tsukumo barely makes it time to save him. Tsukumo kills all the dolls but one. He tries to kidnap it so he can find out where Shuusei is. But the doll explodes and Tsukumo is injuried in the process. Kanata’s male crew, the twins, show up and try to play with Tsukumo. But Kanata shows up (all in disguise and such) and threatens Tsukumo for a bit. Tsukumo seems to recognize Kanata and wants to tell the others but he is blasted. Insert bloody tie here. At the mansion Yuki gets a feeling and Luka informs Yuki that they got Tsukumo. The end!

But it's only episode 10! He can't die yet!!!

XO This episode did not go the way I thought it was going to. But since it didn’t involve a Smoke Monster I’m not happy. Well satisfied in any event.

This was all super necessary.

I do think this episode dragged on a little bit with very little plot being discussed. Also Yuki and especially Luka are getting treated like side dressing. I think some scenes could be cut/edited to get more content in the episode but what can you do? At least there was some yaoiness for me to enjoy.

Well go rescue him so you can inform him of that fact!

Shuusei didn’t run away to solve the Sleeping Beauty case on his own. He also didn’t run away because Yuki healed Hotsuma instead of him. Part of me is sad because I wanted Shuusei to have an emo attack and Hotsuma to run in and save the day. It was going to be all romantic in my head with Shuusei finally showing emotions and saying that he thought Hotsuma didn’t need him anymore and Hotsuma was going to call him an idiot and hit him in the head while hugging him. Yes things like this float in my head throughout the day.

But….I guess it is better that Shuusei didn’t abandoned his love Hotsuma. They have enough hurt in their relationship without Shuusei running out on their problems. I do still think Shuusei was really hurt about what happened with Yuki and Hotsuma but it turns out that Shuusei wanted to go back to the mansion and have another shoeless night with Hotsuma. However Shuusei getting kidnapped can make my rescue fantasy even lovelier so I really shouldn’t be complaining.

...your plan makes sense...

I am not sure how I feel about Ashley being a baddie. She is way too….smiley to be taken seriously as a villain. Even at one point Shuusei seemed bored about being kidnapped by Ashley. But I guess she is an equal opportunity villain. She isn’t running around killing men for being evil and rejecting women. She makes them suffer equally. Not sure WHY she is doing so because when she explaining her villainous plan she didn’t explain the reasoning behind it. If there is any at all…

Sexy dreams yes?

Or plan B: Stay alive so you can get kisses?

Even though Shuusei and Hotsuma didn’t have a single scene together this episode they sure did think about each other a lot. Tons of mumble the other’s name, talking about the other is the only person who matters to them, and general angst from both sides. Maybe it was a bit too much for Shuusei to say he would die for Hotsuma as it would be better for Shuusei to LIVE so he could be with Hotsuma. No sense wanting to die for another person when you both can live and be happy. But the idea behind the dramaticness was cute.

Knocking people unconscious is a great way to earn trust.

Takashiro was a bit of a jerk in this episode. A jerk that we can understand but still a jerk. Sometimes when you are the leader you have to make tough decisions. Sometimes it is a numbers game. This time it turned out to be who is the most expendable game. Not that they shouldn’t TRY to save Shuusei but Yuki is clearly their priority. It makes me sad but Takashiro is just trying to protect the most people. Hopefully he is thinking of a rescue plan for Shuusei because if he’s not that is truly cold blooded.

Tsukumo is brave in the face of danger.

If Tsukumo tells the gang who the baddies are working for I will be shocked. That would be pretty early in the series to know who the main baddie is. That and we will have to listen to Yuki cry all the time about Kanata just being confused and Luka looking upset because Yuki isn’t showing him enough love. But I guess that makes sense in terms of a love triangle. Just seems premature to me. But dramatic entrance was dramatic.

I am sure this will end well....

Oh and I am saying this all because I don’t believe for a moment Tsukumo is dead. He has to live. It is way, way too early for him to die. Plus we saw that hospital scene which leads me to believe that Tsukumo is just super hurt and he will wake up at the end of this arc and say OH BTW Kanata is the baddie. But Tsukumo is too awesome to die so soon. So he will be fine. I WANT TO BELIEVE!

Luka knew the only way to stand out in this episode was to be eye candy. Such a smart demon.

What else happened this episode? Oh yes Yuki spent his scenes looking sad and Luka spent his scenes looking like some animal tore all his clothes to pieces. No real development in their relationship which makes me sad. Luka could be using this time to say “Yes, when two people care about each other this much they do stupid things..” and then shoot Yuki a meaningful glance. But I guess Yuki was too busy feeling bad for Hotsuma and feeling conflicted on how his brother is handling the situation. Meh and bleh.

So while this episode lacked some plot it upped the angst factor. Shuusei is off suffering for his love and Hotsuma is driving himself crazy with worry. And Ashley is insane. Next week there will be drama with the hurt Tsukumo and hopefully Hotsuma will rescue Shuusei. And Yuki and Luka will be jealous that they don’t get any yaoi scenes. See ya next week!

Hello hero, let me explain my dastardly plan because obviously you are going to die and this will not get leaked out!!!