Yuuto and Haruka attend Comiket to buy a doujinshi from her favorite circle, A Cat Bus Stop. They have to wait in line at the booth and a nasty, smelly otaku snatches the last copy before Haruka can buy it. Yuuto is outraged by the vile otaku’s actions, but Haruka persuades him to let it go. Nanami takes it upon herself to take back the doujinshi and gives it back to Haruka in disguise.

Along the way, Yuuto runs into Nobunaga. Nobunaga eventually scampers off but seems to have realized that Yuuto is attending with Haruka. More hijinx ensue when Haruka unknowingly picks up a yaoi doujin and faints. She faints again when confronted with loli ecchi on a TV screen. Yuuto takes Haruka outside where she observes the gallery of cosplayers.

Amidst the confusion, Haruka is mistaken for a cosplayer and is surrounded by photographers. Realizing that Haruka doesn’t want all the undue attention, he attempts to whisk her away but is thwarted when the otaku paparazzi surround him. Hazuki, Nanami, and Mika enter the scene respectively cosplaying Dokuro-chan, Wilhelmina and Hecate, and the trio promptly deliver divine punishment to the photographers before beating a hasty retreat from the Comiket staff.

With the day’s festivities over, Yuuto and Haruka return on the train and have a romantic moment. After he drops off Haruka at her house, he talks to Mika outside the gates. She asks Yuuto if he and Haruka were followed by any suspicious men that look like secret agents. Yuuto unaware that he was being watched at Comiket, tells her no. When he finally gets home, he receives a frantic call from Mika concerning Haruka. Before Mika can explain the details, Yuuto finds a teary eyed Haruka at his door.

Thoughts:
This was Haruka Nogizaka’s obligatory Comiket episode, her being an otaku and all. For what it’s worth, the Comiket episodes are always fun to watch though. I guess Studio Barcelona paid to use the Shana license, because they’re milking the Shana references for all its worth. I really thought it was a waste that Haruka used her Shana cosplay two episodes too early, especially since Nanami and Mika cosplayed Wilhelmina and Hecate. Oh yes, Haruka also performed the ‘naive girl picks up dirty book and gets embarrassed’ gag, which is always good for a cheap laugh.

It seems Nobunaga is aware that Haruka is an otaku but doesn’t think too much of it. This plot point will likely come up again in some way. With the way this episode ended, the next episode will probably focus on Haruka’s parents trying to separate Yuuto from Haruka, since he will be deemed a bad influence on her.

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