Infinite Stratos S2 - ep05

It seems like things have return to being fun and games again. Which is typical for this series since it can't be serious for very long. It was interesting how they tricked you in the beginning to think something serious was going on with Ichika being lured into a trap. However it seems that they have a game of their own to run and Yamada-Sensei is helping them out. The competition this time is about who can serve Ichika the best. The first one up is Houki as a Kitsune-Miko, she has the most appeal that if their time wasn't cut short they would have kiss. While Cecilia as a bunny-girl working to pool table tries to get attention by showing the most skin but it kind of back fires on her with Ichika more interested in learning to play the game than in her. The Char as a french puddle is almost as successful as Houki because of her unintentional clumsiness. Laura has problems because she really doesn't know how to appeal to him.

Although the chaos begins when Rin is about to have her turn but Tatenashi decides to intrude on there game by stealing Rin's costume. However it seems that she is the most successful out of all of them, but Rin has no intention of letting her get away with it and tries to get her turn back. In the end she fails as Tatenashi makes her escape leave them with the last contestant which is his sister Chifuyu. Then with the conclusion of the last contestant the real reason for all this is reveal, was Ichika can't remember his own birthday so they wanted to do something special to make it memorable. Things end with them asking Ichika who he thought was best and he gives the worst answer by making his sister the winner. This result in him getting beaten for his stupidity, when it clear that Chifuyu was never an acceptable choice.

Now with Ichika return to his dorm, he meets the person that stole Slient Zephyrus. It turns out it is Ichika she has a grudge against not Chifuyu, there is also the fact that she seems to implies that she is the female clone of Ichika. That is express by saying the she need to get rid of him to remain as herself. Which is very common that the clone would want to kill the original, although it still unclear if she really is a clone or that they had a third sibling. Although the greater question is what really happen to Ichika their at the end because it is doubtful that he is dead, and we still don't know the story behind who Madoka.