Magical Warfare - ep03

Now with things settling down, they use this opportunity to explore Isoshima's and Mui's character. This is explored through their love for Takeshi, this also leads to revealing the nature of Gekkou's hatred for him. That in reality it seems that Takeshi isn't really Kurumi's boyfriend it just that he is acting like one to keep the other men away because of they way the men around her end up lusting after. Which in the end ultimately led to her having a really bad experience, which led to being her fake boyfriend so that he could prevent something like that happening again. Then as things turns out Gekkou is one of the people that happens to be lusting after her and see Takeshi's action as a betrayal. This gives us the back-story to both Takeshi and Kurumi's relationship. However when Mui learns of their relationship she start to distance herself from Takeshi even-though she doesn't know that they aren't really dating.

This ultimately leads to Takeshi learning about Mui's situation here at the school and why she was resistant to the idea of him joining Wizard Breath. It seems that in this world there are 50 magical community and of those fifty there are seven that are the most prominent. That one of those is Wizard Breath but it is Wizard Breath that view Ghost Trailers the most harshly. That through this relationship Tsuganashi is seen as a traitor, and because he is her brother she is ultimately seen as a traitor as well. That with this connection reveal, Mui's story resonates with Takeshi with how he is seen as a traitor by his brother. This also gives reason behind her action why she is trying to be so friendly to Takeshi and his friends, especially to Kurumi. That in the end Takeshi tries to fix this by making a mend with Mui, by breaking up with Kurumi to stop her from being so distant.

Although this breakup does stop Mui from being so distant from Takeshi, it also cause the reverse effect within Kurumi by causing her to distance herself from Takeshi. Which ultimately cause her to endanger herself because without Takeshi's protection the men with start approaching her again. It doesn't take long for this to happen and when she turns down her first new suitor. He doesn't take so well but is surprised when she breaks down when he touches her to stop her from leaving. Then Takeshi appears to prevent things from getting worse. This also leads to Takeshi mending fences with Kurumi. That in the end it shows that Kurumi longs to be in a real relationship with Takeshi but that will never happen as long as they remain fake lovers. While it seems like Mui is realizing her feeling for Takeshi so it seem that we have a love triangle forming. The question is how will this impact the story, and there is also the issue on why Ida stayed behind in this world since he doesn't need Takeshi's for protection like Kurumi does.