Well, let's see if Ikemoto continues putting effort, or last chapter was just to get his superiors off his back.
Summary Time: Chapter 76. A Girls' Sanctuary...the bathroom or her room? I don't want to know what Ikemoto considers a girl's sanctuary.
The cover page is Hime...looking awful and overdone.
Bolt wonders what he just saw and Femmy questions if he saw the same possible future he did...they try to be fancy by using the word 'Tableau' instead. He is reminded of Femmy's warning. They continue asking Madoc about his motives. Shikamaru questions if there is anything special about his daughter, Hime says there isn't while snarking at him for asking a weird question. Madoc points out he is just a regular civilian, not a shinobi, and has no plans such as toppling the shinobi world *side eye to the audience* leaning heavy on that wall isn't he? ...how did he get a Otsutsuki clan member's corpse before he met Jenga again? Shikamaru complains it feels anti-climactic. Naruto says its a matter between Madoc and Nail, he won't interfere and will be willing to help if he can. Madoc bites back that there is nothing he could do to help anyways...yeesh the hostility for Kishimoto's characters so far. Nail complains about Karma, his situation, and asks what if Madoc's daughter becomes an Otsutsuki. Madoc takes off his glasses in order to show he is opening himself and exhausted. He says, he doesn't know but this is his last option. Hime calls the meeting to a close because she is bored and wants to rest.
Bolt in bed thinks of femmy's warning. Hime watches Nail while he contemplates.
During breakfast Bolt points out that she could also date him, so why Nail? Simple, he is Ikemoto's character. Moe snarks the Bolt is unattractive and Bolt had to stop himself because he almost thought of killing a child, not do to it being morally wrong, but instead so he doesn't get punish due to Moe's Shinjutsu...our hero ladies and gentlemen. Apparently, it was age for Hime as he was 12 and she is 16...guessing Nail is somewhere in-between, 14. Nail asks her about Punk and she blushes because he is talking to her and said her name. So, I guess Ikemoto really was a Hinata supporter because this girl who is made for his character is incredibly easy. Oh God pages of Bolt and Moe snarking and complaining, this is hell. Eventually, Hime complains about the lack of girls that prevent her from gossiping about her feelings with them. She orders Bolt to bring Salad and the Clone. Apparently, Bolt did not know the Clone's last name. Bolt uses a mental call to bring them over...is Ino here to act as their psychic phone or is Bolt just so powerful he can do this on his own? Shikamaru's son also wants to join in because he wasn't affected by Hime's power when he met her. Wait, he is in the village. How far does this psychic link reach, and how far away are they from the village? Which leads to the joke of him instantly falling for her once he gets a good look at her. Somehow Salad and the clone don't seem to be as affected or they are just making a point to not look at her. Hime drags them over to the side so they can gossip.
...They literally go into her room and hug pillows to gossip. Skipping. Turns out they are not affected by Hime's charm power...guessing the true love immunity theory is probably correct. Hime asks about Salad's feeling for Bolt. Then laments that due to her powers she can't get a regular boyfriend. Shikamaru decides to check in and gets an update of their immunity. While Bolt and Moe bond through games and how unlikeable the two are...oh god these two might hang out together often now...oh no. Shikamaru informs them that if they are really immune they might be needed to put her down in the future...great thing to tell the kids, but it is their job. Wonderful how much Naruto has change the ninja system isn't it?
Femmy pops in to inform Bolt of what he thinks Hime's power is. Nail is nearby and figures out that Femmy is active in Bolt's head. Confronts Bolt and demands Femmy reveal himself.
Edited by Bail o' Lies, 31 December 2022 - 06:20 AM.