Silly Summary

The silver knight Hyuuga joins Angelique’s harem of bishies in episode 3, and their first meeting was *ahem* rather exciting.

OMGZ…

Oh my…

…H-he…

…has trousers orz.

As you can see above, it turned out rather anticlimactic, as the director decides to change his/her mind about showing Hyuuga in a revealing light. We first see him almost nekkid while taking a bath, then he magically grows some trousers when he went out of the water!

Episode 3 basically fleshed out Rayne’s character, revealing bits and pieces about his past Inventor persona and his connection with this Artifact Institution, which is currently brewing this evil plan to take over the world and take advantage of Ange’s powers! oh noes!

With Angelique’s harem of bishies complete, she was met with yet another challenge — unifying her diverse set of haremettes, and fulfill her newfound role as their Harem Otomeistress!

So Ange cooks up this plan to iron out the kinks of the bishie team, and she makes this huge mistake of sneaking out of the Hidamari mansion by herself. Since the Artifact Institution has set their eyes on Ange after having known about her powers, the android spy they sent to abduct Ange catches her off guard, while she was picking up flowers by the garden~ Ange escapes, but alas, a Thanatos creature suddenly appears! Obviously, with Ange’s lame white magic purification skillz, she couldn’t do anything without her guardians orz.

The guardians came to her aid just in the nick of time, but they were left drained of their energies as they fought against the android Jet as well. With her comrades left in despair, Ange’s desire to fight alongside them grows stronger than ever, and despite the fear in her heart, she gains the courage to believe in herself and her harem! Ange casts some recovery + power boost + intelligence++ spell, and they finally learn to know the virtue of teamwork. Jet proved to be of no match against the powered-up bishies and retreats.

After the battle, J.D. recalls the previous encounter with Jet, who is…

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The journalist Bernard who went alongside of them throughout this battle became a personal witness to Ange’s powers and offers to write an article featuring Ange, so the whole Arcadia will know of this soon-to-be goddess.

As the episode draws to a close, we see Ange and her guardians, working hand-in-hand (finally!) to make their dinner dessert~

Thoughts

Ok, so the battle scene with Jet was really silly… I mean, I know they lack unity and all, but for them to attack ONE AT A TIME like some turn-based RPG game, where one character attacks while the other ones await for their turn, is just *facepalm* But then again this made the teamwork in their second round of battle more evident, so perhaps it was made to be lame on purpose? lol.

I shall return!

Also, what’s with Jet and his obligatory speech before he took his leave? I mean, he even faced the “camera” just for this ROFL.

Nonetheless, despite all that silliness, Angelique continues to be an enjoyable watch. I was especially moved by episode 4, seeing Ange’s genuine desire to help out her comrades despite knowing how lacking her powers are. While I wish Ange was equipped with some weapon or offensive spells which could’ve made her a more KICKASS heroine, I’m pretty contented with the way things are now. Ange has her own definition of strength, evident in her determination and steadfast focus on her goal of wanting to save the lives of people, as far-fetched as that might sound at the moment (the next episode discusses more about this). This show actually gains hashihime’s seal of approval, who also believes that this is the best Angelique series to date. So there, give this series a try, at the very least, I believe any open-minded fan will be able to find this an enjoyable ride

I thought it was also nifty that they included the cooking antics of the game, which I found to be one of its unique and fun aspects. In the game, aside from boosting the romance stats / compatibility with the Guardians (through these dates you have with your chosen partner after every mission, and some personal visit to the guy’s room ^^;; ), you also have to increase this so-called 幸福度 (happiness factor), through events and these conversations you have during dinner time. You choose a dessert (there’s a dessert which a certain guy will especially like *hint hint*) before dinner, then you facilitate the flow of conversation during meal time. You control who it is you want to talk to, or * ahem * flirt with during dinner (you have this *wink* or *smile* option) Anyways, enough of that ^^;;;;;