Neither, Kouta got a job to contribute to his household (aka Kouta and Akira). Akira has been paying for everything in their household up to the point when the Overlords took over the city. Either way, Mai definitely has nothing to do with it.

Finally watched it and my god this episode was total soccertude. It was absolute garbage. It served no purpose in developing anyone's character, especially Baron's. At least normal filler could have developed someone with something. This craptubular waste of 21 minutes is a travesty!! Next year I hope Toei just goes back to standard filler inbetween story driven episodes and leave this drivel to DVD bonus features.

What the hell just happened...? Was Oren's actor unavaillable to film this episode, because he only appeared in suit. And what the hell was up with the different world? And why did the creature's head look like Amazon's? I'm just happy Sagara did something again (even if it was pointless)

If only soccer was interesting as it was in fiction I might give a damn about the sport. Alas, it is not. Anyway, a neat way to tease the movie to show the alternate reality bleeding into the storyline. Not WTF confusing as Den-O got, but it did a decent job.

Soccer in a nutshell laides and gentlemen.

People who don't enjoy football make me sad.

Association right? Because I hate people who like American football.

I like football and American football :lol

Sorry man, the only sport I care for is baseball.

Never got the like for that sport, I don't even get that game.