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Originally Posted by ZeoRangerV

Yeah I've got to that point now (well, the bit where Yuka dies anyway)

I wouldn't say it was mishandled, more it was barely handled at all.

All right, time for my rant.
One of the major overarching themes of the show is whether or not the Orphnochs can still considered human and if they can coexist with humanity. The Keitaro/Yuka relationship could have been used to expand upon this theme since it deals with the relationship between a human and an orphnochs however it is complete and utterly wasted. I got 3 major problems with how it was handled.

1. The sheer fact that they didn't realize who the other person was despite interacting for at least 4/5th of the show is completely ridiculous. Faiz was already pretty bad with how many conflicts could of been solved by talking more but this ranks up as one of the shows worst examples.

2. Them finally being together last a total of 1 episode, maybe 2 at best before Yuka gets offed. What was the point of having us wait so long for this relationship to finally come to fruition only to then end it after a few episodes. It makes to whole thing seem pointless, though there is one thing came as a result of this, which leads to...

3. The one that changes the most from Yuka being killed is actually Kiba. Her death becomes the catalyst for his face-heel turn. Keitaro on the other hand doesn't seem any different after the fact and Yuka herself is barely mentioned at all afterwards. The one time she is brought seems to suggest that Mari and Keitaro don't know that she died which granted is not the first time they weren't told of things that they probably should of known.

Again this could of been done well. In fact the scene where Keitaro figures out who Yuka is and that she is an Orphnoch is one of the best scenes in show. In the end however the entire relationship feels like it was just.....there.