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SHOTARO HIDARI HARDBOILED DELUSION DIARY EPISODE 9 - “WHAT IF AKIKO WAS A LITTLE SISTER?”



It’s an episode that starts off inexplicable, even for a Delusion Diary – Akiko wants to be a little sister RIGHT NOW – and it sort of never really figures itself out. The slow roll-out of Philip as a bespectacled little brother, Terui as a stay-at-home mom, and the Weather Dopant as a possibly-abusive dad are all nicely surprising gags, but they never add up to a full concept. This one had a ton of non-Delusion content, relative to how quickly other episodes launch into Shotaro’s fantasies, and I think it’s because there was sort of no inherent logic to Akiko’s nonsense.

Still, some decent laughs to be had in this one. Akiko’s hyper-specific checklist of what she wants in a big brother was horrifyingly humorous, as was Shotaro’s dismissive vision of Philip as an overlooked little brother. (Casting Terui as a warm, maternal presence… that tracks? I can see it.) Not an idea that had a lot of meat on the bone, but I laughed a few times.