Inui opens up to Haida about her feelings, but he's unable to respond. Director Ton lectures Retsuko when he learns she has a side gig.
Tropes:
- It's Probably Nothing: Near the end of the episode, after discovering that someone is stalking her, and despite Manaka’ worries, Retsuko just brush it off by saying it’s just an harmless fan who took their obsession to the O.T.M. Girls too far. She’s proven to be way off the mark after she meets said stalker personally, as they make perfectly clear they are not fooling around.
- Loophole Abuse: The OTMGirls’s stalker pays 100 tickets at their meeting, so he could harass and verbally abuse Retsuko for 5 minutes.
- Oh, Crap!: Komiya’s reaction after Ton discovered the former knew about Retsuko’s idol life.
- Pet the Dog: Upon learning that Retsuko originally joined OTMGirls to pay off a debt, Ton offers to give her the money to pay it back so that she can quit singing.
- Stalker without a Crush: It’s revealed that the same stalker who published a fake OTMGirls social profile is a Loony Fan who proceeds to stalk Retsuko from her apartment, and then to verbally attack her during the OTMGirls’s meeting.
