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Succu-girl Roleplay Will Get You Going All Night, The Angel's Holy Lance is Great at Lancing Holes, The Succubus Tower Lasts Forever, But You (And Your Mayo) Won't!

Original Airdate: February 29, 2020

Succu-girl Roleplay Will Get You Going All Night!

Manga Placement: Volume 2, Chapter 16

Summary

In a stormy night, within a castle, a group of lady knights are captured. They are locked deep in a dungeon by 4 hooded men. Three of them are about to have their way with one of the knights (Pritz) when Crim asks whether they're taking it too far, ruining the mood. This turns out to be Stunk, Zel, Crim and Kanchal's visit to The Boss' Evil Lair. Crim argues with the other three over the moral implications when Pritz breaks character to assure him that this is all an act.

Kanchal moves onto the Minotaur knight Togue, only to get infuriated with her acting that's so bad, his immersion is ruined. In another attempt at villainy, Crim then asks another knight (Mig) whether he can touch her. One telling off from her, and he already breaks down. Mig calls them out for bringing a sweet boy into a villain play session, but to show that he's not a cute, little child, Stunk flips up Crim's robes to show them...

The Angel's Holy Lance is Great at Lancing Holes.

Their boss Urigo enters the room upon hearing the girls screaming in reaction. She then instructs the boys to take the girl they like into their respective private rooms.

As the reviewers pack up to leave, Ms Urigo updates them on their next role-play. They have a discussion on how they plan their scenarios out. After the reviews are posted at Ale & Eats, many patrons gather around in excitement. While reading them, a lizardman imagines a maid-and-master scenario, fantasizing the maid trying to make up for screw-up.

Back at The Boss' Evil Lair, the girls are brainstorming on what scenario to do next. Pritz suggests princesses, but Elsa it hard to justify locking a group of them together, plus the dresses are too expensive and high-maintenance.

Tropes specific to the segment

  • Bait-and-Switch: This segment starts like a darker Hentai until one of the henchmen, Crim, asks whether they're going too far.
  • Bad "Bad Acting": Togue makes a poor portrayal of a distressed knight, much to the ire of Kanchal.
  • Colour-Coded for Your Convenience: The visor on the clients mask are colored according to the characters: red for Stunk, green for Zel, blue for Kanchal and yellow for Crim.
  • It Was a Dark and Stormy Night: The Cold Open starts with a thunderclap.
  • Moment Killer: Crim can't help it, but the discomfort he has at even pretending to be a villain puts a damper on everyone's roleplaying mood.
  • Painting the Medium: When the guys are into the Scene (the technical term for S&M play), it's shown with film grain, like a well-worn videotape.
  • Playing Card Motifs: Downplayed for the reviewers' robes, where their visors are shaped according to the characters: diamond for Stunk, spade for Zel, club for Kanchal and heart for Crim.
  • Shout-Out: A lizard-man fantasizing about a Master-Maid situation? Sure sounds like Amahara slipped in a cunning nod and wink at the Lusty Argonian Maid.

The Succubus Tower Lasts Forever, But You (And Your Mayo) Won't!

Manga Placement: Volume 2, Chapter 17

Summary

Stunk, Zel and Brooz accept a long quest that lasts a week, so they decide to visit the Succubus Tower. Since Crim has not been there before, it's also a great opportunity for him to experience the original succu-joint.

At the entrance, Crim is surprised at Stunk's monotonous list of specific looks for his succubus, even more so when three appear that meets his demand. Upon learning that he can make such specific requests, Crim thinks the place has to be expensive, but on the contrary, the price is half of those of other succu-joints.

The next thing he know, Crim is surrounded by a group of succubi. Knowing that he had to pick one, he randomly points to one of them. Crim wonders why for all the advantages, the Succubus Tower isn't the go-to place for his friends. The answer is shown with Crim represented as a bottle of mayo.

The next day, the group leave the succu-joint prime, staggering like a zombie. Piltia and Lymee calls out to them, but seeing their dazed eyes, they realized that they've visited the Succubus Tower. Mitsue happened to see the group as well and calls for Zel, but he does not respond either.

At the Ale & Eats, Meidri accidentally bumps into Crim and apologies, but the way Crim reacts in a dull tone annoys her.

Tropes specific to the segment

  • Awesome, but Impractical: Funnily enough for a show about sleeping with races, sleeping with pure-blooded succubi is described like this. Despite being a great store with cheap prices, great times, and excellent services, the nature of sleeping with succubi essentially drains all men of sexual feelings for a week, which is why the Interspecies Reviewers only use the services of succubi when they are going out on long trips. It's initially lampshaded by Crim wondering why the Reviewers, who love sex so much, don't go to the succubus stores more often.
  • Fantastic Fireworks: The review takes the form of the party setting off fireworks, which explode into their rating, and later, their faces (or, in Crim's case, a squeezybottle of mayo).
  • Succubi and Incubi: But of course! It should be noted that they don't actually suck out people's souls through their urethras, it just feels like it afterwards.
  • Visual Metaphor: Banging a pure succubus is like her emptying a squeeze bottle of mayonnaise. Now imagine that this girl not only drinks it straight, but uses it for skin lotion. And she wants every. Last. Drop. Including the dregs, to the point that someone else would have gotten a new bottle by now. Now, imagine yourself as that poor bottle of mayo.
  • Wing Ding Eyes: Crim's girl has hearts floating in her pupils. Wether this is because of magic or contact lenses isn't specified.

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