Citrus – Episode 8 – Mei’s Surprise Counterattack

Guess who crashes in on the date?

Yuzu finally goes on a date with Matsuri. Of course, Mei tags along, which throws a monkey wrench into Matsuri’s master plan.

Matsuri thought that she will have Yuzu to all herself this time. Sadly, it’s not the case since Mei tags along on the date. While Yuzu and Mtasuri goes to various places in the mall, Matsuri couldn’t become intimate with her. It’s obvious since Mei is there. As expected, she still talks about lewd stuff in public, which catches people’s attention. Even so, it’s obvious that Yuzu can’t keep her mind off Mei. In short, Matsuri becomes annoyed and runs off to an arcade to vent her anger off.

Matsuri tells Mei off. It’s not very effective.

Eventually, Matsuri tricks Yuzu by saying that she will be coming back soon. In fact, she took Mei to a parking lot deck to confront her. She reveals that Yuzu wanted a boyfriend and now into girls because of Mei. She calls Mei’s intimate affection towards Yuzu as a pathetic and twisted fetish. Also, she tells her not to not touch Yuzu with her dirty hands anymore.

It’s clear that Matsuri is clingy and manipulative. She thought she can defeat Mei and win Yuzu’s heart by playing dirty. Not only that, she calls Mei a b-word, which ironically shows Matsuri’s true nature.

Mei gives the surprise kiss. Surprisingly, she did it to take back the kiss Yuzu gave to Matsuri.

However, Mei takes the high road. She grabs Matsuri and kisses her. Afterwards, Mei tells Matsuri that she did it to take Yuzu’s kiss back from last time.

Despite what happens, Yuzu and Mei still hold hands.

In short, Mei just owned Matsuri at her game. Even after this happened, Mei and Yuzu walked home while holding hands. Matsuri lost bigly this round and badly bruised. However, it’s not over yet. She now has a picture of herself kissing Mei. Given her personality, she will use this photo as a weapon to detail Mei’s and Yuzu’s relationship. She can say that she is in a relationship with Mei. In turn, she can tell Yuzu to give up on Mei. even so, I highly doubt it will have any effect.

Little Matsuri looked a lot sweeter than now.

Aside from that, we finally learn how Yuzu met Matsuri. It seems that the friendship was just convenient since she met Matsuri when she was moving. They lived in the same apartment building. Still, it’s interesting to see that Yuzu was the one who was overbearing towards her. Can this explain Matsuri’s mischievous behavior? Maybe.

Aside from that, Yuzu asked about a Christmas party and Mei agreed on doing it. It’s surprising to see Mei approve to this. Still, it’s obvious she wants to be with Yuzu. With that, Mei directs Himeko and one other member to finish the work early.

Aside from that, it’s obvious that Himeko haven’t given up on Mei. She looks forward to the field trip in February since she can have some intimate time with Mei. It’s expected, but I don’t think she will actually receive that.

Guess who came back to the school at night. Yes, it’s Matsuri, again.

After Mei finished her work as evening comes, Matsuri confronts her. Obviously, she is not done with Mei just yet. Obviously, she hasn’t given up on Yuzu just yet. Still, Matsuri will obviously face a losing fight since Yuzu loves Mei more. It’s quite obvious throughout the date since her mind was on her the whole time. After all, Mei was the one that opened the idea up that two girls loving each other is okay.

While Harumi didn’t receive much screen time this time, at least it’s nice to see her have fun with Yuzu.

Still, it’s nice to see Harumi come to come and cheer Yuzu up while she shops. Sadly, she can’t go to Yuzu’s party since it’s a family one. Don’t worry Harumi, you will be alright. ¶