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[review-anon]

An asoot question specifically, thoughts on hotel akane?

Its a very interesting harem as while the Cuddle Puddle was formed due to Hajime's desire to get his old loved ones back, Akane naturally didn't love anyone but Utsuro in the Tragedy Timeline and being the pansexual disaster she is, once Sora gave her the harem rights since she's okay with just being with Yoruko, I was wondering where this was gonna go.

Her first partner is Ayame which is a very unsurprising ship as its a very common pairing indeed, but what I like, compared with the Cuddle Puddle is that each member is added after they've spend enough time together and developed feelings naturally. Of course Akane was already horny for Ayame, so it was a case of Ayame realising she is into women as well and then kissing Akane when she was around to comfort her in The Puppetmaster.

Akane and Nikei is one that definitely formed during the blog as no way would these two get together in canon, unlike with Ayame and Akane which you could argue if Akane learns her attachment to Utsuro was unhealthy, she could end up with Ayame. The two obviously have the connection they are Divine Luck users but as I mentioned in Nikei's analysis, Akane is the exact kind of person Nikei needs in life; someone who is patient and understanding of him, but also isn't gonna be pushed around by him and will stand her ground. They definitely got off the wrong foot at first since Akane decked Nikei in the stomach and then Nikei threatened to blow Akane's brains out, fun times. But eventually they made it up and Akane has apologised to Nikei numourus times about that as she said its more her fault for listening to Sora at the time. It also takes a while to progress but eventually in The Puppetmaster, they do the Fire Emblem thing where they confess their feelings while destroying Maverick's robots, which is both heartwarming and one of my funniest moments because of the sheer adsurity of it.

Nikei and Ayame's connections are also good as they got off to a good start when Ayame's first act is to stop Nikei being beaten to death by a mob. They haven't had as many moments together as they have had with Akane, but we do see a different side to their interactions as Ayame's attitude towards the Tragedy Timeline makes Nikei feel better about himself due to how vile his Tragedy self was, something that has given him a lot of guilt, and he also makes Ayame feel better about her feminine side which is a deep insensitivity she harbours due to her background and Japanese social norms.

Yuki and Kizuna are officialy together due to the Puppetmaster and while Kizuna has recieved a bit of a glow up in personality as she's not a shallow gold digger, just someone who's scared of being taken advantage of by men and ran away to Sunny Days to see herself for who she is. Its there she meets Yuki, the one boy who doesn't seek to take advantage of her and its that kindness which touches Kizuna and makes her fall for him, despite the fact when they get off the island, they live far apart so its a long distance relationship. In Yuki's case, his main vice is that he wants to feel like he's wanted and special, so the fact he's Kizuna's special person, has given him the self-confidence that he requires to be his own person.

Granted Kizuna and Yuki haven't spend much time with the other Hotel Akane members, but they will in future arcs and eventually the harem will be finished. I like this harem as it doesn't have the common ship options in it and while I feel the Cuddle Puddle was very rushed in execution, Hotel Akane is more of a slow burner which I prefer greatly.

I also find it hillarious all the members of Hotel Akane tried to or have killed each other in the Tragedy Timeline. Kizuna tried to kill Akane, who was then killed by Ayame to protect Akane, and Yuki not had his mother slaughtered by Akane who kidnapped him so Utsuro could steal his idenitity, but later on he would be gaslight by Nikei to try and kill Shinji. This harem is the biggest proof that all the members involved are trying to be better people in A Student Out of Time, which is more then I can say for the other harems.