Mai-Otome Special 5 – By the Red Sky

This was absolutely hysterically hilarious. Really. The whole thing is about Akane's running from her promotion to Maester and her subsequent attempts to sleep with Kazu-kun. It opens with the familiar scene (with a breif glimpse of poor Eristin…*cries*..not) of Akane running from Garderobe, then moves on to the familiar hotel, where Akane and Kazu-kun are about to seal the deal before the Carlteya troops bust in proclaiming Kazu-kun the new emperor (the last one died when Midori killed his Otome).

Kazu-kun is carted off, and we're treated to an extended version of what happened, that would have made Mai-Otome sooo much better if it was in the actual episode. Akane stays on the ground, lamenting her loss, and the limo that carried Kazu-kun away returns. A soldier exits and hands her an envelope, then forces Kazu-kun back into the limo and drives off. The envelope has some sort of money card (complete with the Mai-Otome logo), and Akane starts crying again before Maaya-onee-sama shows up. Maaya says that under some Otome laws, she's putting Akane under arrest, because Akane kept the Gem when she ran off. Akane tries to escape (which made my spleen explode). Akane says that she was going to return it once she lost her…"qualifications", and accidentally reveals that she hasn't finished the deed yet, which prompts Maaya to draft her once again. With Maaya as a witness, Kazu-kun accepts Akane as his Otome, which makes the both of them happy…until Maaya unceremoniously tells them that they can't have sex. Aw . Maaya also comments that she might make a good Mother-in-law…which makes no sense since she's a virgin. Eh. Screenshots time!