The lack of fansubs of the series I want to watch is forcing me to download series that are increasingly “on the bubble.” And Akane-iro’s just popped. AIIIEEEEEEEE!! Can I finish this dreck? Ok, bad enough that the ero-game pedigree is resurfacing at last (with the focus on Minato, Junichi’s little sister), but oh my god, the other rich girl (Karen Ayanokouji) has gone embarrassingly stupid from jealousy. Not of Yuuhi Katagiri (whom no one here realizes is the Katagiri heir, although they know she’s rich), but of Minato, Junichi’s little sister. At the 17:39 mark, she’s carrying a lightsaber to “kill” the “octopus” creature “attacking” her “casual little party.” Of bigwigs in media and politics. She’s been slyly manipulating her classmates to either impress or embarrass them, but when her entire food staff got sick, it was Minato that led Karen’s classmates to the rescue; they whipped on aprons and took over for the head chef.
So the attack is just a big put-on she’s staging to draw attention away from Minato, who, aside from rescuing her dinner, has amazed the guests with her jungle-trained tuna-cutting skills.
“But there’s no tuna in a jungle!” Yeah, and I bet there were no blue and white checkered panties either. NSFW: 
Whatever. Gods, I can’t watch Karen make a fool of herself any longer. I’m taking a break to get my composure back and raise shields. In the meantime, enjoy some screenshots below the fold. Some borderline NSFW.
Hahahaha! “SO the one person I wanted to show up at the party on my little yacht ignored my invitation? I can fix that… I’ll invite… HIS LITTLE SISTER! MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Oh, and by ‘little yacht’, I mean ‘cruise liner.’ MUAHAHAHAHAHA!” I’ve been suspecting that Karen was secretly holding a torch for Junichi; just from the way she was oh-so-nice to Yuuhi in the first episode, until Yuuhi paid attention to Junichi. Lots of other signs I’ve been ignoring, but this episode make it a bit more obvious.
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Oh, by casual, you thought I meant casual. Well, no problem!
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All fixed now!
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“Brother, don’t stare at me like that!” Ah, um, errrrrrr….. Uh, what was the question again?
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Hi, there, good lookin’! Whatcha got cookin’? “Nothing with you, cad.” “hm….Katagiri, Katagiri….urk!!!! She’s that Katagiri!
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Did someone say “cooking?” Meanwhile, Karen tries to distract the guests with a truly awful joke routine. Then she finds out that she’s being bailed out by the cute little sister of Junichi…
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You want to rescue the party, how? No! NOT THAT!! NOT PLAN D!!! ANYTHING BUT PLAN D!!!!
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“Argh. ‘D’ is for ‘dumbass.’ I can’t believe I’m having to wear this stupid rubber suit…” The action interludes have involved papa and mama Nagase fighting a giant squid in a submarine. I suspect what’s going to happen is that the cruise liner and the sub are going to cross paths, and the partygoers will think that’s the real entertainment, making the party a success.
UPDATE: Boy, did I miss that guess. And there’s something I really don’t get; I’m going to have to rewatch an earlier episode. There was some sense of familiarity between some of the girls and the spy watching Yuuhi and Junichi. It’s definitely the case that they know each other, as the girls accepted her help in the kitchen. But she shows some unusual abilities here too. She put out a fire that trapped Minato, with just a wave of her hand. I suspect that the ufo and mecha we see in the OP might actually be a part of the series. (Of course, we also see Minato as a catgirl, so don’t make assumptions….)
