This mini-arc is essentially dedicated to capturing Squirtle (#09 Tsukiumi), in my mind anyway. Sure, Minato also takes #02 Matsu, or actually vice versa... But while Matsu may have the meganekko fetish on her side, Tsukiumi's antics made me laugh uproarously. She's such a tsundere, and the lofty pretentions...

Is she great or what? I doubt that the alcoholic chick can outdo her.

Oddly enough, despite the knowledge of life, Tsukiumi's mental facilities are not top notch. We can forgive her the inability to see through a disguise, which Sherlock Holmes said was not for everyone. But consider how she teaches Musubi that wife and husband share a bed — to her own detriment.

UPDATE: Now that I watched a bit of Moribito, I know where Tsukiumi's speech come from: she talks like the Second Queen. Somehow I assumed that Japanese nobility used a precursor of keigo. Apparently, not true! Tsukiumi's manner of speaking must be sending a clear signal to Japanese listeners, too bad for American viewers.