As soon as he’s rallied himself at least a bit, Usazawa immediately checks on his partner, of course. And Beelzebusa is in rough shape, as well. Well, perhaps not ‘rough’ shape as much as ‘flat’ shape, but he’s definitely not in great shape, is what I’m saying.

Which is perhaps a bit surprising, actually, given the fact that he wasn’t hit in the balls at all. He doesn’t even have balls. Nevertheless, as soon as Usazawa doubled over in pain, Beelzebusa fell to the ground, completely lifeless and still. Like somebody had cut the strings of a marionette, almost. I guess it must be the close emotional link that Usazawa and Beelzebusa share – just seeing his friend in so much pain cleanly knocked out Beelzebusa.

But as soon as his friend is attending to him, Beelzebusa is regaining his shape. And he seems determined to leave that spell of weakness behind – using the same approach that Usazawa used: a flashback to the Training Camp from Hell.

Seems he was also tortured with a TV show, just a much, much better one. No idea, actually, why Beelzebusa has such a negative reaction to this particular show. Must be some kind of sore subject for him, for some reason. Odd.

More on Monday.