Yohane The Parhelion Episode 5: Healing the Ghost Fish Empress

After meeting the last of our the nine our daring heroine would be led back to a somber ruler of astral marine life.

We resumed a day after Lailaps’ ominous message to Yohane after she went to sleep. We got another hint that on the Yohane left for the big city it looked like Lailaps didn’t part on the best of terms. In the morning Yohane resumed errand girl duties. The client’s child wasn’t feeling well. She mentioned strange things happening recently. Lailaps sensed it’s connected to the calamity. For some reason only young people like children and teenagers could sense of were haunted by it. As Lailaps commented on Yohane’s change of enjoying Numazu and wanting to help everyone they’re approached by one of Mari’s ghost fishies. She summoned our heroines.

They knew where cultured people wanted a closer look.

Mari recalled a family tome and wanted to share info with the two. Long story short the secret to ending the Calamity was connected to music because this is an idol anime spinoff so of course music played a pivotal role in the main plot. One song strong enough to banish the darkness. A song powered by Resonances. It reminded Yohane of the symbols on her staff each time she made new friends, aka the Aqours gang. She’s about to suggest befriending Mari but the beautiful lady was afraid to open herself to anyone ever again. When she’s younger Mari went to Numazu but appeared to be harshly discriminated against for her “demonic” appearance. She’s emotionally scarred since. Yohane wanting to help Mari reminded Lailaps of how Yohane used to be. As we recall she too was judged by the townsfolk.

They went to the smartest person in the multiverse and her precious imouto for help. The Perfect Sisters tried to communicate with Mari but she wouldn’t even open the door for them. However, she did share crucial information that helped save lives from future accidents. She thanked Yohane for sharing information from Mari on the calamity and had a feeling she’d be able to warm the ghost fish queen’s cold heart. This statement coming from The Perfect One meant there’s a one million percent chance of it coming true.

As Yohane thought of how to best help Mari You and Kanan dropped by to share their thoughts. Basically everyone can feel scared by how others perceive them. Even if they’ll gladly accept you sometimes the fear of being misjudged is too strong to come out of your shell. TinkerRuby wanted in on the action and exposed herself. She’s nervous of Kanan and You at first but it didn’t take long to accept their friendship. TinkerRuby turned out to be a great example of what Mari’s going through. She knew how Mari felt and encouraged Yohane to help free her.

Yohane tried again by inviting Mari to come check out the newly built swing but Mari refused to budge. We saw a flashback of her being scared and another one of Emperor Ghost Fish King saying her super horns were valuable gifts that could one day help a lot of people. Despite her disappointment Yohane let Mari be. Thankfully it wasn’t long before the empress tried giving the outside world a second chance by accepting Yohane’s invite.

You know, as Mari told Yohane about the sad thoughts she heard people express and was brought down by the negativity it reminded me of someone judging the outside world purely from the crap they read on social media like Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and the like. We know the negative nitwits online do not represent the large majority of the world but it can still affect us.

Happy Mari is best Mari, even if a small bit.

Hooray! It’s Cousin Tsuki! So glad you weren’t a one-off movie character.

Cousin Tsuki asked Yohane to be her photo model. Unfortunately while posing nearby kids saw the ghost fishies and commented on them. Mari interpreted their reactions as them judging her appearance again. The negative thoughts grew inside and Mari nearly collapsed. Thankfully Yohane was able to help clear her mind. With her mind cleared the people came over to praise her beauty and thank her for alerting them of dangers such as a potential bridge collapse.

The Zura is still #1 harem girl but Mari may be a close second. Classic story of earning a demon’s affection by helping them overcome their fears.

Inner Aqours unleashed. She’ll be back to full “SHINING” soon.

To end their healing date Yohane invited Mari to her special place. Unfortunately just as she’s about to treat her to a show the calamity struck again.

Great stuff as always. Next time we’ll see how our heroines escape the darkness and more Riko.