To Love-Ru Darkness ch. 48 : An unlikely ally

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Though some of the girls secretly root for the success of Momo’s harem plan, none of them have openly joined her efforts.  That is, until now.

This chapter continues some of the falling action / resolution from the Yami-Darkness arc.  Tearju gets teary eyed seeing Yami back in class.  Run tries to get Rito to attend her next idol event, with ulterior motives strongly implied.  The story introduces a male ‘harem’ of Momo worshipers.  Obviously, these are men of great taste.

And of course loli-Lala is still loli, which provides the first nipple sighting of the chapter:

 

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Mea becomes the first character to openly join in on Momo’s harem plan, defecting from Nemesis to do so.  Mea does this mainly out of her own feelings for Rito, but also in part because she believes it is inevitable that her sister (Yami) will eventually succumb to love and join in too.

Momo tries yet another trick to set up Rito for this plan, by trying to get Haruna and Rito in a room together alone in the hopes that it might spark some romance.  The plan never gets off the ground though, as Mea goes rogue and borrows Haruna’s appearance to lewdly seduce Rito.

Of course, Rito being the colossal pussy / ‘nice guy’ that he is, would never go for this approach, and it takes all of about ten seconds to figure out that Haruna is a fake.   But not after readers get an eyeful:

 

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Not one for modesty, Mea fails to button up even after the jig is up, leading to several more topless shots.

 

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Momo ends up frustrated by the whole event, though she’s earned herself an openly supportive ally at long last, and by the end, even Mea agrees that Momo’s way of creating feelings, not lust, is the best route to go.

Of course, Mea wasn’t really trying to advance things with Haruna, it was all a flimsy excuse to get felt up and hopefully desired by Rito, hence not being in the biggest hurry to button up afterwards.

The last fanservice shot comes from Mikan:

 

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And so the chapter ends, with a teaser for an epic event to come, the arrival of the Deviluke Queen, mother of Lala, Momo, and Nana.