Episode 6

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## Staff

### **Animation Director**

Kazuyuki Ikai
Shunryo Yamamura
Emiko Kataoka
Park Ji Seung
Sara Sakoe
Junko Matsushita
Shigeko Unagi
rere
Cerberus
Suwarin Promjutikanon
Chotanan Pipobworacha

## Debuts

### Characters:

Manami Yamagishi
Miyabi
Ugaki Kazue

## ©2022「アキバ冥途戦争」製作委員会 / Akiba Maid War Production Committee

**Blood in a Sisterly Troth and the Menace of the Red Bat** (姉妹盃に注ぐ血　赤バットの凶行, *Shimai Sakazuki ni Sosogu Chi Aka Batto no Kyōkō*) is the sixth episode of Akiba Maid War. It broadcasted in Japan on November 11, 2022.

## Synopsis

Manami Yamagishi, a legendary Maid known as the "Crimson Supernova," is released from prison and escorted to the Maidalien group's HQ. After calling Maidalien's current leader soft for letting Wuv-Wuv Moonbeam get wiped out, she takes over the group herself. Meanwhile, Nagi and the Debt Collector issue an ultimatum to the Oinky Doink Manager to deal with Maidalien's leader or they will destroy her café themselves. When the Manager calls a staff meeting to inform them of the news, Ranko and Zoya, suggest assassinating Maidalien's leader, as all other alternatives would lead to their deaths.

However, Nagomi doesn't want to fight, fearing that a war will force her to hurt Nerula. The Manager suggests a formal sisterhood bond, and with the ramen chef's help, the two become sisters. The next day, Nerula hears orders go out from Manami to all Maidalien maid cafes to destroy Oinky Doink Café. Nerula tries to hold them off by slipping Nagomi a warning and tipping off a local policeman, but Manami and her aide Miyabi bribe the cop and hunt down Nerula soon after finding out she was the mole. The two find her hiding spot at about the same time as Nagomi and Ranko. Nerula takes responsibility for her actions and tries to kill Manami, but is beaten and then gunned down in front of Nagomi. The Maidaliens then flee from approaching police, as Nagomi hears Nerula's dying words.

## Characters

### In Order of Appearance

* Manami Yamagishi
* Kazue Ugaki
* Nagi
* Debt Collector
* Manager
* Nagomi Wahira
* Nerula
* Ranko Mannen
* Yumechi
* Shiipon
* Zoya
* Nerula

## Trivia

* Nagomi and Nerula making an oath of sisterhood by exchanging nametags and drinking broth from the same bowl of ramen, followed by the General congratulating them and leading them in a hand clap, is a reference to the ceremony known as 杯事 (sakazukigoto), in which two participants drink from a ceremonial sake cup called "Sakazuki" in order to pledge their loyalty and allegiance to one another.
	+ Although commonly done in traditional formal events such as Japanese weddings, it is also done in the Japanese underworld when a boss initiates a new underling into the group, creating a foster parent-child relationship.
	+ More specifically, the ceremony they are doing is a reference to 兄弟盃 (kyōdaisakazuki, "Brothers Sake Cup") in which the two participants swear to become brothers within their organization, as Nerula stated she that would become Nagomi's Onee-chan ("Big Sister") and Nagomi later refers to her as her sister (姉妹 shimai) during the fight.
* Manami tells the detective that she doesn't know Showa-dori from Electric Town, referring to two major areas of Akihabara that are on opposite sides of each other.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.grunge.com/383609/this-is-what-bonds-yakuza-for-life/
2. ↑ https://sugoii-japan.com/yakuza-facts-japanese-mafia
3. ↑ https://yakuzahistory.wordpress.com/sakazuki/