Episode 9- Love Wanders!

**Love Wanders!** is the 9th episode for the series. The preview features a dispute between En and Atsushi.

## Plot

In the attic of a convenience store, a guy surfs the web where anonymous shut-ins *(hikikomori)* converse with each other. In despair, he views a fellow hikikomori who appeared similar to him in regards to not wanting any friends, being made fun of online by other anonymous users who were posting rude comments. This invokes some unpleasant memories and as a result, he caves into the niches of his kotatsu in retaliation. He expresses his desire of not wanting a friend all the more when all of a sudden, a bright light radiates the dark corners of his room, where he finds the Conquest club standing right before his very own eyes.

The following day, En and Seto were running late for class, where the former decides to stop by a convenience store, called the "Delicious Life Campaign ♡ " to buy some bread. Seto warns him before leaving for school without him, as they were late. On entering the store, En's loveracelet lets off a light which indicated a Loveless was somewhere near, unknown to him that a powerful negative force was to control him.

En appears behind Seto who was wondering why En had been taking so long at the store, despite leaving him behind and walking slowly in hopes that he would catch up with her. On catching up with Seto, they begin arguing over petty things, regarding how En was left behind with Seto not bothering to wait for him, or the manner in which he felt alone on being left behind. Seto arrives late for class, with En not being at his seat. This makes her excuse herself from class lectures to go to the nurse's office. There she finds En sulking to himself, for reasons unknown to him. On confronting him, Seto gets told off. She then leaves the room sparing En behind, who by now, started regretting for saying such harsh words to her.

In the clubroom, Yumoto brings up a bento with Onigiris for lunch. There he finds En behaving in a rather awkward way. Ryuu and Io soon appear behind Yumoto, and notice En brooding away in the clubroom. He confides with his remaining club members about his fight with Seto. Yumoto then advises En to offer the latter a prompt apology, which was unanimously seconded by Wombat. On hearing footsteps outside the clubroom, En recognizes them and quickly panics and hides. Seto enters the room & is greeted by the other members, and gets invited by Yumoto to lunch with them. On spotting some of En's belongings beneath the table, she declines the offer, and takes her CD player along that was left in the room. On being confronted and questioned by Yumoto on her fight with En, Seto tries to avoid the topic, saying that he would calm down sooner or later. En, who was by the window eavesdropping, felt a sudden surge of anger because of the negative power controlling him. This leads him pick a fight with Seto again.

Yumoto, who was giving it his best in trying to end their fight, realizes, on conversing with Io, Nozomi, Kyiki, Atsushi, and Ryuu, that a Loveless may be behind all of this. Together with his classmates, Yumoto tries to find certain leads as to the whereabouts of this Loveless.

In the student council room, Arima, Micha, and Akoya report to Kinshiro on the supposed fight that had taken place between the two friends. This caused him to be in a good mood. After questioning a bunch of students that had their friends behaving in a similar way to how En was, Yumoto bumps into Seto in the corridors. On learning that En had indeed stopped by the convenience store earlier that morning, it convinced Yumoto that the Loveless controlling En had to be somewhere around that area. Realizing that En was being controlled by a monster all along, Seto vows to get her close friend back to normal.