Haku Kurenai's Counterattack!

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**Haku Kurenai's Counterattack!** is the forty-third episode of Cap Revolution Bottleman DX. It first aired in Japan on TV Osaka on January 29, 2023.

## Content

### Summary

Haku stands in Ryo's way! Even though Citrus is being controlled by an AI, Haku still stands by his side. This is because he knows that Citrus is lonely because of his power. With time to spare, Haku proposes a Bottle Battle! While Ryo accepts, he can sense the difference in strength between himself and Haku. Ryo remembers how he went through tough training with his father on his own accord. Meanwhile, the composed Citrus and the fired-up Cota confront each other!

### Plot

In front of Ryo, Haku stands in as his obstacle, vowing to eliminate anyone who bothers Citrus. Ryo, however, tells him that Citrus isn't being the same as usual, to which Haku replies that Citrus's ideals are his own ideals as well. Haku then initiates a match of Target Shooting, saying that he won't let Ryo pass unless Ryo proves to him. Having no choice, Ryo obliges to battle with Haku.

Seeing that Ryo is doing well, Haku decides to up the ante with his triple-shots, pitting Ryo to have a dragged-out fight against him. Haku in fact notices that Ryo has a different strategy of having more complex rapid-firing shots, which confirms Ryo's suspicion of him not being under the influence of Reburst. Haku admits so, but still believes Citrus's actions are his own actions. Haku proceeds to exalt Citrus as a being who is beyond human comprehension, but adds that Citrus has a hidden side. This prompts Ryo to remember that back when Ponta won against his father Io eight years ago, which was when Io began intensively training him afterwards. Haku, liking Ryo's astonishment, subsequently reveals his backstory with Ponta to Ryo.

A few years ago, Haku had his talent recognized by two coaches. Ecstatic about being acknowledged, Haku challenged Citrus to a Bottle Battle in hopes of overpowering Citrus, only to be defeated by the Bottle King. Nevertheless, Citrus still demonstrated kindness and humility through picking up the fallen caps and repairing the dented wall, despite his victory against Haku, and Haku soon saw Citrus's lonely tears. Due to this incident, Haku vowed to be Citrus's right-hand man by all means.

After recounting his past with Ponta, Haku is furious at how Ryo and the other youths don't fully understand Citrus's loneliness, and only regale him for his prestigious position and forbidding him from expressing himself. He remarks that to atone for this sin, one must let Citrus play sincerely, and that he would gladly give up his emotions if it means to serve Citrus. Ryo then begins to overpower Haku's caps, while admitting that he used to want to avenge his father by one day defeating Citrus, but now he has learned that he should be harnessing his emotions for motivating himself to improve instead, which is what he wants Haku to teach Citrus about. However, Haku refuses to give up, and decides to guilt-trip Ryo about Eri being in a coma, which leads to Ryo losing focus on the match.

Meanwhile, the AI-controlled Citrus has decided to meet Cota one-on-one for something important. Cota knows the person in front of him isn't the real Ponta, but the AI replies that such claim is only half correct, which confuses Cota. With the AI start attacking him, Cota has to scram from the swarming trap bottles, and begins losing stamina. The AI then suddenly ceases his assault, and asks Cota to shoot him directly as a means to demonstrate to the latter on how useless his emotion is. Cota initially refuses to cooperate, but is eventually goaded into doing so anyway. The AI then easily deflects all of Cota's trap bottles, and proceeds telling Cota to give up his bubbling philosophy...

## Trivia

### In the episode

* Ponta and Haku's shared past is revealed in this episode.

### Characters

*Note:* All characters are listed in order of their first appearances in the episode. The time they appear is the time from the Japanese dub.

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#### Pictures

##### Behind the scenes

Special illustration for the episodeHaku illustration for the episode by Sayaka OnoCitrus illustration for the episode by Sayaka Ono

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