Bad Company / Heartfelt Cooking Class

## Chronology

**Bad Company / Heartfelt Cooking Class** ("悪友 / 真心クッキング教室" *Akuyū / Magokoro Kukkingu Kyōshitsu*) is the Sixty-fourth episode and the Twentieth episode of the third season of the anime series *Mairimashita! Iruma-kun*

## Summary

Iruma is invited to play video games with Lied and meets his older sister.

Iruma and Ameri attempt baking cookies but find the task to be quite the challenge.

## Plot

### Introduction

Sullivan gives a recap of events following the end of the Harvest tournament but his excitement over Iruma's success gets the better of him and Opera finishes the speech.

### **Bad Company**

Sullivan is thrilled the day has come that Iruma is asking something from him. Opera even stating the moment deserves celebration before asking the nervous Iruma what it is he's asking for. Later at an apartment complex, Iruma is greeted by Lied and presents a handheld game console that he had asked Sullivan for, although Sullivan had originally tried to buy him six hundred sixty-six consoles.

After heading inside, the two gather drinks and snacks for themselves and make their way to Lied's room but the blond demon warns Iruma to be extremely cautious and quiet as they walk by the room belonging to Lied's older sister. At entering Lied's room, Iruma is amazed at Lied's belongings while Lied is still accepting that Iruma is in his room. The two begin playing a hunting style game similar to the Harvest Festival. Iruma begins to characterize his avatar as a teenager when Lied suggests categorizing himself under the adult category since they are the Young Kings although he admits that he himself has trouble playing the adult level of the game. They next pick their animal partners with Lied choosing a dragon because they're incredibly strong and Iruma selecting a cat as, based off Opera, they seem very reliable.

Lied then surprises Iruma when he says the game allows his character to get married and then asks what kind of girl Iruma is interested in. With Iruma shyly dodging the question, Lied decides to use his secret weapon-a slightly pervy book. He insists that Iruma borrow the book but the noise they make accidentally wakes Lied's sister, Shakky.

She angrily enters the room and demands that they stop the noise as she is recovering from a hangover. As she is hitting her brother, Lied begs her to stop since Iruma is visiting. Iruma politely introduces himself and Shakky rushes back to her room to change from her pajamas to a flattering dress to spark a possible relationship with Iruma. Lied quickly pushes Shakky out of his room but she returns, wearing a different dress, when she remembers that Iruma is Sullivan's grandson. She tries to tempt Iruma with snacks but Lied tries to cut things off when Shakky spots Lied's perverted book. This time, Lied traps her back in her room and warns her to stay away from Iruma whom he admits to seeing like a little brother; a behavior Shakky recalls Lied having displayed toward Clara when she had joined his battler. Shakky points out how different Lied is now compared to before when he was a loner who didn't cling to anyone but now has new stock of multiplayer games. When she calls Lied out for now caring about his classmates, he willingly admits so and heads back to his room.

When he gets back, he sees that Iruma has finished making his game character. Iruma then claims to believe that he was able to win the harvest because the rest of their class was behind them and gives great praise and credit to Lied who stuck with him throughout it all. From it, Iruma admits to seeing Lied as being very reliable but lands a shocking blow when he claims Lied is like his little brother. Lied tries to claim that Iruma is the little brother but Iruma, and Shakky, both make Lied see he is the younger brother.

### **Heartfelt Cooking Class**

While reading First Love Memories, Iruma details how cookies are being made for Kakeru and, due to the acting he had done for Thoth, adds more energy to this reading than normal. Ameri praises the reading as one of the best yet. Remembering how she had wanted to give Iruma a gift to congratulate him for winning the tournament, she wonders if baking sweets would be a perfect gift. She mentions how she would like to try but reveals that her father has forbidden her from using their kitchen. Hearing this, Iruma invites her to his home.

At the mansion, Ameri is in her own thoughts about wondering if this is preparation for when she and Iruma wed. After Iruma thanks Opera for having everything ready for them, Opera leaves and the two begin the preparations. Opera decides to watch their progress in secret but feels certain they will be able to make a decent batch as long as they follow the recipe. To his shock, Iruma, despite reading the measurements, uses an entire block of butter and barely any sugar. When Ameri interrupts, Opera believes that she will tell him to follow the recipes measurements but is once more shocked when she instead adds an entire bag of sugar from having heard from Elizabetta that sweets sometimes have a lot of sugar.

Seeing their actions leads Opera to suspect that the two have absolutely no baking experience; most likely due to Iruma having been concerned about surviving that he just tossed what he found into a dish to eat and Ameri reveals that she had once baked when she was little but, unbeknownst to her, had put her father in so much pain that he asked her not to bake too often under the impression the treat was too overwhelming. Opera continues to watch the two add nearly anything they get their hands on into the recipe and destroy several items in the process until they cause an explosion and create a mysterious entity.

Opera cannot stand it anymore and steps in to show them the proper ways to cook and bake. They begin another batch, but Opera makes sure they stick to the recipe, properly measure ingredients, stops them from adding anything unnecessary, and saving them from sentient ingredients. Eventually, Iruma and Ameri are able to produce a perfect batch of cookies that are shaped to look like their friends and relatives. They thank Opera for providing them all the help and don't seem to notice when Opera leaves to get fresh air to wind down.

Iruma begins to struggle with what kind of wrapping to use for the different demons he will give the cookies to when he sees Ameri already working on hers and asks who she will give her cookies to. To his surprise, Ameri sits him on top of the countertop to they can be on equal eye level when she presents a bag of cookies to him and properly congratulates him for becoming the Young King. Iruma gratefully accepts.

Later, the two ask Opera to be taught to make burgers but Opera pleads for them not to try. Iruma then gives cookies to Sullivan and Opera who feel the need to celebrate the gift they received.

## Appearances

* Lord Sullivan
* Iruma Suzuki
* Shax Lied
* Opera
* Unnamed Demon shopkeeper
* Shax Shakky
* Azazel Ameri
* Azazel Henri
* Ix Elizabetta (cameo)
* Valac Clara (cameo)

## Episode Notes

### Character Revelations

#### Bad Company

* Iruma and Lied use the personal pronoun 'boku' (僕/ぼく). The rest of their male classmates use these other pronouns:
	+ Asmodeus - Watashi (私/わたし)
	+ Jazz, Picero, Schneider - Ore (俺/オレ/おれ)
	+ Kamui - Watakushi (私/わたくし)
	+ Goemon - Sessha (拙者/せっしゃ)
	+ Sabro - Unu (汝/うぬ)

#### Heartfelt Cooking Class

* Ameri and Iruma are terrible at cooking, despite the latter being good at making soup and hotpot.

### Trivia

* The events of this episode originally take place before The Instructors Banquet.

### Difference between Anime and Manga

* **Anime**: Ameri states that she had baked a cake for her father.
 **Manga**: She claims to have made cookies instead.