Shining SOLO, Episode 3: Attack of the Perfectly Nice Women

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(Written August 28, 2024)

We ended on a cliffhanger last time.  Let’s hope the mystery woman entering the house will be able to fix the strange dating mission that has left three of our TREASURE guys hanging out at the house with nothing to do.

But we know how these shows jump around by now.  We open this episode back at the folk village with Junkyu, Ye Won, and Ji Yeon.  They’re having lunch at the nicest food court I’ve ever seen.  As they eat, Ye Won asks Jungku who the shyest person in TREASURE is.  Jungku calls it a three-way tie between Haruto, Asahi, and Jae Hyuk.  If he could see Haruto over at the bowling alley right now, he might drop that name from the list.

After lunch, they go to the part of the village that actually has amusement park rides.  The Viking Ship gives them pause because it looks scary.  They decide to give it a try, even though the girls are wearing those billowy dresses, and they all just had lunch.  Ye Won looks very nervous, and I don’t blame her.  I’m not big on those kinds of rides either.  As soon as the ride starts, she puts her head down and hangs on for dear life.

This is probably a bad time to remind her that she could have been at the movies with Asahi.  In fact, I just looked up some Asahi Fun Facts and learned that his favorite actor is Leonardo DiCaprio.  She could have been at a nice theater somewhere, eating popcorn and watching the Buz Luhrmann version of The Great Gatsby right now.  Just saying.

Okay, Lala, but if it’s fear you want, she could have been watching Shutter Island with Asahi.  Or … (Googling “Leonardo DiCaprio horror movies”) she could be watching … Critters 3.  Okay, I’m not making my point very well.  Back to our show.

Junkyu is concerned about Ye Won and talks reassuringly to her through the ride.  She finally puts her head up for the last swing.  She’s a bit dazed when it’s over, but she’s okay.  Later, in a confessional, she tells us how impressed she was by the way Junkyu looked out for her.

Moving on.  Time to check in on Haruto’s bowling date with Mi Ho and So Won.  They’ve moved on to a café for lunch.  While they wait for their food, Mi Ho asks if they should drop the honorifics now.  To Western ears, this sounds like a simple request, but Haruto isn’t sure he can switch to casual language.  Korean sounds like an incredibly complicated language to learn.  It’s not just what you say, it’s the tone and showing respect. 

Haruto decides to give it a shot.  He asks if they’ve eaten anything today, and I really wish I could hear the difference in the way he’s speaking to them now.  Mi Ho says she hasn’t eaten yet today, but So Won casually says she had a sandwich earlier and eats six meals a day.  Okay, I still love Ye Won’s style, but personality-wise, Se Won is the one I’d want to hang out with.  She’s tomboyish, fun, bowls like a champ, and eats when she’s hungry without apologizing for her hunger or worrying that she’s not being ladylike.  She even tells Haruto that the previous day, when she was hungry, she got snacks out of the fridge and ate them while playing Jenga with everyone in the living room.  She is a role model.  Go Canada!

The trio continues their conversation, but Haruto is still hesitant as he tries to speak casually.  He’s twenty years old, and both girls are older, so I’m guessing he feels like he’s being disrespectful, even though they’re the ones who suggested it.

The food arrives, and this is officially the best date ever.  Someone take me bowling and feed me like this.  You can use whatever honorifics you like. 

Out of nowhere, Haruto surprises me with his boldness.  Now that he’s getting used to speaking more casually, he looks directly across the table at So Won and asks, “Why did you give me a voice recorder?”  Boom!  Here we go!

There’s a few seconds of awkward silence, and then all three start nervously laughing.  Mi Ho quickly excuses herself and gets ready to bolt for the ladies’ room so Haruto and So Won can talk.

So Won looks confused and says she doesn’t think she was the one who left him the recording, which stops me dead.  I wasn’t expecting her to deny it.  Did she maybe put the recorder in the wrong locker?  Oh no … was Asahi supposed to get THREE recorders?

Here’s where Mi Ho sits back down.  She’s not missing a word of this.  Girl, same.

Haruto pushes back with So Won.  He says he recognized her voice on the recorder.  Her response:  “Don’t they modulate the voice on that?”  WHAT?  Did the women think their voices would be disguised?  Also, I’m so disappointed that So Won is trying to lie about it, especially since she seemed straightforward and fearless a minute ago.  Now, she’s so thrown at being confronted that she’s trying to wipe her mouth with her hand, too rattled to reach for a napkin.

So Won starts stress-eating and says with a mouthful of fries that they had hardly talked, and then she stops mid-sentence and asks if hers was the only recorder he got.  He says yes.

Mi Ho steps in to try to diffuse the situation. “It’s really a shame we couldn’t talk much yesterday out of shyness,” she says.  Haruto agrees.  Mi Ho adds, “If we had talked like this yesterday, we would have gotten much closer.”  She tries to interpret what So Won said on the recorder as meaning she was excited to see what Haruto would be like the next day, when they spoke again.

Mi Ho is a loyal soul for jumping in to help So Won like this.  But if So Won had the courage I thought she did, Mi Ho wouldn’t have had to intervene at all. 

So Won, still chewing and reaching for more fries, tells Haruto that today’s bowling date was very thoughtful.  Mi Ho agrees.  Haruto smiles at that, and So Won finally finds her napkin.  “I feel like today was really productive,” Mi Ho tells Haruto.  “It was unexpected.”

Haruto says he feels better after her compliment.  Mi Ho seriously deserves a jewel for saving that situation.  So Won tells us that Haruto is like a totally different person today (in a good way), and I could say the same about her (not in a good way). 

Turns out Mi Ho came in last place in bowling, so she’s got to buy the snacks for the house.  Well, that’s a bummer.  Speaking of the house, we finally cut to the mystery woman arriving.  Time to see what’s going on here.  I find it funny that the guys go into panic mode when they see her on the security monitor, thinking she’s the homeowner, and they’re in trouble.  Did they break into the house to film this?

The woman walks in, and the guys react like a grizzly bear just lumbered into the living room.  They legit look frightened.  Asahi is literally pressed up against the wall.  

It really pushes belief that Asahi is literally running from this girl, and she’s calling after him, “Why are you running away?”  

Jihoon finally invites the poor girl to have a seat in the living room.  If she had actually been the homeowner, she’d probably wonder if her house was being used to keep hostages.

The girl sits in the living room and watches in bewilderment while the guys scramble around the kitchen, frantically trying to decide what to do next.  They know she can see and hear them, right?  This can’t be for real.  I know these 20-something year-old men have been isolated as trainees, but as children, did NO ONE ever visit their homes?  They NEVER had ANY guests?  Those must have been some incredibly depressing birthdays and Christmases.

Jae Hyuk finally introduces himself, and we get this great shot from the girl’s perspective.  HELLO.  WE’RE TOTALLY NOT SERIAL KILLERS.

Asahi and Jae Hyuk huddle on the couch, as far away from the girl as they can get.  (I’m guessing Jihoon has tied bedsheets together and is rappelling off the second floor patio so he can flee into the mountains.)  The girl can’t help laughing and asks why they’re sitting so far away.  I don’t think they respond. 

See, this is why Asahi and Jae Hyuk should have been able to go on those group dates.  They both got voice recorders saying they needed to open up more with women and talk to them, and then all the women WENT AWAY and LEFT THEM ALONE, and they’ve completely regressed back to Day One.  This is officially one of the poorest decisions I’ve ever seen on these reality shows, and I have seen a LOT.

Jae Hyuk finally offers her something to eat.  Seeing an opportunity to interact, she asks them if they cook.  Jae Hyuk points to the kitchen and says, “He’s good at it.  He’ll cook for you.”  We cut to Jihoon shuffling into the kitchen, looking resigned, like the camera crew just dragged him out of the mountains, threw an apron on him, and shoved him back into the house. 

Jae Hyuk actually calls to him, “Jihoon!  Kimchi fried rice!” And I’m pretty sure Jihoon is the LEADER OF THE GROUP.  (checking notes)  YES.  YES HE IS.

Jihoon springs into action and starts cooking.  He asks the girl if she’s had anything to eat today, and she stammers that she has not and then asks, “Do you know my name?”

“We haven’t even asked your name yet!” exclaims Jihoon, who I’m pretty sure WON THREE JEWELS YESTERDAY FOR BEING CHARMING.  (checking notes)  YES.  YES HE DID.

The girl introduces herself as Jo Hyun Seo.  She’s 23 years old and studies fashion and textiles at Seoul National University.  She asks how old they are and learns that while Asahi and Jae Hyuk are her age, Jihoon is one year older.  She asks Jihoon what honorific she should use with him, and he says, “They call me Hyung.”  This is a term normally used by males to address older males, but I don’t think women use that title when addressing men.  (I’m guessing that would be like English-speaking women calling guys “bro.”)  Hyun Seo laughs and says, “Am I supposed to call you Hyung?” He says yes.  She looks confused for a second, but then appears to decide to just roll with it before they all run away again. 

Hyun Seo sits with Jihoon in the kitchen for a while to watch him cook, and presumably to get away from the other two, who are staring at her like she’s a zoo animal trying to break through the fence.  After chatting with Jihoon, she decides to try again with Asahi and Jae Hyuk. 

She sits on the floor, probably to seem less threatening, the way one does with small children.  Asahi turns all the way around and stares out the window behind him.  I just … I seriously can’t with him.  He finally does turn back around to face her but still stares at the floor.

Jae Hyuk jumps up to help Jihoon in the kitchen, leaving his petrified bandmate to fend for himself.  We then cut to Jae Hyuk running into another room to be alone.  He says he needs a break.

This is beyond normal shyness.  This is something these guys may need medication for.  Asahi is now muttering that he doesn’t know where Jae Hyuk is, so to keep him from melting down, Hyun Seo suggests they go look for him.  Asahi starts running through the house, calling for Jae Hyuk, while Hyun Seo tries to keep up.  In the midst of all this insanity, the doorbell rings again.  No.  Oh no.  No no no.  This is a bad idea.  The guys are freaking out over one woman in the house.  We can’t have another one right now.  Not until we can get these guys sedated.  I’m not even joking.  I am genuinely worried right now.

Asahi hears the doorbell from the upstairs hallway and freezes in fear.  “Let’s go see who it is!” says Hyun Seo, the way you would to a toddler when Grandma comes for a visit.

Back in the kitchen, Jihoon does something amazing.  He actually turns on the security panel and … I can’t believe I’m typing this … ASKS THE WOMAN AT THE DOOR FOR HER NAME.

Ladies and gentlemen, we are three episodes in, and one of the grown men in this house has finally, unprompted, asked a woman for her name. 

Ju Hee, who officially has the honor of being the first woman whose name we learn before she enters the house, now enters the house.  She is another woman with fabulous hair and fashion sense.   Hyun Seo greets her because Asahi has given her the slip.  The two women go to the kitchen, where Jihoon invites them both to sit and have lunch.  He is suddenly a gracious host.  

We learn that Ju Hee is 24 years old and a student at Yonsei University.  Jihoon asks about her major.  We don’t get her answer because the camera suddenly cuts to the second floor.  Asahi has found Jae Hyuk, and they are aimlessly wandering the halls.  I’m guessing the producers threaten off-camera to throw them off the balcony if they didn’t get their terrified K-pop butts into the kitchen NOW, because suddenly they’re in the kitchen.  The girls sit down to eat while Asahi nervously paces the room.

Per Koran social rules, Jihoon tells Ju Hee his birth year (2000), which makes him 24 years old, but then he says he’s 23 in international age.  I had to look that up, and now I’m thinking I would also be an emotional mess trying to talk to people in Korea.  So many rules.  So much math.

Both women are impressed with Jihoon’s manners and hospitality.  Asahi and Jae Hyuk are now obsessed with the dishes.  Jihoon goes over to them and asks in a low voice why they’re doing dishes now, while the women are still eating.  “I have to do something,” Jae Hyuk whispers back, “don’t talk to me.”  

Ju Hee turns around to face the kitchen and says hello to the two dishwashers.  She has to say it several times before getting two surprised hellos back, like they just realized she was there.  She asks how old they are.  They exchange looks of alarm and then tell her.  Okay, we’re making progress.

I just checked, and Wonho is being discharged from the military on September 4^th, just a few days from now.  We need to send a helicopter to pick him up at the barracks at the crack of dawn on that day and get him over to this house ASAP.  I know there’s probably some kind of discharge ceremony he’s been looking forward to, but this is way more important.

Asahi and Jae Hyuk race through the dishes and disappear, and the girls can’t help laughing.  They’re not making fun of the guys.  They’re just reacting in disbelief.  Suddenly, Jae Hyuk reappears, and … wow.  He sits at the table to join them.

He’s actually smiling and talking with them.  What happened during those few seconds out of the room?  Did he chug a Red Bull?  Did Wonho actually show up and give him a pep talk?  Whatever the reason, he’s now carrying on a conversation with them.  We get Ju Hee in a confessional, and she’s as stunned as we are.

Asahi reappears and starts lurking around the kitchen again before finally joining everyone at the table.  We learn that Ju Hee is studying nursing.  That’s surprising – she’s so beautiful, I just assumed she was a model.  This is the guys’ first time meeting a peer from a completely different field, and I think this is brilliant of the showrunners.  Now they have a lot to talk about.

Ju Hee has nursing vlogs?  I looked her up, and yes, she has a YouTube channel about nursing and health, and the videos have English subtitles.  I immediately subscribed.  (You can find her on YouTube at @juhee_honggg.)

So the guys are asking questions, like does she have to give injections, and does she handle IVs when people have the flu.  Then they start asking Hyun Seo about clothes and fashion.  (By “they,” I mean Jihoon, who’s doing most of the talking, but the fact that Asahi and Jae Hyuk are sitting with them and paying attention instead of trying to tunnel their way out under the floorboards is a HUGE improvement.)

In the middle of this discussion, the bowling alley date group returns to the house – Haruto, Mi Ho, and So Won.

I’m actually the one confused, because when they walk into the living room, our three guys are just sitting there alone, doing a puzzle on the coffee table.  Then we hear Hyun Seo and Ju Hee giggling and find that they’re hiding in the kitchen.  They come out to greet everyone.  Haruto appears quite taken with the new arrivals.

Haruto tells us right away that Hyun Seo, the fashion and textiles major, has a very intelligent look.  He’s quite good at checking her out without looking like he’s checking her out.  He also tells us he thinks Ju Hee is a dancer.

Now the folk village date group returns – Junkyu, Ye Won, and Ji Yeon, who are quite surprised to find a house full of people and conversation.  I’m quite surprised that they’re still wearing hanbok.

I really like this scene of everyone relaxed and happy and introducing themselves.  Junkyu tells us he’s delighted to meet more people.  He’s curious to see what kind of synergy the group will form.  I’m already seeing a dramatic change in both Junkyu and Haruto after their group date experiences.  I’m hoping Asahi and Jae Hyuk will get to have the same experiences, getting them out of the house so they can’t hide so easily.

As the group settles into the living room, the classical music starts up again.  Stairway mailbox time!  The boys run out of the room, while the others get Ju Hee and Hyun Seo up to speed.  

The two new girls get to open the envelope and read the mission.

Now we’ll start the food delivery taste battle.  Men, please order delivery food you’ll eat with the women now.  The men will order delivery food, and the women decide only by the menu!  They’ll have a dinner date with the person who ordered the food they like the most.

The guys gather in one of the bedrooms to place their food orders so the women can’t hear.  They place the following orders:

Jihoon:  tteokbokki
This is a simmered rice cake that is VERY popular in Korea  I think I’ve seen people eating it on every one of these shows I’ve covered.

 Jae Hyuk:  takoyaki
A Japanese snack made with diced octopus and vegetables.

Junkyu:  malatang
This is like a Chinese street food version of ramen. 

Haruto:  fried chicken
This is one of the most popular foods on Earth.  Haruto is no dummy.

Asahi:  pasta
Again, smart move.  If I were one of the girls, I would choose either the pasta or the fried chicken.  Asahi knows what he’s doing when he orders it.  He is definitely getting a date out of this.  

While this is going on, the women gather on the second floor patio to compare notes on the guys.  Mi Ho talks about how she got to know Haruto better on the bowling date.  So Won agrees, saying he was funny and attentive.  She doesn’t mention how he challenged her about the voice recorder.  Also, when Mi Ho and So Won came into the house earlier, they were barefoot, and Haruto brought them both slippers.  I have a hunch Haruto’s getting a jewel at the next voting session.

Dinnertime!  The food delivery arrives.  As the guys unpack the food, we learn that Asahi ordered eggs benedict along with the pasta.  This man has gained some confidence and is determined to get a date.  We learn that if none of the women choose a food item, that man dines alone.  Well, that’s harsh.

The guys spread out over the house, choosing separate spots to set up their meals.  Inside the house, Haruto is in the living room, and Asahi is at the kitchen table.  Outside, the other three guys have set up tables around the courtyard.  They really will be isolated and eating alone if no one chooses their food.  This show is meaner than the Tower on Wild Idol.  Although Jihoon does not appear worried.  “Finding a girl in Korea who dislikes tteokbokki is really hard,” he says.

Haruto is making the same bet with the fried chicken.  Honestly, I wouldn’t choose one item.  I’d go from table to table, sampling all of it.  I’d get kicked off the show.

The women come downstairs, one by one.  They already know the menu item they want and just have to find the right table.  We’re told that dinner could be a group dining experience for some of the guys and a solo dining experience for others.  Again, this show is SO MEAN.

Hyun Seo, our fashion and textiles student, is the first to come downstairs.  And what happens next is BRUTAL.  She stops at Asahi’s table and asks what he’s serving.  He tells her pasta, and she pretty much says, “oh, that’s nice,” and moves on to Haruto.  He shows her the fried chicken, but that’s also not what she’s looking for.  She heads outside to check the other tables.  I’m cringing.  Every cell in my body is cringing.  I may have permanently lost several inches in height from cringing.

She keeps checking the tables until she finds Junkyu and the malatang.

Now Ji Yeon comes downstairs.  She heads right to the pasta and Asahi.  

The viewer comments pop up quickly now, debating whether or not Asahi actually wanted to be alone.  I’m pretty sure he wanted a date, because he chose pasta, a popular dish.  If he’d really wanted to be alone, he would have served cottage cheese and olives. 

But then we cut to Asahi in a confessional, and he’s honestly amazed that someone chose pasta.  At the dinner table, he seems flustered that Ji Yeon is sitting there, and he doesn’t know what to do.  I swear, I can’t get a read on Asahi at all.

Now Asahi feels badly for Haruto, who’s still sitting alone, so instead of sitting at the table with Ji Yeon, he sits between his table and Haruto’s, leaving Ji Yeon at the table by herself.  You know what?  Just scrap the whole show.  End it right here at Episode 3 and just air reruns of HIT Village for the rest of the series run.  We’re done here.  Pack up the set.  Everyone grab your final paychecks on the way out.  Someone cancel Wonho’s helicopter.  Get home safe.

A third woman comes downstairs, and she races past Haruto and Asahi so fast, we can’t even see who it is.  My money’s on So Won.  After he caught her in a lie on their date, I doubt she wants another meal with him.  But nope, it was our nursing vlogger Ju Hee.  She is off in search of something that isn’t pasta or chicken.  If I were Haruto, I’d really start taking this personally.  At least ONE of the girls has to like fried chicken.  But Ju Hee chooses Jihoon and his tteokbokki in the courtyard.  

Haruto has the same idea as rtanu, inviting Jae Hyuk to come in and eat with him.  But at that very moment, Mi Ho and So Won come downstairs together.  So Won chooses takoyaki with Jae Hyuk, and Mi Ho chooses malatang, which means that Junkyu now has two dates for dinner.

Jae Hyuk is grateful to So Won, thanking her for sitting with him and saying he would have skipped dinner if no one had chosen him.  Now I’m so sad.  He’s not happy because she chose to eat with him.  He happy SOMEONE did.  I don’t blame him.  This is so painful.

Haruto is now curled up alone on the couch in the living room, and I hate this so much.  Ye Won comes downstairs, goes outside, and chooses takoyaki with Jae Hyuk and So Won.  That’s all the girls.  Two of the guys have two dates, and Haruto is alone.  This show can go pound sand.

Haruto must be hungry, because he starts eating the chicken by himself.  If I were him, I’d just find a book and an empty room and enjoy my dinner in solitude, away from the cameras.

Outside, Jae Hyuk is shy and awkward with both of his dates.  He tells the girls he hates silence, but he doesn’t know what to say.  He’s really trying.  “Earlier, the new guests initiated a lot of conversation when they arrived,” he tells them, “but I got shy.  I feel so bad that I want to apologize to them now.”

Haruto has no dates, and he’s sad.  Jae Hyuk has two dates, and he’s sad.  This show can’t do a mission right to save its life.  

Then Ye Won asks Jae Hyuk if he got a jewel yesterday, because sure, go ahead and remind him about the voice recorder on top of everything else.  WHEN WILL THIS EPISODE END?

Wait a minute.  (checking notes)  YE WON IS THE GIRL WHO LEFT JAE HYUK THE VOICE RECORDER.  She knew that when she asked him the question.  What the hell, Ye Won?

But Jae Hyuk must not have recognized the voice, because he thinks Ji Yeon left the recorder.  The show gives us a flashback, confirming it was Ye Won, but now, she’s willing to let Ji Yeon take the fall.  She asks if his feelings were hurt, and he says yes.  She looks sad and says she hopes he feels better, and he says, “I’m okay,” in a way that means that he’s not okay.  Please just end this episode now so I can go to bed and stare at the ceiling and be depressed.

Suddenly, Jae Hyuk tells So Won he knows she was the one who left a voice recorder for Haruto, because all the guys compared notes.  Wait, they all compared notes, and he still thinks Ji Yeon left him the voice recorder?  Ji Yeon left one of Asahi’s two recordings.  Was Asahi so depressed, he didn’t try to figure out who his critics were?  And wait – JI YEON IS INSIDE EATING PASTA WITH ASAHI RIGHT NOW.

Jae Hyuk says he knows Ye Won gave a recorder to Asahi, but she didn’t, and she says she didn’t.  “I don’t think you know our voices yet,” she says.  Jae Hyuk does the math and realizes his recorder was from Ye Won.  Both are embarrassed.  I can’t imagine how this evening could get any worse, but we have nine minutes left, so I’m sure this episode will find a way.

Now we cut to Jae Hyuk in a confessional, and HE’S ON THE VERGE OF TEARS.  Congratulations, Shining SOLO.  Somehow you got worse.  I am in begrudging and horrified admiration.

Back to this dinner date from hell.  Ye Won and Jae Hyuk make peace, and I’m sure So Won is stress-eating again because I sure am. 

Now we cut away to Asahi and Ji Yeon, who are eating pasta without talking, because that kind of atmosphere is just great for digestion.  They look like a couple out for their anniversary dinner who just decided to get divorced.  She’s probably mentally rehearsing her next voice recorder message for him.

Finally, Asahi murmurs, “Do you have any hobbies?”  She says, “I really like watching movies alone,” and he says, “Me, too.”  That sparks a conversation.  They both like late-night movies.  Asahi likes watching movies alone in his room. 

Suddenly, Haruto’s voice booms from the living room coffee table.  “WOW, this chicken is DELICIOUS!” he says in the loudest passive-aggressive voice I have ever heard, and I kind of love it.  Honestly, when the camera cuts to him eating while shouting, the only thing that would have made it more perfect is if he were taking swigs from a bottle of bourbon and watching depressing French cinema on his phone.  

Concerned, Asahi turns around to check on his friend.  He calls Haruto’s name.  Haruto takes a huge bite of chicken before turning around and yelling “WHAT?” and I am 100% here for this.  

Both Asahi and Ji Yeon look worried, and I just want Haruto to yell, “Oh don’t mind me, just enjoy your PASTA,” and then I want him to pick up one of those Mr. Treasure jewels and sling it right through the living room window before going back to taking more enormous, life-threatening bites of chicken while shards of glass fly everywhere.  It needs to be snowing outside while this happens.  Gusts of wind need to be blowing snow through the broken window and all over the $2.1 million USD house while everyone screams and runs around and Haruto keeps eating chicken.

It doesn’t happen that way, which is a shame, but it’s still a defiant ending on Haruto’s part.  Asahi and Ji Yeon invite him to eat with them, but he just dismissively waves his fork at them and keeps chewing. 

Asahi and Ji Yeon go back to talking about movies.  These two are seriously clicking, and I know I’m supposed to see this as a heartwarming end to the episode, but I don’t want to because Haruto is rage-eating chicken TEN FEET AWAY FROM THEM and I cannot WAIT to hear the messages on all four voice recorders that are going to be crammed into his locker tonight.

We cut to Jihoon and Ju Hee outside in the courtyard, also connecting on their date, talking about the life of a     K-pop idol, while Haruto’s villain origin story is unfolding in the living room.  It’s a weird way for the show to try to end the episode on a happy note, and despite the showrunners’ best efforts, all the viewer comments can focus on is Haruto. 

I’ll just end it here with these questions for next time.

1. Should Haruto actually turn into a villain for the rest of the series?
   
2. Would he be a Joker type villain or more Phantom of the Opera?
   
3. Seriously, why did no one choose fried chicken?  Do these women hate joy?

Remember, all it takes is one bad day to reduce the sanest man to lunacy.   See you next episode.  

Episode 4:  Sports. Meat. Good.

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