Oh gawd, it’s another Escalation episode!

Well, at least it’s the last one…

We start out with a prayer in the chapel, where we are introduced to new girl Arisa.  She wants to know about who’s playing the piano, and she learns it’s Rie.

Guess what happens next.

One has to wonder by now: is it Rie, or is it the all-girls Catholic school?

This all happens in the span of roughly ONE MINUTE.  Holy crap.

The next day, Arisa shows up at Rie’s dorm room.  Here’s how their talk goes: Arisa says she didn’t hear Rie playing earlier, so she wanted to check up on her.  She also wanted to known if Arisa could teach her to play piano.  She then asks Rie if she’s kissed before, then she kisses her.  This all happens in half a minute.  Seriously, it’s almost like they want to go through all the plot points as quickly as possible.

Meanwhile, Rie is worried about the upcoming graduation and her sempais / friends / bitches who manipulate her into sex while she is incapable of seeing how wrong this is *ahem* leaving her behind.

That’s when something chilling happens.  Rie locks the door, tells Arisa to call her onee-chan, and orders her to strip.

They are interrupted when Marie (Rie’s friend who kinda got kidnapped and raped by Naomi) enters.

Arisa gets chased away, only to bump into Midori.  Say hello to the fryer!

If you thought Marie was going to chew Rie out for whatever she was about to do with Arisa… you thought wrong.  The whole issue seems to be completely dropped.  Marie asks Rie if they’ll be friends forever.  Then…

So after funtimes happen, Marie drops the bomb that she’ll be leaving for Los Angeles in the morning, ahead of graduation.

After graduation, Rie receives an invitation from Naomi to come to her mansion to celebrate.  I guess Rie’s parents don’t give a fuck.

I should point out that we haven’t seen Arisa since her talk with Midori.  Gee, I wonder what happened…

Naomi tells Rie to teach Arisa what she taught Rie to make her call Rie “onee-chan.”  While Naomi and Midori watch, of course.

Once the two finish, Rie goes into another room with Naomi, and Midori hooks up with Arisa.  And this time, Rie wears the strap-on.

….Character development, I guess?

So, Rie leaves the school and Arisa behind.  As a momento, Rie gives Arisa her old uniform and a photo of herself.

And that’s how it ends.

So uh… I can’t help but think this would have been more meaningful if Rie were parting with someone she didn’t just meet in this episode.

But whatever.  None of these Escalation episodes have made any sense.  And hey, we’re done!