![]() In a conversation with Takahashi, he reveals that he’s from the “Demi-Human Division” of the police force. Unfortunately, the discomfort only grows as Ugaki reveals more about his relationship with Sakie. After all, there’s never been anything to indicate any sort of burnout from her and, while she has said she desires romance, it’s a big jump from that to wanting to get married and quit her job. It would make more sense for her to point out that his way of thinking is old-fashioned – the old “ Christmas cake woman” line of thought is rapidly fading from relevance and the average age of a Japanese woman’s first marriage is now close to 30 – and that she’s happy in her career. She’s going to great lengths to make this career happen, including surrounding herself by hormonal teenage boys who are extra-susceptible to her pheromones. Something in this scene doesn’t add up, however. Sakie, instead of pointing that out, starts blushing and saying there is, in fact, someone she’s interested in. It would be sweet, if it weren’t for the fact that he tells the 24-year-old who is just starting a career that she should think about settling down and getting married. Ugaki mentions that he’s known her for a long time, and there’s a definite sense of history between them. The two have a comfortable, if slightly antagonistic dynamic that Sakie describes as something like a father-daughter relationship, though Ugaki does not care for the comparison. ![]() Detective Ugaki explains in more detail about how succubi live – according to him, most either live completely outside of society or “throw caution to the wind and live boldly.” Furthermore, in a nasty bit of asexual erasure, he informs her it’s completely implausible that Takahashi isn’t turned on by her, since any non-homosexual man is going to be subject to her wiles. She’s completely eschewed romance for herself, since she can’t separate men who love her from men who are simply turned on by her pheromones – the reason she’s attracted to Takahashi-sensei is because she doesn’t think he’s turned on by her, although it turns out he’s just really good at hiding it. She lives way on the outskirts of town, since living in an apartment building could mean giving male residents of the building erotic dreams about herself and angering their wives. She takes the first train in the morning and the last train at night to avoid crowds where she might touch someone by accident and arouse them. The first episode to focus on Sakie, “Succubus-san is a Real Adult,” shed light on the extreme circumstances that Sakie goes through to live a semi-normal life. Because of the poorly-handled inclusion of real-life issues such as covert photography and train molestation, this is easily the most awkward and uncomfortable episode yet. The seventh episode, “Succubus-san is Inquisitive,” features Sakie Satou, a succubus trying to live in the mainstream as a teacher despite how she involuntarily arouses men simply by existing, and Detective Ugaki, the police officer who has been tracking her for most of her life. Since then, the series has made a number of missteps, despite what I can only assume are the best of intentions, but its well-meaning sincerity generally makes up for it. ![]() The first episode treated the concept with unusual sensitivity for the genre, highlighting how the girls’ unique needs must be accommodated to ensure equality, rather than treating everyone exactly the same way. When Interviews with Monster Girls premiered two months ago, it surprised many fans by treating its subject, demi-humans, as an allegory for disability rather than fetishistized harem material. Content Warnings: Ace erasure, sexual assault, victim blaming
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