Ok so lemme get this straight, they all went to a love hotel together, got buck naked and had a grand old time?

This whole scene feels very rushed, but at least Barong saved them (and is very beautifully drawn)

Ok so lemme get this straight, they all went to a love hotel together, got buck naked and had a grand old time?

Sort of but not straight you got that wrong it’s pretty gay

Is this the first time we've encountered an Otherside creature who just...wanted to have fun?

No blood, no nightmares, no fighting, no possession...just everybody having a gay old time with a random lion demon who loves music and dancing.

Is this the first time we've encountered an Otherside creature who just...wanted to have fun?

No blood, no nightmares, no fighting, no possession...just everybody having a gay old time with a random lion demon who loves music and dancing.

I'd wager that was less a joyful romp than an exorcisism. Sorawo used her drunken angst to summon up some kind of otherworld exorcist to deal with an otherworld issue.

Honestly that seems like a really damn good girls night out to me.

Are you even doing sleepovers right if you don't summon even one demon?

This is perhaps The Sorawo moment of all time. Her getting Migiwa and the doctor involved over what turned out to be a totally nonsensical scene that she could never share with anyone.

I do think compared to the light novel the emotionality of it got toned down a bit, I have a memory of more focus being put on Toriko’s disappointment when they’re bathing together that Sorawo is so out of it

I'm kinda getting sick of how Toriko is trying to force something that is only just developing and only focusing on her own feelings instead of seeing how Sorawo is suffering because of this behavior.
When you try to force something, it doesn't bend, it breaks.

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Poor Sorawo, couldn't handle the awkwardness, lol. And even they skipped the part when Kozakura takes the TV control and asked if anyone wanted to see something in particular and then Toriko inquire saying "oh there it's porn too" (Sorawo almost spilled her beer for 83636283 time in the chapter)
Kozakura is like "duh, it's love hotel, wanna see that then?" "No thanks" and Sorawo was like "then why pointing that ouuuuut" in the end Kozakura asked Natsumi and she said to keep the Bali music and Sorawo is internally grateful for that.

I'm kinda getting sick of how Toriko is trying to force something that is only just developing and only focusing on her own feelings instead of seeing how Sorawo is suffering because of this behavior.

Novel volume 8 spoilers:

The reason Toriko acts like that is because literally since the first moment they met, Sorawo's been shamelessly staring at her tits, which Toriko took as an invitation. One of the great uses of unreliable narration in fiction

I'm kinda getting sick of how Toriko is trying to force something that is only just developing and only focusing on her own feelings instead of seeing how Sorawo is suffering because of this behavior.

Novel volume 8 spoilers:

The reason Toriko acts like that is because literally since the first moment they met, Sorawo's been shamelessly staring at her tits, which Toriko took as an invitation. One of the great uses of unreliable narration in fiction

I don't think it was her tits specifically? I was under the impression that she's just been staring in general, at Toriko's face as well, I can't find the specific moment this was brought up, though. I agree that it was great to get a confirmation of just how unreliable a narrator Sorawo can be. I find that one of the best things in this series is to try and read between the lines and notice what Sorawo tries to conceal or just doesn't even realize, about herself and others too. It's especially fun in the book, where she almost always tries to downplay her emotions, but getting to see expressions in the manga is also great.

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Is this the first time we've encountered an Otherside creature who just...wanted to have fun?

No blood, no nightmares, no fighting, no possession...just everybody having a gay old time with a random lion demon who loves music and dancing.

It’s actually sort of a reverse exorcism? In the Barong dance the lion dancer represents the forces of good and Sorawo and the girls represent Rangda and her army of evil witches.

You are totally right though that this is a bit of a shift in how the entities appear, and it may have as much to do with our girls as it does with the entities themselves.