The New and improved Aikane is a shock to Aqua.
When she says he looks like hes seen a ghost, its because thats precisely what he sees.
But more than that, Akanes hard work reinvented herself into someone who is quintessentially Aquas bang out.
Yuki and MEM delight in presenting her to Aqua and watching him genuinely blush in response.
For example, she believes Ai had a kid in secret.
Establishing that helped her understand decisions Ai made that seemed inexplicable.
From there, the pieces came together for Akane like a mathematical puzzle.
She flashes the starry eyes, able to turn them on and off like lights, again astounding Aqua.
Akane was able to understand Ai in ways Aqua never could, no matter how hard he tried.
She gets Aqua to admit what she can already read from him: hes not interested in her romantically.
But when he says heisinterested in her as an actor, that makes her even happier.
So it looks like this is going to be an equitable relationship.
Before coming to this understanding, Aqua meets with the producer who cast him inLove Now.
He intends to keep up his end of the bargain by giving Aqua some intel on Ai.
Thats when Aqua is able to score athirdvictory by recruiting a third member for the new B Komachi.
When MEM looks at Aqua and realizes hes being dead serious, her face brightens up like a galaxy.
