Puberty ~I'll Try To Be Honest~

Puberty ~I'll Try To Be Honest~ is the fifty-third chapter of the To Love-Ru Darkness manga series.

Summary
One day at Sainan High, there is an usual accident between Yami and Rito that collide and Rito end to grab her ass after lifted her skirt. Yami then attack him while Nana and Mea observe the scene and Mea comment on her big sister to be still her usual self.

Mea explain to a confused Nana that Yami would to be better friends with Rito and they should support it for the sake of the harem but Nana tells to don't get her involved. They then talk with Momo who suggest to just check things out for now because there is the risk to get the opposite effect with Yami. Mea is surprised to see Mom so cautious and ask if something happened, but Momo deny telling she's just planning out strategies for the future.

After, Mea see Rito talking with professor Honekawa who asks him a favor. Mea then comes to Yami at school' library and inform her that the nex day Rito will be tending to the flowerbed behind the north building after school replacing the prof Honekawa who doesn't have stamina for it. Mea tells that the flowerbed is big and suggest Yami to help him. Yami tells why would she do it and that Rito could ask someone if he need help. Mea then tells it could be a chance to become better friends with Rito and Yami blushes telling why she would to become friends with that boy. So Mea tells the reason is that she likes him and Yami overreact shouting that nobody could like a pervert who keeps tumbling over, groping and undressing her. Yami then leaves while Mea admit Momo was right.

Later, Yami is washing in the Poka Poka Hotspring thinking about Mea' words when suddenly Mikado, Tearju and Oshizu appears. Tearju is amazed from the spacious bath and Mikado comment that Earth is on cutting edge in terms of variety of pleasure. Oshizu then spot Yami and Tearju, happy to meet the girl, run towards her but she slips and hit Yami with her big boobs. Tearju ask sorry while Yami tells her to stay quiet because is a public bath.

They then take a bath in the onsen, but Yami would going out and Mikado ask her to take some time together. Yami is annoyed because the woman is pushing her big chest on her and Mikado tells Yami to don't concern about the size because she has Tearju' genes and hers will get big too. But Yami tells that she's clone and not identical to Tearju, indeed is not clumsy as the woman. Mikado admit that Tearju has been clumsy since when they were students.

Oshizu suddenly ask them if they have been in love in their student years and explain that she want to help a friend (meaning Haruna) to confess someone she likes but Oshizu haven't experienced romance either so she don't know how help. Mikado tells its useless asking to Tearju because, even if was popular, she was interested only in biology. Mikado then recall an occasion when she presented Tearju a boy, but she started to babble about living organism and he ended exhausted (and this happened with other guys). Mikado tease Tearju that she's still alone at her age and Tearju respond its the same for Mikado, but the doctor tells that there are men in universe who'd come running to her if she wanted. Mikado then suggest Yami to seize her chances, but she leaves out telling she's different and Oshizu wonder what's bugging her while Mikado tells she's reaching that age.

Later, in her spaceship, Yami is playing with a doll of Rito (created with her hairs) and thinks about Mea and Mikado' words.

The next day, Rito is working on the school' flowerbed and talk to phone with Momo who offers her help but Rito tells her to help Mikan with shopping instead. Rito continue with his work picking some mini tomatoes when Yami appears and asks him what's doing. Rito is surprised to see her and worrier when she use her powers, but Yami instead just pick all the tomatoes. Yami then tells she'll help him because has free time.

Rito is confused because she's is supposed to be still angry for the incident of day before and starts to fear that she'll kill him once let his guard down. Yami feel that the atmosphere is heavy and try to talk about something fun. But she start to talk about vital spots of an human body and this increases Rito' concern. Embarassed, Yami tells him to forget about it and think there are no fun arguments to talk. Rito then ask if she's troubled about how finish him off and Yami grab him calling dense.

Yami try to split out that she want to be friends with him, but suddenly appear Tearju who ask sorry because she didn't notice her love problems and Yami can ask her some advice. Embarassed, Yami tells her that nobody is in love but Tearju trips and grab Rito who, in turn, end on Yami putting the watering can in her panties wetting her private part. Yami get angry but she stops herself from hitting Rito telling this time was Tearju' fault, so she will not take his life. Yami try to tells that next time she'll become friends with him but she leaves before end the sentence and Rito interprets like "next time" she'll kill him.

Trivia

 * The public bath, from first series, reappear for first time in To LOVE-Ru Darkness.