Washed ~Bonds of Battlefield~

Washed ~Bonds of Battlefield~ is the twenty-first bangaihen chapter of To LOVE-ru Darkness manga series.

The chapter was published on Weekly Shonen Jump (instead of Jump Square) to celebrate the anniversary of the To Love-Ru first series.

Summary
The chapter starts out in the Yuuki household with Rito introducing at the reader himself and the "troubles" that happened since Lala' arrive in his life.

Rito is finishing up cleaning the toilet as part of his daily chores with the bathtub being next on his to-do list. He hears the doorbell go off and goes to answer finding, much to his surprise, Haruna at the door. Lala walls in explaining that she invited Haruna over to learn how bake cake from her. Lala invite Rito to join them, but he declines as he still has chores to do. As Rito starts walking to the bathroom, Lala shows Haruna her newest invention (albeit one that isn't fully ready for use): a device which can make sponge cake. Rito, knowing very well the history of Lala's inventions, takes it from her telling that he will keep it in custody to prevent more catastrophes. While Lala is a little upset by this, Haruna thinks to herself that Rito may have saved hem.

While Rito cleans the bathtub, Momo walks in and asks him if he's sure about don't go into the kitchen as he could to use this chance to get closer to Haruna. Momo then purposefully presses her chest against his back embarrassing him. She begins to tease him telling that, despite Rito get put through all sort of suggestive experiences every day, he still is not used to the female body. Overwhelmed, Rito moves away from her and lands on Lala's nearby invention which he had set down next to him. After a flash of bright light, Momo stares in shock and see that, in Rito's place, now lays a sponge. The sponge-Rito, unsure of what just happened, begins to panic asking Momo what happened to him (though no words come out). Momo picks the sponge-Rito up and deduces that, due to an error, the invention designed to made sponge cake instead turn things into body sponges much to Rito's disbelief and horror.

Meanwhile, in the kitchen, Lala and Haruna find themselves covered in a soot-like substance after Lala attempts to add dark matter to their cake batter in order to make it taste better. They both agree to go take a shower and get cleaned off before they continue cooking. Momo, who sees this as an opportunity to help Rito grow more comfortable with the female form, leaves him in his sponge-form out in the open and exits the bathroom before Lala and Haruna arrive. As Rito begins to worry about what Momo just did and what her intentions were, Lala and Haruna enter the bathroom and begin to undress, unbeknownst to them, in front of Rito. Rito proceeds to panic as he watches the two strip naked, and quickly figures out what is going to happen next.

After in the shower, Lala and Haruna are soaping. Lala take the sponge-Rito and see it takes much foam, so start the wash her body and Rito get embarassed feeling direct contact with her skin. Lala then wash Haruna too with the sponge and a more flustered Rito feel her skin to be very smooth. Outside, Momo thinks its a great opportunity and Rito need to enjoy the sensation of girl' body. Thinking to all girls that are in love with Rito (herself included), Momo hope that this will awake his true nature of an Harem King.

Howewer Momo is worried because the effect of Lala' invention could abruptly wear off and wonder if it would be better to rescue Rito from the bathroom. But she's is interrupted from Nana who ask what she's doing. Suddenly a flash came from the bathroom and Nana goes to check. As expected from Momo, the effect of the invention did wear off and the sisters then found a naked Rito in a boobs sandwitch between Harna and Lala. Rito try to ask Haruna sorry, but he flash his front body and she scream while Nana call him a beast.

In another room, Mikan is with Celine and hear their scream reacting unfazed as is just another usual incident.

Trivia

 * Being published on Weekly Shonen Jump, like for the chapters of original To Love-Ru, the magazine version of the chapter has nipples censored.