True Self ~True Face In Darkness~

True Self ~True Face In Darkness~ is the eleventh chapter of the To LOVE-ru Darkness manga.

Summary
In her home, Mikado-Sensei and Oshizu take a bubble bath together. Mikado talks to Oshizu about her artificial body, and she needs to clean it well. Oshizu thanks Mikado forgiving her the possibility to live in a real body, and Mikado says she's gretaful as well because she was able to collect data on Oshizu's mental energy which can be produced only from life forms like ghosts. Mikado tells Oshizu if the spirit is too stressed, the energy will be consumed and she will disappear, so she tells her to not overuse her energy. Oshizu assures her she's not troubled by anything.

Meanwhile, Mea shows Rito, Yami, Nana, and Momo to her apartment which is virtually empty aside from a laptop, a pillow and some other scattered items. Mea tells Rito she lives alone and Yami gives her a present. Nana wonders why Mea doesn't live with her sister, since she has one, and also wonders if Mea gets lonely all by herself.

The next day at school, while some girls noticed a stray dog walking around, Rito, Momo, Oshizu, and Yami talks to Mikado about Mea and her master. Oshizu says they are in good terms with Mea and wonders if they can ask Mea directly about her master, but Yami says that Mea is completly loyal to her master and is not something compared to handling out with them for a short while. Momo adds that even though they know Mea more on the outside, there is still a layer stopping them on the inside; some deep darkness inside of Mea. Yami wonders that if Mea is really only darkness on the inside, then she is too because they were both created as weapons and are sisters. Rito then explains his love for his own sister (since their parents are often out and they supported each other) and compares Yami's feelings for her own little sister, concluding that such feelings are not of a weapon. Yami is briefly moved by his speech and Momo thinks it's a great follow-up. Oshizu notices this compassionate side of Rito, and she wonders if this is why Haruna and Lala love Rito.

Unfortunately, all of a sudden, the stray dog comes up to Oshizu, causing her to panic as usual and her psychic powers exploding out of control. Her powers almost pull off Yami's panties, and Yami tells Rito to don't look and she hate ecchi. But the dog hangs to Oshizu's legs and her power running amok even more. She lift Yami's shirt (revealing her boobs) and, this time, pull totally her panties off and sends Rito flying into Yami with his face first in her private parts. Infuriated, Yami attacks Rito, Momo grabs him and flies away.

Later, Oshizu walks in the school hallway, mortified for the previous incident, and she wonders where Rito and Yami are to ask them sorry. Suddenly, she notices Mea talking with Nana. Oshizu thinks Mea seems to be just a normal girl and doesn't look like someone scary. So, after Nana went away, Oshizu decides to possess Mea and look inside her mind to discover the truth. Inside Mea's mind, Oshizu finds lollypops floating around everywhere and tiny winged-Ritos licking her. Oshizu is shocked to see this pervert fantasy land tries to dig a little deeper in her mind.

Oshizu then finds a memory where Mea fights a bunch of thugs for information about Yami's whereabouts, and she swiftly beats them by using a transformation ability very much like Yami's. So, Mea discovers Yami is on the Earth and earn their bounty. Mea then talks to her master, and Oshizu wonders who it is. Before she could see the master, suddenly everything goes black, and Mea appears behind Oshizu and tells her to stop. Mea comments that Oshizu's ability is similar to her psyco drive, but it's better for her to not stay in her mind. The darkness starts to swallow up Oshizu, but she manages to escape back to reality just in time. Mea tells Oshizu that if she stayed for a second longer, she would have disappeared. Oshizu is shaken by the darkness inside Mea and asks her what she is.

Later, Mea returns to her apartment to find that Nana and Haruna have furnished it, which Nana paid for with a years-worth of her allowance. Mea is grateful, and she thanks Nana and Haruna.

At Mikado's house, Mikado noticed Oshizu look depressed, but she says it's nothing. Oshizu wonders what the darkness inside of Mea is and what she should do about it.

Meanwhile, Momo is still flying away with Rito begging Yami to forgive Rito, but Yami still pursues them.

Trivia

 * The stray dog (different from the usual) return from the chapter 142 of To LOVE-Ru.
 * The scene with Rito and Yami feature for first time one of most recurring way for Kentaro Yabuki to trick the censorship as he draw Yami's private part in the reflections of Rito's eyes.

Anime
The chapter is adapted in the Episode 9 of To Love-Ru Darkness. The time step is different; the episode take place after the events of chapter 12 and in the middle of chapter 13.