A Certain Dark Item Episode 5 Turns Its Attention to Choubi
Episode 5 of A Certain Dark Item centers on Choubi, who has seemed the most normal member of ITEM but is revealed to be a master of disguise.
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Why it matters
The episode puts Choubi's trustworthiness in question at the same time ITEM is stealing from its own client, so the group's internal loyalty and its business plan are both unresolved going into next week.
Key Facts
- Episode 5 of A Certain Dark Item centers on Choubi and her skill at disguise.
- Choubi has no body hair, eyebrows, or eyelashes, and the timid girl seen so far is a costume.
- Choubi asks Frenda for something dangerous and hard to get in episode 5.
- ITEM breaks into their own client's servers to steal data on likely fighters in the underground fighting ring.
- A Certain Dark Item is streaming on Crunchyroll.
She has no body hair, eyebrows, or eyelashes, and the timid girl viewers have seen is a costume. The episode also follows ITEM breaking into their client's servers to steal data on likely fighters in the underground ring, then waiting for a candidate to reach the unknown venue.
Choubi's talents go beyond the disguises the group has already seen. Episode 5 shows she has turned her body into a blank canvas, with no hair on her head and no eyebrows or eyelashes, and that the frightened girl who complains constantly is one of her costumes. She also asks Frenda for something dangerous and hard to obtain.
Meanwhile, ITEM breaks into their own client's servers and steals data on likely fighters in the underground ring, then waits for a candidate to reach a venue that is still unknown. Mugino has said she plans to rip off the fighting ring while taking it down, but the episode does not explain how.
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Sources
- Anime News Network A Certain Dark Item Episode 5