FX Senshi Kurumi-chan Ep.07 - Evil Mochiko strikes again! Mebuki!

Episode 7 of FX-Senshi Kurumi-chan refuses to halt the pain train for Mebuki, delivering another installment entirely dedicated to her desperate battle on the USD/JPY pair. As anticipated last week, the margin call didn't trigger, and the position eventually clawed its way back toward parity.

The problem is, Mebuki isn't satisfied with merely recovering her initial capital, especially not after hearing that Kurumi was up 70% on her own trade. Greed is a terrible thing, particularly when stoked by our resident troublemaker, Mochiko, who loves pushing the girls around her toward total financial ruin.

I'm looking forward to seeing Mochiko getting some comeuppance at some point for all the meddling she's doing.

When Mebuki started cutting her hair on her own to save money I started laughing. Girl really is going heavy on the savings.

Mebuki's understanding of trading and basic probability seems nonexistent, as she genuinely believes that having a string of bad luck means she is naturally "due" a massive win soon. That's a classic gambler's fallacy, Mebuki; FX trading doesn't work like that, and it certainly isn't an independent, perfectly random roll of the dice.

Mebuki represents the quintessential reckless retail trader: the type who dives in headfirst without understanding market dynamics, relying purely on blind luck and bizarre superstitious rituals to validate their terrible decisions. Sometimes they get lucky, but when the luck runs out, they crash and burn right alongside their accounts.

Yasuko, on the other hand, continues to be the voice of reason. She is cautious, keeps her losses minimal, and is always ready to exit as soon as she sees the chart turning against her. I'm not sure if this is simply her innate personality or the result of a traumatic past trading experience (she alluded to something along those lines in this episode). She tried her best to warn Mebuki, but rational thought has long since abandoned her.

Mochiko, meanwhile, apparently harbors some deep-seated family trauma that fuels her actively malicious behavior. We caught a brief glimpse of her mother looking at her with sheer disgust while embracing a man (her father?). We don't have the full details yet, but the memory was triggered the moment Mochiko saw the care package sent from Mebuki's loving family.

Yasuko is the best heroine of this series, she looks like a beacon of reason in the middle of these four crazy investors.

Is the whole positioning necessary before investing Mebuki? Are you a sentai fighter or something? Yellow Sentai!

That trauma certainly doesn't excuse her relentless efforts to bait the other girls into making ruinous financial decisions. The second she suggested that Mebuki take out a loan, I was practically screaming at the screen to stop. The absolute last thing Mebuki needs right now is debt...