Garo

Season 2

Episode 9: Makeup

An aging actor views in dismay as a pretty-boy pop singer with no acting talent hams his way through a play, though cheered on by his fangirls the whole time. Kouga and Kaoru are in attendance until Kouga leaves saying how he does not have time to waste. When the aging actor discovers a Horror hidden inside a make up kit he takes the chance to regain his youth and health and then kills the singer backstage so he can take his place as the star. The actor gets rave reviews and is ironically compared to the actor he was in his hay day. Though Gonza has tickets to see the next performance Kouga, who has been given orders to deal with the Horror, buys out the whole performance and, with Reo peacefully knocking out the crew, fights the star alone on stage. As the stage shifts into a scene resembling the Saezima mansion, Kouga dons his armor and bests the Horror, walking away as the curtain falls. Later Kouga returns home to find a crying Kaoru, who turns out to be performing the sadness to prove acting is not a waste of time.