Chapter 19: Despite Everything
A depressed Cookie meets a disgruntled Saniko, who needs to talk about Muko.
Three days after the Masato Match, Cookie is confronted by Saniko, who tells her that Muko has been depressed about the events of that night. Feeling responsible, Cookie visits her former Combagal and explains the events that happened after the Masato Match.
- Accidental Pervert: When Cookie enters Muko's room, she finds her in the middle of masturbating to Internet porn. Both of them are very embarrassed.
- The Alcoholic: Cookie developed a drinking problem after Trilamity Day destroyed her reputation and she sold her Combagals to Shun.
- Batter Up!: Kalita returns... and she's using the bat that one of her underlings had when they invaded Cafe Carrots.
- Big Sister Instinct: Saniko went to Monyan to collect Cookie and forced her to talk with Muko to snap her out of her Heroic BSoD since she can't do it herself. When Cookie refuses out of guilt, Saniko threatens to call the cops on Cookie for making Muko fight with Kalita and later Nyarai despite her lack of experience. Cookie immediately complies.
- Bittersweet Ending: Muko and Cookie reunite, with their passion for furry fighting stronger than ever after Character Development from both of them. Cookie strives to teach Muko how to be a Combagal without taking any shortcuts, and Muko plans to work hard without distracting herself from the fanservice. However, Muko must learn to be independent, Nyarai is still the Masato Champion, Shun may have a scheme for the future against them, and Kalita reappears in their home as a Loan Shark to get the money for a loan Cookie can't pay.
- Blackmail: Saniko threatens to call the cops on Cookie for forcing her sister to fight bikers and then having her fight in a match despite her inexperience, leading to her getting hurt twice.
- The Bus Came Back: After being absent for all of Part 2, Kalita returns as a Loan Shark to collect Cookie's debt.
- Call-Back:
- Shun Gonfano bought the Cyclone Crushers from Cookie by using a Briefcase Full of Money to convince Cookie to accept the trade. This is similar to how Dinedon betrayed Cookie at the Masato Match when Shun had a briefcase with more cash than Cookie's bribe.
- Muko hugs Cookie and spins her in the air like she did in Chapter 2 and Chapter 7. Unlike the previous occasions, Cookie laughs with tears in her eyes, showing how happy she is to reconcile with Muko.
- Caught with Your Pants Down: Cookie enters Muko's room when she's masturbating to Internet porn. Muko is very embarrassed about it.
- Character Development: Muko and Cookie get hit with this as they recover from the events of the Masato Match together.
- Muko realizes that furry fighting is more than just fanservice, and resolves to fight for the sake of the sport rather than to satisfy her desires.
- Cookie understands that neglecting Muko's training in favor of an easy win was a mistake and resolves to rise to the top with her the old fashioned way.
- Despair Event Horizon: Cookie is still in this state from the previous chapter and she still hasn't recovered from the first one. Muko also has one that causes her Heroic BSoD that caused her to shut down for three days.
- Downer Beginning: Three days after the events of the previous chapter, Muko and Cookie are both suffering a Heroic BSoD. Cookie snaps out of it first, thanks to Saniko.
- Drowning My Sorrows: Cookie started drinking after selling her Combagals with the money Shun gave her. Since she didn't get any jobs, she became The Alcoholic.
- Get Out!: Saniko agrees to let Muko return to furry fighting, but demands that she must move out of the house to learn independence. This forces Muko to move into Cookie's office—a janitor's closet in a soapland—until she can afford an apartment.
- The Glomp: Muko hugs and picks up Cookie again. Despite Cookie's protests, they're both happy to be reunited.
- Heroic BSoD: Muko suffered one after the events of the Masato Match. It takes a talk with Cookie to snap out of it.
- It's All My Fault: Cookie feels incredibly guilty over what happened to Muko as she neglected her training and expected Nyarai to win the Masato Match despite never bothering to find anything out about her. She initially refused to face Muko out of shame until Saniko blackmailed her into helping her sister, pointing out her negligence counted as criminal charges.
- Karma Houdini: Shun Gonfano, Nyarai, and the Cyclone Crushers get away with their actions by the end of Part 2. Their only drawback is that Muko and Cookie are still willing to try furry fighting.
- Luminescent Blush: Both Muko and Cookie blush very hard when Cookie opens the door and finds Muko busy with her pants down.
- The Magnificent: Nyarai is called "The Invincible" for the abilities she displayed during the Masato Match giving her an edge over most fighters.
- My Beloved Smother: Muko calls out Saniko for being overprotective of her and thinking that she's going to fail at everything she strives to do. It hurts her feelings, but Saniko realizes that Muko's kind of right.
- Red Baron: Nyarai now has her own title: "The Invincible".
- The Rival: Invoked by Muko as she declares Nyarai her first rival in her journey to become a Combagal.
- Title Drop: Muko points out that, despite everything that happened at the Masato Match and the upcoming trials that await her, she's happy to be back to furry fighting with Cookie as her manager.
- Traumatic Haircut: Cookie used to have long hair, also dyed black, but her descent into alcoholism caused her to rip parts of it with her own hands as well as her eyebrows.
