Recap / How I Met Your Mother (And How I Met Your Father) Despair Arc Chapter Six: Relaxing at the Sauna!

Despair Arc Chapter Six: Relaxing at the Sauna!

Original Release: September 20, 2020 (Fanfiction.net), September 21, 2020 (AO3)

Summary

Frustrated that Makoto and Sayaka have yet to recover from their respective breakdowns, Kyoko and Leon suggest that the four of them go to the sauna in pairs to relax in hopes of cheering them up. Will the two distraught Ultimates finally recover?

Tropes

• Gender-Separated Ensemble Episode: The chapter mainly has the boys (Makoto and Leon) and the girls (Kyoko and Sayaka) taking separate baths in the sauna while discussing their respective relationships.
• Internal Reveal: Leon and Sayaka got to learn about how Makoto and Kyoko got together, including their one-night stand.
• That Came Out Wrong: When Kyoko suggests that she, Makoto, Leon, and Sayaka take a hot bath in the sauna in order to relax, the other three mistakenly thought she meant all four of them go in together. She then clarifies she meant as in they go in pairs.