Chapter 85

Tohru and Molting (卜一ルと脱皮) is the eighty-fifth chapter of Kobayashi-san Chi no Maid Dragon.

Summary
Tohru molts her scales.

Plot
Kobayashi agrees to help Tohru take a bath when Tohru started to feel itchy, but even after the bath, Tohru continues to feel itchy. Suddenly, Tohru's skin started splitting, freaking Kobayashi out, and got Tohru's skin molted. Tohru guesses the reason she molted was because she is not only getting stronger but also bigger, which makes Kobayashi jealous. Tohru turns back to her human form, but notices the husk also turned human, as it is still part of her body. The husk wobbles back to the door, which amazes Tohru as it is using magic to move by itself. Kobayashi gets worried, but Tohru calms her down saying she can sense it as it is walking back to the apartment. The husk starts doing chores, reenacting familiar movements when Kanna and Illulu see the husk thinking it is an evil twin. They let the husk do chores as it seemed harmless and Kobayashi mentions how pretty it looks but Tohru gets angry thinking she is cuter even though Illulu points out they look the same. Kobayashi asks how long the husk will continue to move but before Tohru can answer she starts feeling itchy and molts her skin again, producing another husk. Tohru gets nervous her job is getting easier, which confuses Kobayashi when Kanna asks for snacks and before the husk can giver her some, Tohru stops it. Kobayashi thinks the husks are very nice when Tohru exclaims she is nicer, though Illulu thinks otherwise. Tohru remembers she often molts several times in a row and a few day later more husks appear and everyone starts getting creeped out. Kobayashi asks Tohru is she can handle it, so Tohru calls Elma for any ideas but Elma doesn't have any. Elma asks is she can borrow one but Tohru thinks she is a pervert, thinking Elma will eat it, which puts an idea to Elma. Tohru asks Lucoa but but Lucoa doesn't molt so Tohru asks Fafnir, who thinks she should kill them, though Tohru thinks its weird to kill copies of herself. Kobayashi soon enters the bath while Tohru looks for answers, and Tohru gets an idea. All the husks offer to bathe Kobayashi, which she accepts, but they tickle her. Kobayashi notices the real Tohru getting exited, which gets her annoyed as Tohru wanted a chance to touch Kobayashi's body. Luckily, Tohru has an idea to get rid of the husks and starts to fly away with them up to the sky. Tohru thinks they would run out of magic as they keep on flying but Kobayashi feels bad for them. The next day, they all came back, so Tohru had to wait for the magic to run out. Tohru and Kobayashi think the deflated husks look very creepy.

Characters

 * Tohru
 * Kobayashi
 * Kanna Kamui
 * Ilulu
 * Elma
 * Quetzalcoatl
 * Fafnir