A girlfriend then. It is not like I am adamant about him getting married, just that he has a lover or whatever subdivision of that you want to assert. It just seems that the news is big enough, at least based on Ryuu's hesitation, for an engagement to be possible, since that is more final than a girlfriend.
Peace.
Yeah. I have hard time imagining how the brother coming home a month earlier would be such bad news for Chizu that Ryu would have so hard time opening his mouth. I guess Ryll's point is that it's bad news for Ryu himself but if you consider the dude, he's not even really believing in his own chances and doesn't look at all like the manipulative type. In fact he looks like the type that if he's really in love with Chizu, he wouldn't likely try to stop her from achieving happiness (like Kurumi for example had done with Kazehaya).
I still can't see, at this point, any other option than that he can't tell Chizu she has no chances with the brother anymore. That would break her heart and hurt her. Telling her the bro is coming early would only cause her a short temporary panic because she doesn't yet look enough like a woman (in her own opinion). But that would soon change to excitement, surely.
I was quite surprised by the reactions of Yano-chin's classmates. She gets slapped by her boyfriend and shows up with a bandage on her face and it's like no big deal. I was expecting more of an uproar over the fact that a guy hit a girl.
Indeed. But then again, I'm thoroughly brainwashed by the Western idea of only uncivilized and weak men hitting women, so I thought maybe in Japan men hitting women isn't frowned upon so intensively. Many contemporary anime and manga do present it as a bad thing but we all know how truthful an image an average anime gives of the real Japanese society...
Shinta gets a gold star
What does Ryll get? Surely there's some sort of a consolation prize?
Anyway, it was quite a nice episode. It was interesting how Chizu didn't cry at all, as opposed to Yano's expectations. I guess she was still so deep in shock that she simply couldn't cry and afterwards she kind of jumped over it, then.
In any case I feel like it would be about the time to get a bit forward with Sawako and Kazehaya again, with this arc over now and everything.
I doubt it, nothing has been truly resolved yet. I expect there to be at least one more episode on this before moving on to whatever else the author has in mindOriginally Posted by Kraco
Ok, so here's hoping that the next episode truly is the last one on this arc because i wouldn't want the show to end with Chizuru taking the spotlight
You certainly was correct about it not being over yet. Although I didn't really mind as this was quite a nice episode. Still, I hope Sawako and Kazehaya see some definite development before the end and the series won't be overly long derailed by the supporting characters.
Yano and Sawako clinging to each other in the hallway before Kazehaya spread his wisdom was so cute. Chizu breaking down into tears had me blinking away some of my own.
I kind of expect this series to have a Kare Kano Ending (all side characters), focusing on side characters rather than Sawako and Kazehaya. I wouldn't be surprised at all if the next arc was a short one about Yano. From the chapters that I read, it was an utterly faithful representation of the manga. The anime is just a direct slice of it.
A peaceful and conclusive episode. Now I feel confident saying that particular arc is over. It might be Chizu and Ryu will never move beyond this point during this series, though. It would make sense considering both the available episodes left and story flow wise. Of course also because it's not like they could keep spending so much time on Chizu. The three remaining episodes will be just enough to make something happen between Sawako and Kazehaya.
Do we have any type of information on how well this is doing with its BD/DVD sales?
Because assuming it's doing well i'd prefer them to remain 100% faithful to the manga an then await for a possible sequel, even if that led to a somewhat lacking ending in terms of closure.
Somehow I have a feeling shoujo shows aren't prime material for either DVD/BD sales or sequels. Can't say how faithful they usually are to the source material, though. There haven't even been any news about any sequels to Skip Beat, and that should be big as far as shoujo goes, so I wouldn't hold my breath for Kimi ni Todoke.
If Kimi ni Todoke got licensed i would buy it.
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A neck warmer!!!!!!!! lol.
Another great episode.
Things didn't go very smoothly for Sawako in this episode. Not smoohtly at all. Her dad has some annoying habits, though. I'm not talking about wanting to spend Christmas with their only child, that's more or less given for any decent parent, but how he just waltzed into her room and snatched the cap. I suppose the parents could have had more insight and, knowing their daughter, asked whether she wanted to be with her friends, but in the end this is the very first Christmas when such a (miraculous) thing could have even happened so it's not such a huge failure on their part.
But at least she managed to meet Kazehaya and give him a weird old man gift.
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