Summary

After Kusuda shouts at Kei, he realizes that he would always run away when things got hard for him. He meets with Mamoru and Sogabe and they decide to travel together for some soul searching.  The girl’s soon discover that the guy’s didn’t go to school. Ayumi gets worried so the girls go to visit Mamoru’s place.  Before the girls can reach Mamoru’s house, Misao jumps out in a rampage of worry for his brother. Kei nearly calls Kusuda but stops when she remembered that he said he hates her. Ayumi grabs the phone from Kei and calls Kusuda.  Kusuda absentmindedly picked up the phone which later reveals their location.  After having some doubts, Kei gathers some courage and decides to go after the guys.

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The series started out strong most likely because they didn’t deviate much from the original plot. However, my love for this show is somewhat declining due to the lack of character development of some characters and the overall lack of time in the show which forced the producers to rush things. Throughout this part of the manga, I felt as though I connected with characters and felt their “pain” so to speak but I feel nothing with the anime adaption. Sogabe seems like a baby who is whining about how he wasn’t blessed with good looks as opposed to him seeming like a guy who wants to be reborn into a greater man for the sake of the person he loves. Mamoru wasn’t given too much character development either so he just feels like a backup character. I can’t pinpoint exactly what is bothering me about Kusuda and why I liked him better in the manga but i’m willing to bet it has something to do with the way his story was told. It’s probably because they made Kei’s feelings way too obvious and i’m still just irritated that Kusuda wouldn’t act upon that. Not a very good start to my favorite arc, unfortunately.

The main thing I’m worried about is if they will short-change Yamamoto. She is my favorite herione and her story was my second favorite in the whole series. The producers butchered a good part of her story by making Arihara(Yuuji) go to what looks like a date with Yamamoto. Though I am very hopeful that they will put a twist in her story and possibly make it better than it was. I just really hope that they will show Yamamoto’s other side.

Next Ep: Final – It all depends on this episode whether I buy the DVD’s when they come out.

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