I’d like to call this episode a subtle foreshadowing one. It had so many hints about what we may expect in the future of this series, after the earthquake takes place. Basically, Christopher’s car repair shop has been moving well, when at one point he gets visited by a father who travels along in a truck, along with his daughter. His next job is going to be a bit dangerous, so he decides to leave his daughter with Porfy and Mina for half a day.
At the end of the episode, this girl called Alecia (I hope I spelled this one right) leaves again, but there are many things that should be noted:
1: She appears in the OP.
2: She travels along with her father in a truck. When Porfy starts travelling, he just HAS to run into her at some point.
3: Her mother died two years ago, which is why she’s travelling around with her father.
4: As she tells this to Porfy, the creators show an image of Christ, hanging on his cross, with the nails through his hands as well.
5: Right before she leaves, she kisses Porfy.
Point 3 and 4 confirm what I’ve suspected all along: this series won’t be afraid to show death and dark scenes. Point 1 and 5 also show that she made a huge impression on Porfy for this part. She developed quite fast for a series as this one. It’s only one episode, and she went from a potential tsundere to a versatile and three-dimensional character, and it’s pretty safe to assume that Porfy made a huge impression on her as well. Porfy and Mina are probably the first friends she’s had in years, considering how reluctant she was when her father announced that he’d leave her behind for a few hours.
Like expected, Porfy no Nagai Tabi has been by far the most realistic of all 2008 anime, and it doesn’t look like anything will be kicking it from its throne. There are so many moments that feel nostalgic to me, from when I was a kid myself and the world seemed so simple. Porfy also remains an idiot, but I couldn’t be more positive with that. You just have to love how he kept ringing the church-bell, hoping that it would reach Alecia’s mother in heaven.
Hey psgels, I know it may be asking a bit much, but could you maybe do a bit more summarizing for this series, since there are no subs I want to follow the RAWs but no place seems interested in realistic anime these days.
man… i was hoping for some delicious brother-sister love love relationship… ;_;