Alice stopped getting on my nerves. Quite a pleasant surprise.
Instead, this episode was completely adorable again. Alice mostly swooned all over Yune, but her enthusiasm is feeling more and more genuine, and her quips towards Claude were actually quite funny. The only part I have to complain about is the part where Oscar came in with the line “oh, you’re fighting. you must be in love with each other!” – seriously, stop using that.
Oh, and this episode was all about dress up and Japanese and French clothing. Again, surprisingly detailed about how these dresses work. The photography part was also really cute, though I do wonder why the creators didn’t explain why Yune’s image of photographs is different. The characterization of this episode overall was really subtle and nicely balanced, with a lot of great chemistry and a good, relaxing atmosphere to boot. And yeah, this was also the episode that hinted at something that happened between Claude and Alice’s older sister. It’s good for a nice bit of drama here.
Oh, and I believe that this is the first anime in which I’ve seen living statues appear.
Rating: ** (Excellent)
Two things:
1) Oscar didn’t say that. He said something along the lines “it’s almost like a love triangle” commenting on how Claude and Alice were fighting over Yune. So the meaning was much different than the cliche phrase you mentioned.
2) The creators really dodged a bullet with Alice here. All signs pointed to her being a villain-like character going all “I’ll make Yune mine with whatever means necessary, Kya-ha-ha-ha”. But now she is just a honest, really enthusiastic spoiled girl, which fits much nicer with the setting.
ahlalala, drama! drama! I wasn’t expecting that (Camille and Claude)!! 😀
Yeah, wasn’t expecting the show to foreshadow something between Claude and Camille.
Speaking of Camille, I was a little annoyed that everything she said was some symbolic reference to her distaste for her lifestyle (which, in all likelihood, will be part of whatever happens between her and Claude). I don’t know, it just felt like all her dialog was about that in some way or another, which just bugged me for some reason.
Also, why is the butler always bowing? Did Alice tell him to do that, because she loves Japan? It might have been mentioned before, and I just forgot; but I thought it strange to see the French butler bow nonstop to the photographer.