Another episode where the biggest airtime is devoted to the romance. If I had known this at episode 2 or 3 and wasn’t forced to blog this series, then I probably would have given up on this series, but at this point things definitely have gotten better. The problem was really was that it made some bad first impressions, the way in which Moritaka likes the girl whose mother was liked by his uncle and whose best friend has a crush on Moritaka’s best friend, not to mention that she wants to be a voice actress: the creators used it well for the story, but it was just too convenient.
The romance is well developed, though. This episode had a lot of fun sorting out Akito’s love live, which was pretty enjoyable. I’m also glad that the romance is actually moving forward at a steady rate instead of getting stale. It’s far from True Tears or White Album levels though and it still has a long way to go, it made use of some annoying cliches that make no sense, like when someone pretended that you can only like or dislike someone, with no inbetween.
Also, my memory may be fooling me here, but this may be the first time in which someone was actually suspended from school for a while, due to a violent incident. In any case it’s something you don’t see often. I also liked how Ishizawa did not get punished, which lead characters to discuss some very down to earth flaws in their school rule system. Quite realistic.
Rating: ** (Excellent)
Suspended from school? Last I can recall is Tomoya in Clannad when he had a fight at the school gates, though he was covering up for Tomoyo.
Though you didn’t watch that show,Toradora had the lead girl suspended from school after she got in a fight with another girl.
Akito is hilarious… Best character in the anime easily, that part where he overreacts when both tell him they like him, priceless, awesome VA
Eiji running off after watching a crow is an exaggeration of his personality. His alittle eccentric, but not a retard.
I was a bit touched by Takagi and Iwase’s conversation about dreams. Way to go Takagi, spoken like a true shounen hero! Hehe, this anime sure knows how to stir-up emotions.