HAHA role reversal at its finest. The only thing that would’ve made it slightly better would be him throwing something at her.

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I’m going to have to go back and read Sakamichi no Apollon. I can’t help but enjoy stories where the two people dance around each other. It’s cute. I can’t believe I like that kind of thing, but I think I’m okay with admitting it now. Watching Ristuko and Kaoru together was just one of those things. I actually don’t particularly mind that that it was dragged out a little more than was absolutely necessary. The fact that Kaoru was still looking out for number one isn’t the most valiant thing in the world, but the resolution was a nice watch.

So now that the focus is on Sen, things have much more interesting. We haven’t had much on Sen in a really long time, not since their first year winter when Kaoru first threw that mini-tantrum. Legitimate concern is definitely one of the many things that this show has left me with. Among them is confusion of where Yurika and Jun’s story is going. I really want to see what’s happening on their end, but that’ll probably come up if/when Sen visits them after he runs away. I’m also appreciating the incredibly brisk pace that the show is moving. I was really looking forward to the Cultural Festival performance too. Not that I was impatient for it to happen, but the fact that it gets mentioned only a few episodes after the first one is appreciated.

The amount of emotional investment I put into this series is ridiculous, especially if you take into account how wary I was around episodes 4 through 6. Here’s hoping for a strong (non-cliff-hanger) finish!

GO Rating: 3.5/5