[Forsaken_Infinity]

Originally Posted by octoberasian

Ep 4 was definitely better than the last one in terms of pacing and story.
A couple things I hope by the end of the series...

Spoiler:

- Kou reunites with Ohana *crosses fingers*
- Minko stops being a bitch and becomes good friends with Ohana and treats her better. *crosses another set of fingers*
- Minko and Tohru hook up though as how nigh impossible that seems at the moment. *crosses more fingers*

It seems that Tohru and Yuina are going to have the equivalent of a Romeo-Juliet relationship sans tragic ending. Two competing inns and two lovers, with a third leg-- Minko-- and probably not going to end well for at least one person. But, hopefully it favors Minko in the end. Then again, Tohru is quite a bit older.

However, I would really like to see Kou and Ohana together. I like their relationship. Started off as friends and became something more, hopefully... Otherwise, it'd end up like the movie "5 cm per second" and the the love becomes unfulfilled. I hope that doesn't happen. Long distance relationships can be hard unless they are continuously communicating, and work through it together. But, then again... Ohana hasn't answered Kou at all. Ohana answer him, dangit!

Spoiler for Here's what I hope:

1. Kou and Ohana reconcile, but remain good friends only. I would especially like it if Kou takes the initiative and tells Ohana to not force herself into giving a decision right away. They are pretty young and have all the time in the world to go about it one step at a time.

2. Minko "will" become a better friend ... but I hope she retains some of her characteristics at least. I expect things to be really rough on Minko so if she can just retain her sanity and be a bit more expressive, that's more than enough.

3. Tohru and Minko getting together is a no go for me. For one, Tohru hasn't shown the slightest bit of interest in Minko thus far and from where I stand, Minko's crush is only a troubled teen girl trying to sugarcoat things to help her get by. Tohru isn't a villain and is probably kind deep within, I agree with Minko on as much. But that he needs to pursue a relationship with her, I do not. I hope he will sincerely tell her that she is more like a little sister to him. And help her get over himself by not rubbing it in etc.

4. Can't quite say I want the relationship between Yuina and Tohru to swing either way. We haven't been shown much as of right now anyway. But if it's a classic love between a poor upstart from a poorer inn with a much-younger successor to a more successful inn with what seemed to me like a harsher-than-Ohana's-granny for the owner, I am excited. Even if it's not, I am still excited. Because that gives us a better look at Tohru from outside his workplace.

Episode 4 was pretty nice. Really cheesy stuff, a lot of it, and really predictable too, but it was still pretty nice.