[octoberasian]

First off*: (I just had to do it )
* Not responsible if any of you faint at the following sight. :P

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Matsuri looks absolutely beautiful with her hair up in a ponytail.

I would love it if anyone can make a sig out of one of the better shots of her in a ponytail.

Now, let's run down the list of "Matsuri moments" in Ep.5:

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- Grabbing practically all the Tomato Juice she loves and putting it in the basket LOL XD
- Playing a practical joke on a random person's house
- Taking Yorito on an "impromptu" date started by asking Yorito: Ame suki? (Do you like the rain?)
- Laying out all those clothes out in the living room
- Going SEED mode on the site of seeing Takeshi break into Yorito's house:

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Matsuri: How dare you break into Yorito's house!
*Activate Matsuri alarm system*

(Sorry for the choppy .GIF animation. >_<)

Regardless, I'd wish I was in Yorito's shoes. Even I would risk my life for another person I like so much.

After watching this episode, it looks like we have a somewhat incomplete picture of Matsuri:
- She likes Tomato Juice
- She likes the color purple
- She likes the rain (like me ^^)
- She likes to fix things with a swift kick... (#-.-)
- She's a Yaka or "woe of the night" (which hasn't been explained fully)

Originally Posted by Kaoru Chujo

Like two episodes in one. Both quite well done.

Spoiler for ep5:

The first half was gentle deepening of the emotional bonds between Yorito and Matsuri. I was just settling in my own mind that the inaction was okay. Then we get what the end of ep4 made us expect: the hunter coming after Matsuri.

It does feel like two episodes in one.

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One half was a rather touching and calm moment; just the two of them alone together, which makes me believe that Yorito will more than likely fall for Matsuri (if he already hasn't by now). Then, we get the second half of the episode, where we see Matsuri fight for her life and willing to die. But, seeing Yorito dash out in front of her to risk his life for hers, was just something I did expect coming. It was heroic, though foolish; gallant and brave, coming in like that to save her.

Stepping back to the first scene, I believe that the one on the floor that bled to death is Takeshi's sister or close relative. I still haven't put a finger on Mayuko, other than that she and Takeshi have known each other since childhood. However, one grew older and the other did not. Why? Everything seems to be, sooner or later, be revolving around Matsuri and her past. Hopefully more will be explained.

Originally Posted by Owaranai Destiny

That kinda makes me wonder...

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If it is what some people make the shock she got about Matsuri out to be, is she blood related to Yorito? Then again, perhaps she's just simply surprised or might even have known Matsuri sometime back.

I'm thinking this...

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If Aono is blood-related to Yorito...
... does she like him?
... does she have a brother-sister complex ala "Koi Kaze" or "Boku wa Imouto ni Koi Wo Suru"?

If Aono is not blood-related to Yorito...
... was she showing hints of jealously in the last scene?
... (like above) does she harbor unexpressed feelings for him?
(Similar to Nemu and Juinichi in "Da Capo" or Kaede and Rin in "Shuffle.")

The look of Aono from Ep.4 then to Ep.5 is something quite not expected out of her calm and unexpressive exterior. It does look like she might pull a "Kaede" on Yorito. I don't think it's because of something so simple as her not giving Yorito permission to have someone live in the house. It can't be.

I hope the later episodes explain more, especially why Aono reacted that way at the mere mention of Matsuri's name that she's staying in the house. There has to be something more to that. Could the two have a related past? Who knows?

*waits in anticipation...*