[cynicalicious]

I brought the discussion of the rest of the series over here, because I didn't want to run afoul of spoiling people.

@Mintyfresh

They can't take up two episodes for Crisscross, because it's episode 12. That wouldn't leave anything left for Anata wo Sagashi ni. So they're going to have to jam both books into two episodes... ugh. That means lots of stuff gets dumped. (It pretty much has to.)

In season 1, we got 2 eps for the treasure hunt, and two more for the date. Not gonna happen this time. (Unless they are doing more than 13 eps, which I highly doubt.)

I realize that there's not a good stopping point because of the way the whole Touko/Yumi story got dragged out in the books (and boy does it get dragged out), I just wish there was a better solution that didn't involve jettisoning some really good stories.

Personally, I'm dying to see...

Spoiler for Future episodes and Anata wo Sagashi ni:

Yoshino and Tanuma Chisato at the movies. But I guess that's not going to make it. I wish they'd animate their struggle to make it through the horror movie without being the first to chicken out. lol.

And there has been a distinct lack of Nana. All of this Touko angst, and just one little episode for Nana? Disappointing, because Nana is full of win. But I guess she's gone, too. She doesn't factor much in this book, but there's a great scene with her and Yoshino. She really is the only person who's well-suited to look after Yoshino. Now Rei can rest easy. lol.

I get the feeling that all of the yellow rose stuff is going to get cut, and probably the white rose stuff, too. There's just too much ground to cover to wrap up Yumi and Touko neatly.

Ah well. They've done a good job so far this season, in spite of skipping a lot of stuff and rushing through a lot of stuff. I guess we'll just have to see how they decide to retell the story.