[Guardian Enzo]

Originally Posted by Blaat

Also the Kou scenes really reminded me of 5 cm per second, I suppose it's the combination of the train ride and trying to meet the girl you like. Ah well that's as far as I can go with the 5 cm/s comparison any more I'll be doing that movie a disservice.

Spoiler for 9:

I sort of got that impression too, actually - although all Kou had to do was stick with it like Takaki did and reach the goal. What kind of 16 year-old boy has the money to ride JR hundreds of miles, only to turn right around and go back? That sort of stuff is expensive!

A good, straightforward "back to basics" episode - something I think this show badly needed. No wheels were reinvented, but there were no shenanigans either - just down-the-middle light drama and comedy consistent with what this show is when it's working. I wasn't thrilled that the whole Kou visit turned out to be a troll, but this is a two-cour series - I guess it's too soon.

I must confess I find all the Tohru-worship and shipping with Ohana a little puzzling but kind of fun - maybe it's a gender thing, but I really don't see what all the fuss is about. More than ever after this episode I'm convinced that any Ohana/Tohru development is a misdirection - I think she ends up with Kou or "None of the above"...

Originally Posted by totoum

True,that'd be a pretty tragic ending.

More true tears comparaisons

Spoiler for true tears:

You know,Ko might not be a male Noe,it could be "worse",he might be a male Aiko
Friendzoned by the protagonist and never had a real chance,the character will accept his/her fate and go out with someone else

Spoiler for True Tears:

I prefer to think of Kou as Harumi - the true love from childhood that was never realized until adolescence. Of course, there are elements of Aiko too - but I don't see any Noe in his part of the relationship at all.

I know it's Mari Okada and all - but I don't see any reason to suspect this will follow a similar course as True Tears. I frankly see far more differences than parallels.