[ultimatemegax]

Amazing episode. After saying yesterday to a friend that another show was overtaking Iroha this episode comes back to the feeling I got from episode 1.

Spoiler for thoughts:

The twist that it was her mother that wrote the article was logical and well executed. It was great to see her again which spawned some more funny flashbacks from Ohana's childhood.

So we find out that it's been about 6 months since Ohana moved out to Kissisou. I'll have to re-check last week's episode to see if there was a big time jump since then. It would make sense given that we're only shown the important details rather than the day-to-day lives.

The scenes with Ko and our new girl are incredibly well done to show their relationship or lack there of. It's going to be interesting to see what happens next week.

And the ED is the insert song released in two weeks entitled Saibo Kioku (Cell Memory). Another great musical choice for the ED, but can we really call Hazy an ED if half the episodes don't use it?

Next week can't come fast enough! Tohru and Minko together in Toyko? What'll happen with Ko?! Who's the one saying "good bye"?! The two-part episodes really ramp up the anticipation. That's a good way of using the two-cour allotment.