Is it okay if I got tears in my eyes at the end, when grandma said: "I'm back"? Very good episode. Leave out the stupid humour of the management consultant and the novelist, though, please.
Running the romantic hints in both directions: Ohana feels closer to Kou-chan, while Tooru feels closer to Ohana. TooruxOhana shippers can have their fun now, but the story is young. She liked seeing Minchi and Tooru together. When she smelt Tooru's hair in the helmet, she thought of Kou. Too bad Kou went back rather than showing up to help. But coming unannounced was ridiculous, anyway, which he finally realized.
However, I agree with Kanon that the girl at Kou's workplace was too well-drawn to be unimportant....
I thought Omigawa Chiaki was excellent here. And Itou Kanae has me believing. The slight hoarseness and urgency of Ohana's voice give her individuality and a kind of moe.
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Originally Posted by Peanutbutter
...About the old lady and her daughter, the daughter was voiced by Kaoru Mizuhara, did she pulled her real mum in to act as her mum...?
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I checked the credits and ja.Wikipedia and Katakai Kaoru 片貝薫 (who played the mother) and Mizuhara Kaoru 水原薫 (the "secret guest" daughter) share the same given name, but not the same surname. Ms. Katakai has done a number of minor older women characters over the past few years, but mainly makes her living from doing TV/film dubbing, it appears. She may be older than Ms. Mizuhara, but probably not enough to be her real mother.