[IRJustman]

Originally Posted by KenOhki'sRage

Oh my goodness yes, Akiko is such a hottie. The 2002 didn't do her as much justice as this one. Well, she IS single, and I AM 31 . . .

Just a thought here, since we're talking about lusting over Akiko and age differences and such, since Key has a reported penchant for setting their stories in real places, do they do the same thing for time as well? As an example, I hear that AIR was set at about the time it was released, the summer of 2000 which coincides with a real astronomical phenomenon that Minagi observed.

That said, if true, we're looking at events in 1999, some seven years ago. If she's in her thirties then, she'll very likely be in her forties now. Would you still go for her taking this into account?

To address what Cyz mentioned about Akiko's possibly being widowed, given the additional episode space to work with that the ToeiAni version never had and from what I've heard, isn't that part of the story going to get a bit more fleshing out? That could go a very long way to helping us understand Nayuki's character dynamics.

And an additional thought about Akiko this time around:

Spoiler for Possible major spoiler:

Her looking at Ayu which gave her pause really hit me. She dismisses her thoughtful pause in front of everyone as being her imagnation, but she seems to know a lot more about Ayu than she lets on. I'd have to see the ToeiAni version to see how she reacts to being introduced, but she seemed VERY visibly struck when Yuuichi introduced Ayu this time around.

--Ian.