Picking up from last week, Aiko didn’t allow Shinichiro to open the door for Nobuse. Just like to Shinichiro, that came as surprise to me too. Didn’t expect to hear Aiko say that. Not this early.. But Shinichiro manged to open the door anyway. There he saw the ever happy Nobuse..

“I finished up my work at home as fast as I could to see Ai-chan” he says. But his girlfriend said that he didn’t have to force himself to come. In other words, she’s not happy about Nobuse seeing her at that time..

You’re suppose to be happy, not say that..he even bought you snacks..

Nobuse saw the sweater that Aiko is holding and he assumes that the sweater is for him. Nobuse wants Aiko to measure his size so she can complete sweater. Then Aiko got mad and forced both Nobuse and Shinichiro out of the shop..

What have I done wrong to you Ai-chan? says Nobuse..(in his mind)

On their way home, Shinichiro and Nobuse talked about why Aiko suddenly got mad back there. Nobuse said that he didn’t do anything to upset her (yea, you didn’t do anything wrong). Nobuse found out that Shinichiro helped Aiko to pick out a sweater for him.. And he is shocked to hear that..

They went home separate ways after that. Nobuse thought about the time when he first met Aiko. It seems that Shinichiro was the one who recommended Nobuse to Aiko. He also thought about the time when he asked Aiko to go out with him.. Even though she likes Shinichiro at that time, she still accepted Nobuse.. But why..why…

Ai-chan, you don’t go out with someone who you don’t love.. Even you know that simple rule..so..why?

At Shinichiro’s home, Shinichiro was looking for the album that he left in his room. So he asked her ***** mother. And guess what, she threw it away…

Look here.. She’s *****ing again…

Next day in school, Nobuse told Shinichiro about how he loves the condition he is in with Aiko now because he thinks that “love is built by overcoming hardships”. Kind of true…

Being happy with the condition he is in, Nobuse asked Shinichiro about Hiromi and Shinichiro’s current relationship with her. Shinichiro said that Hiromi has another guy that she likes..

Baka…

Because he’s a baka..baka..

That’s what I said earlier..

Speaking of Hiromi, Jun came to see Hiromi during her basketball training. And he is waiting for her at the park after school.. All the girls there were surprised to see that. The girls talked about Jun’s coolness (can’t blame them..) during lunch. Shinichiro was pissed off when he heard that so he got out of the classroom.

At the stairs, Shinichiro talked about how stupid he is for making that deal with Jun. Then, a cute girl appeared..

Here she is..the girl that I waited for..

You can give her to me if you don’t want her.. No, you MUST give her to me.. So give her to me NOW..

You’re giving her to me? Thanks!

Shinichiro went to emo mode while having lunch with Noe. Noe noticed it so she asked him why he is in emo mode. Then Shinichiro wanted to be left alone so he walked away from Noe.. Noe tried to stop him..heh…

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What the..haha…

Hiromi met up with Jun at the park as said before. Jun asked Hiromi if she’s having a crush on him.. Then he asked her to go out with him.. Then they suddenly talked about snow. Hiromi said that she hates the snow..

Does this statement mean anything to you guys?

After hearing the whole snow thing, Hiromi remembered something from the past.. The thing that she remembered is an unpleasant event from the past.. The event took place during a snowing day…

Then, Shinichiro was back and Hiromi told him about what had happened earlier..

Still using that word..desu ne…

Looks like the whole family have the hate thing going on..(aside from Shinichiro’s father that is)

In the Isurugi household,

Still carrying that belt around..heh…

As a brother of an innocent girl, how dare you think about that..

Jun was getting ready to go on the date. Noe was happy about her brother going on the date and she said that her brother looks cool..

Jun and Hiromi went to the cinema..

Perfect couple? I guess so…

Meanwhile, Nobuse and Aiko also went on a date during that time.. Nobuse went to look for a sweater for Aiko. He found one but Aiko didn’t want it.. Nobuse said that the sweater that Shinichiro picked for Aiko was rather plain.. Then…

You’re breaking his heart for saying that..

*shocked*

After the date was over, Jun bring Hiromi back to her home. Jun told Hiromi that Shinichiro and Noe is going to go out with each other. Hiromi was shocked to hear that. Being a gentleman that he is, Jun tried to comfort Hiromi..

Moving on, Shinichiro’s **** mother saw Hiromi went home with Jun. She said,

Are your referring to us (anime watchers)? If that so, then let me tell you that most of us don’t mind Hiromi being ‘not careful’.. Or should I say that most of us are encouraging her to do so…

Hiromi got angry and Shinichiro went to see what’s all the ruckus is about. Shinichiro asked his mother about why she is treating Hiromi so badly. Then Hiromi got angry again and ran away from the scene… Shinichiro followed her..

Shinichiro caught up to her and they had a conversation,
Hiromi: Should I tell you something incredible?
Hiromi: My birthday is later, so you would be the big brother.
Hiromi: Your mother told me that your father…might actually be my real father.
Hiromi: I said it. Oops.
Setsukyie: *dies*

So..ka…

That scene totally shocked me. It seems that everyone’s theory has been proven right (and mine is wrong). Now that we know that Shinichiro and Hiromi is blood-related, the chances of Hiromi getting Shinichiro decreases. So Noe might win in the end. Unless, they want to give the forbidden sibling-romance thing a try.

Well, Hiromi did say that Shinichiro’s father ‘might’ actually be her real father. So there are chances that they’re not blood-related. There might be a misunderstanding or something else. Or maybe Shinichiro’s ***** mother is trying to make up things so she can have a reason to hate Hiromi.

About the other characters, I’m interested to know what will happen to Aiko and Nobuse. My prediction is that she will still stay with Nobuse or be single because there are no other guys for her. And there are no chances of her winning Shinichiro either. But this anime is full of surprises so..we’ll see…

As for Noe, she doesn’t have much of a role in this episode. But I love the belt scene. Funny..haha… And she is slowly becoming my favorite girl in the anime.

Oh yea, it must be clear for Shinichiro now that Hiromi does have feelings towards him. If he doesn’t realize it by now, he must be born stupid or just playing clueless.. And the next episode preview looks interesting too. I wonder what will happen.. We’ll see..

Side note: I can’t believe it took me 3 hours to write this.. Is it too long or is it just right? Should I write about episodes summaries or about my thoughts and impressions about certain scenes only? (since a lot of people are writing summaries). Am I using too many images? Please comment on the way I blog too..