Hmm, a pretty nice, light-hearted calm episode. The art went down again however. *Sigh* I miss the early episode’s art. There were some parts where Kazehaya looked almost totally different. Nonetheless, it was still an enjoyable, happy episode. :3

Thoughts

Suspicious too-nice flowery background! Well, we finally get to focus more on Kurumi, and right from the start her personality and atmosphere is pretty suspicious. I think having Aya Hirano as her seiyuu helps though. xDD

O_o Umm…what? I pretty much had the same reaction as Sawako when I saw this. It’s so out of the blue, but it has this sort of mean tinge to it as well. :/

Aww, poor Sawako. To be honest, when I first saw the hands going towards Sawako, I thought it was some sexual assault. xDD Turns out it was just some creepy girl touching her…? Still don’t get it though, it’s just pretty creepy.

So cute~! I’m so happy for Sawako. She has more friends now, and her reactions are just so adorable. X3

Ahh! I love the overly dramatized name referring scenes (did that make sense?). It’s just so cute to watch them try to say their names, and it shows just how much they’ve developed. So I had this small grin watching Sawako try to call everyone by their first names. Ah~ if only it was like this in the U.S.

It seems like in this episode Sawako is blushing and looking at Kazehaya a lot more. It’s cute watching her though.

Lol. They’re so much alike. xDD Getting so fired up, haha.

XDD Aww, even though she missed, she missed it adorably. It was funny though. Don’t worry Sawako, you’ll make it! >:D Ganbatte, Sawako!

>///< Ah, we’re starting to see Sawako’s admiration develop into something more. She’s starting to notice Kazehaya a lot more though. However, it seemed that this particular scene dragged out for a long time. ^^”

But ah, she’s trying to deny it and shake it off. >.< She can’t deny it for too long~ huhuhu…

Her dedication is so admirable~ I just loved how she tried practicing extra hard and get a soccer ball. And even though she didn’t get it, she just used her resources. Well, it is to me since I’m not too dedicated like that when it comes to sports. xD

More shipping moments. X) I loved how he just got so distracted and smiled so warmly when he watched her.

I can see that Kurumi sees it though too, and she has a really scary evil look to her. D:< Gar.

Aww, I loved the ending scene between Sawako and Kazehaya. It was so nice of Kazehaya and overall a sweet scene. Plus, when she says, “Reaching Kazehaya,” I started squealing at the title reference. x3 Also, the ending music added in there added an awesome effect. ^^

Preview

Seems like we get to see more Kurumi and development between Kurumi and Sawako, even though I’m not sure how to react on it. Seems like an average episode next week though. :/ I’ll be looking forward to it nonetheless though! :D