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Shin reflects upon his feelings for Noe now that he is supposed to ask her out per his agreement with Noe’s brother.

Impressions:

Wow…this episode was pretty big. Even without the big shocking revelations that the previous episode had this still managed to keep me captivated. Just focusing on Noe and Hiromi for a bit I still am amazed at the complexity of the situation. I really don’t see one of the girls having a clear and obvious win when in most cases there is. I feel pretty confident in saying that I want Noe to end up with Shin however I’m nowhere near confident enough to say that’s what’s actually going to happen, in fact if I had to pick I would lean more towards thinking it will go the path of Hiromi even though I want it to go to Noe.

I think in cases like this it really comes down to which girl has the most to loose from not ending up with the lead. Which story is most sad if they don’t win. As in, if it’s worse for them to not end up with the guy, they will. For Noe, she is an extremely innocent girl. This is her first love and it’s not like a normal one sided love. Shin has confessed to her, albeit his real feelings or not he did. For Shin not to end up with her would be horrible for her as it would crush this for her, her first love, her first time feeling nay emotion this way and being lied to. However for Hiromi, she’s kind of alone. Even though she has friends she has no family where she really belongs considering how she may be “illegitimate” or however you want to phrase it and despite feelings either way they have the roadblock of being siblings. Right now I can see arguments for cases where he would end up with either.

The reason why he would end up with Hiromi would be that as far as Noe goes, if she doesn’t end up with Shin she’ll probably cry. You know, with tears. The title of the anime kind of says that tears are metaphorically or actually important. If shin breaks up with her she may “regain” her tears. However as far as going with Noe there is the whole incest thing, however it’s not confirmed if that’s the case and it wouldn’t be the first show to kind of ignore that. In fact it almost gives it more of a change as something that big standing in the way would be a roadblock. However, as my explanation kind of said I think it will go with Hiromi even though I want it to go with Noe just because the sibling relationship isn’t confirmed, hell the mother could have said that to be horribly mean to Hiromi even if not true but even if it was true its not too out of the realm of possibility for them to end up together anyways.

I was certainly surprised by the bit with Ai at the end. I didn’t’ think she would go as far as do something like that, at most I thought she would confess but to actually kiss him is pretty big. Still, the really sad thing is she has absolutely no chance as far as I can see. Whether or not I want her to end up with Shin or not (She would be my second choice) she really doesn’t have too much of a chance. Hiromi and Noe have the dilemma pretty well covered, offering up enough drama with just the two of them. I really think Ai’s corner of the story will be solved separately and not too happy of an ending for her. Too bad really, I jut hope they really give her a good end and not just glaze over it.