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Kotoko finds out the guy who hugged her was Non, from back when Yuuki was hospitalized.

Impressions:

I was really surprised to find out the guy was Non, but I suppose that was the whole idea. I thought it was a great idea for him to come back like this. The entire reason Irie became a doctor was because of him and Kotoko. Seeing as how he important because of that, it would have been a shame for him not to appear again. Not only did he appear again, but the episode was revolved around some serious things involving him. It wasn’t just some fluff episode where there was some comedy about how much he’s changed and so on, there were some real issues there like him having to grow up sick, not having a family, and so on. I’m glad the way it turned out. Obviously he survives the surgery, as he’s even shown in the preview for the next episode.

The next episode seems to break away from the Non thing rather quickly and focus back on the relationship between Irie and Kotoko. It should be interesting to see something a bit more romantic between them. Previous they’ve just overcome hurdles like Irie being cold or jealous but they haven’t really shown them in any romantic situations. This should be interesting, as well as good for the character development.