Broken Anime

Adorable Kotoko is adorable.

Episode 09 “Aim for a Date!” at a glance:

Tennis practice isn’t going well for Kotoko, partly because of her kind senpai who becomes a demon on the courts when he has a tennis racket in his hands. While out in town, Kotoko sees Naoki with Matsumoto going into the movie theatre. Kotoko and her tennis senpai, who is secretly in love with Matsumoto, stalk the pair of them into the theatre to see if they are a couple. After stalking them for a while on their date, Naoki saves Kotoko from an angry pedestrian and they run away from Matsumoto and Sudou-senpai. On their “date”, Irie tells Kotoko that lately he hasn’t disliked her and actually enjoys her living with him. Kotoko confesses her love to Naoki while they’re on the date, and everything seems to be going right, despite Naoki’s harsh words is a kind tone. However, her father tells her the news that they are finally, after a whole year of living with the Iries, going to move out and live on their own.

Racket to the face syndrome!

A nice guy, but a demon on the courts.

Azumanga Daioh?

Why would I go with you!?

Obvious stalker is obvious

“I’m never going to wash my hand again”

The perfect couple?

She looks so much different here.. For some reason it reminds me of Kaoru.

Saw this coming from the moment I saw the boat…

“I love you… so ditch the wife-beater”

Review: It is true that even though Naoki is still a dick, his words seem to have a softer delivery to them. I like how a year has passed since the first episode already. Plot may have its skips, but I like how, unlike a lot of romance shows, the plot actually goes somewhere with a pace of greater than five centimeters per second (pun if you didn’t catch that).

But I think in the next 3-4 episodes he’s going to confess that he likes Kotoko… or at least he was hinting at it when he was on his date with Matsumoto. Only time will tell..

Preview: As Kotoko prepares to leave the Irie house, it seems that not everyone is ready for them to go… Naoki… their mother… and whats this?? Naoki’s little brother!?

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