Wow, this episode was amazing. It’s set a pretty high bar for the rest of the series but I think it can only get more awesome as it goes. It’s times like these that makes me feel reassured that there are still people out there that are capable of weaving words together into a magnificent tale.

So we see that Renji has pretty much started to break down himself, kind of going back to Himura’s warning to him. I didn’t quite realize it until they started talking about the ending. Then once I saw that scene being replayed from Renji’s memory, it all just kind of clicked together. It’s going to be interesting to see how he’s going to get back on his feet with this one because he’s really hurt Chihiro’s feelings here.

And of course, I haven’t forgotten about Miyako. That half of the episode just made the episode even more awesome than I could have ever imagined. I didn’t get the confrontation that I wanted while watching the last episode but that’s really no big deal compared to what we got instead. I was literally on my seat, staring at the scene, watching the scene unfold, as soon as I remembered that Hirono had mentioned that he had dropped his cellphone somewhere and that Miyako’s calls were never going to get through to him. And what a great scene it was, let me tell you. I have to give a big kudos to SHAFT due to its brilliant execution, truly a work of art.

As we all expected, Kei turned Kyosuke down on his offer for a role in his film, but she’ll surely have a change of heart in the future if the conversation at the infirmary was supposed to imply anything. I really liked the argument that Hirono and Kyosuke had and I’m now rather interested in what Kyosuke’s final product is going to be like.

Once again, we see Himura warning Renji not to get too close to Chihiro. Is she going to die? They haven’t mentioned anything about her health weakening or anything of that nature (if I recall correctly) and she seems to be doing pretty well right now, so a death in the end would be a little odd if you ask me.

The next episode should be really good since Miyako will likely be confronting Kei. We’ve seen a glimpse of their confrontation in the prologue’s DVD and I’m very anxious about seeing the conversation in its entirety. I don’t know how she’s going to win Hirono over but it can’t be as extreme as what Kaede did in Shuffle! when she tried to pry Rin away from Asa, will it?