Well, the first half of this episode was a little dull, but eh, what can you do? I shouldn’t have been expecting too much since they did say they were going out on a date so it was kind of obvious that nothing was going to happen until the end of the episode (or the one after if it came down to that). Still, the date could’ve been more entertaining. I guess the fact that this couple doesn’t interest me didn’t help. I mean, I like the arc and all, but I just don’t really care for the pairing.
In any case, the ending was certainly quite a twist. I don’t know about you all but I was certainly expecting Chihiro to have died in this episode. At least, if not this one then the next. I was expecting her to kill herself to break off her ties with Renji…but no. I will admit that I think this is more painful for Renji since he has to live on knowing that their relationship cannot be the same as it once was even if they did meet again whereas if she just died…well…she’s dead, there’s not much you’re going to be able to do about that.
So what’s in store for us in the next episode? I really can’t say. Will Renji try and confront Chihiro? Will Chihiro and Himura move elsewhere? Well, probably not, that kind of defeats the purpose of ripping those pages out I suppose? What about Himura and Yuko? Yes, what about those two?
