This episode seemed a little slow compared to the past two episodes. Nothing of grave importance really happened though we did get a glimpse of how deep Shinichirou’s mother’s hatred for Hiromi went. Well, it’s hard to say whether ‘hate’ is really the right word, but we can all see that it’s pretty obvious that she doesn’t like Hiromi. The preview for the next episode did hint at potentially explaining it all, but I don’t know, you know how tricky these writers are, right?

This episode seemed to somewhat imply to the viewer that Noe doesn’t exactly like Shinichirou but is interested in him as a person. Of course, this feeling of concern could easily sprout into love, which is probably why her brother made that move at the end of the episode.

I noticed a few minor problems with the art in this episode and although they did bother me, they weren’t really all over the place so it wasn’t like they were making an entire scene look ridiculous. But, it does prove that it’s quite possibly impossible to have a perfect “art run”.