Futakoi 10

  
  
  

It's turned cold and that means Christmas is coming soon. And of course Christmas parties. Kira and Yura give Nozomu an invitation to one at school. But before all the fun of Christmas he's got to study math, so he goes to the bookstore to buy a book.. and who should he see there but Rocket Man Yuuya. He passed the test... and he tells Nozomu he's decided to do the big dramatic kokuhaku thing to Kaoruko on Christmas Eve. Yuuya says he thought Nozomu was acting odd at the beach that time and asks if Nozomu likes Kaoruko.. Nozomu says they're just childhood friends, nothing else..

Of course, upon exiting the store Nozomu sees Kaoruko. She's going to show him that English reference book she told him about in the morning and grabs his arm, but he jerks away and says it's okay. He says Yuuya's still in the store... and says he's got something to do and runs off.

Scene shifts to Kaoruko and Sumireko at home, talking about Nozomu, of course. Kaoruko says it seemed like he didn't like being around her. Sumireko says that maybe he likes Kaoruko.. Kaoruko turns the question around, asking if she likes Nozomu... and yup, Sumireko likes him. When Sumireko asks the same of Kaoruko she doesn't really say whether or not she does.. As for Nozomu, he's on the roof worrying about all that's happened.. there's Kira and Yura to deal with, too.. At school the next day Nozomu avoids Kaoruko..

Kaoruko gets a call from Yuuya asking if she'd help him with choosing a present for his sister on Christmas Eve. She'll head to the party after that.. Sumireko unknowingly absolutely nails Yuuya's real purpose for asking Kaoruko to go with him when she teases Kaoruko, saying "What if he suddenly confesses?"..

Nozomu heads out to buy presents for the party, and Yuuya and Kaoruko meet up. After those two are done with the shopping, Yuuya says it. Kaoruko, a bit stunned, of course, doesn't give an answer to him yet.

On his way to the party Nozomu sees Kaoruko and Yuuya walking together.. And when he gets there.. there's only Kira and Yura. Different parties.. the rest are at another party wondering where Nozomu is...

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And now Nozomu's in a REALLY BAD bind. Not gonna be a happy Christmas. If he had just said no to Kira and Yura this wouldn't have happened.. but since it's Kira and Yura it would've taken a while to get them to understand maybe.. but, anyways.. The big kokuhaku thingy came but no answer from Kaoruko yet.. and she hasn't really said whether she likes Nozomu or not, either. And Nozomu still hasn't said whether he likes Kaoruko and Sumireko or not. It seems like he does... but whether he'll get up enough courage to actually say so to them and tell Kira and Yura as well is still left to happen. Hopefully he'll get out of this funk and do so.

This episode was what I wanted to see after the Sara/Souju (the very kawaii Souju, btw) story in terms of character/story development and such. But I could do without gloomy Nozomu :P

And I suppose I should give my list now :) If we're talking who I want Nozomu to end up with it's obviously Kaoruko or Sumireko (or both, lol). But if we're talking favorites overall, here ya go:

1. Souju - ichiban kawaii~! :)
2. Kaoruko & Sumireko - they better end up with Nozomu! also the best developed characters of the bunch
4. Sara - the sharp-tongued half of the Shirogane twins, but she does it all for Souju. She was great in episode 9. Pretty cute when she smiles ;)
5. Lulu & Lala - kawaii~!... but that's about it
6. Kira & Yura - just not all that interesting to me
7. Ui & Koi - not into the meganekko thing.. they haven't shown up a lot either
8. Ai & Mai - not into the sensei thing either.. and there hasn't been a lot of them

Stripey and moyism, how about y'all? ;)

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A good point that I forgot was brought up here (in Japanese). Now that Sumireko, who always felt she was chasing after Kaoruko and Nozomu (see episode 5), has come out and said outright she likes Nozomu, perhaps she's ahead of Kaoruko for the first time? That will be something to watch over the last few episodes.