Futakoi Alternative 9
There aren't any "ifs"... that's what Rentarou tries to convince himself of this time, as he and Souju are separated from Sara. Sara went off on her own to Kimihiko, seemingly to become his fiancee, so Souju could stay with Rentarou. Just like Sara to go off and do things on her own... Kimihiko and Rentarou decide to cut off all contact between themselves... Souju and Rentarou try to have fun together -- the whole shopping cart race in the grocery store was rather amusing -- but it's pretty easy to see that they're not really enjoying themselves. And to add to the list of problems... the office burns down, leaving them with nothing. Even though Rentarou doesn't want to ask "if", he still wonders -- if they could fly would they be able to become happy? If he had slept with Sara and Souju would they have been able to be happy together? Everyone ends up in tears at the end this time...
And the ending is much too effective, so much so as to bring a tear to your eye, once again this time. I was happy to see Souju get some good time in to show off, but since it wasn't really fun in the end, "happy" isn't quite the word to use here. They really pounded home the whole "3 of us have to be together" theme this time... Well, I asked for drama and I got my drama, done very well to say the least, especially in the past few episodes.
This whole depressing segment is supposed to be resolved in the next couple of episodes, so we'll see how Sara, Souju, and Rentarou will be able to bring themselves back together. And after that... a return to the insanity of the first episode, or so I hear ;)
I find it a bit amusing that the office burned down now but Sara using the bomb in the first episode didn't take the office completely out. :)
I think I'll wait till after it's resolved to watch, I can't bear to see Sara and Souju in such pain. :(
I'm embroiled in some controversy over the timeline of the first half of this episode and what may or may not have happened between Soujyu and Rentarou. I'm basing this off the l33t-raws version.
At 1:47 you see sheets on the bed. Rentarou and Soujyu can be heard playing a word game, but at 1:47 there's no one at the computer. But at 3:22 the sheets are gone! Continuity error? Artist mistake? Or a HINT!?
maybe it's just the director's way of expression :)
will Kunihiko's company had anything to do with the great white squid payload in episode one is something I'd like to know since last episode :D