Amagami SS – 07
All is fair in love and war. Unless you’re Junichi. Then you just break all the rules.
After a complete let down last week, I was hoping that we could get a little more development, without the need to kiss a body part or two. Luckily, this episode does deliver in the sense of development. We left last week with Kaoru finding her mother with another man (scandal!) and she looked a bit distraught about it. And now we reach the conclusion! (On a completely different note, who is HYPED for Bioshock: Infinite? Please tell me I’m not the only one >///<)
Not as romantic as it looks.
We start this weeks episode with Junichi coming into class, noticing that Kaoru is absent. As homeroom draws nearer, he concludes that she’s not turning up to school and he begins questioning her friends. None of them have talked to her since last night, and Junichi begins searching for her, memories flying round his head of their experiences together. Meanwhile, Kaoru wakes up in a manga café.
Please tell me I’m not the only one who thinks she looks like Hermione.
Things escalate when Junichi finds out that Kaoru ran out of her house last night, and she hasn’t been seen since. He skips class and runs all around town, remembering things they’ve done and checking places they’ve been together. Kaoru somehow finds a puppy (Really, who leaves a puppy like that?) and gives it milk, and has a little bit of a cry. As Junichi just misses her at a beach, he wonders to himself why he’s so worried about her.
Even his flashbacks have awesome hair. Go Junichi!
After checking her workplace, he finds she’s still working. He waits out back for her to finish, and they finally have a heart-felt chat. Kaoru reveals she saw her mother with another man and is quick to tear up. She says she doesn’t want another father, and that they are fine on their own. She cries more and then judo throws Junichi. (It completely ruins the moment.) Junichi tell her that he’ll always be there, as her support and they make up pretty well.
“KAORU, KILL”
Junichi wonders further why he was so worried about Kaoru. He goes over it in his head again and again until he comes to the conclusion that he has a crush on her. That all happens in the bath. The next day, everything is back to normal. Kaoru is back at school and seems to be happy again. Junichi is pleased that everything went well, and we do really get a sense that he’s falling for her. So sweet~
Junichi ponders whether it is time to retire from the bath.
End Thoughts
I probably laughed the most at this point. Pure awesome.
“Yes! My hair is incredibly boring!”
I honestly thought he was buying condoms. I spat my drink all over my keyboard in response to my stupidity.
“C’mon man, you gotta tap that!” “Yeah! Tap that good!”
Oh shit, Morpheus! Pick it uuuuuuup!
Much better episode! Thank the lord! Some of my predictions came true from last weeks episode as well! Double score! I loved the flashbacks in this episode. As Junichi was running throughout town, walking past shops where Kaoru and him had been were just great. We weren’t really given a time for when they happened, but that’s really beside the point. Kaoru and Junichi have been together for a long time, and it really shows through that.
While I guessed that Kaoru would depend on Junichi for emotional support, I wasn’t exactly wrong. It was really Junichi who offered that, which in retrospect seems more likely. She also did run away from her mother in the night, so I got that bit right! It wasn’t exactly clear that she had gone home then run off though. Earlier in the episode we were told that she hadn’t been seen since yesterday, then Kaoru revealed she had gone home and had a shouting match with her mother. A minor gripe, but it still kinda broke the flow.
Speaking of breaking the flow, why did Kaoru need to Judo throw Junichi? It was just a little too over the top for my liking. I understand that she’s meant to be like that, boy-ish and whatnot, but a simple cold shoulder would’ve been much more effective in my opinion. Some of Kaoru’s actions don’t really ring true for me, which is a shame. Her arc seemed really promising, seeing as they had been friends for a long time and the seemed to get on so long.
We also get even more side character interaction! Junichi talks to Rihoko about books, and how she falls asleep in walls of text. I’m a little worried about Rihoko’s arc, to be honest. She seems so daft it’s not even funny. I don’t know how they will turn that into romantic, but I guess they can try. We get more of Sae and Ai as well which is good, because I’m looking forward to their stories, as they are great friends of Miya’s. I’m hoping for a lot of brother / sister fights, as they can get pretty messy.
While the arc is better than Haruka’s, it’s still turning out to be disappointing. Kaoru is a much better character with a lot more energy and potential, but it just fizzled out towards the end. If the arc doesn’t conclude nicely I’ll be – once again – disappointed. Sadly, something tells me it wont happen that way. Now I’m just cheering for Ai!
Doesn’t it look a bit like the top of ‘They Agency’ from Crackdown?
Preview: Who’s idea was it to put the images behind clouds? It makes it really hard to see what’s going on! We don’t get any audio clues, but we see a giant tower, some lift doors closing and Junichi looking shocked. Is that really anything new? The outlook doesn’t look good, fellas…
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POWUH: iLurker with 1 comments
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POWUH: Meta Team and The Mad Scientist with 5525 comments
“She cries more and then judo throws Junichi” LOLWUT. AHAHA~ That…certainly seems abrupt. They seem like a really cute couple though.
Your captions are amazing~ (and Bioshock: Infinite DO WANT.).
POWUH: 400-499 and Manly Russians lover with 401 comments
No doubt they make a good couple, just… judo? Really? I don’t participate in judo duels with my significant other. It’s just not natural.
Thanks, OC :3 I try my best. (AH MAH GAWSH, INFINITE)
POWUH: Meta Team and Ringleader Extraordinaire~ with 6433 comments
I hope this has a better conclusion than the Haruka one. I definitely like Kauro better than her.
POWUH: Occasional (51-75) with 74 comments
I see that you like her enough to misspell her name. If you add an “n” to the end of that name you get a pretty good Full Metal Panic! villain.
POWUH: Meta Team and Ringleader Extraordinaire~ with 6433 comments
Have you become my personal spelling police?! :sad2
Kaori/Kaoru/Kauro… arrghhhh…. :6
POWUH: 400-499 and Manly Russians lover with 401 comments
To be honest, I’ve never heard of a Kauro before xD
POWUH: Meta Team and Ringleader Extraordinaire~ with 6433 comments
Hato-kun, it happens when you remain awake till 4am… @_@
POWUH: Meta Team and PreCure Mastah with 9203 comments
Looks like a great episode! must watch this tonight! I like this arc so far, first was more funny thou.
POWUH: 400-499 and Manly Russians lover with 401 comments
First was funnier, I’ll agree there. The way this one is going, they will probably turn out to be equal for me, which is a shame 🙁
POWUH: 1100-1199 and Meta's Evil rice-flour Product with 1137 comments
Judo throw? who else here wishes kaoru was their best friend?
POWUH: 400-499 and Manly Russians lover with 401 comments
Judo throw is NOT sexual innuendo for a certain activity!
POWUH: iLurker with 1 comments
I’ll take boring hair with an interesting personality over messy hair with a boring personality any day. This arc ran out of steam and collapsed midway through.
POWUH: iLurker with 1 comments
This arc has much more depth and substance, and I would go as far to say the first girl was morally offensive.