Kimi Ni Todoke 01: Prologue

Episode Guide

Sawako's way of greeting =)

Sawako was trying to get along with her school mates. She had always been treated as an object of fear and nicknamed as Sadako from The Ring. Her days seemed to brighten up when she met Kazehaya.  He happened to be the first one to say “Thank You” to her when she usually gets “I’m Sorry” from her school mates. For this, she aspired to be like him.

 

"I want to go too"

No! I want to work!

Kazehaya was the coordinator for the upcoming event, Test of Courage. As he said it’s an open invitation for their classmates, Sawako considered joining. Shortly after this, their teacher asked for volunteers for summer classes. When seeing that her classmates were reluctant, Sawako volunteered. However, Kazehaya interjected stating she was always the one working. When their teacher asked Kazehaya to volunteer, Sawako insisted that she wanted to work for the fear of boredom during the summer holidays.

This is embarrassing

Sawako’s complimenting Kazehaya when he overheard her conversation with her only friend, Shino. They shared a moment of embarrassment, however was resolved when she explained her reasons and subsequently Kazehaya personally invited her to the Test of Courage event.

the different response to Sawako's apology

In the classroom, Yano and Yoshida were discussing about how Sawako should be the ghost in the Test of Courage. At this moment, Sawako walked in and volunteered to be the ghost. On seeing ghost, she also apologized for not being able to live up to the expectation, which caused mix response from Yano and Yoshida.

 

 playing ghost

At the night of the Test of Courage, Sawako did her job well as a ghost. While doing her job, Kazehaya walked into the forest only to be surprised by her. They talked about how Sawako recently had been able to open up to others.

date?

The next day, Kazehaya received penalty for finishing the test and his punishment was to date Sawako for a week. Instead of agreeing, Kazehaya defended Sawako and refused to date her. Sawako was moved by his actions and determined to stand up for herself. However, it was mistaken as a confession to her classmates.

Writer’s Thoughts
I enjoyed the first episode though there isn’t really anything going on. I guess the episode title says it all. Prologue. It is meant to show the viewers the setting for the coming episodes of this series. I’m fine with that. First episode. Empty. But it gave me an overall picture of what kind of person Sawako and Kazehaya are.

In my perspective, Sawako is lonely, naïve and clueless. She seems to have the tendency to take what other people says seriously. C’mon, she apologized for not being able to see ghosts! I don’t think any sane person would apologize for that. But I like her when she does all those scary faces. It’s hilarious. No wonder her schoolmates are afraid of her.  As for Kazehaya, he seems to be a decent guy. Very friendly and like they say, lively. The cool guy, circled with a group of people all the time. It’s cool that he treats everyone equally. Unlike some of the cool guys we know will well, try to act so almighty that they are selective when it comes to friends. Kazehaya isn’t like that. He’s warm and it makes you just want to be his friend.

Somehow I find it funny why the students will go into extend of creating rumors that Sawako has the power to curse and so on. It’s illogical. Haha. Rumors can hurt a great deal of reputation. But I find it even funnier that Sawako wants to live up to all those expectations.

I believe that this episode gave me enough reason to want to continue watching the next episode. I’m already beginning to ask questions. How will Sawako be now that Kazehaya is in the picture? Will she make more friends? Will her schoolmates hate her more that now she’s sort of hanging out with Kazehaya? Questions. Questions. Questions. Answers can only be revealed as the series progress…