Thursday, November 12, 2009

Kimi Ni Todoke 05: Determination



Episode Guide



Sawako was worrying about her situation with Kazehaya, Yano and Yoshida over her meal. She was confused and worried over how to react when she sees them at school



On the first day of their exam, Sawako found Yano sitting her usual place. Their seating was arranged according to their names and not following their usual seating. But instead of greeting Yano, Sawako chose to ignore her. When Yoshida arrived, Yano discussed what happened and both of them felt that there was something not right with Sawako.



During the exam, Sawako thought about how happy she was with Kazehaya, Yano and Yoshida. She was glad that she finally made friends but then because she cared, she had to let them ago, to protect them.  And she cried for she didn’t know how to be alone anymore.



After school, Kazehaya waited for Sawako and seek explanation for her recent behavior.  When pressed, Sawako suddenly broke down in tears, shocking Kazehaya. Once Kazehaya learned about her reason, he forbade Sawako to ever distant herself again and he stood firm on his decision to befriend her. Sawako also talked about Yano and Yoshida and how she truly felt about them. She decided to talk things through with Yano and Yoshida.



At the stairway, Yano met Pin-sensei and she blamed him for what had happened between Sawako and herself. Despite not knowing the actual reason, Pin-sensei surprisingly gave her some advice, which she pondered on. In the library, as Yano was looking for study books, she stumbled upon ghost stories that she saw Sawako read. She realized that she missed her.




Also missing Sawako is Yoshida. She was somewhat comforted by Ryu when she was fussing over her situation with Sawako. At the time, Ryu was jogging as instructed in Pin’s practice menu. When she looked at the notes Sawako prepared for her, she felt even more confused and hurted.



Later that night, Yano invited Yoshida to hang out. When they talked about feelings about Sawako, they realized that they loved her and had already considered as their friend. Unbeknownst to them, Sawako was also thinking about them.




The next morning, Sawako was nervous about how is she going to talk to Yano and Yoshida. She practiced what she wanted to say in the toilet. While she was practicing, she overheard some girls gossiping about her again but this time, she stood up for herself and her friends. However, these girls went rough on her and for the first time, she heard Yano and Yoshida being labeled as “slut” and “criminal”…Now, how will she react?

Writer’s Thoughts



There’s this scene where Kazehaya bought drinks for Sawako. I’m sure Sawako’s just being Sawako; she paid him back the money. Haha..But I like what she did. Although I don’t think she did out of the same reasoning as I would. I’m not sure about how other culture works but from what I’ve learned from my own circle of friends is better not to indebt to people who you do not consider as friend. Yeah, so probably Sawako did what she did out of politeness. But still, it’s good to see.



Yoshida was so cute when she was talking to Ryu. The scenes make me laughed even though she's crying and angry all at the same time. I like that she's able to openly talk about what she thinks. So far, she's the only person I see talking about her feelings to just about anybody. I'm not sure about Yano though. I mean, we only get to see more of Yoshida's raw-nature-in-action and nobody else's.

From I see in this episode, it's pretty clear to me that Sawako has already gotten herself some loyal friends. The only thing is she doesn't know yet. Haha...

After the last few minutes of this episode, I began to wonder why people hate Sawako so much when she's just an innocent girl. They ignore her. Emotionally torture her. Bully her. When she did nothing to provoke anyone. Who're those girls anyway?

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