Poor Aiko really never did get on track as a main girl. I am glad they included her, however, just since it was interesting to see her spinning her wheels. Plus there is the possibility of Miyokichi and Shinichiro getting into a fight one day and Shinichiro blurting out, “Ai tried to shove her tongue down my throat, so take that!”

Finally, I think Shinichiro’s concern for Ai is friend-mode-concerned not lover-concerned or siscon-concerned. I was wrong about Jun, though, so I don’t plan to bet the house on this prediction. I agree the Jun siscon thing was stupid, but it was awesomely and laughably stupid.

The past few episodes have felt like that since the ending has been decided already, they’re just stretching the story for the sake of making it 13 episodes. I have absolutely no idea what Shinichiro is thinking. He never really convincingly liked Noe anyway and he always like Hiromi. And Hiromi is like the hottest girl at school too.

Why isn’t he going all out for her happily since the series has already been resolved. Why do girls like Shinichiro who has seemingly no redeeming qualities (although Hiromi’s childhood friend thing may have an excuse)? Why the hell did the story make Jun like Noe in ‘that’ way? Was it just a cheap plot device to make her jump off a tree, because it was pretty stupid and completely not necessary. These questions were never convincingly answered for me, and thus I am disappointed.

Oh that and the animation really went downhill this past episode.

Poor Aiko ;_; She deserved better than that, at least she has Nobuse.