life line by line

Aya Hisakawa! Aya Hisakawa! W00t! Aya Hisakawa does an cameo as Tomoko Hoshina while the rest of the crew is in Koube to cheer Masashi (who will be now known as “the non-sucky Kira”) on for his Professional Soccer Try Outs. Also slight serious side with the earthquake that happened and the aftermaths of it; not with just rebuilding buildings but also family too (awww… Tomoko!). End of the episode touches on Hiroyuki and Akari “relationship” (or the lackthereof) and of the main story of Multi.

The episode wasn’t bad, I enjoyed it overall (though I do have a slight baises for Aya Hisakawa roles) but something felt off. Maybe because of the sudden seriousness it got, but I was expecting more of a light-hearted episode for some reason. Definitely did not expect Tomoko to suddenly appear nor for there to be actual movement in the Hiroyuki-Akari relationship department. And you got to love good old non-sucky Kira (Masashi) for being a true friend for trying to get to the root of the relationship problem and help out as best as he can. Good man.

The main highlight has to be without an doubt Tomoko. Good to see other “secondary” characters have screentime and I was pleased on how well they handled the seriousness of the Koube earthquake and whatnot. Also kind of funny that Tomoko was in this episode, as I just finished reading the To Heart manga a day before the episode was released, since she was one of the “main” characters devoted a chapter or two in the last volume. Weird huh?

Anyway, I fully expect the “Multi gets her full memories” to be back in full swing next episode based on how they ended this one: multiple pictures of Hiroyuki showing up on the laptop connected to Multi. Guess someone has Hiroyuki on the brain? Akari-Multi catfight in the future…? hmm…