Lalami? Yano is really a very sentimental guy.

Yes, I am surprisingly not criticizing or insulting Yano for this episode. Anyone who watched this episode will find it hard to hate Yano. He invokes sympathetic feelings. Sigh, even I have to resign to the fate that Takeuchi x Nana will never happen in my entire lifetime. It is a little sad but I am also happy how this triangle relationship is developing.

Note: I have decided by now to watch Bokura ga Ita on chinese subs, so get ready for more speedy coverage of this show. I am way too excited for this not to watch it quickly :p

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Episode summary

Nana was at school and rejected Yano’s offer to go home together. However, she did mention about going out to talk about ex-Nana’s events. On the day, Takeuchi tagged along and it was glad that Yano was not too happy about it. Yano also avoided the situation of ex-Nana, not answering what Nana wanted.

Nana also found out about her picture being deleted due to a hook-up party and teased Yano about it. Eventually, Takeuchi realized that they would not get anything out of Yano. As Takeuchi left, he told Nana to have a normal date with Yano, telling her that the revealing was in fact just something to make her feel better and hence go back to Yano.

Takeuchi was also consoled by his friends, as he returned home, since he was officially out of the contest. His friends told him not to give up. As Yano and Nana went back to his house for a short date, he brought the stray dog that he took from Takeuchi. They went on a walk along the river, and it was then that we had some back story of Yano being a bastard child (his current father is a stepfather) and that he had never met his birth father before.

Nana was getting soft-hearted with Yano’s every approach and she was close to returning to him. She did not know what to do, since she was caught between her heart and mind. As Yano returned home, his mom felt that there was once again this distance between them and Yano simply replied that he was an adult which is why he never mentioned much about his life. As he saw his stepfather, visions returned about him being a “bastard child” and training hard to be a swimmer in order to be like his father.

In the flashback, He actually saw his father, who was thought to be the father of another child. He was dying and Yano finally saw him and the flashback ended with his mother talking about a new father. Yano then thought about his luck and messaged Nana, telling her to meet up again so that he could tell her everything. Takeuchi also was thinking why everything that he really wanted always go out of his grasp. What would happen to the three?

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Thoughts

Ok, after hearing about the things that Yano has to go through, he was already ****ed up by the time he had his girlfriend. That really caused a big problem in his heart, since he started with a family that is not whole. We all know about the problems of having a single parent family in our society and Yano has to go through such things during his young life. That will cause tons of changes to a young child’s psyche.

I also have to add something about the flashback which disturbs me. Yano has to grow up not knowing that the man he was visiting at the hospital was his real father. Why? I do not understand it whatsoever. It is seriously screwed up and I think even as a child, he deserves to know more about his father. Why did his mother do it? I can only think that somehow, his mother wants to disassociate herself away from him.

For what reason? I have no idea.

Also, his many attempts to get back together with Nana is really sweet.

That, coming from a Takeuchi x Nana fan, is something really great, since people who have followed my entries know how much I hate Yano due to his behavior toward Nana. That does not mean I forgive him for all the things he had done, but the various efforts to improve himself in order to regain Nana’s favor is something that even the hardest fan will have to accept.

I mean, naming the dog as Lalami to remind himself, trying to please Nana in all ways after being rejected, trying to do all these things even though he had a horrible past are things that are not easily achievable. It is something that can only be done if someone is truly and fully in love with the other party. It is rather heartwarming how these two people are so happily in bliss with each other

Takeuchi is by now just a bit piece character in this. I actually expected Yamamoto to be involved in some part of the plot, but it seems that she is not. It will be interesting if she attempts to revive her relationship with Yano, since we did see a screenshot of her when Yano is trying to get Nana out on class and is dutifully rejected.

Next episode seems to be Yano and Nana getting back together. I will be doing a rapid review on it once I watched it, so cheers.

p/s Sigh, no sign of Takeuchi x Nana anymore. Boo!

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