This episode was over before I knew it. To me, that’s a sign of a truly good show: You sit down to watch the show and get so lost in it that you lose track of time and even though it only felt like 8 minutes, it has actually been 20 and show’s over. It’s a good thing I have the entire series otherwise, it’d really kill me until the next episode. Unfortunately for shows today, none of those shows really get me that way anymore. Even Soul Eater, my favorite of this season isn’t like that despite how much I like it.

Quality hasn’t dropped either. Just. Just a wonderful show. [edit: upon re-read, this gets really “bloggy” so just a heads up]

It’s pretty much a given that both Morita and Hagu are geniuses. I’d give to be a genius at something. I’m sure we’ve all had that feeling too. But unfortunately, I’m more like Takemoto. Though now I have a better idea of what I want to do in the future, it all still remains a mystery. When I went into college, I thought I was going to be a dentist and I took pre-med classes. It was the worst idea I’ve ever made -that’s a lie, but it was a BAD IDEA-. Chemicals, bonds, chairs, whatever they tried to teach me, it was just too much. Now, I’m going in an entirely different path.

Takemoto chose to go to Art School simply because he liked working with his hands. I want to be an publisher/editor simply because I like being around books. How the hell am I going to do it? What is necessary for me to get there? To tell you the truth, Hell if I know. But I’m getting there slowly. The end of sophmore year is when they ask for your major. Before merely a few months ago, I knew what I was doing, but I really didn’t want to deep down. Now, I know what I want to do, but I know what I have to do. I hate it how you’re already asked to choose. I mean, I’m not young, but that’s one hell of a decision isn’t it? I’ve lost plenty of sleep over it. Sometimes I just wish someone wrote down a To Do list and all I had to do was follow it step by step… It’s hard to have an aim in life if there’s no target.

When Hagu is stressed out, she channels her stress into her art. I always understood that feeling. When I tore a ligament in my ankle, I felt SO restless. Anime couldn’t help, tv didn’t help, and MMOs also failed to help. Then, I just grabbed a pencil, a piece of paper, what I wanted to draw and then I just got lost in the creation. I at one point wanted to be a cartoonist but that died quickly. Point is, if I didn’t have my sketchbook throughout my life, I’d be entirely different. Everything would be pent up. Thank goodness for paper and pencil.

In this episode, we realize -and eventually so does Takemoto- that maybe Morita has a thing for Hagu. Everyone hates a rival in love, but what if it was a great friend of yours? Me, I would personally just give up and root for my friend. I’m just too scared to compete. Sure I’d love see my friend be happy so I just use that as an excuse. So in the end, I will just continue to wait.

The ED theme is by Suneohair. Suneohair’s song is really a hit or miss with me. Usually he has more upbeat songs but this is more medium paced and well, just right. Whenever I hear this song now on my playlist, I would picture a wheel, the bike wheel and a ferris wheel and pretty much just appreciate this show. Nothing scary like shrimp hands in this ED. It’s just right.