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A young boy observes a girl covered in blood inside a mansion. In the present time, we see Tsujidou, remembering that 17 years have passed since that happened. Yorito is at the convenience store, surprised at how much tomato juice Matsuri wants to buy. Tsujidou opens up a trash can to find a hiding Mayuko, waiting for food. As they sit outside on some steps, Matsuri wonders what the sky would look like from there. Yorito tells her that there are even better places to view the sky from, and promises to show them to her.

Tsujidou and Mayuko make their way to the abandoned church, where Mayuko complains about Tsujidou’s usual bad taste in onigiri. Mayuko knows that Tsujidou is going out again soon. She insists that he take her with him, but he declines as the rain starts to fall.

At Yorito’s house, Matsuri once again asks him if he likes the rain. He replies that he doesn’t really like it because it blocks the sky. Matsuri gets out an umbrella, and asks Yorito to go with her outside. Matsuri plays a prank on Yorito, making him lose his umbrella, so they share one as they talk. They stop at the vending machine where they first met, both mentioning that they thought of each other as weird when they first saw each other. Matsuri then suggests that she wants to ride on a boat. Despite Yorito’s attempt to handle things, Matsuri rows then boat out to the center of the lake. She gets Yorito to sit next to her, and raises the cloud covered umbrella above them. She suggests that it feels like they are under the sky, as they both imagine it. Yorito tells Matsuri that he will definitely keep his promise to show her the blue sky.

Back at the church, Tsujidou heads out, leaving Mayuko inside. In Aona’s hospital room, Koyori asks Aona to teach her how to make origami. Aona tells her that she will, but only if Koyori can fulfill her request.

Matsuri bids Yorito off, as he leaves the house to see his sister. Matsuri is looking through the clothes Mana has given her in the living room, when she hears some noises. She makes her way to the staircase to catch a falling Koyori just in time. They introduce themselves to each other, then Koyori tells her that she is gathering something in secret. At the hospital, Aona is looking at a doll, but quickly hides it when Yorito shows up at her door. He asks Aona about her condition, and she tells him again that it is normal.

After Koyori gets what she needs, she thanks Matsuri and leaves. Matsuri hears noises again as she makes her way to the living room, but this time she finds Tsujidou waiting for her. He tears the blinds off the curtains and begins attacking her again with his light arrows. Yorito’s return is delayed because he misses the tram on the way home. Matsuri continues running from Tsujidou inside the house by hiding upstairs. Tsujidou seemingly corners her and throws an arrow directly at her, but she disintegrates it with her hand before it hits her. With that, he attacks with even more, making her fall in pain in Yorito’s room. Tsujidou pulls out his sword to finish Matsuri off, but upon seeing Yorito’s sky painted ceiling, she gets up to stop him. She grabs onto his arm, using her ability to disable it, but then jumps outside of Yorito’s window.

Yorito arrives home in shock from the destroyed room he sees. Matsuri gets cornered with her back to a tree outside in the daylight. Tsujidou strikes at her with his sword, but Yorito takes the blow with his back. He won’t let him hurt Matsuri because of his promise. This triggers a memory Tsujidou had with Mayuko in the past. Mana’s voice can be heard coming towards them, so Tsujidou runs off as rain starts to fall. Matsuri asks Yorito again if he likes the the rain, but this time he replies that he might have grown to like it. When Mana reaches them, she is surprised to see their injuries.

Koyori has delivered the sewing kit that she got from Yorito’s house to Aona, but Aona is shocked when she mentions Matsuri, because Yorito had been keeping it a secret from her.

Impression:

Well this episode was definitely better, but I dunno if I can be forgiving after the last two episodes. As expected, it is more fun to watch Matsuri and Yorito, with everyone else in their minor scenes where they belong. I have a feeling that the plot is going to be pretty predictable at this point though. Makuyo probably doesn’t like fighting, which is why Tsujidou doesn’t want to involve her with what he does. She will probably convince him later on to stop pursuing Matsuri in the end, and everyone lives happily ever after. I mean, what are they gonna do? Not let Yorito fulfill his promise with Matsuri? Speaking of that, I actually laughed at how cheesy the last scene was. Yorito takes a blow for Matsuri, claiming that he will keep his promise while Matsuri tells him to stop. Then upon hearing a voice in the distance, Tsujidou just runs off. Yea…ok. The sky scenes they have are killing me too. I like the feeling the OP and EDs give off, and their use of the sky was one of the things that pulled me into the show at first, but they are seriously overdoing it, and it’s becoming laughable. Sola is no Air, and I really don’t know how I can take it’s cliched story seriously. On another note, Matsuri in different clothes was pretty win. ;P