Kimikiss pure rouge – 16
Frogs = owned.
Summary:
Mao finally sees Eiji, but she is still distracted from what she saw at the train station. Mao compliments Eiji for his performance, before leaving him so that he can talk with the other band members. Kouichi expresses what a great time he had with Yumi to Mao when she gets home, but Mao avoids talking to him as she enters her room. She then gets a phone call from Eiji, who has noticed her strange behavior. Mao assures him that it is nothing, before hanging up. Mao plays her part successfully on the set with Yuuji the next day, so Akira and the others move on according to plan. Kazuki is still trying to contact Eriko, and Mao is troubled about her true feelings. It begins raining during the next scene, but Akira decides to go with it. Mao is to hold hands with Kouichi during the scene, but she lets go when she remembers the image of Kouichi walking with Yumi. Mao is unable to concentrate, forcing many retakes. Kazuki eventually trips and falls over the equipment, making the group finally decide to take a break.
In the cafe that Yumi chose because of a previous visit with Kouichi, the group enjoys themselves as always. Yumi orders a strawberry ice treat for Mao, recalling that she liked such things. On the train home, the group again notices that Kazuki is distracted. When Yumi expresses her feelings to Kouichi about moving again, he is unable to keep his glance away from Mao. Before leaving the house on another day, he finds Mao in a strange situation in bed. She assures him that she is fine, before waving him off. Kouichi goes to meet Yumi at the movie theater, where they enjoy themselves while holding hands.
When Asuka walks out to practice with Kazuki, she sees him on the phone again. Meanwhile, Eriko continues to contemplate turning her phone on. Asuka and Kazuki finally get to practice, but Kazuki is still distracted by his cellphone. When Asuka brings this up, she guesses correctly what Kazuki is worried about. Kazuki wonders to Asuka if he has become hated, so Asuka asks him if he has done something to become so. Kazuki remembers that he passed on Eriko’s experiment, but puts it off as nothing while continuing to practice. Asuka decides to quit for the day, running away from Kazuki. Kazuki finally gets a phone call, but it is only from Akira.
While Asuka walks away in worry, she sees an approaching Eriko. Eriko states that she is going to the library, but Asuka requests to talk to her. She wonders about her experiments with Kazuki, so Eriko wonders why she is concerned in return. Eriko finally reveals that she kissed Kazuki, and that she was just testing him in order to understand people’s liking of another. Asuka furiously wonders how Eriko can play with someone’s feelings so easily, calling her the worst. Eriko actually agrees, before simply walking away from Asuka. In her room, Mao is still thinking about Kouichi. Kouichi thinks about Mao while exiting the movie theater with Yumi as well. Yumi notices this, but she allows him to go when Kouichi expresses Mao’s actions at home. Mao sees Eiji in his workplace, and asks him to kiss her after falling into his arms. Eriko finally calls Kazuki, but she surprises him by telling him that they will be ending their experiment.
Preview: And they continued to spin in circles forever.
Impression:
Stop playing with my head! STOP!!! I’m so sick of these games….agh! I guess you could say we’re certainly getting places, but the entire cast is still as confused as ever. It just seems like we still haven’t gotten very far despite being half way through the season. Mao is still annoying me, Kouichi is still annoying me, I’m still trying to fight against Asuka’s tricks, and Eriko is irritating me as well. Yumi seems like the only one who is finally sure of herself, even allowing Kouichi to leave for Mao at the end of this episode. This relationship was the one that took the longest to develop too, though. I’m wondering if they’re making Eiji seem like an outsider lately on purpose. Sides are definitely pushing towards Asuka in Kazuki’s harem, but I refuse to believe they will push Eriko out of the picture. She’s the first girl that gave a kiss, after all. I still think they’re going to end this series exactly how we planned from the first episode, with just way too many bumps and turns until then. Anyways, other than the usual drama in this episode, I thought the shot composition and music was really nice. The ones towards the beginning between Mao and Eiji were really nice in particular. What else is there to say that hasn’t been already, really?
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Haha this is becoming worst than Marmalade Boy XD
Man, drama is good, but in this series. I probably will be pissed about this series for couple more episodes since I read the spoiler. Damn you, Koichi and Mao. You guys are annoying as hell. So Eriko is now not your favorite character anymore, Totali?? I’ll be back after I watched the sub =)
Yay! someone finally sat on the frog!
Stupid frog. Kill it with fire!
I’d say Asuka won’t get her way since she got into someone else’s business for selfish reasons. I liked Kouichi before this episode, but if you are on a date with you girlfriend stop thinking of other girls. Kai will probably reject Mao since he knows she’s not really thinking of him. I like Eriko and Yumi still, and Kai… but the rest? Go jump off a cliff.
Hinano: I can’t say I’ve seen that one yet :S. Crazy old school anime watchers…*mumble grumble*
kenshin514: What??? Eriko is soooo still my favorite character. I’m just pretty much getting irritated with all of the characters and their hormonal actions. xD
kitsune: LOL I actually laughed really hard when that happened.
aurabolt: /me hands auranii a flamethrower
a: “but the rest? Go jump off a cliff.” QFT LOL
ya, I am too starting to get tired of this plot, doh. They could have ended this series on episode 13, this feels like they are just trying to prolong the story
i agree with hell on this one, they do seem to be prolonging the story a little bit too long. i was hoping that they’d at least get some resolutions going by now, but oh well. man, eriko! i’m not giving up on her just yet even though she did manage to piss me off in this episode.
I’m sure there will be a moment where Eriko will fell lonesome come to this “realization about herself” and then all of a sudden burst out and take Kazuki back with another kiss
That would be interesting to see.
The funny thing is, I originally came into this show thinking that it was going to be a 13 ep show…..boy was I in for a surprise. >.>
ehhh… Marmalade boy is just… meh o__O
At least in KimiKiss, we get to see the characters’ “confusion” fleshed out, real and understandable, unlike the unreasonable-ness of the MB characters .___.;;;;
I think you’ll be better off watching something else, totali, unless you feel like venturing into that old-school-immature romance drama .___.;;;
I disagree with hell and collision; I think the plot is moving along just fine. For once, an anime progressing more realistically and not trying to cram everything down our throats at the speed of light. Relationships take time and there are plenty of other sub-plots to keep things interesting. I expect Kouichi and Yuumi to stick it out and that Kazuki and Eriko will also end up together. I think we’ll find out that Eriko had some past traumatic experiences; I expect to see some flashbacks to give us additional clues (did anyone notice her cell phone call list, all Dad except one Kazuki Aihara at the top). Asuka may end up with another soccer player. It looks like Akira and Mitsuki may be about to start something as well. All-in-all I think it’s a really good Anime, one of my top ten for sure.
well guys im hoping it will end with Mao+koichi, sorry but i think they just fit better =] hopefully kai and yumi will find a better realtion ship