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Ka….me….ha…..me…..ha!!!

Summary:

A group of Tomogara under Bel-Peol appears in Misaki City. One monstrous one known as Kogo addresses the other as Zarobi after he has been on the phone, and they get moving soon after. Yuuji meanwhile prepares to train with Margery. Previously, Yuuji had requested that he be taught abilities that he could use in battle. Wilhelmina and Shana were a bit taken back by his determination, but they allowed him to do so. Margery has Yuuji control his power of existence, while she lets out multiple charms into the sky. Yuuji quickly gains control of his powers, successfully shooting them all down. Yuuji requests for even more, however, making Margery remind him of his position. Before she leaves, she gives Yuuji the Blutsauger that he had requested earlier. Yuuji convinces Margery that he is prepared for what is in store, as she flies away on Marchosias.

Shana catches up to Yuuji while he is walking home, expressing that he has not been acting like he usually does. Yuuji finally tells her that he has thought about the position he is in since the festival, and that he could not live as the normal Yuuji that he originally planned to be. He has already become part of the Flame Haze world, and he wants the power to be by Shana’s side. Yuuji leaves Shana at the convenience store, as she recites the words Yuuji has just said in her head. She wonders why she does not feel happy, even though she should, as she looks behind to see that Yuuji is already gone.

When Yuuji returns home, he finds that his mother is not doing very well. Because of this, he does not show up at school the next day. Worried about Chigusa after their teacher reveals Yuuji’s situation, Shana rushes to Yuuji’s house in the afternoon. Kazumi is also worried about Yuuji, and Ike convinces her to help if she wishes to. As Kazumi runs to the store, Ike wonders why he is always like this. As Kazumi runs to Yuuji’s house after visiting the supermarket, she expresses to herself that she feels like she wants to help Yuuji. At first she believed the hogu in her possession would let her be with Shana and the others, but this isn’t what she truly wanted.

Reaching Yuuji’s house, Shana quickly rushes to Chigusa’s room to check on her well being. She cheerfully expresses that she and Wilhelmina will continue to come to help her, brighting Chigusa’s mood. Outside, Yuuji only listens. Yuuji thanks Shana while he walks with her afterwards, then coming up with assurances that his mother would be okay on her own. Shana wonders if he is not worried about her, but Yuuji states that he eventually would not be able to stay by her side. When Shana gives the news to Wilhelmina at home, she quickly prepares to make medicine for Chigusa. Kazumi delivers the food she made to Yuuji that night, only to leave quickly after. During the night, the group of Tomogara marches through the city.

Yuuji notices something within himself in the morning, then checking on his mother who is now feeling better. When Wilhelmina hands Shana the medicine to deliver to Chigusa, she wonders about what Shana seems to be troubled about. Shana will not tell her anything, however, as she heads to Yuuji’s house. She finds Kazumi already there, who Yuuji is apologizing to. Yuuji expresses to her that he must leave with Shana as he has become a burden to the city, and that he is not the same kind of human that Kazumi is. While Shana listens in her cover, Kazumi wonders why Yuuji is apologizing. She expresses that this is not what she wanted to hear, describing the feelings she’s had before running away. Yuuji is unable to catch up to her, as he meets Shana right outside. Shana believes that Kazumi must feel the way she did previously, and expresses that she does not want to be with Yuuji at the moment. While Yuuji walks outside pondering about this, he becomes surrounded by the Tomogara that have entered the city. These are actually multiples of one, who introduces himself to Yuuji as Zarobi.

Preview: Build up for the next conflict?

Impression:

Hmm…I would almost call this a disappointment after the preview from the last episode, but I actually don’t feel that way at all. I guess it helps that I almost always go into episodes without any expectations (this is mostly because I usually forget about everything that happened previously though…). Honestly, the highlight of this episode was probably Shana’s interaction with Chigusa. Haha, that was way too cute. Shana is a freaking liar though. I was psyched when she said she was gonna buy melon bread, but she just walked off after Yuuji left…..what a liar. Even Wilhelmina was super worried about Yuuji’s mom (I’ll never get tired of “oku-sama”). It was kind of like everyone was a family, and the themes presented in this episode about distance were pretty cool. I loved Yuuji’s rant about becoming separated from everyone. The writing just feels so much closer to the first season which I loved, and I’m glad that it’s been like this for the past few episodes.

The introduction of the new Tomogara didn’t have as big of an impact that last week’s preview suggested at all, and it looks like that will all come in the next episode. I think we can already expect conflict from the “previews” in the OP though. I also liked the Valentine’s Day eye catch, and the animation was top notch this week. Now, I wasn’t going to mention this, but what is up with Yuuji’s freaking silver “power”? If the jokes weren’t already bad enough, he totally squirted himself in the face in this episode. Do you really want to set yourself up that bad, JCStaff? Maybe it’s something for those omakes…sigh.