I happen to like Eriko; I’ve seen many in blogs who think of her as the “ice queen” and even hate her, but Kazuki saw much more in her than the cold facade she puts on. If you caught all the clues, it’s clear that there were events in her life that led to emotional shutdown, although, they haven’t shown the main tripping point yet that was the final straw. You have to hand it to Kazuki for seeing through all that, deciding she was the one for him, and being persistent enough to get her to give him a chance. I hope we get more in depth Eriko history so we can understand why she ended up that way.

I find myself not liking Kouichi very much; he’s just too wishy-washy. He’s going to end up hurting Yuumi and pissing off Mao. He could learn a thing or two from Kazuki, make up his mind and go with it.

I’m just sad that Asuka wasn’t given the chance to make Kazuki’s heart throb, even a bit… tsk. She didn’t even become Eriko’s rival, coz she sort of won this competition by default =___= the producers are biased for Eriko, that’s for sure.