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Super shouta power!

Summary:

In the alternate world with the young girl, the robot boy wonders about the light that is always around them. The girl soon announces that she has finished building something out of the parts they have gathered, and after putting the robot on top of it, she plays on her version of a seesaw with him. Afterwards, the girl notices that winter seems to appear in this world as well. After guessing that the girl must have been alone for a long time, the robot also wonders what is beyond the skies above them. On the way to Youhei’s dorm, Tomoya and Nagisa meet Misae’s cat outside. Reaching the dorm’s entrance, the two see that Youhei is being punished by Misae as usual. After exchanging greetings, Nagisa states that she and Tomoya came to visit with a meal that her mother made for Youhei. Sanae had made this for him in belief that he would be lonely now that Mei has gone home. The topic eventually changes to Misae’s cat, and although Nagisa mistakingly assumes that its name is Nanashi, Misae corrects her by saying that it does not have a proper name yet. Interestingly, the cat seems to be quite attached to Tomoya.

Tomoyo eventually shows up before the group as well, revealing that she actually comes by quite often to ask Misae for advice dealing with the student council. A man eventually appears at Misae’s room, and after listening to their discussion behind the room’s door, Youhei reveals that the man is getting date advice from her. Tomoya later describes the many good traits that Misae has, also mentioning the many fans she has. After hearing the three traits that Tomoya lists, however, Misae remembers that she was once told the same thing in the past. Misae eventually has Youhei go back to his room while she talks with Tomoya and Nagisa, as she gives them a ticket similar to the one she gave to the man who visited earlier. When Misae reveals that she had heard from Youhei that the two rarely seem to go on things like dates, Nagisa and Tomoya can only show quite a bit of embarrassment. While Nagisa and Misae continue to talk about various things, Tomoya starts to nod off into sleep. Before doing so, he hears a voice telling him that he would receive a light with the ability to grant a certain girl’s wish. This happens while he looks at Misae’s cat, just before he passes out.

When Misae was in high school, she would often try to find chances to spend time with a boy named Iguraishi. This was one day interrupted by a boy named Shima Katsuki, however, who Igurashi mistakingly assumed was Misae’s boyfriend. After Katsuki later introduced himself to Misae, and making her recall the time that they met in middle school, he gave her the chance to make any wish she desired. Katsuki stated that this was his power, but Misae only gave him simple ideas before leaving him. As Katsuki continually returned to Misae, she scolded him for causing misunderstandings for her friends and Igurashi. As the two continued to spend time with each other though, Misae became more friendly towards Katsuki. One day, Katsuki had met Iguraishi before seeing Misae after school. Iguraishi revealed that he knew Misae’s feelings, but he actually already had a girlfriend. With Igurashi’s wish for him to tell this to Misae, Katsuki appeared to be very sad when Misae met him that afternoon. Tears began falling out of Katsuki’s eyes by the time he tried to tell Misae the truth, and when she saw Igurashi pass by with his girlfriend later, Misae could only run from Katsuki in shock.

Preview: Emo shouta attack.

Impression:

Yeeaaaaa shoutas for the win! Misae for the win! I am freaking loving this side character development. I was originally iffy about After Story after seeing that it would be lasting for two seasons, but at this rate, I really feel like I will be enjoying myself. I probably never noticed because of how little Misae showed up before, but hearing Satsuki Yukino (Chidori in FMP!, Mion/Shion in Higurashi) play her is really nice. It will be interesting to see how things develop between Misae and Katsuki, even if we seemingly already know that Katsuki will become Misae’s cat. It looks like the two became quite close, but since Misae’s wish was mentioned to Tomoya, I assume that her wish was never granted. Either way, since the next episode looks like it will be continuing in the past, I am really looking forward to learning more.

Notes:

• Still loving the robot and loli adventures. How pretty.
• A cat is fine too.
• Tomoya and Nagisa’s relationship is always made fun of!
• Nagisa is a tattle-tale.
• Almost forgot that “supernatural” was part of this series’ genre.
• Sanae’s beat downs are so Kaname.
• Credit to Mellow Bunny for reminding me what a seesaw is called. I grew up in the electronic age, k.