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Yuu mustn’t run away!!!!!!!!!

Summary:

Past:

Beat up in his home, Yuu makes a call to Yuuko requesting that she leave the town with him. Yuuko agrees, but as the two are out later, she learns that Yuu has not really come up with much of a plan. Yuu suggests that they first eat, and while at a shop, he describes his plans to find a job among other things to support himself as well as her. Recalling that Yuu was aiming for the top, Yuuko wonders if he would not regret this. Remembering that he already had regrets, Yuu suggests that he will not have any from now on. Bringing up again that Yuuko had called him her first love, and that this love had not ended, Yuu also confirms that his confession to her was not a lie. Yuu and Yuuko are later denied places to stay that night, and after refusing to stay at a hotel, the two find themselves at a shrine for the night. As Yuuko continually expresses her worry for already being used, Yuu simply suggests that the fact that she is Yuuko has not changed. With this, the two share a kiss inside.

The two later find a place to stay in the form of a rather run down apartment. As Yuu takes some of his things out, Yuuko learns that he has both his sister’s watch and his sketchbook with him. When one of her paper airplanes falls out of the book though, and Yuuko guesses that Yuu has already seen the contents of them, she runs out in denial that she wanted to follow him for such reasons. Yuuko runs all the way to the edge of a cliff, but Yuu finally catches up to her. Letting go of Yuu’s grasp, Yuuko suggests that she was a fool for believing in him. When she suggests that he only sees her as a doll just like Akira did, however, Yuu slaps her in deny of this. Although he is the same as Akira in losing his younger sister, he does not see Yuuko as an item. Claiming that he will no longer let go of her hands, Yuu expresses his wish to protect Yuuko.

When Yuu returns to Yuuko after job introductions on a later night, he expresses how nice it is to have a light on above them. Yuuko suggests that this is a given thing, but Yuu recalls that he did not have anyone waiting for him when he returned home before. Yuuko then suggests that the light would be off if Yuu returned late, and that she would do things like not let him inside. Hoping that Yuu would return on time each night because of this, Yuuko states that the apartment has become a place for her to return as well. When Yuu again confirms that he is okay with what he has done with Yuuko later that night, she requests that he draw her.

Yuu is shocked while returning to the apartment one afternoon to see Akira nearby. He instantly denies that he will hand over Yuuko, but Akira simply states that this is neither of their decisions to make. Akira suggests that Yuuko may return to him if she does not have a place to go, then denying that Yuu even has a place to return to. This is because he has been running away ever since the day her sister died. Akira easily sees that, unlike him, Yuu was with his sister until she died. Instead of dying with her though, he ran away. As Akira had handed him his sister’s broken watch before leaving, Yuu travels through the town in wonder if he is running away again. When Yuuko sees that the watch is missing from the container it is usually in at the apartment, she runs through the city in search for Yuu. She eventually meets Akira instead, and when he wonders if they should return home, she seems to agree.

When Yuu returns to the apartment to see a farewell note from Yuuko, he lets out a scream in rage and despair.

Present:

Yuu and Nagi find Kuze passed out in his home, but see that he is fine when he wakes. Kuze then recalls that Mizuki had stopped by, and that he told her not to see him again just like he did with his past girlfriend. Yuu guesses that there are surely fun times in all of the memories Kuze is trying to forget, but when Kuze asks if he has the same, Yuu states that he has forgotten. While outside together later, Kuze panics at the fact that he has finally walked into a battle that he knows he cannot win. He wonders what he should do, but Yuu only suggests that he shouldn’t give up before even trying. With this, Kuze suggests that Yuu isn’t someone that is able to tell him this. Yuu had continued something that has not yet ended, and Kuze finally reveals that he has not been able to see Yuuko in the present. With this, Yuu gives Kuze a punch before leaving. Nagi expresses that there are things that Kuze shouldn’t say, but this only leads him to guess that Nagi is still chasing Yuu. Hoping that Kuze would take some time to clear his head, Nagi leaves as well.

With Kuze’s words still in her mind, Mizuki wakes from the dream that she has not had in awhile. Sumire soon enters her room though, with a package containing Kuze’s violin addressed to her. After seeing the note attached with the package, Mizuki realizes that it was Kuze who was broken all along. With Kuze’s melody in her mind, Mizuki attempts to play his violin on the beach. Nagi then finds her, finally admitting to the lie she told her earlier. Although Mizuki believes she has lost, Nagi believes that she is doing better than Kuze because she has not run away. With this, Nagi mentions that it appears as if Mizuki is the only one who can save Kuze now.

Impression:

DO YOU WANT TO BE ONE?? Oh man, now I’m pissed. What the heck, Yuuko? Obviously not having been in a situation like hers, I’m having a fairly hard time connecting with her ability to return to Akira. I’m sure Yuu is to blame as well, being indecisive after Akira reminded him that he ran away from his dying sister, but really…where’s the love power? I dunno, it’s all very depressing. Kuze’s implying that Yuu has not seen Yuuko ever since that point of time was probably the most impacting part of the episode for me, and it continues to make me believe that we will finally see the two brought back together in the present time by the end of the series. Knowing this show though, we’re probably going to have to watch the saddest of sad scenes until an EVA 26-like episode at the end to show that everything is all right. Oh man, at least Yuu isn’t angsting about his dad…

Notes:

• Yuuko is sad that Yuu doesn’t want to sex her up. I am too.
• Slap on the cliff came straight out of a cheesy romance drama.
• Titanic, anyone?
• I bet he makes her call him oniichan.
• Right, so Mizuki is going to start learning violin and play epic music just like that…
• Flower turning into hand at the end…nice touch.
• The OP was upside down this week…just like the world!! Why must things be this way!???