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Rintaro's never had friends over at his house, so his friends decided to ask if they could come over on Saturday. Of course, Rintaro's mind is elsewhere as he keeps thinking about Kaoruko. He agrees, and they go over, only to have Kaoruko and Subaru show up unexpectedly. They all eat together, enjoy each other's company, and find out all about Rintaro's blond hair and earrings. And at the end, it looks like they're all going to be studying together and go to the beach in the near future.
This was a pretty fun episode. This developed their friendships more, as well as showing Rintaro's mom's relationship with him. We also get to see his brother and dad for the first time. But what is going on with his mom at the end?
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I’ve been waiting for this episode… with all my heart! Ahh… it brought back my tears. Anyone who read my comment on Chapter 22 will understand what I mean.
Chapter 22 is titled A Mother’s Love! 💕💕
And I love my mother more than anything in this world… even more than myself! To see an episode like this… it touches the heart! Don’t let your feelings and emotions die, my friends. Forget about Waguri, forget about the anime itself, and just focus on the moment when Rintarou simply said “Thank you.” That’s it! He didn’t bring her a million dollars, he didn’t buy her a mansion with servants—no, nothing like that. Just one word: Thank you! And look at how happy the mother was!
One word! Would you be stingy with your mother over a single word? Would you hold back from the person who gave birth to you and cared for you? (Of course, excluding bad mothers who don’t deserve the title—I’m talking about real mothers!)
I’ve mentioned this in Chapter 21, I think, and in other places too. I firmly believe that the position or title of Mother is the highest a human being can ever reach! A woman should be proud to be a mother. Why? Simply because a mother raises the next generations, taking responsibility for nurturing a human being—the greatest creation on earth!
You might say, “But technology, science, and all that…” Well, take a step back: all of that exists because a mother raised a person, and that person went on to invent and create. Yes, the mother is great!
I don’t know, I feel really emotional. I love my mother, I love all the mothers who sacrifice for their children, and I love you all too, haha! Let’s say our usual line: see you next week with a new comment. Until then, keep smiling…
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Episode 5 ~~> Chapter 8, 9, and the First half of 13
Episode 6 ~~> Chapter 10, 1,1 and 12
ُEpisode 7 ~~> Second half of chapter 13, and chapters 14, 15, and 16
Episode 8 ~~> Chapter 17,18,19
Episode 9 ~~> Chapter 20,21,22
There are special Chapters that are not covered in the Anime: Chapters 2.5, 12.5, and 16.5. Anything else, everything is covered in the anime.
Here’s a challenge for you! Can you accept it???
The challenge is simple:
Either write a message expressing your love for your mother, just like the title of that manga chapter A Mother’s Love.
Or do like I did—send a message with the words “I love you, Mom” (or write whatever you want).
Or go to your mother quietly, hug her, kiss her hands and forehead, and tell her face to face how much you love her!
If your mother has passed away, and you still want to join the challenge, of course, write about the thing you loved most about her! And we will all share our condolences together and remember her with kind memories! Because in truth, she hasn’t really died—she is alive in all our hearts.
I’ll tell you a secret: I already did this, hahaha. Don’t believe me? You’re all evil!
I’ll put a new conversation alongside the old one, because I never get tired of saying I love you, Mom!
Thanks for the chapter reference .
I had read Manga till chapter 26. And I thought it would cover anime. But it looks like I'm wrong and they won't add any original content here. Specials rarely gets adoptation though. Let's see how many chapters shall be covered till last episode.
By the way, does anyone knows? In which chapter confession was made?
What makes this episode so good is Rintarou’s mother’s supportive and understanding attitude. She truly understands her son’s problems and becomes his protector.
This episode is also fun because Rintarou’s friends come over to his house.
Then Waguri and Subaru, who were planning to buy cake, get escorted by Rintarou’s mom to join them.
Hey Waguri, I know you’re kind, cute, and adorable, but next time please help Rintarou’s mom with the cooking. You eat a lot, don’t you? 🤣
What makes this episode so good is Rintarou’s mother’s supportive and understanding attitude. She truly understands her son’s problems and becomes his protector.
This episode is also fun because Rintarou’s friends come over to his house.
Then Waguri and Subaru, who were planning to buy cake, get escorted by Rintarou’s mom to join them.
Hey Waguri, I know you’re kind, cute, and adorable, but next time please help Rintarou’s mom with the cooking. You eat a lot, don’t you? 🤣
I love this anime so much. The only bad thing is that I have to wait another week for the next episode!!! This episode was amazing where everyone came to rintaro’s house and an amazing surprise with Waguri being there as well. I’m so happy that Rintaro is finally able to bring friends to his house. The sacrifices his mother made were absolutely wholesome.
“I swear I’m getting old.” Damn, that hit me a bit as well. The mother is a real one for what she did. I’m sure she’s beyond overwhelmed with relief and happiness to see a day like this transpire.
This was probably one of the top episodes for me so far. Seeing a casual setting like this everyone just enjoying each other’s company. Even Subaru is starting to get more comfortable a bit as well. I hope this can get a cour 2.
Mom stuff was sweet, she’s such a sweet mom and I thought her reaction to her son being happy among friends was the best part of the episode, but I didn’t care as much for the trauma dumping bit, I think I would have liked it more if we got more examples of Rintaro being mistreated in school, all we got was some girl saying it wasn’t fitting that he lives at a cake shop, I know words can hurt but imo it wasn’t convincing enough to warrant the moment Rintaro told his mom he was giving up.
But that aside, this was still a good episode, it was nice to see Rintaro finally show his place off to his pals and also the entire gang hanging out together like they’ve been friends for years, definitely heartwarming stuff. I just wonder what happened with Rintaro’s dad and brother, they were in the flashback but we ain’t seen anything about them in the present, I can take a guess as to where they’re at but I’ll hold off for now.
Rintaro had plans to hang out with his friends for the day, only for a wild Waguri to appear! It would have been really awkward if not for the fact that Kaoruko is a ray of sunshine :D