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Kobato is very funny here^^ but she seems to be doing well with her mission :D I wonder how full will her flask be when the series end ;) Ioryogi on the other hand seem to be having quite a hard time here XD Overall, I think this episode is quite good :D
Looks like young Fujimoto's been showing. Then he woke up hearing the song from his dream sung by Kobato.
Kobato is singing while putting her futon on the sun. Ioryougi is annoyed. She's singing what the kindergarteners taught her. Then she accidentally tripped herself and Ioryougi saved her.
Fujimoto said so noisy for doing stuff on Sunday morning.
Ioryougi's been pissed at her for sitting on him after he saved her and is flat.
Fujimoto's out quickly. lol @ Kobato's reason for him to be out so fast (two Fujimotos!)
Kobato's going to kindergarten to get futons dried up. Ioryougi reminded her to do what she's supposed to do. She knows but she wants to help the kindergarten a bit more time.
Sayaka is in the kindergarten working and worrying about the money. Kobato came in. Sayaka was kind of shocked at her coming on Sunday. She pulled the curtains to see what Kobato said. Sayaka said that's right, she never noticed. She's going to dry up the futons together.
Sayaka told Kobato that Chitose was happy to let a good girl like Kobato to live in the room. Kobato said she's happy with Chitose and the twins. Sayaka asked about Fujimoto, and Kobato became small. She said she doesn't know about Fujimoto because he's sometimes mean and sometimes not. Sayaka said Fujimoto's actually a kind person, ever since he was young. Kobato said she cannot imagine young Fujimoto.
Sayaka is showing photos of young Fujimoto in the classroom. Fujimoto had no parents. (lol @ Ioryougi becoming skinny because he was dried up on the sun) Kobato now understood why he said such things when Kobato was going to take care of the cat. Kobato asked that she wants to know more about young Fujimoto. Sayaka was looking at Kobato shockingly, and she agreed. Her father began to take care of him 14 years ago. Fujimoto acted nothing when Sayaka said hello, and his expression looked angry. He was alone and not talked to people, not even Sayaka. She tried to introduced him to other kindergarteners, but he didn't say anything to them, so they didn't talk to him anymore.
Other kindergarteners said they don't like him because he didn't say anything when Sayaka said welcome back.
One day, Sayaka found him playing organ. But he ran away when she came in.
Outside, there's people giving samples of new drinks (are they from Angelic Layers?). That's one of Fujimoto's jobs. One of the customers were Kohaku.
Sayaka continued to mentioned that the day like today's good and warm weather, Sayaka helped the kindergarteners watering the flowers. While they are out to play among themselves, she saw Fujimoto coming back. As always, he doesn't say anything when she said welcome back, then one of the kindergarteners tripped because a soccer ball suddenly came. Then two highschoolers climbed in and destroyed one of the flowers. Sayaka is sad, so she went to confront them. After knowing the situation in there, the students felt awkward. She gave them the ball and told them to apologize to the kids and leave immediately. They said sorry. Young Fujimoto saw the situation from inside and saw that Sayaka was shaking.
She tried to fix the flower and made the kids relieved. People heard young Fujimoto's playing organ, so they ran and got around him to listen and sang along. That's the song is what Kobato was singing.
She mentioned that he's having lots of part-time jobs to ease the debt of the kindergarten and wants to be a lawyer.
After drying out, Sayaka mentioned that there's smell of sun after drying out. Kobato's excited about tomorrow.
They said goodbye and Sayaka saw image of young Fujimoto and kindergarteners around him to request him to play organ and finally said "I'm home". Then he played the organ.
Now Sayaka is singing herself.
Kobato doesn't have more of the pieces. Ioryougi is complaining about him drying up. Then Kohaku called them. lol @ when Ioryougi saw the drink. Kohaku gave Ioryougi the drink she got from Fujimoto. Ioryougi said he's keeping it until later. Kobato is impressed that Kohaku's watering her garden everyday. She said it's what she can do for Shuichirou. They are talking about to be of help to the one(s) they love is happy. Kobato, on her way back home, said that Fujimoto's probably doing stuff for the kindergarten that he love. Ioryougi said that's probably so, for he's doing multiple part-time jobs. Kobato wants to be any help to her kindergarten because she love them.
Fujimoto is alone and is humming the song for this ep. When Kobato's back, she's talking nonstop about young Fujimoto! He's embarrassed about why she knows about it! When Kobato mentioned about young Fujimoto, Chitose and the twins want to see young Fujomoto! He said no~~~~!
Inserted song, the song for this ep. is called "Yellow Sunflower (Kiniro no Himawari)"
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A nice episode. Nice to see a little more about Fujimoto. Can't he hear Kobato talking to Ioryogi next door....or is he pretending that he doesn't hear anything?...weird.
Pretty interesting episode. Instead of collecting more compeito, we learned more about Sayaka and Fujimoto. One reason why Fujimoto is always angry-looking is because he's an orphan.
Thanks, person who gave me this on another site a long time ago, lol.
First actual heartwarming episode in this series, and best episode after episodes of crap. And they actually made Fujimoto less irritating, if even possible.
Good evening ^^
wow...Theres 2 Fujimoto in this anime?Can it be one of them is a Clone sent by alien to conquer earth?Tobato really sharp LOL LOL LOL
Finally it get back to the main story.
Lol, i lol'ed at the last part. When the heck did Fujimoto turned into a tsundere erasing all his 'cool and cold' attitude? I don't get about people wanting more plot, sure I also want them to quicken their pace, but really, this is shoujo, for young girls, it's going to be like all other shoujo animes out there. Mirumo Zibang, Sugar Sugar Rune, Powerpuff Girls Z...
I found this episode to be boring. Didn't we already know he was an orphan, or was it just always this painfully obvious?
Didn't Iroyogi talk about someone being like Kobato that could play the piano or something? I wonder whether that person is related to Fujimoto, or Fujimoto himself. I thought that at the first episode, but now it's looking like he may just be a regular human.
It's canon, but still better than the other episodes that were just plain and pointless. All the characters felt a bit more real too, this time around.
Little to no plot development in this episode, and with the same happening for about half of them so far, Kobato is moving at a snail's pace. The only part of this episode I actually enjoyed was the last few minutes >_>
Amazing episode once again . I finally feel Fujimoto changing.
I don't know if anyone realized that this episode is the first when we see him smile and make funny faces , especially at the end [ damn cute !]
Also...Fujimoto child was uberly cuteness!!
Wewt, I liked this episode more than the previous few. I really liked learning more about Fujimoto! Nothing felt too exaggerated in this episode too. I mean, even Ioryogi's reactions didn't seem over-the-top or anything, aside from "usual".
Syllen said: does kobato ever eat?
I wouldn't be surprised if Kobato never ate. Like a huge majority of anime girls out there, she's pin-thin.
Ahh, we get to see a story about Fujimoto when he was still a child. I didn't know he was an orphan. I also didn't know he was already emo butthurt when he was a child, lol. I guess that's one of the side effects if you're an orphan.
Kobato was cute in this episode as usual but unfortunately she didn't get any Konpeito in this episode. I wonder how is she going to fill her bottle within a year if she keeps hanging out with the nursery home.
Damn, Fujimoto gets a lot of screen time nowadays. I wonder if he's going to play an important role in the future. I just wonder...
nice to know wy Fujimoto is a grumpy so and so, made is character a little less annoying now, loved how he went from having a nice little hum and smiling almost, then as soon as Kobato comes... goes right back into angry mode xD and the ending was dead funny too, probably the best episode so far :)
Great episode, it was nice to see some of the history of the preschool.
Fujimoto's story was nice as well, no wonder he's acting like a dick sometimes.
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The episode is very funny and interesting, compared to the previous year.
Kobato is really fun with Ioryogi-san.
Interesting plot this time, pleasant narration.
Sayaka deserves my respect!
Promoted almost everything except for the work of Madhouse still not perfect.
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But my feels.
This show is just so nice. There's nothing grand or spectacular, it's just kindness all around. After a long day working, this episode was great to unwind and relax. Loved it.