Ryuuya wants Kanna to confirm his thought that she’s a messenger of the gods. He thinks that since she is she’d be living a better life then she currently is. Kanna replies that just having wings doesn’t make her one. He asks where her wings are and she says she has them concealed and that normally she takes the form of a human. Then Ryuuya puts his arm around her and she freaks out. He says it’s because she has a good figure. She scolds him and asks if he always does that. Then another girl, Uraha, shows up laughing. She’s amused by the sight of Ryuuya embarrassed. He tells her to stop sneaking up on them. She tells Kanna that since she called Ryuuya-sama today too it looks like she’s taken an extremely strong liking to him. She replies that she’s just teaching the good-for-nothing manners, but her flustered behavior hints otherwise. Uraha teels Ryuuya that this is the first time that there’s been someone like him. Later, when the three are inside, Uraha gives Kanna some ice that she found in the cellar. She said that finding it was unusual since summer is at its height so she had to report it. Kanna seems interested. Ryuuya says it’s a serious crime to go in the cellar without permission. Kanna agrees because it’s dangerous. Ryuuya gets a sweat drop and says he knows that they’re in this together. Kanna tastes it and offers some to Ryuuha. Uraha says it’s also a serious time to taste something offered to Kannabi-sama but has some anyway. She’s happy that they’re sharing ice together, but to Ryuuya they’re like a half-dead family who’s trying to avoid starvation. Kanna asks him what a family’s like. Uraha says that simply put… then goes behind her and sticks to her. Kanna yells at her and she hides in a corner. Kanna says she can come closer and she sticks to her again. The cycle repeats but this time Ryuuya joins in the sticking. She freaks out and they both go to the corner. Uraha then seriously tells her that family means to live huddling together. A bit later, when Uraha and Ryuuya are alone, Ryuuya asks her since when Kanna has been living like this. She explains that she’s been this cheery ever since he took this post. He replies that what he really meant by his question was how long she’s been living here. Uraha doesn’t know since she’s only been there for about half a year. She says that she’s heard that for as long as she could remember, Kanna’s been forced to move from place to place without anyone to talk to. Later Ryuuya is on guard duty and another guy comes to relieve him. Ryuuya asks him why he looks scared and he says that since he got there he was worried that the gods would punish him if he was near Kannabi-sama for no reason. Ryuuya is pretty sure that doesn’t happen. Ryuuya goes to see Kanna, who asks if he dreams. He says he does sometimes, but doesn’t get why she asked. She explains a dream she had of the distant past. She was younger and in the darkness. She couldn’t see anything and didn’t know if her body was there so she was scared but couldn’t cry. She says that sometimes she sees the shadow of a person, but it disappears if she tries to chase it. She asks Ryuuya if he knows who the person is. He replies that it’s probably her mother, but Kanna says that she doesn’t remember her mother. He says that in dreams you remember a scene that you’ve seen somewhere so she can dream about things she doesn’t remember. She figures if her body remembers then it’s not a bad dream. Still, she wants to see her because being alone is more painful then she thought it would be. The next day, it’s decides that the Kannabi no Mikoto will move to the north shrine on the sunset of Saturday on the Taisho. Ryuuya asks if they’ll serve her but the answer is no. They’ll continue to follow the orders of Kaikon. Kanna had already heard this and was acting calm about it. Ryuuya asks her if she’s okay with being separated from him and Uraha. She’s angry at him for thinking that she’s that weak. She’s lived alone before so she can do it again. He asks if she’s sad and wants to see her mother. She replies that even if you want to see someone if you can’t then there’s nothing you can do. Ryuuya then asks if her mother died and Kanna says she didn’t. That night he goes to talk to the two girls and sees Uraha packing to leave on a journey. She says that the two of them are going to take Kanna away before she has to leave. He asks her why she worries about Kanna so much and she asks him the same thing. Ryuuya answers jokingly that there’s no one worth teasing as much as she is. Uraha agrees. Ryuuya wakes Kanna up and tells her that he’ll risk his life to help her find her mother but it’s her decision if she’ll become his master. She agrees and orders him to lead her to her mother. He swears that he won’t stray from her orders. The three then head out on a journey. Uraha looks back at the palace and sees that it’s on fire. Ryuuya thinks that they should distance themselves from the palace as soon as possible. They’re surrounded by guards so Ryuuya puts his sword up to one of their necks. He asks him why they’re after the Kannabi no Mikoto. He says he doesn’t know. They were ordered to find her. He asks who ordered them and what they want to do with her. He says it was their leader and he doesn’t know what will happen to her. Kanna’s angry that he was trying to kill the guy. She says she doesn’t want to be protected by someone who kills people without regret. She orders him not to kill anyone. He asks her if she thinks they’ll be able to survive if they don’t kill people. Uraha says that for Ryuuya it would be easy, though he’s not sure. They next day, Uraha gets a kimono that she found hanging to dry and gives it to Kanna. She left some payment in its place. Ryuuya thinks it looks good on her. Uraha is amused because when she was changing, Kanna said that she didn’t wind Ryuuya to see her in clothes that didn’t look good on her. Kanna yells at her for telling him. As they eat, Ryuuya comes up with another ridiculous metaphor to describe them. Uraha then plays with some beanbags that were in the kimono. They’re for playing Otedama, but they’re made of cloth instead of rock to prevent children from getting hurt. Kanna tries playing too, but isn’t very good since she’s putting too much force into her throws. Uraha says that she heard Kanna’s mother was being held captive in Kishnu on a holy mountain. Kishnu is very far from where they are and they’re still being pursued, so they have to travel quickly but cautiously. It’s so far been a month on their journey and Kanna’s improved her Otedama skills a little bit. Still, she messes up a lot. Sitting around, it’s stupid metaphor time again. This time it’s about regretting taking care of a kidnapped princess. More fitting then Ryuuya’s other stupidities. They’ve gotten close to Kishnu so soon they won’t live this way anymore. They then notice a bunch of people dancing around a fire. They’re all happy because they believe that their wishes will reach the heavens. Kanna asks who will take them to the heavens. She says that though she has wings, she can’t fly. She’s been trying since she was young. He wonders if her wings will reach the heavens if she wishes for it. Ryuuya says they will if she wishes with her heart. Uraha agrees and hugs Kanna. When the group approaches the mountain, Kanna comments that it’s too quiet. Ryuuya says not to put her guard down. Uraha notices a shield around on the mountain and leads them to the place where she thinks they should be going. Then they get attacked by monks who don’t want women by the holy mountain. They also wonder what a county samurai is doing there. Ryuuya (in a metaphor) basically tells them that he was tricked into coming there. Then he takes out his sword and they do battle. Kanna warn him of an approaching attacker. While attempting to fight him off, he remembers that he’s not allowed to kill anyone. However, he gets hurt. Kanna and Uraha run up to him, but he tells them to stay away. One of the monks asks him what he plans on doing and says that they won’t allow him to see the Yao Bikuni. After that he loses consciousness due to his injuries. Kanna and Uraha are glad when he wakes up the next day. Kanna is regretful that she told him not to kill since that was the cause of Ryuuya getting hurt. Ryuuya tells her that he’ll be faithful to all his orders. If she tells him not to die, he won’t die. Kanna tells him that she doesn’t order this, but she wishes him to live. He promises he will. They then head to the mountain again. Uraha senses that Kanna’s mother is probably there. Ryuuya breaks in and a voice tells him to stop. She says if he pulls her into a war then he won’t leave here alive. He tells her that he is the protecter of Kannabi no Mikoto and asks if the voice is her mother, which it is. She’s surprised Kanna’s there. Uraha takes off Kanna’s kimono and her wings are released. Kanna’s mother orders Ryuuya to take Kanna away from the mountain immediately. Kanna is upset to hear this. Proof that Air is an amazing show is that I enjoyed an episode in which none of the normal cast appeared or even were mentioned. I have no idea how and where this fits with the main storyline, but instead of focusing on my confusion like I would with most shows, I enjoyed every minute of this. Kanna is a great character and is a lot like Misuzu. She has weird dreams and, as seen in the preview, the problem of always being alone. However, unlike Misuzu she’s a very strong girl. Misuzu’s claimed she’s strong but sure doesn’t act it. Kanna on the other hand is. She was perfectly fine with leaving her life behind and angry at Ryuuya for thinking she wouldn’t be fine with it. Interestingly though, it seems that this could be more of a facade as she’s showed many signs of weakness. She believed that Ryuuya’s injury was her fault and was certainly quick to leave with him when the opportunity came up. If she wanted to, she could’ve said no and accepted her fate as it was. Next week’s episode should be quite interesting and probably end this arc.

Tomoka gets mad at Kirie for thinking she’s a kid and comes up with a plan for her to change her mind. She then gets a Poyon-chan costume. She winds up having Fukuyama help, who has perverted plans for Kirie. They follow Kirie around for a while doing various things. Tomoka winds up getting lost and Fukuyama finds her. This was a pretty cute episode. It had some rather amusing scenes and it makes me wonder if they’re setting something up for Fukuyama and Kirie. They’ve been spending a lot of time together this season. It would never work though since Fukuyama’s really just a big pervert.

Byakuya meets up with these two guys and they argue a bit over who’s worried about Rukia’s death and how they should execute her. He didn’t agree with having her head cut off. Tessai gets out of the hole and Jinta invites him to watch Ichigo and Urahara fight. Ichigo’s worried, since Urahara’s katana has the ability to chop through hollows, but he says it’s a real zanpakutou. When he calls it Benihime, Ichigo realizes that Renji did the same and he doesn’t even know the name of his own Zanpaktou. Urahara destroys Ichigos’s Zanpakutou. He says that though he could probably remove his hat with just the hilt, if he still intends to fight him with the toy then he’ll kill him. Ichigo begins to run away so Urahara thrashes him. Then Ichigo sees that mysterious dude again. It turns out that he was really his sword talking to him. As he motivates Ichigo, he realizes his name is Zangetsu. Urahara says that since he finally released his Zanpakutou they can begin lesson three, but Ichigo first removes his hat. Ichigo’s swing was so powerful that, if not for his shield, it would’ve knocked Urahara’s am off. He goes to congratulate him, but he’s asleep. Meanwhile, Chad, Orihime and Ishida finish their training. Ichigo now just has to wait until they open the gates to soul society. Before then, he goes to a fireworks show with his family and friends. They all go to the seats that Ichigo’s dad reserved except for Orihime and Tatsuki. Oriime asks Tatsuki about her arm. She says it still hurts a little. Still, she was able to come in second place n a fighting competition. Tatsuki is suspicious that Orihime’s leaving next week is something different then being with relatives, especially because Ichigo will be on vacation next week too, so she says that she’ll be here waiting. Then the fireworks begin. Ichigo gets a message in blood one night saying to go immediately to the Urahara Shop. It also said that if he thought this looked as silly as a dying message (which he did) then be has no talent in gagging. He says goodbye to his family, thinking they’re all asleep, but his dad jumps at him from the roof. He gave him a good luck charm from his mother to borrow. When he reaches Urahara, Ichigo’s very surprised to learn that Chad, Ishida and Orihime are going with him. Yoruichi explains the reason, and Ichigo’s just freaked that a cat can talk. They prepare to enter soul society, but there’s one problem. They only have four minutes to make it in. If they don’t, then they’ll be stuck forever in between the two worlds. Yoruichi says that the soul and the heart are connected so what’s important is in your heart. He’ll be the navigator. As soon as Urahara opens the gate, the five step inside. Pretty awesome. I hope everything continues to go smooth from here. I’m really curious to see what the spirit forms of Chad, Ishida and Orihime look like. Instead of a preview this week there was a DVD commercial though. I really like the cover though. The art’s so pretty. Actually, I saw a picture of the second as well, and it’s equally pretty.

Misuzu is okay now so Yukito asks her what happened. She said that she just got dizzy and tripped. She apologizes for making him worry. Yukito asks her if she needs to go to the hospital, but she says she’s fine now and just needs to rest. Yukito says it’s alright if she misses one day of her supplemental classes. Misuzu asks Yukito about his job and he says he can take off. Yukito looks at Misuzu’s journal, which is full of pictures of and writings about him. Misuzu tells him not to look at it, and Yukito gets a huge sweat drop and asks if she could’ve written about anything else. He tells her to write about what she wants to do rather then what she did and he’ll make everything she writes come true. She says she wants to go to the ocean with him because she’s never been there before. He tells her that they see it all the time, but he’ll take her anyway. Yukito remembers his mother saying that she couldn’t take “that child” to the ocean. Later he tells Misuzu’s mom about what happened and to see her. She says that since she smells like alcohol it will only make her worse and asks Yukito to have sushi with her. He gets annoyed and hits it out of her hand. He then asks her why she took Misuzu in. She replies that she was forced to. Yukito’s mad that she isn’t getting the love she needs. She says that she doesn’t know how to have parent-child relationship because she’s not a real parent and goes back to eating her sushi. Yukito spends the not by the water, watching the stars. He thinks more about the girl. She first dreams of the skies, but the dreams go back in time and eat away at the girl. She feels a pain that shouldn’t be there and gradually forgets everything. After her last dream, the girl dies. Anyone who gets close to her dies as well. When Yukito’s mother met her, she told her to leave, which is why she lived. Before then though, she told her about the flying girl, who’s in a similar situation. (This sounds a lot like Misuzu. Yukito seems to think so too.) The next day, Misuzu’s mother leaves to go on a hot springs tour, leaving Misuzu in Yukito’s hands. Yukito blocks her path and tells her that his mother met a girl with the same condition as Misuzu once and she’ll soon forget both him and her and probably die. She thinks it’s a joke and leaves. Yukito brings Misuzu a drink and tells her that her mother will be gone for a while. Misuzu says she loves her. Then Yukito tells her they’ll go to the ocean. He helps her walk there, as she’s very weak. She has another attack, and apologizes to Yukito. She says they can go to the ocean tomorrow. Back in her room, she tells Yukito her latest dream. This time it was actually a happy one. It was a bright night and she was watching a festival. She then asks him if the person he’s looking for is connected to his dreams, which he doesn’t know. Misuzu tells him that she believes her dreams represent her other self, who’s suffering right now. She thinks that if she dreams then she’ll understand that girl more and possibly be able to save her. She knows her dreams aren’t coincidental because she wanted to make a friend this summer and when she met Yukito they started to occur. She says that she’s feeling better and gets up, but she falls right away and her feet are unable to move. Yukito thinks they should call Hijiri or a hospital, but Misuzu disagrees. She says a doctor won’t be able to heal it because her dreams are doing it to her. She then tells him of another dream where she was traveling in the forest for days. She was okay because she had a precious person by her side. When she starts to say that she’s becoming like the girl in the sky, Yukito yells at her. She says she’s strong and she’ll be alright, so Yukito leaves the room. Suddenly, he has a vision of being attacked by a swordsman and collapses. Misuzu comes to help him but he says that nothing’s wrong. Misuzu doesn’t believe him because of his expression. He convinces her to go back to bed though. When he goes into the bathroom, he notices that he has a scar on his back. He goes back to Misuzu’s room and she’s having some kind of nightmare where she’s getting hurt. When she wakes up she tells Yukito that she’ll get better soon and that she wants him to stay by her side. Yukito asks who else she wants with her, but she says she only wants him. Yukito tells her that he plans on leaving, because if he stays then both of them will die. Misuzu pretends not to mind and says that they had a really good summer. Yukito agrees. As he’s about to leave, Misuzu tells him about a dream where she was locked up in a room all alone. She asks to go with Yukito, but he says that though he doesn’t want to leave he has to distance himself from her so she can recover. She waves goodbye and he tells her to hang in there. She says she will because she’s strong. While waiting for the bus, Yukito dreams about his mother again. She tells him that the doll moves because of something beyond his wish. Inside the doll are wishes that aren’t granted and he has to use it. It has the power of his grandma and great-grandma. When he has the doll he can forget abut the flying girl if he wants, but he’ll inevitably meet her someday. If he puts his heart into the doll he can save her. When she goes into the doll, she vanishes. Yukito wakes up to some little kids poking him. He asks them to teach him how to make his puppet show more amusing. They say that it should do more then walk and be part of a story. He impresses them with a dance he makes it do. He goes back and has the puppet wake up Misuzu. He tries to amuse her with her new tricks, but she falls back to sleep again. He realizes that he was just happy being around her and wants her to laugh by his side again. He somehow goes into the puppet, where he realizes that he wants to relive everything from the start and be with Misuzu forever. Misuzu wakes up and can’t find him. Then the story warps into the past. A girl named Kanna falls from the sky and meets up with this low class guy. It turns out he was ordered to protect her. Holy crud! This episode was loaded with foreshadowing and revelations. Since Misuzu is or is like that girl being discussed (or maybe possibly is her), that could mean both the deaths of Yukito and herself. If that happened, it would be totally insane. It looks like I’m not going to get my happy ending. Also the episode screams that the flying girl and Misuzu’s other self are the same person. Knowing that Misuzu has this condition also basically clears up her klutzyness. It was probably the cause of her constant falling. On another note, I’m starting to really dislike Misuzu’s mother. She’s such an obnoxious person, possibly as bad as Fate’s mom. I mean, I know she doesn’t know how to be a real parent, but she could at least bother to try rather then spending all her time getting drunk and asking to hear Yukito’s “erotic confessions.” By the way, the Misuzu storyline completely blows the Kano and Tohno storylines away. The only problem is, they went from barely any Potato to no Potato at all. More reasons why Air is so depressing. ^_^

This freak named Mamoru makes up a one-man sentai team, which obviously won’t do very good. He can do litter removal with his vaccum cleaner, but really dosn’t have much power. Miharu introduces him to Lilica, who teaches him how to remove garbge properly. He accidentally causes one of Risa’s experiments to go haywire and has to destroy it. As stupid and pointless as this episode was, I have to admit it was pretty funny. I liked the fake sentai team that Mamoru came up with. Maybe he can get real ones someday.

Another short entry for catching up purposes. Rukia’s assassination date is set. Chad and Orihime train under the cat. Ichigo’s training continues. His chain is entirely eaten, but he prolongs the transformation into a hollow. He winds up in this bizarre world where he learns that he always had Shiningami powers and meeting Rukia awakened them. Lots of boxes fall, one of them containing his Shiningami powers. He finds it and pulls the sword (who was communicating with him) out of the box, thus freeing himself from his hollow shell. Ichigo’s final task now is to remove Urahara’s hat. All in all, this was a pretty funny episode.

Here’s my latest Air essay/summary. If only I put this much time into my school work. Tohno is living with Yukito. Michiru is mad that Tohno wasn’t there yesterday, and says that she wished on the stardust that she would return. Misuzu is watching he three of them sadly. Misuzu later tells Yukito her latest dream. This time she’s in a forrest at night and talking to someone. She doesn’t know who it was though. She asked him “What’s an ocean?” and they discussed the ocean. Back with Tohno and Michiru, Michiru is being a pain. Yukito comments that he envies her though. Tohno then tells him that she had a dream about her father about when she used to watch the stars with him. She says that after her sister died, her mother and father began to fight and her father left and remarried. He gave her the stardust as a parting gift. Yukito has a talk with Michiru (and the adorable Potato is there too!) in which Michiru is surprisingly serious. When he leaves, he sees Tohno’s mother at the Karishima clinic. She’s starting to remember Tohno’s existence. Yukito invites Tohno to leave her dream world and experience the real world. She agrees but wants to leave a message for Michiru before she leaves. He tells her to keep following, and he takes her to her house. He says that Michiru didn’t want to see her sad. He then gives her a choice of following him on a journey or going back to reality. She heads to the door, but hears her mother gardening. She goes up to her and her mother finally accepts her. That night, Yukito is with Michiru. She says she has to go home, do Yukito says he’ll walk her. He asks her where she lives, and she just tells him she has a home to return to. She mentions the girl in the sky who has feathers with memories and constant sad dreams. Michiru had her give her one of the feathers to comfort someone on earth so that both that person (namely Tohno) and flying girl might become happier. She says that humans can’t live with out memories, but they can’t live with memories alone. She also says that you have to awaken from your dreams eventually because if you don’t then the dreams become sadness. She decided to return the feather because of these facts. She tells him that she’s actually Tohno’s sister Michiru- just a fragment of a dream. Later, Tohno says that even after he left, she went to the station every day to pick up her father. That’s where she met Michiru. That’s aound the time when her mother started calling her Michiru. She said that it was a sin for her to wish for a little sister, because if she didn’t then nobody would be as sad about all that happened. She decided to invite Michiru to her house. Tohno’s mother asks Michiru’s name. She’s reluctant to tell, but Tohno wants her to. When she does, Tohno’s mother is really happy. She says that Tohno always wanted her little sister to eat her mothers hamburgers, so Michiru does so, and she likes them. After dinner, Michiru gives Tohno her stardust. After pouring it into the bottle she turns around, but Michiru’s gone. Yukito says it’s nt to late to find her though, as the stars aren’t out yet. They find her on the edge of a building. Tohno doesn’t want her to go, but she says she has to. Before she leaves, she tells Yukito that she’ll give flying girl her fun memories and tells Tohno to smile. She says that for her, goodbyes aren’t painful when she’s smiling. Once theyre both smiling and they say good bye, she disappears. The next day, Yukito sees Tohno. He’s worried that she bought him another rice ticket, but she actually got a letter from her father, who wants her to visit. Her father and his new wife had a daughter, giving Tohno a younger sister. When she gets there, the girl she meets looks like a younger Michiru. She also likes to blow bubbles but isn’t good at it. Tohno says that she’ll teach her and offers her friendship and stardust. She tells her her name and asks what the girls is. They don’t tell you, but I’m pretty sure it’s Michiru. ^_^ Yukito goes home to pick Misuzu up, but sees her laying on her floor, not waking up. Great episode. It was so sad though. I almost cried during the scene where Michiru left. Poor Tohno. At least she has a new little sister to be with now. I wonder if we’ll be seeing any more of her throughout the series. Now the story is moving to Misuzu’s plotline, which looks to be an angsty one. I wonder what’s wrong with her. Annoying Japanese t.v. stations! They should seriously just marathon entire shows in one day so that people don’t have to wait to get the next episodes. BTW, I didn’t cap Potato this week because I couldn’t really get any interesting shots of him. :(

Just in time for Valentines day, they finally have an episode that’s more sweet then perverted. Yukinari and Miharu go on a date, and are followed around town by Kirie and Fukuyama. Fukuyama steals Miharu’s lunch so Yukinari goes to get it back. Kirie won’t stand for this, so she gets this stupid costume that really dosn’t disguise her well (Yuinari knows it’s her) and punches Fukuyama to get it back. Meanwhile, Miharu helps a little girl find her mother and then goes to help an old lady. Yukinari is worried that she’s gone, but they eventually find each other. Again, this was just sheer flufiness. I’d love to see more episodes like this, though the pervertedness is fun and next week looks like it will have plenty.

Ichigo angsts about Rukia. Now that she’s gone back to soul society, nobody will remember her existence. The life around him basically plays out as usual. His friend invites him to go to the beach, but he turns him down as does just about everyone else. As he walks home, Orihime follows him and asks him about Rukia. Ichigo’s surprised that she remembers her, but she tells him that she remembers everything and thanks him for helping her brother. After they talk, Ichigo thanks her and runs off. Then Chad comes up to Orihime. Meanwhile in soul society, Renji walks down a hall in some bizarre and girly outfit. He goes into the room with Rukia’s cell and starts to talk to her. He thinks that Byakuya won’t let her die, but she says she would and that they’ve never had a good relationship. She also says that she was adopted. Then it’s time for Ichigo’s training to begin. He first has to fight Ururu, who’s surprisingly strong. Anyway, Urahara eventually stops the fight because Ichigo’s now able to run around again. Then he announces that it’s time for lesson two. Meanwhile, Chad and Orihime meet up with the talking cat. They go get Ishida, who’s completely terrified by the cat. They discuss what’s going on with Ichigo and Rukia. The others leave Ishida, who opens a box with his sensei’s spirit. During Ichigo’s training, Urahara makes Ichigo, with the fat guy sitting on his back, fall into a very deep hole. His arms are completely shackled. There’s a weird little thing eating away at his chain. He has only a limited time to avoid turning into a Hollow. Next week is still training. I want to get back to main storyline.

Name correction: Due to misreading the subs, I accidentally called Michiru Kamio, which is actually Misuzu’s last name. Sorry. I’ve now corrected it.

Yukito dreams about living wit his mother when he was a child. Misuzu walks in to get him up in the morning. They talk about Kano and the feather. Misuzu says she had a mysterious feeling when she saw it. She also comments that Yukito’s been out of it. He tells her it was because of a dream and not to worry. He then asks if she still has her flying dreams. She says yes. In her latest dreams she’s struggling to climb the sky. While doing this, she hears voices of people trying to restrain her. Because of their echo, she couldn’t climb anymore. After the explanation, the two split up. Yukito manages to actually impress two little kids with his puppet. He’s happy until he realizes that they didn’t pay him. While waiting for Misuzu, he runs into Tohno and Michiru. He asks if they’ve seen Misuzu but Tohno says she hasn’t. Tohno gives him yet another rice ticket and a bottle containing stardust. She also gives a one to Michiru and keeps one for herself so they all match. She says that her father gave her the stardust when she was little. They go through lockers to look for Misuzu’s stuff and confirm that she’s left already. Then Tohno takes Yukito to the astronomy club. She’s the only member though. She said that she also bought Michiru there for the first time because she wanted the three of them to see the stars together. She also says that she thinks Michiru likes him. Yukito doesn’t believe that. She says that she definitely does because she always talks about him. Tohno then says that she understands her because she’s half of her. They’re always together. She asks Yukito if he’s ever experienced the joy of living for others. He replied that he did in the distant past, in reference to his mother. Michiro leaves and Yukito walks Tohno home. He comments on her being tall. She asks him if he dislikes tall girls, which he doesn’t. Tohno likes being tall because she’s closer to the sky. Once they get to the house she tells her mother that Yukito’s a new member of the astronomy club. Her mother apologizes to Yukito for having to walk her home. Then she tells “Michiru” to come in, confusing Yukito. He goes home and sees Misuzu, asleep in her room. He wakes her up and is a bit mad at her for not telling him her classes would be going later then usual. They watch t.v., but Misuzu turns it off because she wants to play cards. For some reason, she starts to cry. Her mother comes in when she hears this and tells Yukito to step outside for a moment. Then her mother explains to Yukito that Misuzu’s always like that when she makes friends with people and that none of the doctors she’s been to could explain it. She said that it also happened when she was at school and she had to pick her up early, the actual reason why they didn’t meet up. Yukito says that he’ll try distancing himself from her. Misuzu realizes the reason right away the next morning. Yukito asks her if she has any friends, and she says she doesn’t. She then tells him that Haruko isn’t her real mother, she’s actually an aunt. Her mother actually left her with Haruko. Because she didn’t really want Misuzu either, Misuzu decided that she would live separately from her even though they’re under one roof. Then Yukito meets up with Michiru. She’s worried because Tohno isn’t there. As they wait, Michiru attempts to blow bubbles but can’t. Yukito takes the wand and bows one, which impresses her. She quickly saddens again though, so Yujito suggests that they go to Tohno’s house. Michiru doesn’t want to go, so he heads there on his own after picking up Misuzu. When he gets there though, her mother claims that she doesn’t have a daughter and closes the door. Then Kano’s sister shows up and asks him why he’s there instead of work. They discuss that Tohno’s mother has a condition and convinced herself that Tohno is really her second daughter who died. However now her condition screwed her up so much that she believes that none of her daughters exist. Later he talks to Tohno. She says that her mother was upset that Tohno was closer to her father, so really wanted her younger sister Michiru to be born. Last night though, she had a dream about Michiru being a miscarriage and this morning she asked Tohno “who are you?” This was the best episode to date. Last week was a bit of a disappointment, but this week… wow! We’ve gotten more insight on Tohno and Misuzu’s storylines. I feel so bad for Misuzu, that nobody wants her. She’s definitely not normal, but what difference does that make. She’s a really nice person. I absolutely need to see next week’s episode.