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Kimi ni Todoke || Kobato

Kimi ni Todoke Episode 2

I didn’t have this blog when I started Kimi ni Todoke, but it actually doesn’t matter too much with this anime. In brief- Kimi ni Todoke is about a young woman named Kuronama Sawako. Despite her humble attitude and graciousness, everyone fears her because she looks a lot like The Ring‘s Sadako… so much that people call her that and think she has supernatural powers and if anyone dares to sit near her or even talk to her, they’d be cursed.

Lucky for the outcast Sawako, there is a ray of light. That ray of light is Kazehaya Shota. Kazehaya is loved by all of his classmates. The huddle around him and all want his attention. But for some reason, Kazehaya is drawn to Sawako. He seems to try to talk to her and eventually gets her to open her heart to him.

Now. When I first saw that, I automatically though Kazehaya was actually being sympathetic to Sawako. Which I do not like. But as time goes by, especially in this 2nd episode, you realize just how genuine Kazehaya really is about Sawako.

This second episode is named ‘Changing Seats’. It starts off with Sawako walking to school in the rain, reminiscing of what Kazehaya had told her, when stumbles upon a stray dog. The dog instantly hates her and growls at her and freaks out. Sawako is unaffected and puts an umbrella over the dog and wishes that someone would eventually take him home. She goes to school soaking wet, the usually “Sadako” stuff happens and then enter Kazahaya– A wet Kazehaya.

Kazehaya was toweling off when he notices an equally wet Sawako. He gets one of Sawako’s classmates, Yoshida, to give her a replacement uniform to wear instead. Despite the uniform smelling like mold, Sawako is so grateful she is near tears. Kazehaya gives her his towel, apologizing on how it’s a little damp from him using it as well.

Then comes the changing of seats issue. No one wants to sit by Sawako… upon learning Sawako has the number 3, everyone hurries to find out who sits beside her, hoping it’s not them. Many students jeer “beware seat 19!”

In which, Kazehaya trades with 19, to sit right beside Sawako… and then Yano and Yoshida refuse to grab a number, sitting directly in front of Sawako and Kazehaya… and now a mysterious new person, Sanada Ryuu, sits right behind Sawako. He says he likes the very back seat near the window though.

But once again, Sawako is so happy that she is near tears, exclaiming how happy she is to have this seat.

My Thoughts
Well, to be perfectly honest, it was as I expected it to be. I couldn’t stop smiling while watching this episode. My heart was pumping so merrily at watching it. Sawako is so cute. And Kazehaya showed a very cute side today in this episode, with his blushing and all. Yano and Yoshida are slowly showing their own sides and now we have Sanada in the mix.

Sawako is slowly gaining friends, without really realizing it, and opening her heart. ;w;

Kobato Episode 2

Like Kimi ni Todoke, Kobato is very light hearted. It’s a feel good series that you almost find impossible not to smile at. The story so far, as I know it, is-
Hanato Kobato is on a mission. She wants to get to somewhere, but can only do so when she finds this bottle and fills it with “scarred hearts”. Her stuffed dog, Iroyogi, is there to help her along her way.

So we start our journey with Kobato and Iroyogi-san! When Kobato gets the bottle, it’s out of pure luck. The actual scarred heart took time… which resulted in this episode being Kobato trying her hardest to help people, but not really know what a “scarred heart” really is. She played kick the can with some kids and then looked confidently at the bottle, only to be disheartened to see it still empty! She passed out pocket tissue… still empty.

After she bumps into this one man she met before, Fujimoto Kiyokazu, she follows him, wanting to thank him and find a nursery…. where she volunteers to help, hoping she would be enough help to fill the bottle. Unfortunately, that doesn’t work either!

It was when she finally opened her heart to a young little boy, telling him his mother is a wonderfuly, hard working mom, did she receive a “scarred heart”

My Thoughts
Like Kimi ni Todoke, there isn’t much to this anime yet. It seems it will be one of those “collecting things” anime… but it’s CLAMP, and though I’m not the biggest CLAMP fan, I do like most of their works and this one looks like it will be in lieu with CardCaptor Sakura and be adorable. I anxiously await the next episode.