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Summary:
Miharu spreads the word to the girls that she saw Yoshino Sakura walking around town. They tell Junichi, who is also quite surprised to hear the news. He tries to keep it a secret from Nemu, but Aisia leaks the name. When Junichi visits Nemu in her room, she looks sad at first, but she turns around and says that they should go look for Sakura-chan. Junichi and the girls set out, with Aisia still trying to figure out who Sakura is. She gets fed up when no one answers her and goes back home. The group follows Utamaru around town, thinking that Utamaru will lead them to Sakura. Unfortunately, all Utamaru seems to care about is eating and being under the air conditioning. Tired and hot, the group leaves Utamaru and continues the search. By chance, they encounter her! Or not…it turns out that the girl is just Akishima-sensei’s little sister. Since it was all just a misunderstanding, the group gives up. On the way home, Junichi and Nemu see Utamaru hopping madly up the road. Nemu follows with Junichi in tow, and the two find what Utamaru is looking for: Yoshino Sakura. Nemu runs up and hugs her, welcoming Sakura back. At home, after introducing Sakura to Aisia, Nemu and Sakura take a bath together and get reacquainted. Sakura confesses to being hesitant about coming back after all the trouble she caused last time, but Nemu says that she really wanted to see Sakura, and even thanks Sakura for saving her life two years ago. After dinner, Junichi and Sakura joke about how much she and her breasts have grown, causing Sakura to rub her chest on him. Aisia and Junichi walk Sakura back to her own house, and Aisia finally realizes who Sakura is once she see connects the house to the name.
Well it appears all the rumors were true: Sakura is back! (Or as Matthew is sure to say, さくらｷﾀ━━━(ﾟ∀ﾟ)━━━!!!)
Granted, the story does once again take us on a wild goose chase before showing the real Sakura. I really thought that Akishima’s sister was Sakura until she opened her mouth and the wrong voice came out. But they wouldn’t lead us on without eventually producing the real thing. Ironically, it’s Utamaru (who had earlier also led them on a chase) that tips Junichi and Nemu off on where to find her.
I liked this episode for several reasons: the animation is good, they played an insert song for Sakura’s return (sung by Tamura Yukari herself), there was a good bit of humor that actually made me laugh, and for once the message wasn’t “Nemu always wins.” Which I guess means that Sakura actually showing up is just icing on the cake.
The reunion scene and most of the episode focuses not about Junichi being reunited with Sakura, but instead about Nemu being reunited with Sakura. Nemu, who potentially had the most remaining conflict with Sakura, brushes it all aside and welcomes her home in open arms. The result of this, and the entire episode, is that we have reassembled the entire cast from last season, and they’re all more or less happy together. The continuing storyline from here has to involve Aisia and magic, and probably each girl’s feelings for Junichi with Sakura and Nemu being the big ones. Next week’s title 「さくらの言葉」 (Sakura’s words) suggests that the episode will probably involve Aisia trying to learn as much as she can from Sakura.
Closing Thought: Utamaru running out of steam and the urgent music tapering off was unexpected and rather funny.
some people be happy to see sakura back I guess 😡
OMG!!! YAY!!! has she gotten taller?
Well not a big fan of Sakura but at least its better than Nemu.
OMG it’s Sakura! She still looks cute with glasses on!
Kotori > Sakura > Everyone else, with Nemu being the last.
That’s not Sakura with those glasses. Summary up really soon.
>>>OMG it’s Sakura! She still looks cute with glasses on!
Kotori > Sakura > Everyone else, with Nemu being the last.
Wow! Truer words never said. Can’t believe we have exactly the same tastes, especially considering Kotori and Sakura are so different, I thought I was a one off.
A Sakura fan, though, should remember that her eyes are blue, not green. ;P
Sakura is also 2nd for me, though Alice is up there with both Kotori and Sakura too.
Kotori > Sakura > Alice > all > Nemu, yep!
yay !!! finalli.. sum1 here 2 fight bak !! sakura go go !!!
Oh wow, I didn’t notice the different colored eyes O_O You do some spectacular speculations, Ale O.O
Except I’m not really a Sakura fan, I’m a completely devoted Kotori fan, and well, it just means that I would have been a devoted Sakura fan if Kotori didn’t exist.
Junichi is such a lucky bastard…The only unfortune that was brought upon him is his taste in girls X(
*Runs off to watch the RAW*
This episode renewed my faith in the series. 😛 Now let’s see where it leads up to…
Heheh, yeah.
Don’t get me wrong; I too am a devoted Kotori fan. Sakura and Alice just happen to be two other characters that I like a lot.
And you consider someone in a relationship with Nemu lucky? ^^; I guess he is, if you think about the girls who like him and are actually cool.
Looks like there will be some tough competition since now all the girls are back again.
weee sakura’s back~~ da capo isnt da capo without sakura xD lets see how much she was grown these past 2 years ^-~
What I don’t understand is how most of you consider Nemu the least favorite out of all…
What I see in her is that she’s the most realistic. Girls like Kotori are a rarity, Miharu in real life would be annoying, Mako and Moe are stereotypical in anime only, and the rest are generic.
Only Sakura and Nemu are realistic.
I have more comments on my blog, but I still think Nemu isn’t unlikable…at least, you haven’t given a valid reason that backs it up with logic.
I think Nemu, Sakura, Alice, Kotori, Nanako maybe a less-energetic version of Miharu, and a less airheaded version of Moe, a less bitchy version of Mako are all realistic.
And everyone has their unrealistic parts, it’s anime after all. Mako and Nemu are too violent sometimes, something that normally doesn’t happen IRL, Miharu is way too energetic, etc.
It’s true that people like Kotori are more rare (though there ARE selfless people in the world, I’m not a girl, but I try to be as selfless as I can, and many many other people, including many girls, try their best to be nice as well), and girls like Nemu are more common, but not all girls are as hotheaded as Nemu, in fact, I’d say not that many of them are. Else I wouldn’t get along with any of ’em. I know a lot of people, and everyone is unique and act and react differently to different things.
I find her quite unlikable for a number of reasons, I would tell you what I think but IMO this isn’t the right place to start a debate. Besides, it’s just my opinion, people’s opinions differ a lot.
Oops, horrible grammar on my first sentence. Add a coma after Nanako.