Kimi ni Todoke

[Ryllharu]

I was just about to post that!

[shinta|hikari]

Dammit, Sawako is just too cute. I mean, that face with that voice, that voice! (Mamiko Noto fan since Anna Coppolla, Enma Ai, and Tsukamoto Yakumo)

Wait, did they just say she looks "normal" when she smiled? She looks fantastic compared to the other girls in the show, at least to me. So does that mean that she actually has average looks by the show's standards, or was that girl just so surprised at the contrast between Sadako and Sawako that she couldn't see properly?

[Ryllharu]

Wait, did they just say she looks "normal" when she smiled? She looks fantastic compared to the other girls in the show, at least to me. So does that mean that she actually has average looks by the show's standards, or was that girl just so surprised at the contrast between Sadako and Sawako that she couldn't see properly?

It's that she normally never smiles and I think it helps that her smiles are so purely genuine. There's never any ambiguity in Sawako, nor any smiling for the sake of being social. When she smiles, she is truly incredibly happy. As for her looks, it's all about the almond-shaped eyes.

I liked the little moments in this episode the most. Pin's staredown with Sawako to prove he was awesome, and Kazehaya's corresponding failure. The scene with the note where she passed it on to Ryu, and again, Kazehaya's immediate swift rescue of the misplaced note. Sawako admitting she studies in her spare time with a confused head tilt.

Yano and Yoshida are still some of my favorites. Yoshida's crying, Yano's encouragement to Sawako, etc. All around great characters.

[shinta|hikari]

My favorite part was when Kazehaya panicked and slammed the table in an attempt to save himself from embarrassment because of Sawako's mistaken mail delivery. It is just so typical(ly cute!) of her to lack the confidence to even think that it was addressed to her.

It is really absurd if people actually start doubting Sawako just because of some rumour, although it seems something of the sort might happen in the preview. Are there people stupid enough to actually think that someone who cannot even speak properly to people, much less someone who drives people away with just her presence is able to spread rumours (whatever content they may have)?

[Dark Dragon]

Are there people stupid enough to actually think that someone who cannot even speak properly to people, much less someone who drives people away with just her presence is able to spread rumours (whatever content they may have)?

This is a shoujo, the stupidity level of general unnamed characters surpass shounen by a healthy margin. I'm just thankful that there haven't been any extended bullying of the main character, since that generally just makes me stop watching/reading.