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My Eyes Which Have Seen Nothing

Well. With Clannad coming to a bit of an easy-breezy end, it’s time to rely once again on True Tears.

Recap

The day after Noe’s chicken-napping happens to be the day of the festival, including the Mugiha dance. After watching her at the seaside, Shinichiro returns home to update Jun (via Hiromi) and angst about things for a while. He’s distressed that he’s been coasting through things, letting his feelings be guided instead of taking charge.

Hiromi, however, is just peachy. She even corrects Aiko, who mistakenly refers to Noe as Shin’s girlfriend. No, Ai-chan, that increasingly dubious honor lies with Hiromi alone.

Then, she politely and apologetically, but nontheless definitely, tells Noe to leave them alone. Seems that she’s scared that their newfound ability to be in the same room, communicate, and possibly even enjoy it, is hanging by a thread and she’s not prepared to lose it again.

But that’s not the end of Noe’s problems. Hiromi’s siscon accusations must have caused Jun to do a little soul-searching; he’s now decided he can’t be around Noe anymore, so he’s accepting a job elsewhere.

Noe doesn’t get it — of course she doesn’t, she never suspected her brother was on the creepy side, and it freaks her out when he demonstrates by trying to kiss her.

Shin does his dance, while both Noe and Hiromi watch, and achieves a zen-like state of internal monologue. What’s his revelation? That perhaps his feelings for Noe were truer and deeper than he’d thought before.

After the dance, he runs off to find her in the tree, but all is — surprise! — not well.

Thoughts

Well. The cast of True Tears is becoming a mess.

I used to praise Shinichiro for not waffling; it made him an atypical and utterly likable character. Now he’s wavering in spite of getting the girl he’s always wanted without having to do much of anything. But he’s stressing about being honest with himself, so I’m guessing the climactic event will be him making some sort of real decision.

All the characters besides Hiromi (who got it out of the way a few episodes ago) are getting angsty about how selfish they’ve been, but by and large they’re still doing it. Jun is lamenting his selfish decisions regarding Noe, but now he plans on bolting on his fragile sister because he can’t handle the fact that he’s got bro-love issues? If you ask me, that must have been the straw that broke Noe, because regardless of the transient nature of boys and whatnot, she must have felt she could at least rely on family.

And Noe… well, her time spent repressing her emotions has not come to a good end. I suppose I can’t blame her too much for gothing out so badly, but it’s still a little melodramatic for my tastes (I know… Jesus why am I watching dramatic anime then?)

- otou-san out!

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