And you misunderstand my complaint about Mizuki waiting for Kuze. I’d rather there be a real reason for Mizuki to end up at the beach instead of a random person stopping by and telling her “Yo, fatboy-slim told me to tell you that you should go to the beach. He’s probably having a nervous break down. Later, dawg.”

And there is so not anything trivial about the boylove between Miharu and Yoite. Soul mates 4 lyfe, yo. ^^

Also, how come dialogue heavy episodes always feel long to you Aroduc? This is just an observation (so correct me if I’m wrong), but it seems like you don’t quite understand the dialogue in a lot of the raws you watch. When that’s the case, you tend to just make jokes about trivial things. (e.g. like you did frequently in your coverage of Nabari no Ou.)

If that’s your blogging style, fair enough, but you might appreciate a series (like ef) more if you actually took in everything that’s being said. Otherwise, it just comes off as you butchering other people’s work for no good reason. While some people might get a few chuckles out of it (after they’ve watched a sub), others are left wondering why you’re making fun of an episode you don’t really seem to understand.

In VKG, I have read the manga, and this gave me some Aidou background emotions — and Kaname background — that I didn’t feel I got from there.

Here, the frustrating elusiveness of the two girls associated with Yuu is reaching a peak, as is his even more frustrating approach-avoidance. But after frustration will come joy. I hope.

I thought the presence of Chihiro and Renji was like a talisman of romance. She took the plunge, and she wants to help Mizuki take it, too, since she knows Mizuki just can’t help loving Kuze. Emotional intelligence in a 17-year-old twelve-year-old.