Episode 7 – A Star Brighter Than the Sun

It’s unclear why Sae nominated Koki to play the Cowardly Lion in their class’s production of “Cowardly Lion.” The Wizard of Ozbut “courage” remains the central theme of this week’s episode. The biggest moment, of course, is when Sae realizes from her hidden prompter position that third grade is about to take an upskirt photo of Sui. I like Sae’s response – she doesn’t yell at the teachers (which would have been a good choice) or jump off the stage to confront them (could be dangerous); instead, she just stands up and puts herself between Sui and the boys. It’s quietly confident and lets them know she She knows it, and she won’t stand for it. The boy in the middle quickly squeezed his legs together under her glare, indicating that he’d gotten the message – something in her eyes clearly made him feel that having her knees in the right position was a real possibility.

Likewise, it takes some courage for Koki to break out of character and step up to help Sae. Her falling off the stage might have disrupted the show even more, but he just quietly walked over and held out his hand to her. This symbolizes their relationship and who they are as individuals: they care about each other deeply (even if they haven’t figured out how to care yet), and they’re always willing to step up when someone needs help. Although Koki most likely wasn’t thinking about Sui when he later defeated those third-year boys, he overheard them saying it wasn’t just that they were trying to sneak up on Sui, but that “that big guy” was getting in the way. Without that consideration, it’s debatable whether he would have responded with the same viciousness, especially since when the teachers asked him about it, he didn’t say that he hit them because they were upskirts. Since it would get him out of trouble (as we saw when his cousin Subaru came in), it likely means he didn’t start boxing for Sui – he did it for Sae.

This makes the rest of the episode more frustrating than they strictly need to be. I know I said last week that the show did a good job of balancing the fact that Sae and Koki are only one real conversation away from happiness, but I felt like this episode was backtracking on that a little bit. Not so much with Ayukawa and the other classmates, noting him and Sae getting closer (I do think he likes her romantically), but more with Subaru. Maybe it’s just me, but I’ve never thought of a cousin (or any cousin) as a viable romantic interest, so when Sae saw Subaru coming to save Koki, a slightly inexplicable feeling immediately went through her mind. do you think she is The girl he likes appears because of her…? Acting like his sister? Maybe it’s just because I’m not seventeen anymore, but it all feels too contrived to really work.

Luckily, Koki and Sae are doing better and better, slowly getting closer to each other. Koki is right, Sae seems to treat him like she was a kid, and it’s pretty brave of him to say that, even if he almost immediately undercuts himself by giving her a bag of cute little treats and jumping on the swing. But it did help Sae work up the courage to say she wanted to watch a movie with him — just the two of them, as he later proposed. They were slowly moving closer to each other, and it seemed like a pace that suited them.

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PS I didn’t expect this drama to be actually in English. if you just look dubbingfor this reason you may want to check out this episode in Japanese.

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