Episodes 7-8 – The Fragrant Flower Blooms With Dignity

All other love stories – anime, manga or otherwise – should take a lesson from this work. Not only is it as sweet as possible without venturing into saccharine territory, but it proves that you can create tension without resorting to characters not talking to each other. Or at least not for long; episode seven shows Rintaro learning from his mistakes and actually telling his friends what happened. Not only does this make their friendship stronger, but it also helps show Subaru that while not all men are good, many are, and she doesn’t need to be afraid of Usami, Yoita, Saku, and Rintaro just because they went to Chidori. It’s a double lesson in communication, and it’s a glorious one.

It’s also very laid back. While Saku is understandably upset by Rintaro’s reluctance to share what’s going on in his life, he’s also willing to agree with Ita and Usami since they decided not to share believe Rintaro to be exact, but play as the Hardy Boy to figure out what the hell happened to him. Although I don’t condone eavesdropping (unless, you know, you real Have to), it’s hard to argue with what the boys found out: it wasn’t that Sataro had a secret relationship with several Kikyo girls, it was that he wanted to tell them. It emphasizes the importance of trusting your friends, but also emphasizes that Rintaro knows his silence isn’t helpful – and it also shows how important everyone is to him. He also wants everyone he cares about to be a friend.

The inter-school reunion in episode eight illustrates this perfectly. Usami, Saku, and Yoita (especially Yoita) saving the girls in episode seven is important in itself, but it’s actually the meeting in the park that’s more important. The guys step in just to show that they have a sense of justice, but the conversation that follows makes it clear to Subaru that they just happen to be boys from Chidori School. When Usami tells her that the Chidori boys don’t actually have anything against the Kikyo girls – they just stay away from Kikyo because they know the Kikyo students don’t like them – it forces Subaru to rethink her stance. It taught her that you can’t judge someone by their gender or where they went to school, while also showing that her biases both hurt them and made things more difficult. She wasn’t going to be able to fix this overnight, but seeing how excited Usami and the others were about the snacks she and Kaoru brought them, and how they wanted to share, made Rintaro and Kaoru look like they had a real desire to not only get together, but to bring other people together as well.

This also carries over to Kaoruko and Rintaro’s life at the aquarium, where they are not dating at all. On the surface, this is Rintaro’s way of repaying Kaoruko for helping him study, but I dare say he is the only one who believes this. all This is. He can’t even trick Mika, and he and Kaoruko end up helping the lost little girl Mika, who steadfastly ignores his protests. While I usually don’t like plots that seem designed to show what good parents a couple would make (together or apart), this story worked because of the characters the two played. Rintaro stays behind to take care of Mika while Kaoruko runs off to actively search for her parents, a division of duties not often seen in plots like this. Not only does it use metaphors cleverly, but it also shows who they are as people: Rintaro is more of a nurturer, while Kaoruko is active and outgoing. They complement each other perfectly, which is a big reason why this collection is so heartwarming.

Other shows might tell us over and over how the main couple are perfect for each other. “The Fragrant Flower of Dignity” allows us to witness this firsthand.

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