It’s Sweet Blue Flowers episode 9, and it’s time to go to Ko’s summer house to hang out over summer break.
Akira and friends head towards Kyoko’s summer place with Akira’s brother driving the van. Waiting for them is Ko and his mother’s sister, who gives everyone a tour of the house. Along the way, Fumi admires a painting hanging on the way, and Ko’s aunt tells her that it’s Kyoko’s. The girls then go to play tennis why the guys go out for a nice game of golf.
After tennis, Kyoko leads the girls down a trail. She tells them that when she was little, she got lost on the trail, but Ko found her. Yoko, Miwa, and Misako decide to check out the spot so Kyoko, Akira, and Fumi follow. Along the way, there is a steep drop, so naturally, Akira slips and falls right into Fumi.
The next day, the group decides to go camping at a nearby campground. That night they decide to do a test of courage, with the goal of picking some lilies that were next to the river they visited before on the trail. Kyoko and Fumi go together, where Fumi tells Kyoko that she liked her painting. Kyoko tells Fumi that she’s been in the Art club since middle school, and that’s where she fell for Yasuko.
Meanwhile, Ko is with Akira, who is frightened to death. Along the way, Ko remarks that he knows Kyoko likes someone else, but Akira slips out that she was turned down. Ko then says he wishes he were the one Kyoko liked. That night, Akira ponders to herself if she’ll come to like someone eventually too.
Akira’s stomach grumbles, however, so she and Fumi run down to get a snack. However, they then get confused and think they’re in Sora no Manimani and decide to go outside to look at the stars, where they apparently both catch colds.
I guess this episode was another Akira/Fumi bonding episode, as there basically wasn’t much else going on, except perhaps some slight progression on the Kyoko/Ko relationship front.
No really, that’s about it. We learn some about Kyoko’s past, such as a little bit more of her history of Yasuko and what happened when she got lost. But that’s about it as far as notable events as far as I can tell in this episode. At least Akira’s brother decided not to go all siscon again.
I guess having said that, this isn’t all that bad of an episode. It just seemed kind of slow and with no obvious action (though we definitely have some buildup)
As I’ve said in the past couple of episodes, we seem to be heading toward a Akira/Fumi end. The next episode might be at the summer house as well, though at the end of the episode, Akira remarks that they both catch colds by looking at the sky all night, so we’ll have to see how that plays into the next episode.
We finally get Akira pondering whether she’ll ever like someone, but there isn’t any evidence that she consciously realizes that Fumi is an option, so with only 2 episodes left, this realization might end up being the climax of the series. Or we could have a second season (though I haven’t heard anything about that).
Sweet Blue Flowers (Aoi Hana) – Episode 09
It’s Sweet Blue Flowers episode 9, and it’s time to go to Ko’s summer house to hang out over summer break.
Akira and friends head towards Kyoko’s summer place with Akira’s brother driving the van. Waiting for them is Ko and his mother’s sister, who gives everyone a tour of the house. Along the way, Fumi admires a painting hanging on the way, and Ko’s aunt tells her that it’s Kyoko’s. The girls then go to play tennis why the guys go out for a nice game of golf.
After tennis, Kyoko leads the girls down a trail. She tells them that when she was little, she got lost on the trail, but Ko found her. Yoko, Miwa, and Misako decide to check out the spot so Kyoko, Akira, and Fumi follow. Along the way, there is a steep drop, so naturally, Akira slips and falls right into Fumi.
The next day, the group decides to go camping at a nearby campground. That night they decide to do a test of courage, with the goal of picking some lilies that were next to the river they visited before on the trail. Kyoko and Fumi go together, where Fumi tells Kyoko that she liked her painting. Kyoko tells Fumi that she’s been in the Art club since middle school, and that’s where she fell for Yasuko.
Meanwhile, Ko is with Akira, who is frightened to death. Along the way, Ko remarks that he knows Kyoko likes someone else, but Akira slips out that she was turned down. Ko then says he wishes he were the one Kyoko liked. That night, Akira ponders to herself if she’ll come to like someone eventually too.
Akira’s stomach grumbles, however, so she and Fumi run down to get a snack. However, they then
get confused and think they’re in Sora no Manimani anddecide to go outside to look at the stars, where they apparently both catch colds.I guess this episode was another Akira/Fumi bonding episode, as there basically wasn’t much else going on, except perhaps some slight progression on the Kyoko/Ko relationship front.
No really, that’s about it. We learn some about Kyoko’s past, such as a little bit more of her history of Yasuko and what happened when she got lost. But that’s about it as far as notable events as far as I can tell in this episode. At least Akira’s brother decided not to go all siscon again.
I guess having said that, this isn’t all that bad of an episode. It just seemed kind of slow and with no obvious action (though we definitely have some buildup)
As I’ve said in the past couple of episodes, we seem to be heading toward a Akira/Fumi end. The next episode might be at the summer house as well, though at the end of the episode, Akira remarks that they both catch colds by looking at the sky all night, so we’ll have to see how that plays into the next episode.
We finally get Akira pondering whether she’ll ever like someone, but there isn’t any evidence that she consciously realizes that Fumi is an option, so with only 2 episodes left, this realization might end up being the climax of the series. Or we could have a second season (though I haven’t heard anything about that).