At least I have ice cream? It might be cold and rainy outside but I have ice cream. So there is still hope in the world.
WEEE! This is me at work everyday woohoo!!!
Let’s just get right into blogging anime shall we? Okay. Sekai Ichi Hatsukoi episode 10 is up next. Stand by for Ritsu stringing Takano along AGAIN. Enjoy.
Ritsu might have been too romantic in high school. Just a tiny bit.
Episode Summary: The episode starts off with a brief flashback of Ritsu following Takano during school and checking out the same books as him. Even though it was something small it made him feel connected to Takano. But in the here and now Ritsu is having a hard time. He overshot the train station and ended up taking a taxi back to work (he was sent to fetch a manuscript). Of course Takano and Yokozawa find out and make fun of Ritsu. Yokozawa does tell Ritsu his event plan for a manga release has been approved but Ritsu’s plan is weak and he needs to change it. Ritsu tries to avoid riding with them in an elevator to avoid the awkwardness but Takano kidnaps him. Ritsu gets all flustered when Takano touches him but gets all weird when Takano and Yokozawa touch each other so casually. Once Yokozawa leaves the elevator Takano tries inviting himself over to Ritsu’s house. Ritsu is like there is nothing between us despite the fact I keep sleeping with you and told An I was in love with someone. Takano is not taking all these excuses lightly and tries to make Ritsu answer him. He even brings up something about Ritsu’s resume and this might have led to something interesting. Only Yokozawa and his evil eye interrupts them.
MOG it took him this long to realize this?!
Walking back to the office Ritsu decides that he does LIKE Takano but he doesn’t know if he should tell him or let things be as they are both adults working together. Everything just seems too complicated for Ritsu to handle and he doesn’t know which direction to take. He even confuses himself into thinking calling An would be a good idea. But when Ritsu decides that he might talk to Takano the next day Takano calls in sick. The other workers say this is a rare occurrence and worry. Ritsu then goes to lay out the new report for Yokozawa but it turns out that Yokozawa went home early. Ritsu fears the worse, that Yokozawa has gone to take care of Takano. Despite that Ritsu goes out and buys tons of medicines. Afraid of who will answer the door Ritsu rings the bell and tries to jet. Only Yokozawa calls him out. Yokozawa basically lights into Ritsu, saying he has been stringing along Takano and ruining his life. Yokozawa says he loves Takano and knows everything about him and should be the one to be with him. Yokozawa screams for a while and Ritsu finally is done. He says he is tired of Takano stalking him and he hates the whole situation and actually he hates Takano. Of course this is when Takano opens the door. He tells both men to leave but not before making sure Ritsu is okay. Ritsu takes off as he is so embarrassed about everything. Takano tries contacting Ritsu but he doesn’t answer the phone. Ritsu continues to struggle at work as he can’t get Takano off his mind. THE END!
HMM FOLKS HMM!
I might…MIGHT be on Yokozawa’s side. MIGHT!
Wait aren't we supposed to hate you? Stop making sense!
Which would be interesting since I have been on his case since day one. My mentality was Ok so you “dated” Takano for a few minutes and you are jealous that Takano likes someone else? And when it was clear in the beginning that Ritsu was trying to ESCAPE the attention Yokozawa blamed Ritsu for making Takano unfocused. I thought Yokozawa was out of line and was picking on someone he should have been taking care of at work (the idea that someone who is older/been there longer at a company should mentor the younger employees).
Scared that the person who has been around for the past 10 years will open it?
But now…maybe Yokozawa was right all along. Or he wasn’t AS EVIL as I thought he was. I still don’t think Ritsu is to blame for Takano picking him. Yokozawa is the one clinging to a few rolls in the hay back in the day. Takano is also to blame. He shouldn’t have slept with his friend if his heart was in a different place. I subscribe to the romantic school of thought. But even though I understand not everyone feels the same way as I do I still think having sexy times with people you consider to be your friends is a very, very bad idea. Especially when you are in a yaoi manga where people carry on romantic feelings for over 10 years AND SAY NOTHING!
I am on the fence about this. Is it better to have butterflies in your stomach or be so comfortable around a person everything seems natural? HMM folks.
However…it really has gone on for too long. Exactly how many more times is Ritsu going to deny that he has feelings for Takano? The 23092847th time there is sexy times? Not that Yokozawa should know that there are sexy times taking place a million times. But I am sure he can figure things out and realize that Ritsu keeps saying no but sleeps with Takano anyway. Then the next day Ritsu keeps saying things like I hate you or it meant nothing and blah blah. While it is obvious that it does mean something and Ritsu is a giant liar it doesn’t mean Takano is a complete robot. Sooner or later hearing all of Ritsu’s rants, true or not, would affect him.
Of course he was an asshole to Ritsu at work.....
So that is why I feel as if Yokozawa is not totally a bad person. He is a jealous person and overly critical of Ritsu’s work. But I can see how even if he was not in love with Takano he should still be upset this Ritsu is being a user. Obviously Takano is a little obsessed himself being in love with someone ten years after the fact while only briefly knowing them. Still friends support friends through tough times and hate people who hurt their friends. So…yeah. Not as mad at jealous Yokozawa as I was before.
Your lack of love made him ill!
But is this going to be a giant we hate Ritsu post? Err….I hope not. XD I mean….love is complicated. It is not easy and it takes a lot of work. Also this is portraying a real scenario where two grown men are trying to figure out their feelings while balancing their careers AND not being honest with each other because that is the Japanese way. I say real like they are alive and aren’t sparkling all over the place.
MOG THAT WAS TEN YEARS AGO!!!
Still…..while I do think Ritsu is leading Takano on I don’t think we should throw him off a bridge and wash our hands from him. Both Takano and Ritsu have reacted pretty badly to a relationship that was super brief AND IN HIGH SCHOOL. Ritsu was bitter in all his other relationship and gave up on finding love. Takano was OBSESSED with Ritsu and left a path of broken hearts while he slept his way out of the pain. Both boys had negative reactions to their “break-up”.
Did I mention that Takano was pushy?
But at this point Ritsu needs to stop being stubborn and just admit to how he feels.
At first Takano was being pushy. And then Takano was being really pushy. And now Takano is still being pushy. If Ritsu really had a problem with it he should have gotten a restraining order or left. But his man pride got in the way and let’s be real. He never got over Takano and once he realized it was a big misunderstanding he realized he still had feelings for the man. However it has gone on for QUITE a while and he needs to get with the program.
People can only handle so much. Yokozawa pushed way too many buttons.
I don’t fault Ritsu for saying all the “cruel” things he said to Yokozawa about Takano. He really was pushed to the edge and probably felt guilty and scared. Guilty because maybe some of the things Yokozawa was saying were true? Scared because obviously Yokozawa had been around a lot longer and knows Takano so much better? And really some of the things Ritsu was saying were true. Takano has been a little stalkerish and has made Ritsu’s life slightly miserable. So not getting upset with him over saying all those things.
See if someone screamed that about me I probably would not be concerned with their well being. Just saying.
And yet…why does Takano come out smelling like a rose? Because when I am sick and cranky I don’t really want to be nice and generous to other people. I would expect him to yell and throw more of a fit. Not tell Yokozawa to hit the road and make sure Ritsu is okay. He is always yelling at work why can’t he make the situation really horrible and scream? Bleh. BLEH! Why is Ritsu always the bad guy? Why can’t things get to Takano too? Of course when Takano is assertive and angry that usually leads to Takano pushing Ritsu into corners and such.
So the episode ends with Ritsu having a spaz attack at work. There are only two episodes left. X___X Can they really spread that much drama out into two more episodes? There is the whole matter with the resume….Still I don’t want to see Ritsu not speaking him mind for 50 more minutes. Get with the program dude!
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