Why didn't I noticed this at the start? The OP theme of Asatte no Houkou is really soothing, and it has the original Japanese feeling. I had really enjoyed listenning to it. Somehow, I feel really close to those type of songs, really farmiliar, especially the "...Oikakete," part. The singer/band who is singing the song is Suara. "Suara" means "Voice" in Bahasa Melayu.Now, back on topic. I was rather questioned by this anime. The theme of this anime is more of summer than of fall, and so I wondered why it was showed during fall season in Japan. Although so, I couldn't care less, due to the fact that there isn't 4 seasons in Malaysia. We don't even have daylight saving time, yo! The story was indeed boring like I said before, but I might as well continue watching it till the end....what happened...?"Let's go to my apartment so that you can get changed"Hiro trying to contact Shouko. "The number you have dialed is either out of range of turned off...""Karada-chan was absent from school today...""It's my fault, I wanted to be an adult...""Sorry...!"The title of episode 2 is "Passing By", and I don't get it at all. Continued from the last episode where Karada had suddenly grown up and Shouko suddenly shrunk, Karada ended up staying at Shouko's apartment. Karada's elder brother, Hiro, became really worried and went all over to look for his sister. He suspected that it had something to do with Shouko and tried to contact her, but Shouko did not picked up the phone. In the morning, Karada was absent from school. Tetsu, Karada's classmate, became worried, and gave Karada's house a visit, but only to find that she isn't at home but hasn't returned since last night. Hiro had already checked every place Karada would go when she is depressed. Suddenly, he remembered the place, the place with the pile of stone where Karada wished that she were an adult. Karada blamed herself for her wish, and now it's granted and she regretted it. Now, even her own brother couldn't recognize her...
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