Here goes another round of my deep-frying comparison of the Kaze no Stigma anime with the novels =D The anime changed the sequence of events a bit compared to the novel… The event where Ayano is walking with her friends, and bumped into Kazuma and Kirika happened even before the celebration started, which caused some slight changes in terms of how the conversations went, but remained true to the critical plot. It however, omitted quite a portion of the novel in terms of Kazuma's dialogues which should've made his argument clear regarding his answer of "Takuya died because he was weak" 　With this change of sequence, Ayano's "bad mood" stems from what happened with Kazuma in the earlier episode (after the fight with the youma), rather than what happened in the celebration (which actually makes more sense as to why Ayano will still be in a bad mood…).
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