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Summary: Shota tells Sawako that his PR campaign for her was a resounding success and she has changed in a good way.  He liked her ever since he met her, and he thinks she’s looking extra cute tonight.  The date continues to go well with Shota getting very good luck on his fortune and using the [...]
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SENSITIVE INTELLIGENCE REPORT – RESTRICTED DISSEMINATION SUBJECT: 1. CONCLUSION OF CURRENT OPERATIONS. ……………2. CURRENT STATUS OF MISSION, ASSETS, AND KEY ACTORS. DATE: LATE MARCH 2010 (31 DECEMBER 2009, 2300-0030 HOURS LOCAL TIME) 1. DATE SETUP OPERATION AT LOCAL SHRINE ACHIEVED A LIMITED SUCCESS. NO KISS WAS ACHIEVED, BUT BOTH PARTIES HAVE BEEN INSPIRED TO GREATER CONFIDENCE. WE CAN ASSESS [...]
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Animation: Production I.G. | Director: Hiro Kaburaki | Original Creator: Karuho Shiina Kuronuma Sawako is nicknamed Sadako due to her resemblance to the girl from the Japanese horror movies "The Ring". Shunned by her classmates, her life starts to change as she befriends Shōta Kazehaya, a very popular boy in her class.Kuronuma Sawako’s one wish in life is to make friends. That’s a difficult proposition when everyone who meets her cowers in terror. She admires her classmate, Kazehaya-kun, a popular, easygoing and 100% refreshing guy who is nice with everyone, even with her. [OVERALL IMPRESSION] I only got the liberty to finish this now, all thanks to the long holiday for this week so I am sorry for posting this a bit late. I am not posting per episode for this series due to my extremely busy life but I do love this story so much!!! Every episode that I watch makes me remember the glory and sweetness of being in love. Those head over heels moments, those blushing and teasing and the uneasiness of being with the person that you like rushes back into me as I watch Kimi ni Todoke. Too bad, the anime has already ended in a span of 25 episodes. If you really know me, most of the anime series that captures my heart are those that are shoujo in genre. I guess that's because I am a hopeless romantic and is still looking for my own Kazehaya. I kinda use this as a venue to project what I really feel and I always end up imagining as if I am the leading lady of the show. For some aspects, I am closely like to Sawako who only have a small group of people whom she consider as friends...as in FRIENDS. But the thing is, my Kazehaya is not yet there so I am still waiting around for him. So much about me and more about the series itself, I felt really bad that the anime ended with Sawako realizing that Kazehaya is someone special for her. Kazehaya is someone that he loves and he likes and not just any other friend that she has. I kinda preferred to end the anime with them being together or at the very least, they have already confessed what they really feel about one another. But since this expectation, I expect a Season 2, right? On the other hand, it is also nice that the two of them hadn't confessed yet because they look so cute with each other. Since both of them are so conscious in front of each other and since both of them would want to understand one another, every moment that they share together becomes very special for the two of them. Those blushing, shyness and mumbling moments are really nice and lovely to watch. They are so cute together that you would really, really, really wish for them to be just together since it's obvious that they like each other. I am glad that Sawako landed with friends who are willing to support her all the way. They are also so keen with the different distractions Sawako will encounter because she likes Kazehaya. Because of them, Sawako was able to spend very special moments with Kazehaya especially during her 16th birthday and New Year's Eve. Kazehaya, too, had the right venue and opportunity to make his move to get to know Sawako even better. With that type of friends who will support them, no problem will be too hard for this very young couple.
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Anime Yume: I wouldn’t say [Kimi ni Todoke is] unique by any stretch, just a good series for its genre… Not unique? Great, name another one then.
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Kimi ni Todoke is sweet, pretty, and romantic like a shojo series should be. I wouldn’t say its unique by any stretch, just a good series for its genre… I would agree that Kimi ni Todoke is full of shojo cliches, but that doesn’t mean it’s bad if that’s what you like. Just as Naruto is [...]
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Carefully tying Their shared fortunes and their hopes To the same small branch.
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  “New Year”    This is it, the final episode of Kimi Ni Todoke!   This episode continues from the last where Sawako relefects about how she first met Kazehaya. Kazehaya tells...
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Sawako’s existence: a pure, unspoiled girl, gifted with a charming, near heartbreaking innocence is the most outlandish element of Kimi ni Todoke. The rest of the cast — whether it is the perceptive Ayane or the manipulative Ume — demonstrate traits expected from people, adolescents especially. But Sawako doesn’t. Her boundless appreciation [...]
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A question mark of course because the ending leaves everything wide open for a second season. :p The finale is not at all unexpected but still fairly sweet overall. It’s nice to see how much more natural Kazehaya and Sawako’s interactions are; I like how when Ayane stumbles upon them after being freed from the stupidity [...]
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Kimi ni Todoke 25 (End) Ayane and Pin are totally going to get together. Cross fingers. Haha, she’s so mature for her age and he’s so immature for his - they’re a match made in hell. I hope Karuho Shiina does more with the running gag of them always walking home together since she’s said the manga is going to focus on more of the side character’s relationships going forward. Oh hell who am I kidding, if that just means we’ll get some more development of Ryuu and Chizu I’ll fist-pump regardless. So yeah, fully enjoyed Kimi ni Todoke and all that. I’ve heard murmurs around complaining that this was a strange place to end the anime - especially since the conclusion of the school festival arc (chapter 40) would have been a more natural and satisfying ending - and I’m not sure what I think about that. To begin with, I don’t think I’ve been appreciating the Kimi ni Todoke anime as a discrete work. I find I’m increasingly more of a manga fan than an anime fan these days, since I read a lot more than I watch, and having been a big fan of Kimi ni Todoke since long before the anime was announced I mostly watched this series as a colourful soundtrack redux. Which was lovely, since this was a very faithful adaptation - and there was some stellar voice acting to augment all of my favourite characters - but I wasn’t viewing it with a discriminating eye. If I had to compare, I would probably say the manga is superior, simply because the pacing is better. Maybe dreamy shoujo manga pacing translates poorly on to the screen - I know I had the same issue with the Skip Beat anime - or maybe it’s personal preference and I tend to just prefer manga as I get older? (I’m not that old okay…) I don’t even know. But those long interior monologues do work a lot better on the printed page. I’m really not sure how people who approached this show without reading the manga would have experienced it… and I am quite curious. All I can say is I enjoyed it tremendously and I’m looking forward to the second season which is sure to be announced - since there’s a lot more exciting stuff to come in Sawako’s New Year! ^__^
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A great journey of friendship, development, jealousy and above all Love~ It’s with a heavy heart I say goodbye to the series, which has managed to make me smile thousands of times, laugh and even cry. I sat somberly in front of my laptop before watching the last episode of Kimi ni [...]
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So, it comes to an end at last, with Sawako and Kazehaya closing out their year, and this series, together for their New Year's shrine visit.Needless to say, a large portion of this episode is dedicated simply to the dialogue between and inner thoughts of this particular pairing, although Kimi ni Todoke's finale also doesn't forget to move things on just a little between Chizuru and Ryuu while
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Romances often are annoying, which can often be attributed to characters acting completely irrational, illogical and against their own feelings. I’ve watched quite a few series that created a well developed cast this way, like with Bokura ga Ita and White Album. Kimi ni Todoke however… just… didn’t work for me. The first half of [...]
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Awww, I completely forgot that it’s based on a running manga too! No wonder the ending was rather anticlimactic. Still, remember the original Nodame? Also! Few people (e.g. Zyl) fingered Aroduc as heir apparent to Omni. But did they even notice that Aroduc did not blog Kimi ni Todoke, one of the best shows of the [...]
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Summary: Kazehaya tells Sawako that she's changed for the better and reassures her that it's okay.
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SENSITIVE INTELLIGENCE REPORT – RESTRICTED DISSEMINATION SUBJECT: 1. INCREASED COMMUNICATION AND CLOSENESS DURING FIRST SOLO DATE. ……………2. REPEATED PROVOCATIONS FROM JO. DATE: LATE MARCH 2010 (31 DECEMBER 2009.) 1. FIRST SOLO DATE FOR THE COUPLE WAS SET UP BY ALLIED COORDINATION. NEW YEAR’S EVE AT THE SHRINE PRODUCED A GREAT DEAL OF OPEN COMMUNICATION BETWEEN SAWAKO AND KAZEHAYA AND [...]
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dem sparkles and bubbles
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Summary: Things start out kinda awkward, with neither Sawako nor Shota making eye contact or talking.  Fortunately, Sawako’s got Ayane and Chizuru (and Ryu in tow) stalking her life, and Chizuru gives Shota a call to give him a confidence boost.  It comes at just the right time as Shota saves Sawako from a nasty spill [...]
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“Birthday”   Sawako and Kazehaya continue onto the shrine to get some Amazake while Chizu and Ayane (and dragged along, Ryuu) continue to make sure things go smoothy from the shadows. ...
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