During the daily routine of going to Taiga’s apartment for the morning chores, Ryuji notices a peculiar box sticking out of the closet. He inspects it and finds an album full of poorly shot photos of Yusaku. Realizing that Taiga wants some photos of Yusaku, Ryuji volunteers to take some candid pictures for her.
Ryuji gives a selection of photos to Taiga, who is overjoyed to have the pictures. Ryuji offers to laminate her favorite photo to preserve it, but Taiga cannot make up her mind and eventually hands them over for Ryuji to make the decision for her. As Ryuji sorts through the photos, Yusaku casually overlooks the process and asks if the photos are for Taiga.
Yusaku then drops the bomb on Ryuji and reveals that he has a picture of Taiga stashed away. Furthermore, he confessed his feelings to Taiga a year ago and was promptly rejected. Ryuji confirms this with Taiga on the roof, and she says that she only fell for Yusaku after the confession.
Don’t wake sleeping tigers.
Pick me up!
The Student Council President. FYI, she’s a bitch.
Such spiritual pressure!
I admit she’s kind of cute though…
Yusaku’s loli grabbing classes are finally paying off.
Let’s do lunch. Have your people call our people.
[Insert Newtype flash sound effect.]
It’s time to begin the operation!
If you don’t know what this is supposed to be, you deserve a Harisen to the face.
*drool*
Tagia gets ready to go on a killing spree.
Taiga gains +1 cooking skill.
Oni~giri.
Minori is a limitless source of energy.
Ah facepalm, you’ll never let me down.
The gentler side of the tiger.
Here’s this week’s obligatory picture of Inko.
Impressions:
Not much to this episode. The only real noteworthy thing was Ryuji learning that Yusaku used to be in love with Taiga in the past, the key words being in the past. Judging by how Yusaku rejected Taiga back in episode 2, my guess is that Taiga will have to somehow win his heart back with Ryuji’s help, all the while the relationship between Taiga and Ryuji will slowly blossom to fruition. It should be pretty obvious by now that Ryuji/Taiga is the true pairing as the short tsundere only shows her true side to Ryuji and confides so much to him. The story must go on though.
Of lesser note Ryuji was slick when he kept a photo of Minori when she was doing her little show and tell and got distracted. The guy has a few moves. My prediction that this episode would be Ami’s introduction turned out to be wrong, but in my defense the student council president really looks a lot like her. Turns out the next episode will introduce Ami for real. I see a potential rivalry between Taiga and Ami for Yusaku and/or Ryuji. We’ll have to see how it plays out next week.
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I can’t wait for the bitch fight!
Ryuuji’s slickness when acquiring that photograph is an example of the broader quality which separate him from the generic romantic hero of anime: he’s not a complete idiot.
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@blissmo: Nothing like a good cat fight. Rawr.
@IKnight: It’s often frustrating to watch incompetent male leads in this genre. Ryuji knows what he wants and is a man with a plan. It is slightly creepy to steal Minori’s photo, but at least it proves he knows how to seize a good opportunity.
After watching this episode I get the feeling that Yusaku is a masochist. Now that Taiga has a soft spot for him he doesnt want her anymore.?… I think he likes that student council prez cause of her caustic attitude.