Monthly Archive for June, 2004

Aishiteruze Baby #10

Published on June 28, 2004 in Aishiteruze Baby. 2 Comments


Yuzu's trying to learn how to fold cranes on her own.
Poor girl...

Kippei gets a scolding from his older sister about forgetting to pick Yuzuyu up from school, but he’s lucky that his adorable little cousin’s so forgiving. She’s more concerned about him teaching her to make a crane than about picking her up from school, but he lets her down again by making a floppy airplane instead of a crane. Now that he’s in love with Kokoro, Yuzu is the last thing on his mind, unfortunately.

The next day at school, Kokoro confesses to Kippei that her worries disappear when she’s with him, and they end up making out in the hallway. She lets his hand roam underneath her shirt, and he’s about to wander under her bra when her friends show up to ruin the moment. Honestly, I was hoping to see more…but anyway…

Noticing that Kippei wants to be with Kokoro rather than spend any time with her, Yuzu decides to walk home by herself instead of waiting for him. She’s disappointed that she no longer has Kippei’s undivided attention, but she doesn’t want to be a burden to him, either. He shows up early to pick her up from school, but she’s already left. It looks like the next episode will be devoted to finding her.

I feel really bad for Yuzuyu. She’s already lost her mother, and she’s quickly losing Kippei’s devotion as well. Stay strong for your adoring fans, Yuzu! We all love you! ^__^

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I think I’m going to take a short break from watching Aishiteruze Baby. It’s the only show I’ve been watching lately, and I’m starting to get bored of it. Time to move onto the other shows I’ve been neglecting lately.

Aishiteruze Baby #9

Published on June 26, 2004 in Aishiteruze Baby. 0 Comments


Kippei and Yuzu are so cute together. :) He's been rejected!
Kokoro-chan's been holding back her tears for too long...
This is what we've all been waiting for... Poor Yuzu, she's been forgotten...

Poor Kippei, he’s always being criticized for his bad cooking skills. Even sweet little Yuzu admits that his food is better than nothing. :)

Kokoro is forced to move out on her own, and she overhears her dad telling his fiancee that she’s always done things on her own, so he believes that she’ll be better off living by herself. I feel bad for her because she’s obviously been very lonely, and it doesn’t seem like her dad cares for her very much. IMHO, he’s just a self-centered jerk. Isn’t it his responsibility to ensure that she’s well taken care of since she’s still a minor? What kind of parent sends his child to live on her own, anyway? I don’t agree with his parenting ethics, but who am I to judge?

Later on that day, Kippei and Yuzu run into her while walking back from shopping at the market, and he’s surprised to find out that she’s moving into an expensive apartment complex since her family has the income to support her. He wants to help her unpack, but she tells him and Yuzu to go away. She returns to her room alone while he and Yuzu wait outside. He feels bad for her, but there’s nothing he can do if she doesn’t want his help.

Kippei makes a promise to Yuzu that he’ll help her make oragami cranes after school, but he oversleeps in the school hallway and rushes to the empty classroom to pick up his things when he notices that Kokoro is still there. She tries to leave abruptly after telling him that her mom died when she was six, but he stops her and she accidently drops her photo album, revealing a photo of her family when she was a child. She admits to him that she’s lonely living by herself, but she can’t tell that to her dad. He tells her that she’ll be okay, though, because she has her friends, and she’ll also have him as well. You’ve all watched this already, so you know the rest. I feel bad for Yuzuyu, though…he forgets all about her now that he’s occupied playing tonsil hockey with Kokoro-chan. She gets picked up late, but is surprised that it’s not Kippei, but someone else…

Aishiteruze Baby #8

Published on June 23, 2004 in Aishiteruze Baby. 0 Comments


She's always skeptical about Kippei's parenting skills... She's looking at her letter but doesn't actually read it until later.
Poor Kippei, he's all alone without Yuzu. Memories of Yuzu and her mom.
Beautiful scenery She's finally read her letter...

I’m skipping over Episode #7 for the moment, but I’ll get back to it later. ^__^

Yuzuyu receives a letter from her mom, but she chooses not to recite it to Kippei, and it drives him nuts that he’s being kept in the dark about it. On their next day off from school, she goes out alone to meet with Ken-kun and Marika-chan, so Kippei is left with nothing to do but mope around and wait until she returns. We get to see Yuzu’s mother walking around aimlessly, but she stops in front of a teddy bear on display and reminisces over her memories of Yuzu. She runs away crying because it’s too painful for her to bear thinking about her.

After leaving Ken-kun’s house, Yuzuyu finds a place where she’s alone, and stops to read her mom’s letter. She finds out that her mom doesn’t want to see her again until she regains her strength. After finishing the letter, Yuzuyu makes a silent plea for her mom to return soon or else she’ll forget what she looks like. Awww…I feel bad for both her and her mother.

The next day at school, Kippei tells Kokoro-chan that she would make a good girlfriend for him, and even confesses to her that she’s cute when she smiles. Instead of slapping him (her usual response), she actually blushes. :) He asks her if she’ll date him, but her friends bonk him on the head and warn him that she’d be wasting her time with him. She receives a phone call from her father, and leaves the classroom. Kippei finds out from her friends that her father’s getting remarried and that she’ll probably have to live alone, since she doesn’t have a mother. Kippei’s left staring after her. I can’t *wait* to watch the next episode. :)

Aishiteruze Baby #6

Published on June 21, 2004 in Aishiteruze Baby. 0 Comments


She's in puppy love with Kippei... Don't be sad, Yuzu!
Kokoro Yuzu and her mother
Kippei's cute here. :) She's sooooo adorable! :)
Bubble bath time. :) Yay, she's smiling!

After daydreaming about Kippei, her imaginary Prince, Marika-chan confronts Yuzu about wearing a different uniform and accuses her of being an Attention-grabber. She doesn’t know what that means, but she realizes that it’s not a compliment. Kippei, meanwhile, shops around for food, but finds himself at a loss in the meat aisle when he sees his younger brother Satsuki (I always thought he was a girl for some reason) and points him in the right direction of what to buy for making hamburgers. After their shopping excursion, both of them drop by the kindergarden to pick up Yuzuyu. Marika-chan goes ga-ga at the sight of him, but fumes when she sees Yuzuyu running up to him. It’s funny how things work out in this show. She bullies Yuzuyu at school, but it drives her nuts to see Yuzuyu with Kippei. It’s really cool when you think about it. Yuzuyu doesn’t have to do anything to get back at Marika-chan for all the insults she throws at her, since all she has to do is show up with Kippei, and that’s enough to make her insanely jealous. Ahhh…female rivalry over a boy…I remember those days. :)

After finding out that she was wearing an old uniform, Kippei and Reiko go shopping and buy her the school’s uniform. However, she comes down the next morning wearing her old uniform, which leaves the both of them feeling completely baffled. When he asks her why she continues wearing the old one, she simply refuses to answer. However, she later tells him that it was special to her because of several reasons — her mom had bought it for her, and she was also told to wear that uniform so that her mom would be able to find her from far away. Essentially, she didn’t want to take it off because she was afraid that her mom wouldn’t be able to find her. However, Kippei tells her that her mom would always remember her no matter what she wears and that she would always know where she was. The next day, Reiko comes home from work amazed to see that Yuzuyu is wearing the uniform that she had bought for her, and she can’t believe that Kippei was able to talk her into wearing her new uniform.

It seems like Kippei and Kokoro are finally starting to show signs of liking one another. He hints at liking a new girl, and you can tell that Kokoro’s hoping that he’s referring to her. I’ve read from other blogs that they do get together, but I’m curious to see exactly how. Ahhh, romance, my favorite genre. I’m looking forward to it. :)

Aishiteruze Baby #5

Published on June 17, 2004 in Aishiteruze Baby. 0 Comments


Interesting read, Kippei. :) Poor Yuzu is scared of Stalker Girl
Kippei's silly drawing of Stalker Girl She's not so confident now that she's confronted by Kippei himself
I have to admit that he looks hot in this screenshot... =) Finally, we get to see some chemistry between those two. (^__^)
She's actually smiling!! Awww...Yuzu's a lucky girl. :)

It was nice seeing Yuzu smiling again. I was starting to get depressed watching her sad and moping all the time. Kippei, on the other hand, is absolutely hilarious. I can’t believe he brought a book on how to raise a girl to school! It’s a little weird having a high school kid with a high libido reading a book on how to raise a girl, and it’s even weirder having him to ask the girls what makes them depressed. After hearing their unsatisfactory answers, he decides not to pursue the question any further. I’m surprised that Kokoro never says anything to him, even after all that she knows about him and Yuzu. She continues to act distant, and I’m not sure why she doesn’t open herself even just a tiny bit to him. I’m sure we’ll find out eventually, though. I have to admit that I was a lot like Kokoro in high school, so I can’t really judge her all that harshly. Meanwhile, Stalker Girl is still watching Kippei from a distance.

Kippei dashes out from his class to pick up Yuzu, but he’s intercepted by an old lady who gets lost on her way to a house and needs his help to get there. Yuzu, meanwhile, becomes sad and worried because Kippei’s late in picking her up. She runs after a guy who looks like him from a distance, but is dismayed when she finds out that it’s not him at all. She’s about to run back to school when she sees a shadow coming closer to her, and becomes frightened when she discovers that Stalker Girl has returned to scare her again. Yuzu tries to escape from hand’s reach of this girl, but she’s so scared that she falls and can’t move. Stalker Girl’s annoyed by her crying, and she’s about to slap Yuzu across the face when Kippei stops her from doing so and demands who she is and if she’s the person that’s been scaring Yuzu. Instead of confronting him, she simply runs away like a scared little girl.

The next day, Kippei carries a silly picture he’s drawn of the girl and asks the students if anyone recognizes her. He’s just about done asking around when someone drags him down the hall and is surprised that it’s Kokoro, of all people. She finds out who Stalker Girl is, and walks away when he asks her if she seriously looked into it for him. It’s so obvious that she likes him, but I suppose she’s too shy to confront him about it.

Kippei confronts Stalker Girl about what she’s done to Yuzu, and she surprises him (and I’m sure everyone as well) that she loves him. In fact, it took him so off guard that he didn’t know what to say for a moment. After telling her to stop harassing Yuzu and thanking her for loving him, they go about their separate ways. He’s lost in thought when he sees Kokoro standing in the hallway watching him. She’s about to walk away when he follows her closely…and gives her a hug. Awww…what a sweet moment. :) She even smiled! What a shocker.

Things seem to back to normal now with Kokoro ignoring him, and Yuzu smiling and happy again. All is well in anime land…for now.