Aishiteruze Baby #6

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.