Neighborhood Story

The Guy who fell in love with a light woman (1x33)

Date de diffusion: Mai 05, 1996

The inception of another school day sets the stage for Mariko to have her dysphoric reverie of the previous flea market interrupted by the courting attempt of a student named Noguchi that attracts the attention of a jealous student that inquires Yuusuke about his prologue with Mariko after he searingly repulses Tsutomu and Jiro's good-natured derision. The Akindo meeting at Mariko's apartment after school to synthesize merchandise for the upcoming flea market along with Ayumi's humility exhibition becomes the theater for Yuusuke and Mariko to begin avoiding each other. Ayumi castigates herself while the other six Akindo members prosecute analytical concourse over the current state of affairs that prompts Yuusuke to head out for a drive. While she is out and about, Mariko has it demonstrated unto her that it is unnecessary to do much to attract male attention -- male attention that is driven by the libido. The prologue of frustration with Mariko in perspective is the deus ex machina that ultimately inspires Yuusuke to deliver Noguchi a »Keep it in the barn!!!« black eye prior to locating the anguished Mariko in the park; neither the reconciliation nor the collaborative »Welcome home!!!« of the other Akindo members complete with omelet rice does anything to extinguish Mariko's vendetta towards Ayumi.