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Short Summary:
Sia’s father learns that Sia and Rin’s relationship is progressing very well. He decides that they are getting married, and starts to go around town making preparations, dragging Primula with him. In the process, he inadvertently spreads the news to everyone. Rin and Sia return from a date to learn about it from Mayumi and Itsuki. Sia is thrilled to hear about the marriage, even if it is a rumor. Kaede and Nerine have both also heard the news and are less than happy. At her father’s request, Rin spends the next day with Nerine, which culminates in her confessing to him on the swings where they first met. Sia, who had talked to a sad Kaede earlier, also walks by in time to hear Nerine’s words and see Rin’s reaction. Realizing what she’s doing, she meets with Rin again at school and tells him that she likes him more and more. She says that she wants him to like her back and eventually choose her.
Here’s the R-15 shots for this week: Kaede and more Kaede.
There was a lot of discussion last week on how SHUFFLE! is going to continue if they have so much focus on one girl. I guess this episode shows us one way of doing it: going to an extreme (marriage) then backpedaling to status quo. It’s a decent way of keeping the story going, though part of me thinks that having him choose a girl this early would bring some great angst later (especially if he’s not completely certain). But that’s just me…
I came into this episode thinking that it would be Sia confessing, but it turns out that it was Nerine, then Sia. It shows that Nerine still has a place in Rin’s heart, based on his reaction. Sia and Rin have gotten pretty close, but they’re not to the Junichi & Nemu point of no return (Sorry, I can’t help but draw parallels). There’s definitely hope yet for the other contenders (Kaede, Nerine, Asa).
Next episode is about Mayumi and Rin’s teacher (what’s her name?). We’ll have to wait a bit longer to see a Nerine, Asa, or Kaede arc…
Closing Thought: We got a glimpse of evil Sia! Except that they didn’t really do anything with it. Makes me wonder if they’re going to develop that further later.
