Saburo played by Kusanagi Tsuyoshi (Sasaki Fusai no Jingi Naki Tatakai, SMAP) confesses to Riko played by Tanaka Rena (Drug Store Girl, Gegege no Kitaro) on the beach and as she runs towards him he opens his arms to embrace her. But she drop kicks him knocking him onto the sand, leaps on top of him and delivers her signature line “You want to die”. She tells him it’s way too early to confess and he protests that it wasn’t like he wanted to start liking her. Then she changes tack and agrees to let him replace Nonomura and demands that he do anything for her. A passing fisherman gives her a box of smelly fish which she gives to Saburo and telling him to take it and go back to Tokyo and wait for her. He makes a welcome home Riko sign and when he hears her return he runs to the hallway but is pushed aside by the landlady and her daughter who along with Riko shoo him aside for their reunion, his welcome sign trampled as they go into her apartment. He drags Riko into his apartment to find out what’s going on, but the apartment stinks because of the fish she forced him to bring back. Kensaku played by Tanihara Shosuke (Deru Toko Demasho!, Mop Girl) arrives and wants to have the welcome party in Riko’s apartment because Saburo’s smells of fish.Another terrific episode in the best romantic comedy I’ve seen since Hana Kimi, I was surprised that Riko agreed to let Saburo replace Nonomura so quickly in the beginning of the episode but that just drove the laughs as she forces him to do one thing after another for him.Download the RAW video bit torrent files here, the soft subs by BadAsSubMissions are here. Screen shots of the previous episodes are here.
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