Kimikiss Pure Rouge - Episode 16

OP: Aozora loop (青空loop) by marble
ED: Wasurenai de (忘れないで) by Suara

Oh my god, finally! Episode 16 of Kimikiss is finally out! I know, it's kind of odd to start my entry for this anime on episode 16 but I just don't feel like re-watching the first few episodes again.. atleast, not right now for that matter. I will eventually post up entries on the previous episodes but for now, I will stick to episode 16 and onwards with regards to this anime.

So, here are some screen caps for episode 16.

Mao awaits Eiji after his performance, but she is still distracted from seeing Kouichi and Yumi kiss at the train station. Eiji finally approaches Mao and notices that she seems somewhat troubled. Eiji's band mates call for him to help pack up the instruments. He apologizes to Mao for not being able to accompany her home.

At home, Kouchi reminisces his moments with Yumi for that day. Mao arrives home and Kouchi greets her and starts to share his happiness to Mao. Mao insists that she be left alone since she is tired, Kouchi notices that she seems troubled.

Filming resumes the following day for Kouchi and his fellow Movie crew. Kouchi and Mao successfully finish one of the scenes. They move onto the next scene when Kouchi notices Mao acting strange, Mao screws up scene. After a couple of retakes, Kazuki trips on the equipments and they call it for the day. Yumi suggest that the group take a break at a nearby cafe.

Following day, Kazuki is anxiously waiting for a phone call from Eriko while waiting for Asuka. Asuka shows up for their soccer practice, she notices that Kazuki hasn't been concentrating on their practice and has been eying his phone a lot. She later asks him if it's Eriko he's been waiting for. Kazuki agrees and asks ASuka if Eriko is mad at her. Asuka asks if Kazuki did anything to make Eriko mad at him. He then mentions about the experiments. Kazuki tries to resume practice with Asuka but she tells him that her foot still hasn't fully recovered yet and decides to call off their practice.

On Asuka's way home, she encounters Eriko who was heading for the library. She asks Eriko if she could talk to her about Kazuki and the experiments he had mentioned earlier. Eriko tells her that she had kissed Kazuki and was part of her experiments. Asuka furiously wonders how Eriko can play with someone’s feelings so easily, calling her the worst. Eriko actually agrees, before simply walking away from Asuka.

In her room, Mao is still thinking about Kouichi. Kouichi thinks about Mao while exiting the movie theater with Yumi as well. Yumi notices this, but she allows him to go when Kouichi expresses Mao’s actions at home. Mao sees Eiji in his workplace, and asks him to kiss her after falling into his arms. Eriko finally calls Kazuki, but she surprises him by telling him that they will be ending their experiment.

Thoughts:

Alot of has drama been built up to this point in the anime and we are still left with many questions. I am ofcourse a MaoxKouchi supporter. Just when you think Kouchi has finally settled down for Yumi, he suddenly gets troubled when he notices Mao acting weird and then the whole MaoxKouchixYumi triangle opens up again. As for Kazuki's harem, they seemed to have put an end to Eriko for that matter, simply from the last scene of the episode were she calls off her experiments with Kazuki. However, I do think they won't completely take her out since she did kiss Kazuki first. I do like Eriko, especially from episode 1. I was quite taken away by that last scene between Kazuki and Eriko from episode 1. But with Asuka's recent entry into Kazuki's triangle, I am actually liking her now. I'm still unsettled! I must see the next episode!

Go Mao! Go Asuka!