Yay, the second to last episode! The majority of this episode was so warm and sweet. Of course, being the second to last, it had to end with some sort of sad conflict. I'm so looking forward to the final episode.
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The episode begins with Asahina's arrest for insider trading. We don't see the trial, but we do see him settled behind bars. Hyuga tries to visit him repeatedly throughout the episode, but Asahina refuses to see him. Asahina reflects from jail on how wonderful their time together at Next Innovation really was.
At the Wonder Wall office, Natsui is giving Hyuga etiquette lessons and critiquing his social skills. She follows him to various client meetings and gives him a 1 to 100 score after each one. He's frustrated with the low scores she keeps giving him, but by the last meeting, where he presents a crowd with new 3D scanning technology to allow customers to try on clothing from home, he scores a more-than-perfect 120, even getting some clients' names right.
Natsui is flustered by how perfect and handsome Hyuga has become, but she's also disappointed. Now that he's mastered basic social skills and etiquette, she feels she's no longer of any assistance to him. Having exhausted her purpose, she feels the need to distance herself because she of her feelings for him. She takes a part-time job at a lab and messages Hyuga that she'll be taking a break for a while.
With Natsui gone and not accepting his calls, Hyuga sets off on a mission to find her. He stalks her house and frequent haunts and eventually ends up trying her rural home town. On the train out, he runs into Yoko, who travels with him for the remainder of the trip. They stay at Natsui's family inn. The family, not knowing who they are, gossip about their oldest daughter who declined a prestigious job to start a company with the man she loves. At this point, Hyuga is clear and open with Yoko about his feelings for Natsui.
Before they leave town, Yoko convinces Hyuga to visit his mother's restaurant. He doesn't reveal that he's her son, but the visit leaves him satisfied. He's surprised that he's not hurt or angry. Yoko suggests that he's no longer searching for his mother and is now yearning more for someone else.
Back in the city, the Next Innovation accountant had been trying to get Hyuga to come back to Next Innovation. The company is on the verge of being acquired by a large tech company and the accountant doesn't want to see true innovators trampled under corporate giants. Hyuga initially refuses, but by the episode's end, we learn that he plans to return to the company. He leaves Wonder Wall to the three-amigo-coders and also asks the guy he'd previously invested in to support the venture.
Hyuga eventually tracks Natsui down at the lab where she's working. He approaches her at the bus stop and they both have something to say to each other. Hyuga chickens out and tells her he came to tell her he's rejoining Next Innovation. He also tells her that there's someone he's been searching for, but he doesn't say its her. Instead, he lets her share her piece, which is to inform him that she's taking a job at the lab and needs to do something on her own. She apologizes for breaking her promise to always stay at his side. He lies that he hadn't taken the promise seriously.
They part ways. As they walk, each looks back, but their timing is bad and their eyes never meet.
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Scenes of Note:
- Natsui harshly lecturing Hyuga on etiquette and giving him low marks.
- Hyuga searching desperately for Natsui, calling her millions of times and peaking in the windows of her apartment.
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