*Flail* *Flail* *Flail* My love for this series continues to grow. I'm going to be so sad to see this series end.
They do a fantastic job almost-but-not touching in this episode. It suits their evolving, not-quite-romantic relationship really well. There's a lot more focus on romance, but I suspect from the ending that the next episode will veer back into the business-y side of things. I actually appreciated the introduction of some typical cliches to advance and explore the characters' romantic feelings. The romantic tension hit a level where a typical big misunderstanding felt almost necessary. Overall, each of the cliches were well executed and didn't drag out unnecessarily. In fact, I think each one was wrapped up within minutes of its introduction. If only K-dramas knew how to do this...
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In this episode, you find out that the majority of Hyuga's posessions were in Next Innovation's name, so he's lost them. He'd also already rented a small office space, expecting the Three-Amigo-Programmers to follow him to start a new company, so that has left him well and truly broke (he has $1,500 to his name). He shows up at Sawaki's doorstep with all his worldly possessions (which includes his precious Roomba, how cute) and asks to live with her. I'm surprisingly fine with the way they handled that "poor-man-moves-in-and-romance-blossoms" cliche. But of course, I'm even happier that they didn't follow through on it. He comes to his senses and is presumably staying at the shrine or at the rented office--they don't really go into it.
Hyuga and Sawaki kill time at the rented office, not really having anything to do, while we see Asahina succumbing to pressure to lower implementation costs of the stolen Personal File project. He agrees to change the interface, showcasing a wretched, government-website like design and thoroughly disappointing their important business-champion, Secretary Fujikawa. Fujikawa stealthily takes her concerns and the data to Sawaki, offering Hyuga the opportunity to take another (cheaper) crack at the interface through a sub-contractor.
Before Sawaki has the opportunity to share this good news with Hyuga, she receives mysterious bonus money form Next Innovation. She meets up with Asahina in order to return the money to him but Yoko (Asahina's sister and Sawaki's rival for Hyuga's attention) coordinates things so that Hyuga sees the two together and is hurt. This is the first time that Yoko's jealousy really overpowers her sense of decency, but the misunderstanding isn't overdone and she is human enough to pretty quickly feel remorse.
The confrontation afterward leads to Hyuga and Sawaki parting ways, but before she leaves, Sawaki posts dozens of dorky memos on the walls with the details of the new interface project. After discovering the notes, Hyuga's feelings clearly change and he sets to work on the project. Once his interface is completed (within 3 days, magic) Sawaki and Hyuga reunite adorably. The Three-Amigo-Programmers are also won over by the interface and the 5 happily set up shop together. The episode ends on a cliff hanger with a news bulletin showing Asahina being arrested for the previous personal data leak and insider trading.
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It's such a shame this is too far in the series to clip for panels. My favorites were the almost-kiss, Sawaki trying to link arms with Hyuga and being brushed off, and Hyuga cornering her in the storage room at the end of the episode. I'm frankly disappointed there was no kiss scene to follow, but I have high expectations for the next two episodes.
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