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Rating: 7.8/10

Impressions:

So apparently Otoha isn’t Yuuma’s real mum, as pointed out by Hinano (and Sumomo isn’t his real sister). I didn’t know that either, but it does clear up the reason why Yuuma hates magic, and why he disapproves of Haruhi relying on magic too much. Something probably happened to his parents when he was small involving magic; either magic killed them or magic failed to save them. Whatever the case, it’s obvious Yuuma is that boy from Haruhi’s past, so there’s no need to argue about that. Anyway, this episode had quite a bit of character development, focusing on two connections; Haruhi and Yuuma, as well as Haruhi and Ibuki. It seems that the Kamisaka and Shikimori families have some sort of rivalry happening. Ibuki’s already tried to kill Haruhi twice! And since all similar plots place the perpetrator in a position where they are quite capable of accomplishing their secret task, except for a possible setback involving one other character finding out about their plans, Happiness! does the same and makes Takamine discover Ibuki’s intentions. Which means there should be some sort of confrontation coming up! Regardless of that, this episode finally reverted back to the original story involving Haruhi and the boy she met long ago (er-hem, Yuuma!) They get pretty close this episode, with Yuuma rubbing sunscreen on Haruhi’s back, being alone in a pool, and even late at night (but too bad that was spoiled by a pack of wolves). Well, these turn of events have been due for a while now, so it’s about time it happened, with only three episodes left to go.

Preview:

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Yuuma shows off his magic!

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