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Apr 21, 2008 9:54 PM
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Pretty cool episode. Loved the Rain Sprite. Hope we get to see her again. Maybe she'll come back to pay what she owes.
Jun 29, 2008 9:55 PM
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Each episode just makes you want to watch the next ep, I love shows like this

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Aug 7, 2008 5:45 PM
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YAY!! Good ep ^__^.... and Doumeki and Watanuki are actually getting along pretty well xD... I like this series... it's liek funny... but still has some actiony-ish parts in it... or something >.<



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Oct 5, 2008 12:53 AM
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My favorite episode so far. ^ Yeah,it's funny and it has action in it,I haven't seen such a series in a long time ^__^
Oct 18, 2008 2:42 PM
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I liked the Rain Sprite, eventhough she was mean spirited as hell. When Watanuki starts screaming & flailing I don't know if I'm annoyed or amused.
Oct 26, 2008 2:59 AM
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Oh wow, that was unexpected. The little girl was dead :/
Nov 30, 2008 10:22 PM
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Wow Domoki is really a cool guy, the water spirit annoyed me but she is in the opening so we may see her again. Just another really good episode.
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Apr 19, 2009 4:55 PM
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Great episode overall. I was not expecting the skeleton...

However..
The rain spirit said, "Humans do not save the sacred ones, so why should we save them?" or something to that extent...

...Isn't that exactly what Doumeki and Watanuki did? Saved the "sacred one," whether that was their intent or not?

I mean, maybe because they were hired it doesn't count...but that seemed sorta counter-productive to say, in my opinion..
Jun 20, 2009 12:34 AM
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watanuki: thaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan- rofl.

nobita: "he is known to be the most loser anime character of all time"
lol
Aug 17, 2009 5:09 PM
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nooo-biiii-taaa xD
skeleton hand is scary =/
nice episode though =) rain spirit is mean..
liked the episode
Nov 2, 2009 2:48 PM

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One of a hell episode... Undoubtly one of the best... You know you never see this two guys working hard together... Well so far anyway... Maybe Cooperative work will grow from now on since Doumeki entered Yuuko's shop... which is bad... 'cause that means he will be chained to it to til he pays all his debts... Oh noeeeeees... Amewarashi is fun... Bullying Watanuki all the time hahahaha That's hilarious.... After all everyone was saved... and everything turned out good this time... But... What does Amewarashi means when she said she didn't liked a bit our dear cute Himawari-chan... is Hima-chan that bad? O skelle-girl!!! You were saved from a bad after-life be thankful... You too Watanuki!!! Doumeki saved your life!!! LOL at Watanuki' flailing! XD

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Jan 12, 2010 4:46 PM
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lol nice episode


Hmm....

Mar 29, 2010 7:17 AM
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Th-tha-thank- gksm gesk mgsk AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH... I can't do it :D
Apr 14, 2010 9:24 PM

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The rain sprite reminded me a lot of Amy from Soul Calibur. Did anyone else notice that, or am I just wishing?
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May 31, 2010 4:49 AM

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Watanuki nearly ruins this wonderful series for me.Can't he just stop from his rants?When someone saves your like,you don't even thank that person?God.He didn't even ask Doumeki how was his wound.
Anyways,I liked the episode and Ame Warashi too.I'm glad that Yuuko at least tried to make Watanuki realise what a jerk he is.
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Jul 8, 2010 9:40 PM

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Doumeki's seriously an awesome person, I wonder if he can ever get mad
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Feb 22, 2011 9:50 PM

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Another great episode that presented it's beauty in more dark and deeper ways! This anime if my official bed time story book! Ha ha! Every episode I can watch before I go to bed and start feeling sleepy. It's awesome! Looking forward to the next!
Mar 5, 2011 4:52 AM

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Really great episode, although Watanuki definitely gets on my nerves sometimes. In the end, he didn't even thank Doumeki. (Ah, poor Doumeki!) I wasn't really surprised with the Amewarashi's take on things either... Sprites of nature probably really don't like humans because of what they've done to the environment, changing it and abusing it, etc.

Anyway... really liked the episode. :) I'm wondering if there's something hidden about Himawari now, though, since the Amewarashi disapproved of her... Hmm, maybe it's because Himawari is more like the sun or the opposite of rain, with that cheerful disposition of hers? (And Himawari = sunflower too. XD)
May 27, 2012 4:12 PM

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Loved this one.

Only thing i didn't get was that Yuuko said Doumeki' payment was 'more than enough', yet she goes on about balance of the universe and and how she can't except too little or too much all the time.
Oct 21, 2012 2:20 PM

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This story was rather interesting!
Dec 4, 2013 9:29 AM

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Lovely episode.
Feb 9, 2014 7:21 AM

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One of my favourite episodes. Doumeki cool!!
Apr 5, 2014 10:31 PM

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Loved the episode. Poor girl's spirit. Doumeki vs Watanuki lol. Watanuki is just like Nobita! Like when Dekisugi talks with Shizuka-chan :D


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Apr 6, 2014 10:56 PM

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the outcome of girl scared me. the skeleton hand... other then that, i liked the haughty rain spirit attitude. i hope she shows up again
Sep 28, 2014 7:30 AM

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Aww Doumeki really cares about Nobita :D
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Nov 17, 2015 9:03 AM

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This certainly was a nice episode. Doumeki is such a nice character, i like him.
Dec 14, 2015 12:31 AM

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Who is Nobita?
Dec 26, 2016 7:32 PM

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lol she prolly meant the Hydrangea thinks so highly of Watanuki ^_^

Doumeki-kun is such a silent sweetheart <333 I love nice guys like him. Hopefully Watanuki treats him better soon :')

Think this is my fave ep so far and then the Kitsune Oden ep after :D
Jun 13, 2017 2:18 PM

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Terrible.
MC is becoming more and more whiny, plots - more and more absurd, jokes - dumber.

Dropped.
Nov 5, 2017 11:24 AM

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DonKangolJones said:
I liked the Rain Sprite, eventhough she was mean spirited as hell. When Watanuki starts screaming & flailing I don't know if I'm annoyed or amused.


well u would be mean as well to humans if u were a spirit that is somewhat connected to nature, it is natural to her to see humans as a plague

rebwaters said:
One of a hell episode... Undoubtly one of the best... You know you never see this two guys working hard together... Well so far anyway... Maybe Cooperative work will grow from now on since Doumeki entered Yuuko's shop... which is bad... 'cause that means he will be chained to it to til he pays all his debts... Oh noeeeeees... Amewarashi is fun... Bullying Watanuki all the time hahahaha That's hilarious.... After all everyone was saved... and everything turned out good this time... But... What does Amewarashi means when she said she didn't liked a bit our dear cute Himawari-chan... is Hima-chan that bad? O skelle-girl!!! You were saved from a bad after-life be thankful... You too Watanuki!!! Doumeki saved your life!!! LOL at Watanuki' flailing! XD

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Spoiler & answer for ur question, well its to any1 new who has same question as u had


Urufuzu_rein said:
Watanuki nearly ruins this wonderful series for me.Can't he just stop from his rants?When someone saves your like,you don't even thank that person?God.He didn't even ask Doumeki how was his wound.
Anyways,I liked the episode and Ame Warashi too.I'm glad that Yuuko at least tried to make Watanuki realise what a jerk he is.
merle_noir said:
Really great episode, although Watanuki definitely gets on my nerves sometimes. In the end, he didn't even thank Doumeki. (Ah, poor Doumeki!) I wasn't really surprised with the Amewarashi's take on things either... Sprites of nature probably really don't like humans because of what they've done to the environment, changing it and abusing it, etc.

Anyway... really liked the episode. :) I'm wondering if there's something hidden about Himawari now, though, since the Amewarashi disapproved of her... Hmm, maybe it's because Himawari is more like the sun or the opposite of rain, with that cheerful disposition of hers? (And Himawari = sunflower too. XD)


well Doumeki rubs him in the wrong way so he can't, they are like cat & dog, even if they become friends so its unavoidable, to some1 else he could say THX, but to him he just cant

Hermit_Chuck said:
Loved this one.

Only thing i didn't get was that Yuuko said Doumeki' payment was 'more than enough', yet she goes on about balance of the universe and and how she can't except too little or too much all the time.


sentimental value counts, how hard is it for the person to give up that items (another thing what counts & makes it more valuable is does it have some power to ward off evil spirits), Yuuko said its not about the money, but what u are talking about is about money, when u talk about money ofc it doesn't have much value

cause it was hes grandfather's it has some sentimental value
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Although the episode is not so involving, the fact that the red-haired girl has arrived in the cast makes me happy. Narration a bit sad, and with his usual charm, Yuuko always makes a good impression even if he goes out for a few minutes. Funny storytelling on certain occasions, who knows what the mystery is about Himawari, I'm curious to know. I love the opening, I sometimes sing it.
Mar 12, 2019 7:28 AM

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I found it a little hard to get into this ep. Not sure why. But once it got going I liked it. Really love the wheeling and dealing Yuko does with other spirits...sorry gods.
It all goes above his head. He bitches so much at these gods and they think he's cute. it's so great

sad girl :(
Apr 15, 2021 7:44 AM

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This is definitely one of my favorites episodes on here
Aug 31, 2021 9:41 AM
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Great episode. Doumeki is a G.
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That red haired bitch made a good point, she was pretty chill, hope to see more of her.

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Feb 14, 2023 4:41 PM

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wow this got real dark real fast
Mar 11, 2023 7:00 PM

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What did Doumeki have to make a payment for?? All he's done so far is help Watanuki without compensation?

Mar 21, 2023 12:24 AM
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Who is Nobita?
he's a character from doraemon
Apr 5, 2023 4:06 AM

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I seriously don't like Watanuki here. Come on, Doumeki saved his life and even paid Yoko his precious thing (which I don't understand bcs I think she needs to help them without payment) and he can't even say a simple Thank You.

I love the part where hydrangea spoke to Watanuki I think that's very memorable
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well, that was sad. i mean there's a silver lining sure i guess but damn. that poor girl.
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Mr.Rainhater. She has come here to give him a command. She is a rain demon. He has an unusually fresh essence and fragrance. Her ribbons. Special hydrangea. Red flowers amongst the others. The ones who were here first. A path once started has no return. She is the smelly one. The ribbons connect within the abstract. But she is not gross. He holds a skeleton hand. The border between this world and the beyond. A rest stop for lost soul. The green smoke of death. The flowers words stopped him from dying. He worked tirelessly for 10 hours in the rain digging to try and find his rival that disappeared. The Raynn didn’t care about the human it only cared about the flower. Her corpse was turning the flowers red. Humans never help the rain so why should the rain help humans? The Raynn spirit does in fact, use an umbrella when in human form. 4

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