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Sep 10, 2008 11:09 PM
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Well, the second last episode. So Kei sacrifices his own happiness for SA and leaves Hikari sad. One thing that I find amusing in this episode is Hikari running after the plane, I wonder how did she get pass the airport security in the first place?

Sep 15, 2008 5:14 PM
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I stopped asking questions like that. ^^

Episode was alright, no doubt we'll get a happy ending.

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Sep 15, 2008 6:43 PM
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Seriously, if you want to understand a anime like this completely, you have to stop asking such questions and think about more important matters. Oh, and I agree that this is going to have a happy ending as well, judging by what's going on so far, and it's almost impossible to have a ending like School Days' now :P
Sep 15, 2008 7:20 PM
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Naw, how cute. Really. Special A's gotten a lot better than it was in the beginning :)
Sep 15, 2008 7:27 PM
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It's ALWAYS possible to have a school days ending, you just have to really, REALLY mess it up last minute XD

but anyways, no doubt it's gonna be a happy ending :P
Sep 15, 2008 7:31 PM
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Jeez why do some people think that every new romance anime will have a School Days ending, I'm getting really sick of it.

Special A has definitely gotten better, kinda predictable that Kei would leave though.
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Sep 15, 2008 7:35 PM
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Aa, I loved this episode. I really hoped Kei's dream about Hikari giving him the flower was true, but this is Hikari we're talking about xDD Figures it'll take Kei leaving for her to figure things out.

What really bothered me was Akira's asking of Kei to leave in order for Hikari to be happy. Hikari values her friends, sure, but would she not miss Kei if he left? Surely as Hikari's closest friend she would realize how Hikari feels about Kei. It's not a one-way street. Kei had it hard enough with hiding his feelings and Hikari denying it when she begins to feel the same way. Way to kill a guy by asking him to leave to love of his life. Kei loves Hikari that much, though, to leave despite how much it'd kill him.

Looks like Hikari'll get Kei back next episode, though. Last one, after all.
Sep 15, 2008 7:39 PM
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couldn't hikari just do a super jump to get on the plane? i guess that would ruin a dramatic ending.
Sep 15, 2008 7:51 PM
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Ltay said:
Seriously, if you want to understand a anime like this completely, you have to stop asking such questions and think about more important matters. Oh, and I agree that this is going to have a happy ending as well, judging by what's going on so far, and it's almost impossible to have a ending like School Days' now :P


well, rather than a real question that i will expect answers, it is a comment about a situation that i find amusing in this episode, so there is no need for you to get all serious over that xD. speaking of important matters, if you want me to echo that, it obvious that it is going to be a happy ending, just as most people anticipate.
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Aa, I loved this episode. I really hoped Kei's dream about Hikari giving him the flower was true, but this is Hikari we're talking about xDD Figures it'll take Kei leaving for her to figure things out.

What really bothered me was Akira's asking of Kei to leave in order for Hikari to be happy. Hikari values her friends, sure, but would she not miss Kei if he left? Surely as Hikari's closest friend she would realize how Hikari feels about Kei. It's not a one-way street. Kei had it hard enough with hiding his feelings and Hikari denying it when she begins to feel the same way. Way to kill a guy by asking him to leave to love of his life. Kei loves Hikari that much, though, to leave despite how much it'd kill him.

Looks like Hikari'll get Kei back next episode, though. Last one, after all.


When did she say leave the school? I must have missed that part or something because all I heard her say was 'Hikari is beautiful, don't hurt her', Which could mean any number of things. The two most logical would be:
1) Stop toying with her and tell her your feelings.
2) Stop letting your family ruin things for everyone.

I'd like to think Kei just went back to have a word with his grandfather and plans to come back or something similar.
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couldn't hikari just do a super jump to get on the plane? i guess that would ruin a dramatic ending.

for a sec, i thought she was really going to! but then, surely that's a move only ichi-san could do. wait...with kei gone, hikari IS ichi-san now! and she can't jump onto a moving plane?! oh, man, wow, this school is really going downhill...
Sep 15, 2008 10:39 PM

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what a freaking cliff hanger!!

i guess i saw why Kei did it but cmon.. i thought for a sec there that Kei would jump out the plane to run to Hikari.. grr so annoying but he should've stayed and conquer the trials and stuff.. oh well can w8 for the last ep..
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littlebluetotoro said:
One thing that I find amusing in this episode is Hikari running after the plane, I wonder how did she get pass the airport security in the first place?


same as what i thought of ^^
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what an ending!! ;_; so dramatic, cant wait the next episode and hope for second season
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littlebluetotoro said:
One thing that I find amusing in this episode is Hikari running after the plane, I wonder how did she get pass the airport security in the first place?


you're curious about that but not about the fact that she is running fast enough to catch up to a moving plane......:/

anyhow, i loved the episode. to me kei made his decision based on what hikari said on the hill, that she valued and loved all her friends and that it wasnt SA that was needed. so he decided to sacrifice himself, one friend, so that she can keep the other five.
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littlebluetotoro said:
One thing that I find amusing in this episode is Hikari running after the plane, I wonder how did she get pass the airport security in the first place?


Just wondering, has S.A ever been realistic, you're asking too much

Love the episode, really can't wait for next week's episode
Of course, most of us could have foreseen what will happen this episode already
Sep 16, 2008 2:55 AM

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wow.this ep was really a wow. love it!
omg SA officially stopped airing. now i just must wait for subbed ep 24
Sep 16, 2008 4:50 AM

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Hikari x Kei F T W~ cant wait till last ep :3
Sep 16, 2008 5:20 AM

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a bit on the predictable side but very enjoyable regardless.

cant wait for the conclusion
Sep 16, 2008 5:47 AM

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I think it will end like I guess I liked this episode~
Sep 16, 2008 6:43 AM

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Awww ;-;
I wasn't expecting it to end like this... I thought Hikari would get a way to stop the plane... =/ Oh, anyway, someone in the SA must have some private jet or something like that... They can start thinking in using it to get to London =D And since, according to the preview, we'll be having a happy ending ^^
Now I'm just curious to how Kei'll react when Hikari tells him that she loves him ;P
Sep 16, 2008 7:29 AM

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I wanted to see Hikari loose the flower bet. :<
Sep 16, 2008 11:01 AM

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wow... I almost forgot that it wasn't the last episode...
Shame, that would have been the perfect excuse for a second season.... ^^
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i seriously thought that dream was really happening and was so surprised when the truth was revealed.

yay for happy endings!
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Sep 16, 2008 2:15 PM

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How was Hikari able to get to the plane runway? XD lol
anyway. Nice episode. >_< one more left... ahhh I'm gonna miss this!


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lmao i WTFd when the flower exploded. and then when they showed it was a dream, i was like "oh fuck you got me there!"

and stop questioning hikari's plane chase! it's anime! :P anything can happen! in the first place, mythbusters already debunked that: anything behind a 747 in full blast = PWNED.
Sep 16, 2008 6:43 PM
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:[ This episode was amazing. And Hikari looked amazingly cute in the regular school outfit. xD

I hate Aoi so so much.
Sep 16, 2008 8:07 PM

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Aoi that jerk...but anyways, this episode was sad:( I can't believe I cried at the end:( hikari T_T!!!



Sep 16, 2008 9:57 PM

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this is killing me... i really cant wait for the subs of the last episode...
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oh i hope it wont end like ouran did! x3
if there'll be no news for a second season i'd hav to waste my time signing a petition (do these things actually work?!)

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A little predictable, yeah, but I couldn't imagine it any other way
I find all the expressions and glances in this series very well made. Very sweet and heart-melting, awww. I'm surprised I didn't cry

LOL @ Hikari running after the plane xD
Sep 17, 2008 11:00 AM
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For a second there I thought too, that she would jump on to the plane...lol
Can't wait for the nice happy ending :D

I just saw that ep 24 has already been subbed by a group I've never heard about.
I'll wait for m33w to finish it though. They have done a great job so far and there is no reason to let the last ep be spoiled by bad subs.

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well was kinda sad this one, its verry obious that hikari is going to chase kei to london, but i just hoped that kei jumped from the plane, well the next episode its going to be great.

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Sep 18, 2008 10:37 AM
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Yeah o_o' I dont know what to say :P
Lets wait for the last one :}
Sep 18, 2008 12:08 PM

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Damn, SA has been getting good lately. I'm waiting for m33w to deliver the happy ending.
Sep 18, 2008 5:29 PM

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for a second there i thought his dream was real i was like finally but when he touched the flower it was all sparkelly and glitter thing so i knew it was a dream
and of course everyone knows its gonna be a happy ending

gonna go watch episode 24 now
Sep 20, 2008 9:23 AM
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Does any one else find themselves shouting a lot at the screen when they watch SA? Like with the stupid flower dream thing, i was halfway through yelling "YAY!" and punching the air when kei woke up and i started swearing at stupid lazy writers and they're horrible plot devices! And of course I gave a strangled "Noooooooo!" when the plane took off. FOLLOW HIM, HIKARI! FOLLOW HIM!!!!!!!

please please please let ep 24 be subbed already!
Sep 25, 2008 6:12 PM

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running after the plane.... -_-
aside of that, it was a really cute episode last one now!
Sep 29, 2008 5:36 PM

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I thought sure kei was goona put down the "law" and say he would step down from his company or disband it or something instead of giving into their demands.
Sep 29, 2008 9:43 PM

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I couldn't help but think at the end...

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Oct 10, 2008 7:43 AM

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:(( huhuhu!!! kei don't leave!!! :((
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kei's so sweet!

loved it! XD
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Wonderful episode. *_* It's really amazing how much this show has improved from the first few episodes. <3
Apr 29, 2009 6:24 PM
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May 29, 2009 12:08 PM

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2nd last episode and a great one too! Much more emotional than the usual SA episodes with Takashima group fixated to get Kei even by means of separating the friends. Kei has concluded to leave in order for the other six to continue on, but the thing is...it's not the same. With Hikari's attempt to reach Kei and Kei's farewell, I'm eager to see what will happen next episode at the finale of the series.

Agh ending so soon yet the manga goes way further, I hope for a second season x_x. And
As a finale to puppet Tadashi's previews, we got to see the rest of the SA xD.
Jun 1, 2009 11:19 AM
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This episode was actually not bad. I hope the last episode is ok too, so this anime gets some redemption from the bad episodes till now.
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loved it! =D
kei's so sweet!
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surely they cudve got yahiro to help cos his group is richer than kei's. Im sure Yahiro will try his best to get rid off akira's tears right?

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OH NOOOES! He's gone..

He damn well better be back next episode.
And Aoi better be going down. gahh.

ON to the next!

Paha, Hikari chasing the plane was quite amusing though.
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Well, am.. It could have been a sad, really dramatic scene. Hikari could run helplessly and fall, crying and looking at the airplane already on air. Rather than that, it was ridiculous. She's human, she cannot run past the security or run as fast as an airplane. And Kei couldn't have noticed her. Epic fail, what a shame.

Still, I can't wait for the last episode. It doesn't get me really excited, but I'll try to make hope.
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