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It's fall time. Kobato with Ioryougi and she's carrying yellow leaves. She said fall smell! She saw a tall tree that leaves became yellowish when shine by the sun.
Kobato says it's fall after all after seeing the tall tree and Ioryougi is deep in thought. Ioryougi is reminding what Kobato needs to do and how long she has to do (two more seasons left). It's windy and she's protecting her hat. Ioryougi told her to be careful about the hat (something mysterious inside the hat and Ioryougi knows about it?).
Kobato is in the kindergarten and heard two boys arguing. Yuzuru and Yoshihiko are arguing over a triangle block. Kobato got one of the triangle block and said lets share it, Yuzuru said he doesn't care anymore while flapping the block. Fujimoto got it and said no more blocks if they are not using them in care. Those two boys in argument said they don't care because it's too old and why not throw them away. Kobato felt the anger in Fujimoto and stopped him from beating up.
Kobato is in the process of getting the laundry back inside and she's in thought. She doesn't realize that she's suffocating Ioryougi. When she's back from the thought, she heard Ioryougi's voice but not himself. He came out in fury and reminded her about konbeito.
Sayaka came out and asked Kobato what happened to Fujimoto, who is out for part time job now. He went out without saying "I'm out" Kobato told her. Kobato knows that he showed sadness instead of angry. Sayaka said she feels sorry for kids using old toys instead of new toys. Kobato told her there's a place they can go.
It's where they saw the tree! She said they are gathering the leaves and draw/create something out of the leaves. The kindergarteners went blank at first, but after Kobato showed an example, they are excited and went to gather leaves. Two of the kids are sharing their leaves and it happens to those two who were in argument. Then they said sorry at the same time. They promised Sayaka that they will be careful with the toys. Sayaka then told the two of them to apologize to each other.
Sayaka said the never argued before, is it because of her worries? Kobato told her to smile. Sayaka said that's right. Frown face gets happiness out!
There's a wind and they felt burning in windy day looking at the yellow tree. Kobato is touching the tree. (Sakura from Tsubasa reference? Edit: Guess not.)
Then there are two trucks came and said they are going to cut the tree tomorrow. There are complains from the people that the tree is a bother... too tall that the leaves fall down a lot. They are going to build a new building in the place the tree was on anyway.
Kobato asked about the rebuilding (saikaihatsu) from Ioryougi. Kobato asked so old things are not wanted? Ioryougi said it's not true, but there are more people who appreciates new things over old things.
Kobato cannot go to sleep and is going out to ask about not cutting down the tree. Fujimoto woke up with the noise Kobato made.
Kohaku is in front of the tree. Kobato told Kohaku about the cutting down and she's going to ask about it. Then a person who walks with a dog came and heard about cutting down the tree, she said they have been discussing about it, so there's nothing that she can do. Then there are many people who saw the trees dislike it. Kobato is sad. She feels that the tree is lonely. For many years, it was on there and watching over people, but no one cares about it. A leave fell onto Kobato's hands.
Kohaku walked toward the tree and touched it. She said it's ok, the tree is not lonely. She used the power of angel and felt the tree's feeling. The tree was also happy that Kobato brought the kindergarteners to it. It said thank you and goodbye.
Kobato wants to keep the tree and decided to move it. She began to dig it. Kohaku stopped her and told her that she knows another tree which lived around the same time period as this tree and they both said the same thing. It was the happiest moments that they watched over people.
The song again, and this time Kohaku is singing, too. They are both touching the tree while singing the song. Suddenly, there's something happening to the tree, while Fujimoto came. Fujimoto saved Kobato before the tree fell down.
The middle was a complete hole for the tree, so sooner or later the tree would fall down, Fujimoto said. The tree was trying its best to not fall down, Kohaku said. The tree was happy because it was able to heard Kobato's song before leaving.
Konbeito was increased, and it was from the tree. Kobato saved the tree by singing.
The kindergarteners completed their works using the leaves. Kobato displayed them while Fujimoto is making the blockes outside using the tree that fell. Kobato is happy and told the kindergarteners. She also told Yuzuru and Yoshihiko to say sorry to Fujimoto.
I ♥Two Syaorans from Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE and TRC!!!
Is it just me, or did the amount of konpeito double? It's a shame that rather than see her do the whole point of the show, we watch a lot of nothing. Besides the single piece of candy, all we got from this was a hint dropped about there being something to hide under that hat.
slayer25k said: It was one of those episodes, which nearly make me cry .. I already had the tears in my eyes ;__;
Me too *coughsobcough* ..
I really loved this episode. The feel, philosophising about redevelopment, beautiful ginkgo tree and of course the wonderful duet! Kobato x Fujimoto was a nice bonus! ;D
Also this episode confirmed that Kobato always has a hat on...
I truly loved the episode, it was beautiful and I also liked the duet. But now I'm really curious what place Kobato wish to go and why she never takes off her hat.
Is it just me, or did the amount of konpeito double? It's a shame that rather than see her do the whole point of the show, we watch a lot of nothing. Besides the single piece of candy, all we got from this was a hint dropped about there being something to hide under that hat.
This. I was wondering where the hell that amount of konpeito came from.
And, really... a tree? Come on!
But I liked the song [as always] and that FujiBato moment~
slayer25k said: It was one of those episodes, which nearly make me cry .. I already had the tears in my eyes ;__;
You almost cried for a tree....sometimes i think people want to get emotional over anime.
I think she has no ears- well i havent seen them- she must be a robot!!!
Even though them getting all worked up over a tree seems a bit silly, the FujiBato moment more than made up for it. I'm also curious about what will happen if Kobato ever takes off her hat.
Wow... I never thought I'd get emotional over a tree, but this episode sure did succeeded in doing so. This episode is definitely better than the other "heal people" episode. :)
Thanks, person who gave me this on another site a long time ago, lol.
Somehow, I think that this was a fairly good episode. Ok, so watching them talk and sing to a tree felt a bit ridiculous, but somehow, they still managed to make the scene feel emotional. The duet was also a nice touch and I enjoyed it.
Although, yes, I too am wondering how the hell Kobato managed to get all those konpeito...
The best episode yet.
I know it was about a tree but that's what made it so out-of-this-world strange yet beautiful, and the singing really built up the finale (I'd like to see them dub THAT). Also the hinted love interest that had always been assumed but never really proven finally showed himself, it truly was beautiful, I can only hope that it improves from here on out.
guyklc said: Wow... I never thought I'd get emotional over a tree, but this episode sure did succeeded in doing so. This episode is definitely better than the other "heal people" episode. :)
and read Kon no Ki Konoha if you wanna get worked up over a tree :D
Ah, that song again. But I actually like that song, so it was fine. :)
Oh, what's this? A FujimotoxKobato moment? Not sure how I feel about that. I guess they're cute together. :) Oh, and Fujimoto actually smiled, which was nice. :D
Best Episode for me! I was so touched....
I really love trees, specially since that tree is so magnificent..
One of the things I discovered on this episode is that Kobato doesn't have memories... :O
I wonder what will happen if Kobato took her hat off too.... and where she wanna go...
Beautiful episode. Real shame there doesnt seem to be HD broadcasts or any indication of a BluRay.. this ep would look magnificent.
One of the first things I noticed was Kobatos wonderful outfit, I love how they change it so often.
The song was more touching than ever and while it was a tree.. I think the fact it was so "great" that it had meaning, and the ep will be better recieved by the viewers than if it was just any other tree that they happened to like.
It was emotional with a bit of a dramatic ending... Fujimoto saved Kobato from falling into the tree trunk. hah.
The episode was extremely predictable, but oh well, it's CLAMP, the whole show is predictable.
On another note: wow. We get a time gap for the season change, and she almost filled half of her bottle, while in the past episode she had 10 konpeito tops. I know they have to fill the bottle for the end of the show, but this is just lame: I'd rather have a 5 minutes slideshow with pictures of Kobato helping (like in Nyan Koi, for example) to show she did it.
But the show obviously isn't about konpeito, it's about romance and whatever, so I can only blame myself for watching this expecting something other than KobatoxFujimoto.
I'm alright with them not showing how she gets each konpeito since she obviously needs more than 24 and we only have 11 episodes left. I'd rather see character/relationship growth with the main characters and plot advancement, for instance the nurseries troubles, over a slide-show of konpeito hunting.
When I saw that this episode was about a tree, I told myself "oh no, not another episode let-s-save-this-great-tree". I've seen many dramas, read many books.... almost every children show had one of those "tree" episode.
Kobato pulled it well. The mix of realism (the tree hart was rotten) and magic (Kobato could feel the tree) plus the song made it a good episode.
I noticed the clues about the hat, the memory loss and how Fujimoto was protective of Kobato too. There's 11 episodes left and they're dropping clues about Kobato's past, finally :D
Not bad I guess. The fact I liked the tree in this episode more than I ever gave a damn about the previous one-shot troubled-heart-of-the-week people is something I feel should not be happening with this series.
At least now Kobato knows that she can get konpeito if she went around looking for withering flowers and weeds to heal them by giving them water or something.
ANother amazing episode and...OMG OMG....the first TRUE Kobato x Fujimoto scenes :X And..Fujimoto smiled at Kobato and..omg..saved her and...i want next episode now -.-
This episode for me was the best episode so far. ( have a feeling the Fujimoto x Kobato may have been part of the reason lol~)
Even though it was just a tree I couldn't help but get a little teary eyed over it. It's just a tree but it has feelings too! . . . right? >.>;
Then the duet was just lovely i love the melody. ( I think I might actually like to do some karaoke to this!) Then to add a little extra goodness Fujimoto appears and pulls Kobato away from the falling tree. HUGGLES~ It was also nice getting to see him smile as well : )
You get ginkgofujimotian! I lol'd! XD it is also nice to kind of having the episode ending on a different note besides the whole points thing.