Category Archives: Kare Kano

Two different episodes this time, one introspective regarding Yukino and Arima, one focusing on the external events around them. We start off with a story of a day off together told by each of the characters, going through how they spend their time together, its awkward and sweet moments, and then the way that each [...]

Too epic to be included with another episode, this week’s post will chronicle the showdown with the Hokuei teachers in episode 07, an episode that inspired full on RAGE HAET which gave way to BURNING PASSION and MANLY TEARS OF ADMIRATION. Exam results come back, and Yukino and Arima’s scores have dropped somewhat (though still [...]

The run up to the Sports Festival was an exhausting and stressful time for Yukino and Arima, with the two of them barely able to see each other. Through it all, and all their responsibilities as club and committee members, they do manage to have a few nice moments together. And as the days before [...]

(credit for the post title to Vig the Otagal, from a comment in the first Kare Kano post.) Episode 03, ‘His Circumstances’, is definitely a departure from the way things were done in the previous two episodes. Arima’s past and family situation are explained after a visit to Yukino’s brings up bad memories and starts [...]

After some intense voting that ending in a draw with 171 votes each, Kare Kano and GTO will both be blogged. Kare Kano won the dice roll and is up first, and what a pair of first episodes. The writing is great, the background music appropriate, and the visuals have an interesting use of motion [...]