SHUFFLE! - 17 November 10
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Short Summary:
Kikyou drags Rin on a date, trying to have fun and seduce him. This pretty much fails as Rin is concerned about a lot of stuff, including skipping school. At the end of the day, Kikyou tells Rin that she’s serious about him, and tries to kiss him, but he turns away. She is devastated by Rin’s rejection and silence, and so she runs away from him. Rin returns home afterwards to find Kaede having called in the police to look for him. At her own home, Kikyou and Sia argue, with Kikyou saying that she did everything for the sake of Sia’s happiness. But she (Kikyou) ends up blaming herself for what happens and decides to not appear again. Her parting words want Sia to be happy. The next day, a depressed Sia sees Rin talking happily with friends, especially Asa, and comes to a realization. After school, Sia takes Rin to a field of flowers, and Rin notes that she seems to be Sia again. She tells him about her other side, but say that both are her. She then confesses to Rin, but Rin rejects her again. Sia, and Kikyou who appears briefly again, seems to have already known that he’d answer this way and suspects that she knows who’s important to him, but she promises to keep silent about it.
R-15 for this week. It caught me a bit off guard cause we’ve had some relatively tame episodes recently.
For whatever reason, the confession scene at the end of the episode just felt like everything is done right. The musical pieces they chose for it were perfect, and the animation isn’t too shabby either. Speaking of the animation, there seemed to be an overabundance of lens flare this episode, particularly during the scene when Kikyou is trying to kiss Rin. Not that I mind, but it just seems a bit unnecessary. Anyway, I really like everything about SHUFFLE! right now in general: fanservice, drama, comedy, and all. This is without a doubt my favorite series at the moment.
I’m not entirely thrilled that Sia’s story ends like this, as I’m somewhat of a Sia fan, but there are a lot of hints this episode that point to Rin’s most important person being Asa. Those moments include the distinctly Asa looking figure that Rin sees before Sia pulls him down the hill, and Sia’s realization while she watches Rin talk to Asa the next day. I have a feeling that the focus of final arc will be about Asa and Kaede, and maybe it’ll even have Rin’s conflicting feels for the two. Conveniently, next week’s episode is called “The person Rin likes.”
Closing Thought: Based on Sia’s final comment, if Rin marries into the Shin world, he can have multiple wives! Then he can just have the entire harem with him 
Azbaby at 4:46 pm on November 10th, 2005
No i want a Kaede ending it has to be the perfect romance ending KAEDE!!! and since i played the non-Hgame i prefer the kaede ending
loplop at 5:00 pm on November 10th, 2005
I felt the same way about the H-game version and it should end with Kaede . . . .
Fury at 5:18 pm on November 10th, 2005
NOO screw kaede, ASA IS THE ONE she rocks so much too
nyte at 5:20 pm on November 10th, 2005
Asa path? aww… I hope not.
rez at 5:26 pm on November 10th, 2005
Asa for the win imo :>
Rin-chan at 5:26 pm on November 10th, 2005
hope it would be asa!!
Dragoon at 5:29 pm on November 10th, 2005
NOOOO SIA path!!!!
roar at 5:49 pm on November 10th, 2005
lol for some reaon i want SIA to win..
RionZ at 5:53 pm on November 10th, 2005
so what was the purpose of having elf-chicks in the first place? goddamn that was the gimmick of the show, and now the main character is going for Asa? rascist i say…
oh well, as long as they do the ending right i’ll be happy…
Coolguy at 5:55 pm on November 10th, 2005
WE DEMAND NERINE R-15 SHOTS
Rasmiel at 6:09 pm on November 10th, 2005
“WE DEMAND NERINE R-15 SHOTS”
Count me out.
Crap, crap, crap. I wanted Sia to win T_T Oh well, now all I can do is to cheer for my third favorite Shuffle! character (BTW, Kareha should have been in the first Shuffle! game…PS2 version doesn’t do any justice for her :().
GO KAEDE!
Ale at 6:12 pm on November 10th, 2005
Wow, Rasmiel.
I can’t believe that we have exactly the same tastes in every series.
Sia’s my favourite too, and if I had to root for someone I’d root for her.
Though here I want no one to win, everyone is awesome, and I’d rather have a neutral ending where everyone is happy.
Shells at 6:14 pm on November 10th, 2005
haha i didn’t play the game so i don’t get the whole “path” idea, but i luv SIA!!! so… i’m guessing SIA PATH!!? haha
Omni at 6:16 pm on November 10th, 2005
I actually want someone to win, especially since this series didn’t have a clear “main girl” from the start.
Shinji103 at 6:22 pm on November 10th, 2005
Kaede path for ze winorz!!!11
:D 
Ale at 6:25 pm on November 10th, 2005
I guess so.
But they’re a great group of friends, and I kinda want all of them to be happy and still close friends by the end, after getting over their problems.
I’d be fine with anyone winning though, they’re all awesome characters. Best harem I’ve watched for a while if not ever.
flou at 7:13 pm on November 10th, 2005
I want Sia to win! Or someone other than Kaede. It’s not that I don’t like her, it’s just that she’s my least favorite Shuffle!! girl.
Rasmiel at 7:14 pm on November 10th, 2005
Well in game, all characters stay good friend no matter who Rin ends up with. And the heroines don’t give up on him either even if he starts dating one of them!
Anybody noticed how much of a small character Kaede has been shaped into? I can’t remember the last time I saw a Kaede episode. She’s “just” Rin’s childhood friend who merely cooks and cleans in the background. This is like Kotori x DCSS, except Kaede isn’t the main heroine.
Ale at 7:33 pm on November 10th, 2005
And neither is Kotori in DCSS, it’s just that we weren’t deceived here. >.>
endlessnow at 7:42 pm on November 10th, 2005
Mwahahaha yess…reject them all! Asa FTW~!