Mine confesses to Ikki, but is rejected spectacularly. As the heroine walks home from work in the rain, she crosses paths with Ukyou. The next morning she’s in bed with a cold all day, and Ikki nurses her. The next day she learns of a retreat to Shinano with Ikki’s Billiards Organization, which is mostly an Ikki Fan Club, of which the heroine is apparently a member. She learns that that the girls leave Ikki after three months, not the other way round. The fangirls confront her, as her three months are almost up. They shove her into a boat, which eventually sinks, and she sinks with it…
Twisted memories or no, the heroine should have the common sense not to walk around in the rain without a decent coat or umbrella. Of course she catches a cold, and of course her boyfriend (in this universe) Ikki takes care of her. But if her self-manufactured suffering isn’t enough, she’s also forgotten the nature of her relationship with Ikki, and the promise she made to the other fangirls, who have made a pact to “share” Ikki. For his part, he believes he was made irresistible to the opposite sex thanks to a wish upon a falling star in his youth, and you can’t really argue whether it was successful.
The thing is, that instant popularity is a blessing and a curse. With so many girls in love with him, any one he ultimately chooses becomes the target of the others’ scorn, making it very difficult for that girl to stay with him. In setting up their system the fangirls didn’t stop to think about whether Ikki would ever fall for one of them, as he has with the heroine. They’re just using them to satisfy their own lust. We didn’t think we’d ever sympathize with Ikki after his earlier showing, but…we do now. As for the heroine, oh, of course she can’t swim. But we suspect she’ll wake up in another time before she drowns.
Rating: 6 (Good)
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