While Junta remains stubbornly, irritatingly oblivious to what’s going on, that doesn’t stop Nagisa from having fun wherever she can get. She wins a staring contest, then snuggles up to Junta when he gets dusted chalk powder.
She gently brushes the chalk out of his hair, which she notes is thicker than she thought. Nagisa, in turn, invites Junta to run his fingers through her hair, which is must silkier. She then asks him what his favorite haristyle for a girl is, and gets him to admit it might be a ponytail.
With class physicals coming up, both Junta and Nagisa wonder if they got taller (why they couldn’t just measure themselves at home, I don’t know). Nagisa then proposes they compare heights, and in the process, she creates a situation where it looks like Junta has her in a wall slam situation.
On the day of the physicals, Nagisa sports pigtails, and causally borrows Junta’s P.E. jacket and runs off with it. There’s apparently a practice of girls wearing their boyfriends’ jackets, and when she hears that it makes them smell different, she takes a moment to take in Junta’s musk.
With all the romantic momentum built up between Junta and Nagisa to this point, it’s a bit of a letdown that they don’t appear together in the final sequence. Instead, her sister watches along with Junta as Seita goes on his first errand. Assuming Seita is six at most, my folks would probably call social services on Junta, but I’ll allow (and indeed admire) that this is a culture where children are encouraged to be independent from a young age.
Watching Seita successfully buy eggs at the store down the road reminds Akina of Nagisa’s first errand, which was also buying eggs. Unfortunately, on her way home she tripped and fell and the eggs broke. She bawled at her failure, but Akina stroked her head and she calmed down.
Akina lets Junta know that it still works, and she’s counting on him to stroke Nagisa’s head if she’s ever upset or hurt. Like me, she’s hoping Junta will soon wake up and realize Nagisa’s huge crush on him. With only two episodes left, I’m not holding my breath for that, but as is so often the case in shows like this, it’s all about the journey.
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