Suzuka Ep 04: Shunran (Spring storm)

There is more progress for Yamato and Asahina in a sense. We start to see Asahina experience some internal turmoil as to how she views Yamato and how she really behaves towards him. The main event in this episode is the physical fitness test where Yamato used to excel in when he was in secondary school except for the 50m shuttle run. However, much as he tries to impress Asahina, he finds that he is soundly beaten by her and Hattori in every segment which makes him lose hope despite Sakurai encouraging him not to give up. When it finally comes to the 50m run, much as Yamato thinks that he's not likely to come up with a good result, he ends up beating the fast runner from the baseball team. And during the race, Asahina is very much shaken by the fact that Yamato looks so similar to that guy who posed with her in the photo displayed in her room. That must be some guy she admires very much and this makes her go into a trance in Yamato's presence. Of course,Yamato doesn't like her attitude but he can't do anything to her anyway.

One day, Yamato forgets his umbrella and intends to wait for Asahina to finish with her training so that they can share her umbrella to go home. Actually, he's undecided whether to wait for her since he's still upset with her cold attitude but he still waits for her. As they go home together, Asahina loses her balance when a car drives past them, causing her to grab Yamato. It's literally a hug but then she pulls away from Yamato after a brief trance and just walks away.

Well, from the way I see it, Asahina does have something to hide with that guy in the photo. Maybe she used to like him and when she saw how similar Yamato looked like that guy, she's stunned and probably confused whenever Yamato appears in front of her. And to Yamato, he won't be able to see why she is behaving this way and of course, attributes it to her attitude problem since Asahina blows hot and cold towards him. The problem is, he just cannot ignore her since he does like her or he could have accepted Sakurai who is very good to him. And by the time Asahina finds out how she feels or even realise that she likes Yamato, I'm not sure whether it's too late.

Promising anime but can they do something about the OP and ED? I always skip through the credits except for the debut episode just to see the seiyuu list and hear the songs for the first time. Surely, the same song is not going to be played for 20 plus episodes? However, it doesn't make sense to change it halfway...I guess I just have to bear with it.