Ore Monogatari!! Episode 7: My Strength

These two are just in love. They’re just…so head over heels for each other I’m surprised they haven’t even kissed yet. I’m looking forward to that.

The plot of this episode is Takeo helping out some guys from his school. When walking with Yamato and Suna, two guys in judo gear jump out and beg on their knees for Takeo to help them in their upcoming match with their rival school, which they have been competing with for awhile now. Their record is 9-9, so the 10th victory is extremely important. They need Takeo’s help because one of their members is injured, and they know how strong Takeo is. Without a second thought, Takeo agrees to help. The problem is, that he and Yamato won’t be seeing each other for awhile. The match is in a month, so he has to be training in a month, so that means he can’t see Yamato.

Except it’s not really a problem. With other shows, like on TV or something, couples not being able to see each other creates drama. The girl gets mad or sad and is like “Boo, you’re not paying attention to me” or something dumb like that. But Yamato, thankfully, is not like that. She completely understands. In fact, she looks forward to seeing Takeo looking cool in the match, and she thinks it’s great that he’d help others. The whole time she’s in training, Yamato cheers him on, and she even met up with him after his practice and made him a whole mountain of riceballs. It’s all just so sweet. Same with Takeo. He’s working harder because Yamato’s cheering for him. There really was no drama in this episode, just two people that really care for each other support each other. And it’s just so nice and refreshing to see.

So Takeo trains, and we get a montage of Takeo training, he and Yamato sending cheesy lovey-dovey texts to each other, with a not-so-subtle variation of the Rocky theme song. It was all hilariously cheesy. And here’s the thing…yeah, these two are cheesy. They’re lovey-dovey. It’s cavity-inducing cuteness all around. All the bubble lacey backgrounds and the flowers.

This show is just so sweet. And Takeo and Yamato are just two dorks in love. It’s cheesy, but it’s not so cheesy that I want to roll my eyes and die. It’s the type of cheesy that makes me feel fuzzy and happy…that I want to die. Their relationship is so innocent, it’s nice that there really isn’t forced drama to make things “entertaining”. They could have done some forced drama in this episode, but instead it was just a supportive and understanding couple. So refreshing! There was only one tiny misunderstanding where Yamato thought Takeo didn’t like her anymore (but he was just scared of gropers hurting her in the night), but Suna immediately cleared that up.

Speaking of which! Yamato payed a visit to Suna’s place to drop off some extra (heart-shaped) scones that she made when thinking about Takeo. They shared a very sweet conversation, them talking about Takeo and how great he is, and Yamato just gushing about him. And again the cheesy talk, but with Yamato seeing Takeo in the stars. Another popular drama trope that romance shows like to do is neglect the friend of the protagonist when the protag is in a relationship. But Suna is never neglected, and he and Yamato get along very well. I really liked seeing them talking together, and it was always like that from the start when she confided in him about her crush on Takeo. I would like to see them as closer friends soon, they’re nice talking to each other.

Back to Takeo. It’s the day of the match, and a guy he once knew walks up to him and starts talking shit about him, how Takeo’s gotten soft because he has a girlfriend. So the matches start, and it becomes a tie. The last match is the decisive one, with Takeo against the other guy. It was a pretty close match, but because he was thinking about Yamato, he won. All ends well, with more constellation talk, now including Yamato, Suna, and a macaroon.

This show is one of my favorites for this season. It’s just so innocent, light-hearted, charming, and just so sweet. Also isn’t it super cute that a little Yamato figure is included on the cake next to Takeo in the opening? This is late, but it’s so cute!