Ore Monogatari!! Episode 21: The Letter and Me

Yukika is so cute! And…maybe a little creepy with the stalking. But I can’t help it, she’s just so cute.

Yukika Amami is a shy girl. An extremely shy girl, who was in the same kindergarten class as Takeo and Suna. While Takeo and Suna are walking home from school, Takeo notices someone following them and tells Suna to go on ahead. Takeo turns around to see that their follower is a silver-haired glasses girl. He didn’t remember her at first and he had to think for awhile when she mentioned they were in the same kindergarten class. Also, he scared her so bad that she dropped her love letter in the river, which Takeo promptly retrieved and apologized for. Of course, the love letter is for Suna. She and Takeo go talk in the park while he dries up.

Yukika is head over heels for Suna. Ever since an incident in kindergarten where Suna took the hit for her in dodgeball for her glasses wouldn’t break, she fell for him hard. She liked that he was different from the boys, as in he was calm and sweet, he was neat and tidy when eating lunch, and he wasn’t muddy or gross like all of the other boys. The last time she ever spoke to him was that time in kindergarten. So for those 10 years since, she’s just been…watching him. Kinda stalking him. She’s tried talking to him, but she’s incredibly terrible at talking with boys, especially with the boy she likes. So she stays in the back and watches. Also, she’s the one that keeps sending the anonymous letters and chocolates to him for Valentine’s Day. She does that every year. She always writes a love letter every year for Valentines, encouraging herself to actually put her name on it, but she never does and always holds onto it later. This year she tried to muster up the courage to give him the letter in person and confess, but she couldn’t do that either (and Takeo kinda messed up the letter anyway). But this time, she really wants to tell him her feelings, not even caring that he might reject her because…well, they haven’t spoken since kindergarten, so he can’t really reciprocate the feelings for a girl he barely knows.

The next day at school, Yukika and Takeo come up with a plan to try to get her to speak with Suna so she could speak with him. They come up with a kind of silly idea where Takeo gets lost at the train station and Yukika guides him, and they end up at the convenience store where Suna usually shops at on certain days (of course Yukika already knew this). When Suna sees Yukika he immediately recognizes her, and that made Yukika so happy that she accidentally blurted out that she loved him right then and there. Then she got embarrassed and ran off, Takeo running off, leaving Suna blushing a little and looking a tiny bit flustered. After making her calm down, the two walk back to Suna who stayed behind and that’s when he figured out that Yukika was the one that sent him the anonymous letter and chocolate. Suna couldn’t really reciprocate the feelings, like I said, he barely knows her and Yukika knows this. So she changed things around where she didn’t want to hear his response until they hung out more and got to know each other better. Suna agreed and they exchanged phone numbers.

So the next day Takeo checks to see if Yukika would approach Suna but she couldn’t because she was too nervous. This poor girl…Well, after school Takeo makes Yukika and Suna walk home together to give them a chance to talk. But it was basically Suna doing all the talking and her not saying a word. When Suna leaves, Takeo, Yukika, and Yamato get together so Yamato could probably give her advice to better know Suna. Takeo then comes up with the idea to go out with him somewhere. Later, Yukika sends him a text about going to the zoo and that Takeo and Yamato could come if they want. They agree, and I think that’s perfect because a double date would probably make Yukika feel less nervous. Takeo asks Suna if he really wants to do this, to which Suna says he really does. If he didn’t want to, he’d say so and AHHHHHH CUTE.

I found it really interesting that Suna had a shoebox full of Yukika’s anonymous letters. I just wonder why he never threw them out. Like he’s only kept the anonymous letters and threw out the other ones. Which I guess makes sense as he mentioned last episode that he would always respond to the girls that would send him things. But he never could with Yukika because they were anonymous so I guess he just…kept them. I hope he responds to 10 years worth of letters in some way. Will he and Yukika become a couple? I DON’T KNOW. I REALLY DON’T KNOW. Suna is such a sweetie, I’d like it if he got a girlfriend. And Yukika is super sweet. And she’s probably the first girl that Suna ever knew that’s confessed to him that also gets along with Takeo. Will they mesh when they go on the double date? I don’t know, Yukika can’t pass out during it. I’m glad we’re taking a look into Suna’s love life now. I want him to be happy with someone like Takeo is happy with Yamato. Please? PRETTY PLEASE? I’M BEGGING YOU.

I WANT THIS MORE THAN I WANTED TAKEO AND YAMATO TO KISS.