Kei's Anime Reviews

Ai Yori Aoshi Episode 21

"Influenza"

Ah ha! Finally as I have hoped for, conflict strikes Ai Yori Aoshi! What could it be? Family disapproval? Infidelity? Aoi needs to go back to outer space?

Actually, Aoi just gets sick, which works as a good segue into that classic story where the one who does all the chores gets incapacitated, and everyone else has to try to pick up the slack, realizing that the job's a lot harder than they thought. There's not much deviation from that formula with this episode.

Strange thing in this episode, I felt like the character designs were off at times. It might just be my imagination, but most of the characters faces looked off at one point or another. Everything else was pretty much as you'd expect from this show, though.

I was actually partially kidding about the conflict introduced. At the end of the episode, we're teased seeing Miyabi talking on the phone and looking troubled, which can only mean the imminent arrival of some real challenges for Kaoru and Aoi (at least I hope).

Rating: B-

Posted by Kei at September 2, 2004 01:59 AM