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This episode starts
out with Kintaro settling in to his new job at a noodle shop. He was
hired to take over for the owner because the owner's ( Noriko's father.
Her family runs the shop ) arm is broken. Kintaro finds his new
job hard but he enjoys it and is learning alot, even though his noodles aren't
the best. Noriko makes her way home from classes and greets everyone
and encourages Kintaro to do his best. Later on in the day, a mercedes
pulls up and a nicely dresses man steps into the shop. This man ( Kogure,
or Mr. Kogure as Noriko calls him ) helped Noriko's father when he got hurt.
He stops by to check in them and to see how they are doing. After
some noodles for dinner, he asks Noriko if she would like to go with him
to see his company's ship. Noriko gladly accepts ( she has a crush
on Mr. Kogure ). Later on in the day, Noriko visits Kintaro in his
room to decorate his room with flowers. Noriko is a very avid flower
lover. She confides in Kintaro, that she really wants to arrange flowers
for the man she loves. Kintaro is taken back by this, and is really
impressed with Noriko.
Noriko goes on her date with Mr. Kogure and has a great
time. As the day winds down,
Noriko and Kogure cuddle
up on the ship and Kogure pops the big question. He asks Noriko to
marry him. She, of course, is very surprised by this and asks if she
could have some time to think about it. Later that night, Kintaro is
just getting done with his bath at the local bath house and he begins to
walk back to the shop. He is surprised to see Mr. Kogure with another
woman talking to a Yakuza stooge. He finds a hiding spot ( in a trash
can ) and follows Kogure to his car in a vacant parking lot. He spys
on him and the other woman and finds out something very interesting and
troubling. It turns out, Kogure is using Noriko for the noodle shop.
He wants to marry her, close the shop down and turn it into a bar and
divorce her. Kintaro overhears ( and is writing down ) all of this.
He then gets up and interupts Kogure and the woman's talk. He
begs Kogure not to hurt Noriko or her family like this. Kogure, not
about to stop, proceeds to beat Kintaro into a bloody pulp and threats to
actually kill him if he tells anyone about it! He then takes off in
his car and leaves Kintaro there to rot.
The next day, Kintaro
is bruised and battered but is still working. He observes the Noriko
has, indeed, fallen in love with Mr. Kogure. In Kintaro's words, "
She's been deceived by the evil weenie. " Later that day, Noriko heads
out of the house, telling her mom she's going on a date, which angers Kintaro
to say the least. He follows her to the horse track where her and Kogure
observe the races from his private box. He asks her if she has reached
a decision but she says she needs more time to think. Kogure then moves
in for the kill and starts moving in on Noriko. Luckily ( and un-luckily
) , Kintaro is there to put a stop to it. Kogure starts to unbutton
her shirt, which Kintaro buttons right back up. Kogure then unzips
her pant, but Kintaro heads him off. Unfortunely, Kogure grabs Kintaro's
hand thinking it's Noriko's. He then reaches up and kisses Kintaro!!!
After for what seems like forever for Kintaro, the kiss ends and Kintaro
" whites out ". Noriko ( much to Kogure's surprise, he thought it was
her the whole time ) wishes to go home. Kogure agrees thinking he has
done a good job for the day.
Later that night, Noriko is putting some flowers up in Kintaro's
room and asks him but what he
thinks of everything. She wonders if she is
being wrong for taking so long to answer Kogure's proposal ( and also wonders
why Kintaro is so white. Hehehehe...). Kintaro jumps in surprise to
hear he has proposed. He asks if she has talked to her parents about
it. She is surpised and backs off thinking she shouldn't have asked
him about it. Kintaro ponders the prospect of someone living with with
a pervert like Kogure ( out loud I might add...doh. ), and in the process,
angers Noriko. She says she thought, of all people, she could trust
Kintaro with all of this. She runs out of the room to her own room
and wonder why, in fact, she has taken so long. Noriko then takes off
to find Kogure. She goes to the ship they were at earlier in the episode
but no Kogure, but she hears something going on on the bridge leading to
the boat. It turns out, Kintaro has already met with Kogure and is
begging him not to hurt Noriko like this. " Noriko is a kind and sensitive
girl who takes everything so seriously! " states Kintaro. Kogure shrugs
him off saying that she is a not what she seems saying " I had that bitch
so hot she was moaning like a bitch in heat!!! " Kintaro is shocked
( he knows what REALLY happened ) and Kogure goes on to say that " She is
one perverted bitch. " Kogure moves forwards but is surprised.
Kintaro looks behind him and sees Noriko. Kintaro trys to save
it by running over to the woman next to Kogure saying that they were talking
about her but Noriko isn't buying. She runs off in tears and Kintaro
goes to follow but it pulled aside by a pissed Kogure. He trys to punch
Kintaro but is jacked HARD by Kintaro ( great scene ).
A couple of days later, Noriko's father is almost fully recovered
and is making noodles again. One of the usual patrons asks where Noriko
is. Her says she has come down with a cold and hasn't been feeling
good lately. Later, Kintaro comes up to her room. He knocks on
her door, telling her he is leaving and apologizes for everything that has
happened to her. She opens the door and asks him to come in. He
agrees and Noriko apologizes to for everything and shows him something very
special. Kintaro looks and finds a nice basket of arranged flowers.
Noriko grabs the basket and admits her true feelings for Kintaro saying
that she made those flowers with him in mind ( very good scene here ).
Kintaro quietly says that we have to find someone who likes flowers
has much as she does. He says he doesn't even know what the flowers
are. He's many guesses before and all were way off. This makes
Noriko laugh and with a yell by her mother asking Kintaro is he wants some
noodles to go back with him, makes her softly cry ( again, great scene ).
Outside, Kintaro says his goodbyes
to the family and rides off. Noriko begins to follow then stops and
she smiles. We get a brief shot of the arranged flowers that has a
note that says " To Mr. Kintaro " Kintaro rides off closing the episode
with the now familar closing " My name is Kintaro Oe and I am 25 years old.
Currently, I am studying about life. "
* Review *
I really liked this episode. It is a depature from the usual
non stop wackiness that is in most of the tapes. The interaction between
Kintaro and Noriko is really good. In this episode, you really see
that Kintaro isn't just a perverted guy. He has a huge heart and is
really very caring. We get a look at a different kind of Goldengirl
in Noriko. She's not overly sexy, but she has her own pluses in contrast
to the other girls. Again, both the subbed and dubbed are very
very good. I'm gonna have to recommend the subbed version on this episode
more tho for the Japanese VA ( voice actor ) is better at giving off
the more serious moments more convincingly. Not to take anything away
from Doug Smith ( Kintaro's english VA ) who does a great job of his own,
but the dubbed just gives off something different from the subbed in this
episode. I rate this episode #3 out of the six OAV episodes. Very
very good and seeing Kinatro's other side is very enlighting and makes you
fall in love with the character even more.
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