Koi Kaze - 10: Lingering Winter

Title:Koi Kaze
Episode:10: Lingering Winter
Synopsis

Its been a month and a half since Koushiro moved out on his own. Work was about all he had left and he threw himself into it. One night after work, a very drunk Chidori comes by his apartment and crashes on his couch.

Meanwhile, Nanoka is thinking of her oniichan. She's been making a sweater. She's been thinking about a lot of things since he left regarding the two of them. Walking home from school one day with Futaba-chan, Futaba asks what is causing Nanoka to worry. Futaba knows something has been wrong ever since Nanoka skipped out on the sleep over six weeks ago. She's a bit frustrated and tells Nanoka that she's there for her. Nanoka apologizes, figuring that there's no way Futaba-chan could understand.

Nanoka continues home alone and finds she doesn't understand things either. She's walking down a street when she suddenly sees Koushiro and Chirodi emerge from his office. Nanoka hides as Koushiro is asking Chidori what she's going to do about a change of clothing since she's planning on crashing at his place. She's going to go home to get a change of clothes, making Koushiro wonder why she just doesn't stay there.

As they walk off, we learn that Nanoka has come by here before since Koushiro left. She had wanted to go by his apartment too, but remembered his words of not wanting to see her again. As such, she returned home and went to his old room. Her father has noticed her lack of appitite and mentions it at dinner. She passes it off and returns to her room to continue working on the sweater.

The next day at work, Chidori is complaining that Koushiro didn't wake her as soon as she'd asked and that she's sore. Odagiri wonders why she's staying at his place so often these days and why after living with his father for 27-years he suddenly felt the need to be on his own. Odagiri's imagination goes wild and he wonders if Koushiro got caught sniffing Nadoka's underwear and was disowned. Of course, Odagiri's remarks are very close to bull's eye as a narration by Koushiro remarks.

Koushiro and Chidori return to his apartment. He wonders to himself what Chidori would think of him if she found out about the part of him that longed to be in a romantic relationship with his sister. As they walk, Chirodi remarks that she'd be more considerate if he had a girlfriend, but he says nothing. This prompts her to ask if he's interested in girls still. He's a little surprised by this.

As Koushiro waits for Chidori to buy some cigarettes from the vending machines outside his apartment building, he sees Nanoka at one of the doors. Clearly she's looking for his place. Koushiro panics and before Chidori can give them away, he rushes with her to hide, covering her mouth. Nanoka hears something, and walks away from the building.

Koushiro waits for her to be completely gone before Chidori gets ticked. She's angry and wonders why he hid and why Nanoka ran away. She gets no responce. She figures that Nanoka was the reason he left home and stated that she and Odagiri were worried about him. She even told him that Odagiri had said in a serious way that maybe Koushiro was sniffing Nanoka's underwear. It was like an arrow to Koushiro's heart. She was teasing, but he gets upset. Chidori is surprised by his reaction, but then remembers that they never did act like normal brother and sister.

Koushiro is upset, and Chidori finds the whole thing sick and disgusting and leaves. Koushiro struggles up the stairs to his apartment to find a bag at the door. Its a gift from Nanoka -- the sweater she made and a letter she wrote him re-confessing her love for him and her desire to see him again.

The next morning, Koushiro calls in sick. Odagiri reports this to Chidori, who says he does have a bad condition. Odagiri asks if this is why she didn't spend the night at his place and Chidori remarks that his condition may never improve.

Meanwhile back at his apartment, Koushiro lies in his futon. He has the TV on, but doesn't move. Eventually he gets up to have a cup of ramen and to blow his nose. He goes to the laundry mat, does his laundry and shopping, and as he returns home, discovers Nanoka is looking at books outside a bookstore. He approaches her, only to discover it isn't Nanoka but some other girl. So he rushes back to his apartment.

In his apartment, he reflects on how he's running away from Nanoka and running away from work. He re-reads her letter and admits that he wants to see her too. Crying, he wants to blow his nose, but is out of toilet paper. So he opens the door to head out, only to see Nanoka there with a bag of groceries.

Comments

AstroNerdBoy: 10 December 2006

You know, the incest theme aside, this is such a bitter-sweet story. But it is VERY difficult to put the whole incest theme aside. Chidori's reaction to Koushiro's acknowledgement of his attaction to Nanoka says it all.

The episode also seems to confirm what I've kinda been suspecting all along -- Chidori was attacted to Koushiro. That would seem to be over now, though.



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