Peach Girl - 11: An Unbearable Breakup

Title:Peach Girl
Episode:11: An Unbearable Breakup
Synopsis
Momo and Kairi are dumbstruck to see Touji kiss Sae right before their eyes. Sae, not surprisingly, is delighted and tells classmates she initially rejected Touji so as not to hurt Momo's feelings, but "he was just too passionate". Momo refuses to believe that Touji hasn't fallen for some scheme of Sae's--"the thing we've built couldn't be broken that easily". Sae claims Momo is now nothing but a nuisance to Touji, little more than a stalker. Momo goes to his house for an explanation, but he refuses to talk. At school, Touji and Kairi get into a fight over the way he's been treating Momo, and punch each other out. Touji tells his story to the nurse, and admits "I didn't want to hurt her like that. Why can't I find any other way to break up with her?". Later, Sae comes to the nurse for an excuse to avoid PE class...
Comments
I went into this episode frustrated by a lack of an explanation for Touji's inexplicably cruel and indifferent attitude towards Momo, who he is actually trying to protect as he is blackmailed by Sae. As long as he did what Sae demanded, he still could have explained what was happening to her--unless (presumably) he fears she'll do something rash which will cause Sae to release the scandalous photos to the press. This episode was partially satisfying--at least Touji admits that he has done a lousy job of breaking up with Momo. Oh yeah--the SD image of the beaten-up Kairi was funny.

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