This basically is a Shia episode. Starts off with Shia waking Rin up and asking him for a date. Then we get a flashback to the day before where Shia reads a megazine about Love predictions and she decides to asks Rin out. But first she has to choose her “shoubu pantsu”(from what i know this is sort of a luck thingy that determines the outcome of your date). She takes out all her pantsu and you will be amazed at how many she has. Then in comes the her dad without knocking on her door to pass her a letter. He gets a chair to the head for his troubles. It turns out that Shia got herself 2 tickets to a high class restaurant and she is determined to ask Rin out.

Back to present time, Rin is all dressed and ready to go. Shia asks him if he wants to go anywhere particular. He says he doesn’t and she tells him to follow her plan. The duo then go to karaoke and bump into Mayumi there. They escape before she can cause any more trouble. Their date get interrupted continuously interrupted by their friends. Itsuki and Nerine(i wonder what they were doing together) at the clothes shop, Primura and Kaede at the arcade, Kareha sempai at the cafe and Asa sempai in the train(though she didn’t disturb them in anyway) However, Shia is still determined to bring Rin to the high class restaurant.

Her plan is sadly destroyed by a lost boy at a park. Rin decides to stay and play with him and Shia is disappointed that their date got ruined but her spirits are raised when she recalls the reason she likes Rin is because of his kindness and all and she joins in to play with them till the boys mother comes to pick him up.

After a long day, it is time to go home. On the train, Shia falls asleep and Rin picks up her dairy and saw the amount of trouble she went through trying to plan their date. Upon reaching Shia’s house, Rin tells her they can stay longer together and brings her to the school. The two finally share a moment together under the soothing moonlight. They hold hands as the episode ends.

This was a great episode as its main focus was Shia(I’m a Shia fan hehehe). At the last moment i still thought the two would have kissed but to my disappointment they didn’t. Like FMP TSR, SHUFFLE! is also gonna take a 3 weeks break and be back on the 15th of September. Damn the tennis. Like i said before who wants to watch tennis… WE WANT ANIME! Anyway, next episode will be on the beach and one of the scene shows Rin and Shia together. Could it be another Shia episode? We’ll see how it goes. No SHUFFLE! for 3 weeks is gonna be hell :sobz: T_T