While I don’t blog Cross Game too terribly often, I still watch it. For awhile I’ve just let it build up for a few weeks and then watch it in one go, but ever since episode 29 it’s been too interesting for me to bear the wait, on top of the fact that there hasn’t been too much else worth watching.

Cross Game threw me a curve ball(pun unintended) with the introduction of Akane, the Wakaba lookalike. Talking about episode 31 is hard; it was just too beautiful to even begin to put into words. I hope it suffices to say that a) that episode made watching the series worth it for me and b) will be remembered as one of my all time favorite anime episodes.

Episode 32 brought us back to the slice of life atmosphere, now with Akane in the mix. I do really like the addition of her, as I felt that the dragged out tension between Aoba and Kou was starting to get stale, and it’s nice to have someone to spice things up. Also, Akane is cute as a button, especially in her plaid school uniform.

 

I wonder if we’ll see a slip-up where the characters start expecting her to be just like Wakaba then encounter an un-Wakaba like action. It seems unlikely as the characters are being rather smart about the whole situation, but you never know.

Akane also seems to have the worst luck.

Despite her addition, I’m still thinking we’re going to have an AobaxKou ending.