His and Her Circumstances: Progress

His and Her Circumstances: Progress
TV Tokyo
January 29, 1999
Anime, Romance
DVD
B

The title turns out to be an understatement, as this episode contains all of the following, any of which could've been a half or full episode in themselves:

• Arima and Yukino get to second base and he says he wants to make love to her someday, but also they manage to read and study a lot;
• They go to the beach with their friends;
• He goes to a family reunion where he's shamed as the son of the black sheep, but his adoptive father stands up for him;
• Arima and Yukino get caught in the rain and then seek shelter at his empty house, where they make love for the first time (represented symbolically by her chibi self losing her hat and his chibi self catching it, as well as dancing lights);
• He has nightmares because he's sought happiness.

Overstuffed but still good.