More Sora no Manimani

Well I have watched a little more .... well, up to episode 8 thanks to the people of AonE of whom I get my fix for this series. With this number of episodes we have some more characters thrown into the mix so without further ado (warning some minor spoilers ahead):

Makita Hime or just Hime for short. A classmate of Saku that isn't happy with Mii-chan barging into the classroom all the time, but we soon learn that in reality she doesn't like it as she has a major crush on Saku (I wish girls would really fall that easily in real life for a guy as it would have made my life easier if not more interesting, but I digress). Oh, don't be fooled by her name as Hime sure can get unprincesslike.



Anyone who has watched a few romantic comedies can spot from a mile away that it won't take long before Hime joins the astronomy club. With her addition they have 5 members which grants them an official standing. While this is good news for the club, it's not so much good news for Saku, as Hime and Mii-chan start competing over Saku with him caught in the middle .... not that Mii-chan and Saku have a clue about the reason for the competition though.

Another person that is decidedly unhappy is the super strict female student council president, and head of the literature club, Kotodzuka who despises the astronomy club and isn't shy of making it abundantly clear either. She is called Fumin, which she really doesn't like and for some reason I haven't figured out yet.

And then there is Edogawa. A male classmate of Saku and not unlike Saku he basically is a stranger as no-one in the class comes from his former school. He is a member of photograpy club, but hangs out a lot with the astronomy club as Mii-chan and Yarai Sayo (the last member of the astronomy club and good friend off Mii-chan with which she spend the last 7 years) are considered the most cute girls from the 2nd year and Edogawa isn't beneath sitting in with the astronomy club just to get close to them. He often manages to loan stuff from his club to the astronomy club in exhange for some secret snapshots of the girls.



As for the story. Up till episode 6 it all calmly flows from one episode to another until things between Saku and Mii-chan get a little more interesting as Souma Nozomu shows up. He is the new homeroom teacher for Saku's class and we soon learn that he has ties to Mii-chan as well. Saku is going to have to deal with jealousy issues, and since he IS jeaulous also has to figure out what he exactly does feel for Mii-chan. Mii-chan also has to deal with her feelings that are unfamiliar to her so I think the rest of this series will be them coming to the realisation they are more then friends.

As a sidenote. In episode 2 after a stargazing sessions that's ruined by rain Mii-chan gets the gang invited to Saku's home and at the end I wonder about something. Saku's mother bids them goodbye and tells Mii-chan to tell her parents she said hi. Mii-chan, uncharacteristically, falls silent for a moment and Yarai also has an odd look. Seeing I have watched till episode 8 now I know there are frequent remarks to her father, but only to him, so I'll lay odds that Mii-chans mother is not doing well.

I'll keep it at this and will reserve final judgement when I've finished this show.