Episode 34 :
おれ の 大事な女です！
("This Girl is
Important to Me!")
After the tumultuous events of
the last few days, Tsukushi must go back to school. Unfortunately, her hair was
cut by her kidnappers, so she has to have it cut. Tsukushi sits at home while
her mother stands behind her, hacking off the rest of her hair to match the
length cut by her kidnappers. When Tsukushi sees the result, she starts to
scream.
The next day at school, Tsukushi walks into her classroom to
hear Asai & Co. Making snotty remarks about Tsukushi. Tsukushi confronts them
angrily, but they start laughing when they see her hair. Tsukushi's hair is
shown, and it does indeed look rather funny. It has been cut straight across the
bottom, and now it just reaches her chin. It looks sort of like a pageboy
haircut.
Walking in the school hallway, Akira, Rui, and Soujirou are
talking when someone bumps into Soujirou and keeps on walking. Angry, Soujirou
turns around and yells at the person who bumped into him. The person turns
around. It is Tsukushi! She quietly apologizes to them, but the guys have been
stricken dumb when they saw her. Their faces are blank. Tsukushi frowns as she
notices they are struggling not to laugh at her hair. They can't hold it in, and
they are all laughing at her. Tsukushi sighs. The guys think she looks familiar
with her haircut, and Tsukushi says she looks like Kintarou (a Japanese
mythological character). The guys ask who cut her hair, and Tsukushi says her
mother did. They ask why she didn't go to a Salon, and she said it was because
she couldn't afford to. Sighing over the sad state of poor people in general,
Rui offers a solution.
Out on the staircase, Tsukushi is sitting down with Rui
behind her. He is holding a razor blade. Rui has decided to cut Tsukushi's hair
for her. He did cut his own hair after he had returned from France, so he knew
what he was doing. Tsukushi was apprehensive at the sight of the razor he was
using though. Rui begins to work on Tsukushi's hair, giving it a gentler,
layered look. Just then Doumyouji has arrived at school and finds Rui and
Tsukushi alone together on the staircase. He looks a bit upset. Tsukushi quickly
tries to explain that Rui is just there to cut her hair. Rui then says he is
done and makes a strategic exit, saying something to Doumyouji about a party
before he leaves.
Tsukushi asks Doumyouji what Rui meant about a party.
Doumyouji looks a bit embarrassed or shy or something, and says that his
birthday is soon. Tsukushi calmly says ‘Happy Birthday'. Doumyouji looks
disappointed, like this wasn't the response he was looking for. He then asks if
Tsukushi is doing anything the Sunday after next, and she says she isn't.
Doumyouji invites her to his party, and says he wants to introduce her to
people. He also tells her she has to bring him a present.
At work later on with Yuki, Tsukushi looks worried. She is
thinking about being invited to Doumyouji's party, and wonders what to get a
rich guy like Doumyouji. Yuki and Tsukushi think about it, and Yuki suggests a
cake or something. This gives Tsukushi an idea.
It is the night of the party, and Tsukushi is approaching
Doumyouji's house holding a gift bag. She is
wearing a long coat. Before she gets to the front gates, she meets up with Rui,
Akira, and Soujirou. They are all gorgeous in fancy tuxes. Tsukushi admires how
they look and how elegant their clothing is. The guys look at Tsukushi and ask
what she is wearing. Tsukushi opens her coat to reveal a very plain green dress.
The guys just stare at her and then confer amongst themselves. They then grab
Tsukushi and decide to subject her to yet another forced make over. The guys get
to the main house without seeing Doumyouji, and look for Tsubaki. Tsubaki is
also gorgeous in a designer gown. Tsubaki takes one look at Tsukushi and can
understand what the guys mean about Tsukushi's clothing. However Tsubaki
seems ready to let Tsukushi stay how she is when the guys remind Tsubaki about
who all was there at the party. Tsubaki frowns and decides to have Tsukushi try
on some of her clothing from when she was Tsukushi's age. Tsukushi thinks
about the differences in Tsubaki's and her own body types and doesn't think this
is going to work.
Tsukushi tries on many of Tsubaki's designer clothing, but
most of it is too big and looks funny on Tsukushi. The guys have a hard time
holding in their laughter. Tsukushi is not too thrilled. Finally Tsubaki picks
out a dress she thinks will work. It is a blue 2-piece wrap around sort of thing
with flowers on it, very pretty.
Doumyouji is out mingling with his guests, accepting their
polite congratulations on his 18th birthday. Everything seems very formal.
Doumyouji keeps glancing towards the front gates in hopes of seeing Tsukushi,
but looks disappointed when he doesn't see her.
Tired of having everyone laughing at her, Tsukushi suddenly
seems reluctant to try on any more clothing. The guys and Tsubaki try to talk
her into it say something about Doumyouji being 18 now, and pressures from his
mother, and something about marriage. At any rate, what they say convinces
Tsukushi to wear the dress.
Doumyouji is still mingling with the guests when he finally
sees Tsukushi, and looks startled by her pretty appearance in the dress of
Tsubaki's which does fit well. Doumyouji excuses himself from the people he was
talking to and approaches Tsukushi, who immediately reaches up to straighten his
bow tie. Doumyouji chides her for being late. Tsukushi laughs.
Looking on at all of this is Doumyouji's mother, whose eyes
narrow as she takes in the scene of her son being familiar with this strange
girl. Not looking very happy, she begins to make her way towards her son.
Tsukushi and Doumyouji are talking. Doumyouji asks Tsukushi where her present is
for him, and she lies, saying she forgot to get him one. This makes Doumyouji
upset. Actually, Tsukushi had brought a present in the gift bag, but when she
saw the fancy, expensive presents everyone else had brought, she couldn't bring
herself to give him her poor present. Doumyouji and Tsukushi are standing by the
food/drink table when Doumyouji says there is someone he wants to introduce her
to. He turns to pull her in his direction when his mother appears at their side.
She frowns at the two of them, looking most displeased. Doumyouji's mother is
very elegant, and seems to be a perfectionist, and a snob. Doumyouji suddenly
looks very stressed. Tsukushi feels very intimidated by the displeasure
radiating from his mother. She steps back and stumbles, knocking a glass from
the table to the ground, shattering it. Tsukushi gasps and goes to pick y the
pieces when Doumyouji's mother crushes them under her shoe. Tsukushi looks up at
her and feels fear. Doumyouji's mother looks at her son and demands to know who
this girl is. Doumyouji glares back at his mother and announces to everyone at
the party that Tsukushi is the most important person to him!
Toys used in the episode: No toys used in this episode, I
guess..
