Itazura
Na Kiss Episode 8
Bring Me to Todai together
Naoki gives a bouquet
of flowers to Kotoko, congratulating her on her
admission to Todai (University of Tokyo). Kotoko
expresses doubt at this but Naoki says that Kotoko
deserves her achievement. He even tells Kotoko that
they can be together for another 4 years. Kotoko is
elated at this. When Naoki bends closer to kiss
Kotoko, Kotoko suddenly wakes up from her sleep so
what happened is just a dream. Kotoko realises that
today is New Year's Day and rushes downstairs to
greet Naoki's parents and Shige. In her haste, Kotoko
forgets to change out of her pyjamas and Yuki mocks
at her. Kotoko tries to defend her sleeping late for
the sake of having a New Year's dream but Yuki tells
her that a New Year's dream is supposed to be made on
New Year's day itself. Kotoko starts telling them
that she dreamt of going to Todai with Naoki but
Machiko tells Kotoko not to disclose the contents of
her dream until noon or it wouldn't come true. When
they are going to have their New Year feast, Reiko
comes calling on them.
Reiko comes to the
Irie residence clad in a beautiful kimono. They then
play a Japanese card game where the loser has to be
given a stroke on the face by an ink brush. Kotoko
and Shige's faces are drawn so many times that they
look comical. Machiko delibrately insults Reiko but
Naoki's father tries to defend Reiko.
The third term starts.
Kanhara-sensei apologises to the class for failing to
help them. The school has decided to reject all
university applications from the 'F' class and
Kanhara-sensei is unable to change the decision.
Kotoko is shocked and at a loss about what to do.
Kotoko goes to tell
Kanhara-sensei that she won't go to Saint Tonan's
affiliated university. Instead, she will aim for a
place in Todai. Kanhara-sensei is happy for Kotoko's
aspiration but tells her that with her standard, it
is impossible for her to go to Todai. Kotoko then
asks if there is any university near Todai which she
can go to but Kanhara-sensei answers in a negative
way. Izumi-sensei tells Kanhara-sensei to stop giving
Kotoko any hopes and he tells her to shut up. Reiko
comes over and mocks Kotoko. Kotoko decides to quit
school and work in a company near Todai.
Kotoko tells Machiko
about her decision to work. Machiko tries to get
Naoki to dissuade Kotoko from doing that but Naoki
approves of her decision. Kotoko plans to be an air-stewardess
but forgets about her fear of heights. She even
dreams of becoming a model or fashion designer.
However, Kotoko's ultimate aim is to work near Todai
and Naoki knows that this spells trouble for him.
Kotoko asks Naoki to tutor her but Naoki says that it
is of no use since Kotoko is so stupid.
Ki (Naoki's father)
tells Kotoko to work in his company since she is
looking for a job. However, Shige tells Ki and
Machiko that Kotoko should not take up the job.
Although Kotoko is disappointed about Shige's
decision, she decides to reject Ki's offer and stand
on her own.
The Irie family and
Shige helps to conduct a mock interview to train
Kotoko. Naoki is forced to play along with them. Yuki
tells Kotoko that she is speaking too loud. Machiko
then asks Kotoko some ridiculous questions like,
" Do you have a boyfriend?", "What is
your boyfriend like?" and "Do you plan to
work after you get married?" which are somehow
related to Naoki. Naoki cannot stand it anymore and
leaves.
Kotoko goes for an
interview at a company opposite Todai. She meets her
classmate Kaori and talks very loudly. In the end,
they are both told to leave without going through the
interview.
Naoki is praised by
Izumi-sensei for achieving the top score in the
national high school tests. Kotoko overhears it and
congratulates Naoki. However, Naoki doesn't seem to
be happy about this. Kotoko tells them that she has
found a job and they are all surprised by this. Which
company in the right mind will hire Kotoko?
Kotoko returns to the
classroom finding Kin-chan sharpening a knife. Kin-chan
tells Kotoko that he will bring happiness to Kotoko
in future but she doesn't get what he means.
The Irie family and
Kotoko have dinner in Shige's restaurant to celebrate
Naoki's achievement in the national tests. Shige even
prepares some snake blood wine for Naoki who drinks
it with much reluctance. Everyone is pining high
hopes on Naoki to make it to Todai but Naoki doesn't
really see the appeal in Todai. Kotoko could see that
Naoki is troubled over something.
Kotoko asks Naoki if
he is really not interested in going to Todai but
Naoki tells her to keep out of his affairs. Kotoko
scolds Naoki for being uninterested in everything and
this is unfair to others who work hard. Kotoko wants
Naoki to promise her that he will put in effort in
what he does while she tries to find a job because
the company didn't hire her.
Kin-chan gives Kotoko
a amulet to wish her good luck in her job search.
However, it turns out that the amulet is for pregnant
women to have a smooth delivery. Nevertheless, this
sparks off Kotoko's mind and she has an idea at work.
Kotoko goes to many shrines and buys different types
of amulets for Naoki. She spends a bomb on them.
Naoki sees all the
different amulets that Kotoko bought for him and
finds that they range from "safety on the roads"
to even "smooth delivery" (for the birth of
babies). Naoki is exasperated by Kotoko's actions and
returns all the amulets to her.
The next morning,
Kotoko wakes up late and rushes to have her breakfast.
Naoki discovers that Kotoko has pinned an amulet to
his uniform and the needle pricked him. Kotoko
apologises to Naoki and he scolds her fiercely.
Kotoko feels sad at this.
Kotoko tries to make
some chocolates for Naoki but ends up making a mess
of the kitchen. However, she is undaunted and keeps
on trying.
On Valentine's Day
where guys are supposed to receive chocolates from
girls, Kin-chan comes to school early expecting to
receive a lot of chocolates. However, he finds none
under his table. Later, he sees his friends receiving
chocolates but he has none. When Kotoko comes to
school, Kin-chan hints to Kotoko for the chocolates
but Kotoko doesn't get it. Instead, Kotoko and Satomi
accompany Junko to give chocolates to Watanabe.
However, he rejects her gift and Junko is
disappointed by this.
Reiko gives Naoki a
watch which is a pair with hers. Watanabe and Kotoko
follow Reiko and Naoki and tries to eavesdrop. Reiko
delibrately acts intimate with Naoki to spite Kotoko.
At home, Yuki and
Naoki bring home a lot of chocolates received from
girls. Kotoko tells Naoki to wait patiently for her
gift. Meanwhile, Kin-chan waits in school in vain for
Kotoko's chocolates. Kanhara-sensei flaunts the only
gift he received and this makes Kin-chan very jealous.
Kotoko gives Naoki the
chocolate she made for him but Naoki refuses to eat
it. To force Naoki to accept Kotoko's gift, Machiko
tells him that there will be no dinner for him if he
refuses to eat it. Naoki still refuses to eat it so
Kotoko tells him to choose between a rice-roll made
by her or the chocolate. When Naoki eats it, he finds
a ring belonging to Machiko in the chocolate. The
chocolate is also bitter and spicy. Kotoko finds that
the chocolate is too hard and worries if she has
caused trouble for Naoki again.
During dinner, Naoki
remarks that he feels pain in his tooth after eating
Kotoko's chocolate. Kotoko asks him if he can do
anything for him but Naoki tells her to forget it. He
just wants a good night's sleep. Kotoko wants Yuki to
sleep with her for fear of disturbing Naoki but Yuki
refuses. Machiko assures Kotoko that Yuki will be
sleeping with her tonight since tomorrow is Naoki's
exam.
Kotoko tries to
maintain peace and quiet for Naoki but ends up
disturbing his sleep. This irritates Naoki very much.
Just when Naoki thinks that he can have some peace,
Kotoko is up to her antics again.
Naoki wakes up to fins
Kotoko staring at him. Kotoko asks Naoki if he had a
good night's sleep but Naoki scolds Kotoko for
causing him to lose sleep. Naoki is exasperated by
Kotoko's actions.
Kotoko offers to
accompany Naoki to the exam venue because she has an
interview in the area. Naoki refuses but Kotoko is
insistent. Shige gives Naoki an exam amulet even
though Kotoko tries to stop him from giving it to
Naoki who doesn't believe in amulets.
On the way to the
examination venue, Kotoko feels pain in her stomach
but she puts on a brave front before Naoki. Naoki
sees that Kotoko has turned pale with pain and tells
her to go home. However, Kotoko says that she wants
to send Naoki personally into the exam venue and she
also has an interview to attend. Naoki finally
accepts Kotoko's amulet and she stands outside the
exam venue to spur Naoki on. When Naoki hears nothing
from Kotoko, he rushes out to find Kotoko slumped on
the floor in pain. Kotoko hurries Naoki to go for the
exam but she cannot hold out anymore and faints.
Naoki then carries Kotoko all the way to the hospital.
Naoki stays with
Kotoko who keeps mumbling for Naoki to attend the
exam. He then leaves the ward. Is he rushing to Todai
for the exam?
Shige and Machiko come
to see Kotoko who has come down with acute
appendicitis. They think that Naoki has gone to Todai
for the exam when Naoki comes back into the ward. He
had gone out for a drink and didn't return to Todai
for the exam. Everyone is shocked especially Kotoko
who feels that she has brought trouble to Naoki again...
-Erin Lee
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