This episode was less exciting and the heroine exhibited almost flawless stalker techniques so it was more of a turn-off than a turn-on =_=; I guess there's that saying of where when you fall in love, you just don't want to let that person out of your sight, so you end up following them... but that's just the first step in the path towards stalker-hood =_=; Well, anyway...
In this episode, Junya wakes the day after Christmas to find Kanon's present sitting outside waiting for him. He picks it up and then wonders who it's from. He later consults Mizuki about it, and Mizuki says that it could be a prank from one of the children, that or someone has a crush on him. Junya doesn't believe either to be the case and they leave it at that.
Back with Kanon, we see that she changes her name to Yamada Kanako while applying for work as a janitor for a train station. She later goes to consult with Shimada Satoyo, an attorney, about her brother, but Shimada tells Kanon that there's no way they can win a trial with all the gathered evidence. Dejected, Kanon leaves the law firm and then notices Junya. She follows him and enters a restaurant called Bar Primo Piano where he plays dinner music.
During another day, Ikeda Jiro, a reporter, goes to visit Akiyama Youji in juvenile prison. He believes that Youji is innocent (or has another reason for killing his parents), and tries to get Youji's side of the story. In Youji's memory, we see him frantically soaking his parents' bodies in gasoline and then lighting a fire. Ikeda asks Youji about who could have killed his parents and says that no one, but Youji could have done it, but Youji tells Ikeda that he is innocent.
One day as Kanon is passing by Junya's place, she notices Iwata Harue on the phone talking with someone concerning her father's condition. Because things seemed to have taken a bad turn, Iwata abandons her work at Junya's place and leaves immediately. Kanon (boldly) walks into Junya's place and notices the piano music box on top of Junya's piano. When she hears a sound behind Kiyoka's bedroom, she approaches the door and Subaru pops out to find her. Mistaking her for a thief, he tells Junya to look around to see if she has stolen anything. Hurt by the way she is being treated, she bolts out of Junya's place and rushes back to her apartment where she rips the picture with Junya into two. (Though seriously... if you trespass, people are going to treat you like a thief =_=;;;) Subaru asks Junya who Kanon is and Junya explains how they met. After hearing the story, Subaru decides that Kanon is a stalker, but Junya doesn't really know what to think. The two head back to Kiyoka's room when they notice that she is smiling. Junya is surprised and goes to shake her in hopes that she has woke up.
Some time later, Kanon goes to her brother's prison to talk with him, but he refuses to see her and has the guard tell her that he has come down with a cold. Kanon wonders if her brother really has a cold or not. As she is walking, she receives a call from Subaru who apologizes for his words and behavior earlier. He also wants to hire her to clean Junya's home and she accepts the job, though pretty bewildered about why this has happened. When she arrives at Junya's home at the appointed time, Junya shows her where to clean and what she can or cannot do. She happily goes about working.
After Kanon has begun working at Junya's place, Subaru and Junya chat about her and Subaru thinks that Junya should move his gaze towards Kanon. He believes that a change is best for his friend, but Junya is dedicated to Kiyoka.
Back at Junya's home, Kanon is humming and singingwhile cleaning and stops when Junya comes home. He tells her to continue singing and she doesn't want to, but then he goes to play the piano and starts singing. She later follows and both are out of sync with each other until their sound somewhat balances each other's. Kiyoka blinks her eyes in the next room as it seems that she may be coming out of her coma maybe one of these days.
Before Kanon heads home, Junya gives her a small music box with the same hymn and tells her that it's a present (since she gave him the piano music box). Kanon is surprised that he knew that it was her and touched to receive the music box from him.
Later on Kanon's way home, Ikeda Jiro is waiting for her as he has tracked her down again and takes her to a family restaurant where he tells her that he wants to help her brother and prove that he's innocent. Though she is wary of him at first, she soon decides to enlist his help when he tells her that he believes that her brother is innocent. She is glad that she has moved out to Yokohama and found someone who is willing to help them.
Another day, Subaru approaches Kanon at the train station and the two go to a park where they chat about Junya. Kanon asks if Junya has a girlfriend and Subaru is silent for a moment before telling her that he has a past lover whom he cannot forget, but she is no longer here so he hopes that Kanon can take care of Junya. She promises to do so.
Later that day, Subaru goes to visit Kiyoka and thinks about pulling the air tube out of Kiyoka's neck. He gets close to doing so when Junya pops in. After Junya approaches the bed, Subaru ducks out of the room.
Meanwhile at Kanon's place, she is making sandwiches for Junya and then rushes over to his house when she notices him and Kiyoka at the piano. Shocked, she drops her box and stares at the two. She narrates and wonders why people lie, realizing that she has been lying to herself about her true feelings as she watches the two .
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And yes... this episode was kind of an odd one. Kanon was very much a stalker and so she really can't blame Subaru and Junya for treating her as a thief. A lot of things didn't exactly make sense, but I'm just going to take it all with a grain of salt and see if the next episode improves.
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