Kita ze Inbou! - キタぜ陰謀!

[ Episode 2 ]

Sousuke raises the creepy level by 9000.

If the first episode didn’t already prove that Last Friends is flawless in its presentation of real-life issues, then this further displayed just how cruel and intricate human emotion and drama can be. Sousuke shows throughout this episode that he can be even more of a bastard that he was in the first episode. There is something seriously wrong with this guy in the head. He goes to extreme lengths to check up on Michiru and some are pretty damn creepy. He went all the way to Michiru’s old home to find her album and then we see that he crossed out Ruka’s name. Paranoid much? Not only that but when he found out that Michiru was cutting Takeru’s hair he forced her to try and cut his own ear so that she can understand that he doesn’t want her cutting the hair of male customers. Don’t get me started on the ending of the episode. I was pretty damn shocked to see him enter Ruka’s hospital room. How the hell did he find her so fast? Not only that but this guy is bold enough to abuse Michiru while still in the hospital! It’s a good thing though that Ruka saw it all and stopped before he could do any more damage (I think he was going to throw that chair at Michiru). I think his jealousy fits have long surpassed that. He’s just bordline freaking insane at this point.

Moving on, Ruka obviously can’t be herself in front of her father. By that I mean she can’t be open about her sexuality and/or admit the fact that she likes Michiru. It will be quite interesting to see how she can overcome that especially after shouting in front of Michiru and Mr. Jackass the words “My Michiru”. Takeru seems to be quite uncomfortable with sex or at least the depiction of it. I can probably understand feeling a bit odd watching the kind of movie they were viewing with your parents or something but around your friends it should be alright. I’m guessing that he may have either had a bad sexual experience in the past or was sexually abused. I imagine it has to be between one of those but I could be thrown a curveball and be completely wrong. Eri still hasn’t been shown to have a solid story as yet but based on observing her (especially in the OP) I’m guessing that she doesn’t like to be alone which probably explains why she house-shares in the first place. Still, she really lightens the mood a bit which is needed some times when things are getting really intense and creepy.