10 Second Anime - Ore Monogatari!! - Episode 24 [END]

Rinko confirms her love for Takeo. Their Love Story continues in its own slow sweet fashion. Season Finale.

Episode 24 - "My Heart"

Heh.

It's the last episode and with how solid Takeo and Rinko have been as a couple since she admitted she would like to show physical affection towards him, nothing was going to break them apart.

 

That Ichinose guy didn't turn out to be a villain. Just a little insensitive and self-centered. Also, he totally misread Rinko's admiration for his patisserie skills as romantic attraction. I hope he learned his lesson.

 

There were several elements in this plot with the love rival that borrowed from earlier stories. The separation from when Takeo helped out the judo club, Rinko's love rival paired with Takeo's obliviousness and Suna spending time with the lonely one.

 

We hadn't had a Takeo action sequence in a while, so that was fun to see again.

That Kurihara guy sure does know how to operate. Impressing Nanako while using Takeo to intimidate those other guys. He knows how to use his gifts.

Takeo actually made a selfish statement! Considering how little he puts his own wants above others, this was a big deal for him to say that he didn't want anyone else to be with Rinko.

 

Was there another little love connection brewing among Rinko and Takeo's friends?

 

Ha! Both Suna and Takeo's mom screamed at the sight of his muddy countenance. Perhaps Mrs. Gouda was just worried about the mess he might leave.

Takeo got all steamy... from exertion.

 

Takeo did make a serious point, showing his own interior development, in wondering how to show other people the things that can't be seen, like the feelings in his heart. But this question was already answered with how he treated that Ichinose guy as both seemed to be able to communicate their feelings like men do. Learning to do that with Rinko was something new. He made a good first step by calling her by her first name. He needs practice, though.

 

Moving into the next year, we had a mini-recap of the 24 episodes, with the pervert who started it all offering his seat to an old lady on the train, the girls excited about Suna being in the same classroom, the guys being excited about Takeo likewise, Mariya wishing she was in the same classroom with Takeo again, while Yukika acknowledge her stalker tendencies in being happy with being next door to Suna and Ai was still being pursued by that Oda guy. There was even a mention of that ogre story by a kid in the park that drew a big laugh from Suna. It was all good.

Final Thoughts.

This show was definitely a different take on the love story genre. The mismatched couple paired up relatively quickly with none of the will-they-won't-they stuff you usually see. This also meant that we were able to see some the struggles a newly established couple faces. Interestingly enough, after the disaster of the week plot points went away, the action-comedy turned into regular romance comedy. The twist was that Rinko and Takeo were like a sea cliff and their friends and other circumstances were like ocean waves crashing against them. The sea cliff changed very slightly as the pair grew comfortable with each other, but the storylines played off how the ocean waves splashed against their solid formation.

 

Sometimes the waves were small, like making chocolate for Valentine's Day. Other times the waves were huge, like Suna's father in the hospital or the birth of Takeo's little sister. What was important about the steady rock that Rinko and Takeo became was the quiet support of Suna. The early comparison of the two best friends with the friendly ogres parable meant that we should expect Suna to always be in the background. That was true for the most part, but there was a reason there were three figures on that cake in the opening credits.

 

Ore Monogatari mixed action, gag comedy, drama and romance very well, especially in the first 12 episodes. Later on, Takeo and Rinko took a smaller role as the focus turned to their friends and family. It was an odd thing to notice that the main characters were only costars in their own love story. But it still worked because the audience already knew them and just wanted to see them react to what happened to the people around them. It was a sweet comedy with surprisingly deep feelings. If you want to see what a man's man romantic comedy would look like, Ore Monogatari is where to look.