@FlareKnight: thanks for that! now I’m finally back safe~ and yes, I also don’t know what GONZO is thinking… at this rate, they can only fit until volume 5 of the novel, if they still decide to revert back to the main plot.

@Abel: I’m not too sure about the ‘Kazuma sleeping with Kirika’ part… there’s no explicit mention about it in the novel so despite it being possible, I think I’d rather think that there’s nothing between them but purely ‘professional’.

Pairing up Kirika with Kazuma seems to be a bit… boring, in my opinion. The Kazuma x Ayano antics are such a fun watch. And I think Kazuma can have more fun teasing Ayano :p I can see Ayano making Kazuma more happy, in more ways than one but, to each his own ^^

and you’re right about the ‘real score’ between Genma and Kirika. Regarding Kazuma’s mom, she’s still alive and well. There was a brief mention of her during Ren’s arc, where she was said to be worried about Ren. But no confrontation between the mother and son has happened from what I’ve seen…

@kazumaXX: the scene that happened in the novel was pretty much like that, but I envision it was much much longer and sweeter~ I’ll be mentioning about it in my next KnS post

@sakura: I hope so too! ^^

@Riiya: LOL. It’s not surprising how Genma could be built that way. He and Soushu are the greatest flame wielders in their clan after all

Also, now that I have re-watched the episode, I realize that Kirika and Genma are not having a relationship at all. It is alluded that they were in the area (on business?) and happened to take the opportunity to stop at an onsen.

Furthermore, when Kirika was teasing Ayano and Ren about her having an affair with Genma, Kazuma dismisses it, saying that they shouldn’t take Kirika so seriously. He seems to know what their relationship is.

Ah, and I’m not clear on something, because I have no access to the novels, but is Kazuma’s mother still alive? There is no mention of her death, and in the anime, she only appears in a flashback from four years ago, coldly giving Kazuma a credit card so he would go away.

We’ve already seen some of the tension dissipate between Father and Son, but we have yet to see a relationship resolution between mother and son (if she is still alive).

Although sweet, I’m surprised that Ayano even let Kazuma lay in her lap in the end.

I always thought Kirika was a better pairing for Kazuma. She is more of his style, from his world. Though we do not really know how Takahiro Yamato will conclude this story, I always envisioned Kazuma being more a big brother to Ayano, than her lover. It just does not fit for him to develop romantic feelings for her.

Still, even if Kirika was never going to be anything more than a supporting cast, who never has a chance with Kazuma, I wouldn’t have expected her to be trivialized into a whore-for-hire for any powerful jutsushi that happened to be around. I admit, I’m disappointed.

Well at least it sounds like the sweet scene that was talked about should make it in, which is a relief. Since I don’t have high hopes for action sequences in this series.

But now I’m really getting lost on what Gonzo is thinking (yeah thinking+Gonzo, scary). If they are just throwing something in from nowhere. I mean they are really making it impossible to fit the rest of the novels in at this rate. Either they are trying to leave some open for another season or something odd is up. Guess we’ll find out eventually.

Well, this episode will be pretty interesting. Can’t wait to see it! ^__^ Thanks for the teaser