Kazuya’s mission is to take Chizuru on such an amazing date it totally cheers her up and makes her forget her grief, at least a little bit. Kazuya has it on authority from both Mini and Sumi that this is something he can do and something Chizuru will appreciate.
While we end up in Kazuya’s head as he fawns over how pretty and perfect Chizuru is far more than I’d like, something else also happens. Kazuya has his typically nervous and neurotic moments, but he’s also thoroughly enjoying himself.
I should hope so, considering the cash he’s throwing down. After a shopping trip (he happens to picks out a perfect fall outfit she likes, so she wears it the rest of the date) they hold hands to the next leg of the date: the kind of auteur-y highbrow film he knows she’ll geek out about.
Then it’s off to a fancy Italian trattoria for lunch, and Chizuru, who has been in Rental Girlfriend Mode this whole time, puts her elbows on the table to make sure Kazuya isn’t doing all this for her sake, because honestly, she’s fine. Kazuya insists he’s doing this because he wants to.
After lunch they head to the rock-climbing center, which he knows she enjoyed last time. Not only does he get to see Sporty Chizuru in all her splendor, but she insists that they stretch together, resulting in far closer contact than Kazuya was ready for.
So exhaustive was his research on this date that he’s able to give her advice to reach the top of the intermediate wall, which gives both of them a shot dopamine from the victory. Then he takes her to an even fancier crab restaurant for a crab dinner.
On the way to their table, Chizuru spots a little girl with her grandmother, and for a few moments while Kazuya isn’t looking, her Rental Girlfriend mask drops. That it really didn’t take much for it to happen speaks to how emotionally vulnerable she still is…which is only understandable!
Chizuru never lets Kazuya see the face she made at the entrance, but instead demonstrates how she’d make the perfect traditional Japanese wife, taking command of the dining table, preparing plates, pouring his beer, etc. Despite designing this date to make Chizuru happy, Kazuya finds that it’s making him just as happy.
As a fortune cookie fortune once said: “As the purse is emptied, the heart is filled.” All the extra shifts Kazuya pulled were more than worth it, because not only did all the cash he made help make Chizuru happy, but seeing Chizuru happy makes him happy. He also has a relatively inexpensive way to close out the date: fireworks!
While he was initially worried they’d be too childish, Chizuru is all up for it, and wants to light a sparkler first, since that’s how her gran used to do it. But as he leaves her side for the second time to fill a bucket with water, the sparks fizzle in Chizuru’s eyes, she recalls a vivid memory of lighting sparklers in the yard with her grandparents, and finally can’t help but break down.
When Kazuya returns, even though Chizuru’s back is to him he can see her trembling, and that’s where the episode wraps: with a vital decision to make. Kazuya can’t worry about his date to make her happy suddenly being ruined or something because of the sparklers. When her sparkler goes out, all he needs to do is what her grandmother did years ago: re-light it with her own sparkler. That’s all he needs to do!
Chizuru is, and has been, able to grieve as she sees fit, of course, but her lapses this week show that perhaps what she needs is space and time to let out the emotions she’s clearly keeping bottled up. Just as he picked the perfect outfit for her seemingly out of instinct, so too has he created that space and time for her. I hope she gets to use it, and that he can simply be there for her, and show her that she isn’t alone.
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