Lovely Complex Ep 11

Episode 11 starts out where we left off from the end of 10 and changes quickly to Risa playing a dating sim game. Cain her ideal boyfriend from the game makes her faint as her friends come into the room. Everyone goes off to the New Years festivities and meet up with the guys. At first Risa is still mad about Christmas but as soon as she sees Otani her heart melts. Risa wishes for the new year to be filled with happiness, perhaps a little too extremly, and after Otani saying it was funny they get into a fight. The groups of couples split off and Otani and Risa decided to go sing some Umibozu karaoke.

The next day at school Nobu gives Risa some more advise and tells her to use her comedy to win Otani. So Risa jumps out of a broom closet and uses her comedic feminine wiles on him but it just freaks him out even more. After their school ceremony Nobu tells Risa that her boyfriend found out that Otani’s ex-girlfriend broke up with her boyfriend. Of course Risa freaks out wondering if Otani will go back to his ex. Only a short while after Risa and Nobu are walking out of school when they run into his ex, who invites them to the next basketball get together.

That Sunday Otani, Risa, Nobu, and Nobu’s boyfriend (sorry I forgot his name) all go to the basketball meet up. No sooner than they enter the door than Otani’s friends already want him to go talk with his ex. Risa trying to keep the two apart thinks of the first thing and that’s to throw a ball at Otani’s head.  But his friends still try to get him to talk to her. As Otani wanders over Risa jumps out and grabs his arm. Her expression on her face stops Otani until his friend once again comes over and pulls on Otani from the other arm. Watching the happy scene between the two Risa leaves the party and Otani turns around to watch her leave. As Risa visualizes what might be happening inside, Otani comes out of the building. He tells her that he thought she might be crying. When Risa asks him about the ex he says that maybe he’s suited for someone more like Risa. Nobu and her boyfriend thinking the two have made up see that they are still bickering on the level above them.

Impression: This episode was much funnier than it’s manga counterpart. Risa’s intense wishing/praying wasn’t in the manga to that extreme. In fact the characters expressions were much funnier in the anime. I especially liked the scene where Otani was getting pulled by Risa and his friend. This wasn’t in the manga at all. But for the ighter side of things I enjoyed the simple snow fall at the end.