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Episodes 15-21

Episode 15
☥ She does not quite make an appearance in episode 15 other than a flashback by Nanako.
☥ A girl named Junko Nakaya appears though; she is girl who was banished from the Sorority, befriends Nanako, and is seen later on in later episodes.

Episode 16
☥ Kaoru calls Rei and talks about the past and mentions that Rei is still a part of the basketball team.
☥ She talks with the phone in her right hand and catches and throws a basketball in her left.
☥ She keeps her phone on the floor.
☥ She is sitting next to a green-brown, orange, yellow and black abstract painting on the wall.
☥ Her first comeback game, an exhibition one, is coming.
☥ At night, wearing a read Seiran shirt instead of her usual navy blue one, she is practicing hard.
☥ Rei comes along and there is a mentioning of Kaoru possibly sweating so much as a sign of her youth or to help her forget the pain.
☥ She has been a star player since Junior High.
☥ Rei says she used to say a phrase about her being "a woman of effort and diligence".
☥ Mariko shows an interest, great admiration, for Kaoru now.
☥ Their opponent for tomorrow is the Tsurugaoka team.
☥ Mariko gives Kaoru a sports drink.
☥ Her three point shot is considered "Magnificent".
☥ Girls even ask for her autograph or give her things.
☥ Nanako says it will be "Kaoru-no-Kimi Day" all day.
☥ She wishes to win at everything from now on so she will not have to remember a certain something.
☥ The first occurrence about the fireflies is seen and an old memory surfaces.
☥ If she is a winner from then onward, she can be positive about the future.
☥ Her uniform shirt number is 8.
☥ She is the captain of the basketball team.
☥ The Sorority offers her flowers as a commendation; she says she must accept the Sorority exists on the campus, but she does not consider it a valid part and thus declines the commendation.
☥ It seems Fukiko will not accept Rei as part of the basketball team, and Kaoru is aware of that.
☥ The opposing team finds Kaoru formidable to the point they believe that without her Seiran is nothing.
☥ They start blocking her and by pushing herself hard, she begins to weaken.
☥ She pushes harder until the opposing team tries to block her with even more.
☥ It had been a long time since she could play as hard as she was in that game, and that obviously meant a lot.
☥ An opponent fouled her, elbowing her left breast hard and it began to bleed.
☥ Rei shows she is really Kaoru's support at the time by calming her down and helps her leave the court to go to the nurse's office.
☥ She had to go to the hospital.
☥ They lost the game, but Rei admits she tried her best and that makes Kaoru happy.
☥ She and Rei really laugh together, showing a more leisurely side for once.
☥ Her injury... "One of them re-opened."
☥ Mariko has become VERY concerned about Kaoru to the point she threatened Rei.

Episode 17
☥ Kaoru had to stay overnight at the hospital.
☥ She talks to the doctor a moment and then picks up her suitcase with her left hand.
☥ Mariko hands her flowers and, most likely to make Mariko feel better, she tells the girl that some of them are her favorite flowers.
☥ She used Mariko's first name for the first time.
☥ Rei did not take her pills for once and admitted she enjoyed playing basketball, which made Kaoru feel proud of her.
☥ Mariko invites Kaoru to have lunch with her, but she declines due to needing to meet with her coach.
☥ Rei thinks Nanako is lovesick for Kaoru, but it is Mariko with the crush.

Episode 18
☥ Kaoru, after the morning classes, finds Mariko and offers her to watch the basketball team practice.
☥ Mariko make note about eating lunch with her!
☥ Kaoru later asks if anyone had seen Rei.

Episode 19
☥ It is revealed that Takehiko knew Kaoru.
☥ Kaoru witnesses Rei and Nanako returning for the afternoon classes.
☥ The next day, Rei practices basketball with the other members and she jokes with Kaoru.
☥ Kaoru mentions Rei has a fan, Nanako; and in retaliation, Rei mentions that fan knows Takehiko, which leaves Kaoru speechless.
☥ Kaoru eventually says she forgot about him completely.
☥ Kaoru notices Nanako breaking down when reading aloud in class.
☥ Later she invites Nanako to have a drink with her near the seaside.
☥ She cracks a joke about the meat used for chicken and hamburgers are actually seagull.
☥ She shows her great insight once more and talks to Nanako about love.
☥ She has the memory of fireflies again that appeared in episode sixteen.
☥ Nanako wondered if Kaoru had hurt the one she loved, but it was obvious Kaoru loved deeply.

Episode 20
☥ Kaoru notices Nanako and Mariko when a teacher gets onto them.
☥ It soon cuts to her running laps.
☥ Nanako stops her and asks on behalf of Mariko if Kaoru will come to the Gakuin University Fair the next day.
☥ When Mariko asks Rei, she declines and says it is 10,000 to 1 should Kaoru ever go.
☥ Kaoru uses the excuse of basketball on Sunday.
☥ She runs off, but has another faint memory, this time a silhouette of a man is seen.
☥ The next day Kaoru is working out again.
☥ Rei comments on working too much, Kaoru shoots back about her smoking too much.
☥ She comes across Nanako's program and eventually hears music playing.
☥ Fukiko had locked Nanako in a basement; Kaoru found her, broke the lock and saves her.

Episode 21
☥ She makes no appearance, but Takehiko does.
☥ He gives implication of an old love as well, and gets a look much similar to Kaoru's.
☥ Mariko's humorous behavior makes up for Kaoru's absence.

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