The first episodes of this romance anime had moments as surprising as these
The Blue Box, also known as Ao no Hako or simply Blue Box, is one of the most interesting romance mangas of recent years. Its brilliant artistic section by Kouji Miura, its messages of self improvement and the innocence that comes from its cast of main characters have managed to excite a good part of the public, especially in Japan.
This manga has also established itself as one of the biggest recent successes of Shonen Jump, and its good commercial performance has allowed it to be carried out. an anime adaptation backed by the veteran team at Telecom Animation Film. The second part of the first season is currently being broadcast, and its first part has such surprising moments that they have come to impress many people. And in this article you will find some of the best.
The following lines include spoilers from the first part of the first season of The Blue Box.
The date at the aquarium
This meeting strengthened the bond between Chinatsu and Taiki
This scene happens in episode 5, one of the highest rated of all the episodes in the first part of this season. Thanks to Kyo’s words, Chinatsu made the decision to invite Taiki to spend the morning with her in an aquarium, something that deeply pleased our protagonist.
The meeting was full of moving moments in which we saw Taiki enjoy alone the company of the person he has secretly loved for some time, even going so far as to accidentally brush your hand against it. In addition, before the date we were able to see very funny scenes in which Taiki tries to calm his own expectations, perform an intensive exercise session and carefully choose what clothes to wear, all in order to surprise chinatsu.
Hina discovers that she is in love with Taiki
Hina suffers when she sees Taiki in love with Chinatsu
As happens in the vast majority of romantic anime, the story of The Blue Box includes a love triangle that involves our protagonist duo and Hina ChonoTaiki’s best friend. Hina, who is aware that Taiki has been secretly in love with Chinatsu for some time, begins to realize that the interactions between him and Chinatsu are affecting her emotionallyto the point of seriously considering whether Taiki is more than a friend to her.
In this way, Hina begins an interesting character arc in which we see her fight silently against your own feelings while trying to avoid being an obstacle for Taiki. Unfortunately, these feelings begin to interfere with their sports practices and they end up seriously affecting his mood, even crying out of frustration at certain moments when he secretly observes our protagonist.
Taiki is defeated overwhelmingly by Shuji Yusa
Yusa became Taiki’s biggest rival after this match
The eighth episode of the series was a small exception within the generally optimistic tone that the work has, since in it we witnessed the bitter defeat suffered by the Eimei badminton team against the stars of Sajikawa, a rival institute. Kengo Haryu, our protagonist’s oldest partner in this elimination tournament, lost decisively to Shota Hyodoa young prodigy in badminton.
As if this were not enough, Taiki had to contend in an individual match against Shuji Yusaa player on Sajikawa’s team who showed disinterest towards our protagonist at all times. Yusa emerged victorious with a wide difference on the scoreboard, eliminating a surprised Taiki and making it official the defeat of Eimei’s team in this tournament.
Chinatsu gives Taiki a lucky bracelet
Chinatsu gave our protagonist a bracelet created by herself
One of the most tender moments we have seen in anime so far. To thank Taiki for the encouragement he gave her in a scene from the first episode, Chinatsu decided to give him a lucky bracelet identical to the one she wears. In addition to giving him this gift, Chinatsu was encouraged to carefully place the bracelet on Taiki’s ankle.
Chinatsu took the moment to share out loud her wish that Taiki could reach participate in the next national badminton tournamentsone of the objectives of our protagonist. Curiously, this scene appears in the opening of the second part of the first season, which shows its relevance in the story.
