Tohru had told Rin earlier in the episode that she won’t give up on trying to break the curse, ’cause she also has something precious that she needs to protect. She’s still rude and cold as ever, but hey, at least they can actually take a stroll and have a somewhat cordial conversation. Back with Rin, she’s finally letting Tohru. He’s still as overprotective of her as always, but their bond isn’t really deepening. Well, maybe his heart was never really in it. Back home, our prince becomes more and more aware that he’s falling behind Kyo in the Tohru sweepstakes. Yuki’s peers are still trolling him and his fanclub. We get a brief intermission to break up all the cloying drama. A tragedy is never quite as powerful the second time around. And while it’s nice that certain story elements can rhyme, the emotions they elicit from us often don’t. When Tohru looks at Rin, she can’t help but be reminded of how Kyo used to be. In fact, the story even acknowledges that this has happen before. From a storytelling standpoint, however, this feels redundant. So in the end, even the prideful Rin succumbs and cries in Tohru’s maternal embrace. She wants to be a proud horse and do it all alone, but no one can. She eventually tries to run away again, but her body is in no shape to do so. Rin tries her best to push the girl away by accusing our heroine of looking down on the Zodiacs. She’ll keep coming back no matter how much you punish her. Tohru’s infinite wellspring of kindness will never relent. Oh no, she’s not gonna forgive me! She’ll treat me badly… moreso… Rin tells Yuki that she’ll never forgive him if he contacts Haru, but I mean, what would be the difference? She’s already a brat to everyone. I bet he didn’t say that to Rin when she came to him, though. Elsewhere, Shigure tells Hattori that the curse is slowly breaking. That’s why she broke up with Haru before Akito can steal him away for good. Anyways, she’s just scared that she’ll break Tohru she’s scared that yet another person will abandon her. It’s hard for kids to not worship their parents, though. But this isn’t actually true, ’cause her parents weren’t actually kind. Maybe she feels that they were actually kind in even trying to love someone like her, and as a result, all it did was break them. Her guilt is likely an extension of her fraught relationship with her abusive parents. But is that really true? Has Rin actually taken advantage of anyone? I doubt it. She says that kind people like Tohru and Haru are easy targets, people will always try to take advantage of said kindness - people like her. She’s the loving, doting mother who showers everyone with unconditional love - a love Rin doesn’t feel that she deserves. That by itself is pretty telling, ’cause what child doesn’t need a mother’s love? Plus, this is the role that Tohru has been playing since day one. she initially mistakes Tohru for her mom.
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