Ookami-san to Shichinin no Nakamatachi 12 (END)

and with the last episode, a new character is added in, a tiny bit of life storytelling and it ends =="

Himura Machiko, a student who's working part time to deliver newspaper, sees Ryoushi walking his two dogs in the morning. After glancing at the large house he lives in, she mistakes him as a rich guy walking two expensive dogs and becomes determined to marry him and obtain a life of happiness. With that in mind, she goes all out to try and get Ryoushi's attracted to her. She carefully plans out her first impression for Ryoushi which turns out to be just wierd and predictable as Ringo names it as directly taken out from a game when she and Ryouko sees Ryoushi feeling rather troubled in class. Soon, Himura makes an appearance again but had now grown tired over all the planning and went straightforward to ask Ryoushi to marry her. That sentence sparked off dozens of gaze towards the poor Ryoushi who's still suffering from his own fear of being seen. Otohime and Tarou soon came into the class to witness the commotion and when it was said that Ryoushi had some ties with Ryouko, Himura confronts Ryouko and she brushes it off that they have no relationship at all. Ringo grasps the situation of how Ryouko still could not be honest with herself and plans something dark for her. Back in the Otogi Bank, while talking about how Ryoushi was confessed to, Himura comes to the Otogi Bank to make a request to book Ryoushi for the weekend for a date with her. Liszt agrees to it as well after seeing Ryouko not objecting and the date begins. Ringo and Ryouko had went to check on them as well after Ringo lured Ryouko to do so by saying that Himura could be plotting something with her sudden confession and they should look after Ryoushi's well-being; and since Ryouko didn't want to be honest, it was an ideal excuse to "stalk" them during their date. Himura was however surprisingly bold to get Ryoushi to fall for her and through every action she was trying to lure Ryoushi in, Ringo teases Ryouko with it and loves to see her "i must not show that i actually care" attitude. And so, examples like trying to get Ryoushi to accept her feeding him food and to rock a boat on purpose just to grab on to him and that got Ryouko to snatch the binoculars from Ringo to take a look. Whist asking Ryoushi to talk about his family, Ryoushi shed some light on his past, like on how he had the phobia of being seen and then when he asks Himura about her family instead, she changes the subject quickly and leaves the park with Ryoushi. She then wanted to bring Ryoushi to another place but had suddenly changed her mind and bid goodbye to Ryoushi. As Ryoushi went out of sight, Himura was confronted by two thugs who tells her that her father had took the money, which was to repay their debts, and ran away, and they had since been looking for her. Himura could not believed what she had heard and when she was about to be taken away, Ryoushi shoots a smoke ball and grabs Himura away. The onlooking Ringo and Ryouko follows them to safety as well. In the playground, Himura tells Ryoushi that she had been working part time to help repay her father's debt and had only hoped to live in happiness, away from the thugs. She also apologises to Ryoushi for sticking so close to him for her own motives. Ryoushi then looked angry but was towards her father and not her. He then calls for more information about Himura and tries to help her get away from the thugs. The thugs soon found them and brought reinforcements as well but this time, Ryoushi wasn't holding back and switched to steel balls, soon accompanying him in the fight was Ryouko where they started to thrash all those thugs coming at then. Just as Himura was seeing how cool Ryoushi was, Ringo appears and tells her that both Ryoushi and Ryouko have always been fighting alongside with each other. After the commotion ends, Himura has her debts cleared by the Otogi Bank and was also given lodging which Liszt tells her that she does not need to worry about anything as she'll be repaying them soon enough. Himura then takes Ryoushi out for a talk and Ryouko follows them after making an excuse on going to the restroom. Himura thanks Ryoushi for what he had done for her and when she wanted to confess to him, Ryoushi cuts in and started saying that Ryouko was the reason he had became a little more manly and with Ryouko acting strong to protect her weak self, it was important for Ryoushi to be strong for her. Ryoushi then takes his leave and Himura, knowing all along that Ryouko was listening, asks Ryouko face to face if she likes Ryoushi or not, or she wouldn't stop chasing him. Ryouko soon replied that she does not hate him. With the sparklers being light up on everyone's hands, Ryoushi tells Ryouko that no matter how long it's going to be, he would always love her but this time, Ryouko did not hit him back, seems that she had acknowledged her own feelings for him as well and gave him a warm smile in return.

the last episode wasn't that much of an ending, it felt more like a typical episode after seeing how the various episodes in the series is modeled to be. Not much conclusion, many things are left hanging around probably due to the still ongoing novels. on how the story was actually heading back at the start, having a romantic ending would be rather weird. a comedy? not actually. I would have appreciated it more if they had decided to focus more on Shirou back when Ryoushi gave a badass look at him and gave the series a more proper climax and a much more fulfilling or proper end. I don't really dislike the ending though, just felt that they could be more to it rather than adding it a whole new character and ending her story so quickly that it just feels as if she's an "extra" character. it did seemed rather rushed though, and Ryoushi's cool look just came too fast and abit faked .__. leaving those aside, it was actually a rather nice-to-watch series at the start but on the ways on concluding it, it is rather difficult. having such resemblance to Toradora! when the preview came was a "hook" to this series. Having the same personality and an awesome start of confession kicked off the series to a good start. Shirou, as the ultimate antagonist was a great idea, focusing on Ryouko's past that developed her current personality. and that brought forth a much more "manly" Ryoushi, who is waaay cooler than how he is normally. overall, it wasn't a bad series but its watchable for leisure, much more improvements could be made IF there was a 2nd season. 12 episodes is honestly a little too short.

P.S. still love their fairytale-like reference though :)