PoT ep. 172

[barbecued]

So Ryoma leaves for New York and lo, Sakuno freaks out on what to give as a goodbye present. Momo gave his favorite grip tape (omg, shinji!?), Fuji gave a mix of relaxing music (.....), Eiji gave his autograph from the Chocolates, Inui gave all the data he's collected on Ryoma, Oishi gave a good luck charm, and Taka gave quality soy sauce (which Inui & Tezuka take an interest in).

And awww! When the freshmen were talking about how they want to do something for Ryoma as a goodbye and are getting goodbye messages from the Regulars, Momo exclaims what good friends they are and calls to Kaidoh they should do something too. But what's this!? Kaidoh, who is standing off the side behind a bush with his back to them, hastily wipes at his eyes!? AWWWWW~ ♥
Then he acts all gruff and tells Momo to do it himself and leaves. The next day, he comes over by Ryoma's house and leaves his Hadoukyuu Boomerang as a goodbye present. .....wtf.

And Inui had a few cute scenes, when he was checking out the soy sauce and was so sad when Ryoma got all "no, mine!". Tezuka, while Taka was going on about the soy sauce, had a "!! interested!! O_O" look on his face. WTF. But after Inui gave his present, Fuji commented quietly to Kaidoh that if they sold the Echizen info to other schools, they'd make a lot of money. And Kaidoh blushed. What the hell?? o_O Everyone else gave Fuji a Look and he said it was a joke. o_o

But-BUT! Each of the guys got a short montage while White Line played, awwww~! (my god this has been a long series...)


It could have ended there, but Next Episode: Samurai New York!
Ryoma meets up with Kevin, has a match with some american dudes, and Aizen-taichou from Bleach a hot guy with glasses pops up.

More complete and saner(?) summary of this episode here.