Nostalgic if you’d ask me.

Yes, this would be Rakuen’s very first episodic post, starting with this series, EF - A Tale of Melodies. Now, to cut the chase, I’ll get on with the background of the episode.

Pretty much, the episode is light, since it just focused on going back to Yuu and Yuuko, and to make up for it, they made me enjoy these breath-taking sight of the sky. The only exception I’ll make, about the episode being light and all, is the nude drawing of a girl Yuu knew before, Nagi.

Oh, remember Amamiya Yuuko, from the first season? She’s that nun who keeps appearing and gives the characters some guidance, and she’s that mysterious girl in the chapel on Christmas Eve back in season 1’s first episode. Ef - A Tale of Melodies encompasses the pasts of Yuuko, Himura Yuu (Chihiro’s guardian), Shuichi (that guy who seems to have a lot of girl school uniforms), and Mizuki (who I think has an affiliation with Yuuko, and will discover Shuichi’s secret).

On a side note, there’s actually a new character introduced into the series and her name is Nagi, and she seems to be Hiro’s older sister. This kinda explains his penname of Shindou Nagi.

Now, Shuichi, who’s a friend of Yuu back in high school, had a big shot of being a professional violinist, but something happened.

And an important note: Sorry but there’re no Chihiro, Miyako, or Kei here. But Hiro and Kyousuke,  did make a cameo appearance in this episode. And as I’ve said, this season concentrates on Yuu, Yuuko, Shuichi, and Mizuki. This is already in the Latter Tale of Ef - A Fairy Tale of the Two, and when this is done, I don’t think there’ll be another Ef series coming. But enough of the goodbyes, let’s just enjoy Ef as long as it airs.

Footnote: Rakuen will also be covering Chaos;Head. Nagato-sama already agreed.

Update:

• The first part of the episode would be the ‘Yuu-Yuuko Arc’. Back in the highschool days, Yuu met Yuuko for the first time (after ten years). Yuu doesn’t know her (as he said in the rooftop), but she knows him. As it turns out, Yuuko is actually Yuu’s sister, but she now has a new brother, in the character of Amamiya Akira, a teacher in Yuu’s school who keeps on bugging Yuu to join the arts club; but then again, she doesn’t want to, because of that girl– Hirono Nagi.
• Yuuko said she hated him, still with that adorable smile on her face (which I find very cute, but at the same time creepy). In the shore, when it was just the too of them, he said he doesn’t want to see her again.
• The second part is the ‘Mizuki-Shuichi arc’. Mizuki is staying at Renji’s place. And it’s shown that she has a bad case of forgetting things (which I find to be short-term amnesia). And then there’s the part with Shuichi, the stack of girl school uniforms, and the slacking on the floor. Masks are also shown in this episode, which maybe key objects in the development of the story.