Will Kyo and Tohru open up to one another? Not in this episode, but we will get to see Akito and Ren continue their feud. It would appear that it’s not just Shigure that has been pulling the strings! What happened? Kyo wakes from a frightful dream where he saw Kyoko and his mother. He took it as a sign that he was destined not to open up to Tohru, although I feel like he was misunderstanding Kyoko’s role. Still, he woke and felt the weight of the world on his shoulders once more – the burden of being the…
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