I Cannot Reach You – Episode 7 Recap & Review

Episode 7

Episode 7 of I Cannot Reach You starts at the school with Ohara lamenting about his feelings and how he feels it to be a selfish thing to confess to Ashiya. After Ohara’s confession to Ashiya on the bridge, and the events from the previous night, there is a visible awkwardness between the two.

At home, Ohara’s sister Mikoto says she is heading out to the festival to buy takoyaki. Ohara shows concern over her going alone and the possibility of a stranger approaching her. She says that he should worry about himself first. She guesses that things are not smooth between him and Ashiya. Just then we see Ashiya outside Ohara’s house debating if he should proceed. He decides to leave but is intercepted by Ohara’s sister, Mikoto.

She texts Ohara to join her at the shrine where she is going with Ashiya. Ashiya tells her how he feels under confident when he around Ohara. Mikoto assures Ashiya that Ohara is not the type to fall for anyone. Just then, Ohara arrives there and apologises to Ashiya. Their meeting is interrupted by Hosaka and another classmate. Ashiya is flustered when Hosaka says that he and Ohara have made up. He heads up to the shrine.

Ashiya prays for things to go back to normal between him and Ohara. Hosaka asks Ohara about what happened and Ohara answers. He mentions that things got out of hand when he tried to show Ashiya just how much he likes having him around. The friends suggest that Ohara should explain himself to ease the tension and avoid further misunderstanding. Ohara looks everywhere for Ashiya and eventually finds him talking to small kids.

Ohara carefully broaches the subject with Ashiya. He points out Ashiya’s peculiarities that he likes in particular. Ashiya is flummoxed and shy to hear all that. He blushes at Ohara’s compliments. Ohara also apologises for his actions the other day at Ashiya’s house. He assures Ashiya that he will never do anything Ashiya does not want. Ashiya says that he was just caught by surprise but did not dislike it. They share a hug but immediately part when they hear their friends approach. Ohara’s voiceover tells us that he is relieved to hear that his relationship with Ashiya is not ruined.

A few days later, at school Ashiya shows the test paper showing he scored seventy points. Ohara applauds Ashiya’s hard work. Ashiya thinks to himself that he wants to be deserving of Ohara and hence the hardwork. Fujino asks if getting sweets on the Sakisaka day a motivator for Ashiya studying hard. Sakisaka day is the day of making romantic confessions in order to have a partner on Christmas day.

Ashiya thinks of giving sweets to Ohara on Sakisaka day but is hesitant. He meets Akane at the sweet shop and they touch upon the topic of having a prospective romantic partner. When Akane expresses his reluctance towards giving the sweets, Akane encourages him to be confident because he is only doing a sweet gesture for the other person.

On the Sakisaka day, Ohara texts Ashiya to inform him that he is heading to the doctor and won’t be attending school. A bunch of female classmates hound Ashiya asking questions about Ohara. Kurosawa asks Ashiya to give a sweets packet to give to Ohara. He remembers how Ohara had reprimanded him the last time and refuses Kurosawa.

Ohara meets up with Ashiya on his way home. When Ashiya asks if Ohara was at the hospital, Ohara says it is his sister Mikoto and not him. Ashiya gives Ohara a packet of sweets and Ohara is surprised. Ohara squats down and says that he feels so happy that he could die. He then gives Ashiya a few cupcakes that he baked for the first time. The two share the cakes and Ashiya finally admits that he likes Ohara romantically.

One day in class, Ashiya realises that he hasn’t actually confessed to Ohara. He wonders how to bring about a setting for the confession. He overhears two of his female classmates discuss a confession scene from a TV show.

Shortly later, we see Ashiya and Ohara perched on a small hillock, sharing a boiled sweet potato. Ashiya tries to confess to Ohara but he is interrupted by a sudden shower. He catches a cold and Yamato visits him. He pretends to be asleep and Ohara talks to the soft toy he won for Ashiya. He says that the soft toy is lucky to be around Ashiya all day. He also talks to fake-sleeping Ashiya and tries to kiss him.

The Episode Review

Well, well, well! Finally both parties have fully realised their feelings! This calls for a celebration. The angst, the wait, the confusion was too much to bear at this point. It will be interesting to see how Ashiya finally manages to confess to Ohara, won’t it?