Good can come out of misfortune (禍転じて福となす, Wazawai Tenji te Fuku to nasu) is the sixth episode of the Junjou Romantica anime series.
This episode features the Junjou Egoist couple.
Plot[]
Continuing from the last episode where Miyagi attempted to make a move on Hiroki, Nowaki, contemplating Miyagi and Hiroki's relationship, is asked to greet a professor flying in from America who took care of him. After arguing with his professor and realising the importance of meeting the professor he finally agrees, believing he can still meet Hiroki, but the flight is delayed.
Hiroki goes to the restaurant an hour early and waits for hours for Nowaki. Nowaki rushes to the restaurant, already late. In the meanwhile it starts to rain heavily and Hiroki eventually leaves, believing Nowaki does not love him anymore. Nowaki makes it just as Hiroki leaves but they don't see each other. Miyagi is surprised by a dripping wet Hiroki in his office and attempts to 'comfort' him, but is stopped when Nowaki barges into the office, seeing what Nowaki was implying he rushed and became violent. Nowaki drags Hiroki away but ends up chasing him into the library. Here Nowaki admits that he wanted to be the kind of man that would make Hiroki proud to be his lover. Hiroki breaks down and admits that he loves Nowaki, and the two make love in the library.
Later, while Nowaki is moving in with Hiroki, Hiroki finds a bag full of letters to him that Nowaki never posted, and refuses to give them up as he is so happy just to have them. The episode ends with Hiroki remembering that in a distracted moment, he was the one who advised Nowaki to study abroad in America.
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Epilogue: Egoist couple talking about the reason Nowaki going overseas and flashback.
Character Appearance[]
Manga[]
- We learn that even though Nowaki's program was two years long, he completed everything in one year from him professor .
- Nowaki's professor was a lot more threatening and aggressive at the airport when he forced him to wait for the doctor coming from America.
- The sex scene is more graphic.
- After leaving the university, Hiroki and Nowaki slowly walk back home in the rain without an umbrella holding hands as they shared pointless stories, laughed, embraced and kissed.
- Upon deciding to live together, Nowaki offered to pay half the rent but Hiroki insisted what he was paying for his current apartement (20,000 yen) because the poor should behave like the poor. This made Nowaki mad.
- On moving day, Hiroki remembered when Nowaki told him about studying abroad and how he encouraged him to go after his dream. Mortified that he brought the heartache onto himself, he decided to hold on to the grudge because Nowaki never contacted him. That was when he found all of the letters.
- Hiroki bribed Miyagi with top quality Japanese confectionery and top quality refined green tea. He also had to get all of Miyagi's lecture materials together free of charge.
Trivia[]
Nowaki's letter to Hiroki was translated in one version of the episode:
Hello. Over here, it's quite... ... have you been? For now I've gotten used to the new environment and I'm doing well, but recently my longing to see you has been growing more and more intense and I can't help but laugh a bit wryly at myself.
I want to see you. I pondered why exactly I felt so discontent, and I realized that I don't feel any dissatisfaction about the classes at school here or the lifestyle, it's just the simple fact that I can't see you that's making me so insecure.
But I haven't even brought myself within sight of your back yet, and I know that now isn't the time for complaining. I won't be mailing this letter now, but one day I would like to show it to you proudly, with dignity and to reach that day I will keep working as hard as I can.
I have to admit something. Before I left Japan, I snuck a picture of you while you slept. I look at it every day. It is my sole support. I really do love your face when you sleep. I'm sure I'd get a punch in the face if you found out, so I'll keep it a secret.
I've almost reached the bottom of the page, so I guess I'll end this for today. I'll write to you again. Hiro-san, I miss you, I miss you, I miss you, I miss you, I miss you, I miss you.
I love you. I really, truly love you. I miss you.
Kusama Nowaki