Kaoru Hana wa Rin to Saku Episode 2 Recap & Characters (Spoiler-Free)

Episode Summary

Chidori and Kikyo

Rintaro, unsettled by his encounter with Kaoruko, a Kikyo student who is unafraid of him, is pulled into a tense day among his Chidori friends. When Kaoruko waits for him outside Chidori's gate, a confrontation with Shohei and a clash with Kikyo girls follow. Rintaro struggles with his judgment of Kikyo students, apologizes to Kaoruko, and both agree that school affiliation matters less than knowing each other, ending with the two exchanging contacts.

• Strained day at Chidori

  Shohei blows up over the Kikyo girls' glares and Saku teases him, while Rintaro, still rattled by having shut the curtain on Kaoruko, keeps her a secret from his friends.

• Confrontation at the gate

  Kaoruko waits outside Chidori's gate, Shohei hassles her, Rintaro intervenes, and Ayumi and Suzuka bump Shohei before the Kikyo girls leave.

• Evening at the store and reconciliation

  Kaoruko waits at the store and admits she came to see Rintaro, saying she was glad to learn he goes to Chidori; when he says he assumed a Kikyo girl wouldn't come back, she leaves hurt. His mother points out his prejudice, and the next morning he apologizes and they exchange contacts.

Recent Timeline

• Alley confrontation with delinquents (Episode 1)

  Kaoruko is cornered by the two delinquents, who badmouth Rintaro as a scary delinquent. When one decides to punch her, Rintaro steps in and takes the blow on his forehead, and the delinquents flee in fear. Kaoruko, who had stood up for him against the rumors, calls him a kind person, and the two grow closer.

• Kaoruko waits at Chidori gate (Episode 2)

  Kaoruko waited outside Chidori's gate for Rintaro, and Shohei's confrontation with her drew a crowd. Rintaro grabbed Shohei to stop him. That evening at the store she said she had come to see him and was glad he went to Chidori, but when he said he hadn't expected a Kikyo student to come back, she left looking hurt.

• Rintaro and Kaoruko reconcile (Episode 2)

  The next day Rintaro waited at Kikyo's gate and apologized to Kaoruko for dismissing her as a Kikyo student. They agreed that school affiliation did not matter, and exchanged contact information. Kaoruko then happily reopened her curtains from the classroom window.

Character Graph

Kaoruko Waguri (Kaoruko)

Kikyo

A straightforward Kikyo student and longtime regular at Rintaro's family cake shop who was never afraid of him. She waited for him at Chidori's gate and then at the shop, and after they made up she told him that Chidori and Kikyo don't matter to her.

• Kikyo student

  Attends Kikyo, the school for prestigious young ladies, as shown when Rintaro sees her there.

• Developing interest

  On the morning they made up, she told him she wants to know him because he is Rintaro, regardless of Chidori or Kikyo.

• Rintaro (Friend, Affinity)

  Never found him scary and wants to get to know him for who he is, not his school. After he hurt her by assuming a Kikyo girl wouldn't come back, he apologized, and they exchanged contacts.

Rintaro

Chidori

The protagonist, a Chidori student feared for his looks, though he is kind at heart. He tried to keep his distance from Kaoruko because of the school rivalry, then realized his own prejudice and made up with her.

• Reputation

  Rumored to be a delinquent and scary, a reputation that stems from his appearance and past bullying.

• Family cake shop

  Helps out at his family's cake shop when his mother asks; he has never told his school friends about it.

• Reconciliation

  Realized his own prejudice after his mother pointed it out, apologized to Kaoruko, and agreed to get to know her beyond their schools.

• Kaoruko Waguri (Friend, Affinity)

  The Kikyo regular who told him she was never scared of him. He hurt her by assuming a Kikyo girl wouldn't come back, then apologized the next morning; they exchanged contacts.

• Kyoko (Family, Affinity)

  Mother; her rebuke made him see he was judging Kaoruko by her school, and he thanked her.

Shohei

Chidori

Rintaro's cheerful, impulsive classmate at Chidori who resents the Kikyo girls' glares. He hassled Kaoruko at the school gate, then burst into envious tears that someone had a girl waiting for him, and had his chin bumped by the Kikyo girls.

• Rintaro (Friend, Affinity)

  Close friend; he took Rintaro to karaoke and told him to speak up anytime something is wrong.

Saku

Chidori

A cool, sharp-tongued friend of Rintaro's at Chidori who says he can't stand Kikyo. He noticed Rintaro had been acting strangely and offered to listen, unconvinced by his 'it's nothing.'

• Rintaro (Friend, Affinity)

  Friend who saw through his odd behavior; Rintaro apologized for worrying him.

Ayato

Chidori

A gentle friend of Rintaro's at Chidori who noticed Rintaro had closed the curtains facing Kikyo and agreed that he seemed off.

• Rintaro (Friend, Affinity)

  Friend who also sensed something was bothering him.

Kyoko

Rintaro's mother, who runs the family cake shop. When Rintaro couldn't understand why Kaoruko left hurt, she pointed out that he was judging Kaoruko by her school, just as others judge him by his looks.

• Rintaro (Family, Affinity)

  Mother; her blunt rebuke, and a flick to the forehead, made him face his prejudice.

Clue Board

• Reason for running away (Episode 1)

  Kaoruko ran out of the shop because Rintaro's stare made her heart race, not because she was scared of him; she explained this herself in episode 1.

• Kaoruko seen at Kikyo (Episode 1)

  Rintaro saw Kaoruko peeking out from the curtains at Kikyo and then worked out that she is a student there.

• Why Kaoruko came back (Episode 2)

  Rintaro wondered why Kaoruko came back to the shop even after learning he attends Chidori. The next morning she answered herself: Chidori and Kikyo don't matter — she wants to know him because he is Rintaro.

Season Summary

Season 1 — Season 1

Episodes 1–2

Rintaro, a Chidori student feared for his looks, meets Kaoruko Waguri, a regular at his family's cake shop who tells him she never found him scary, and after he takes a blow to protect her from delinquents she calls him kind. Learning she attends Kikyo, the elite girls' school that looks down on Chidori, he decides to keep his distance, but she waits for him at Chidori's gate and then at the shop. When he says he assumed a Kikyo girl wouldn't come back, she leaves hurt, and his mother points out he is judging her by her school just as others judge him by his looks. He apologizes the next morning, Kaoruko tells him she wants to know him for who he is, and they exchange contacts.

Music Releases

• Your Gaze, Crepuscular (OP)
• On a Good Day (ED)