The thing that I believe I enjoy about this particular series is not its overarching storyline, but rather its lack of one, oddly enough. Instead, it’s an extremely solid character-driven story that has something with each new episode that allows us to look deeper into the minds of the characters; for better or for worse.
Is it possible for a kimono to even blow up enough in the wind so that it would matter? And what about Yune? She's wearing a freaking cage, why does she care?
In episode six, we went on another excursion to Alice’s gigantic mansion in the rich part of Paris and were taught about the finer things in French fashion, from the corset to a big-ass birdcage that they wear to make their dresses “poufy”. We also get the proper introduction of Alice’s sister, Camille, who is interesting because of how the character is portrayed in the episode. Alice herself comes off as the spoiled little rich child that needs to be beaten off with a stick; however her sister seems much more subdued and relaxed, even giving hints that she wishes not to be confined to high society, but rather to be free to do as she wished and not have to be an aristocrat all the time.
I wanna be where the people are, I wanna see, wanna see 'em dancin'
I’m also getting this very large feeling that Claude and Camille have a history. When Yune mentions to Claude that she wants him to meet Camille, he immediately has this face of “Oh crap”, that usually would only appear if he knew exactly who she was and had no desire to have a meeting. He then insists to wait outside for Yune, thus making no room for error in meeting Camille, though that didn’t stop her from seeing Claude out the window. Further proof that there is actually something happening there, which they haven’t bothered to show us yet. We just don’t know what exactly it is.
That face, that face, that fabulous face~
Episode seven brought the return of the street urchin, and Yune being Yune, she tries to befriend him to the best of her abilities. Not that Claude lets her. I almost get this feeling from Yune that in Japan she was something like a street urchin herself. Obviously not in such a dire situation, but certainly not in high society. She had enough belongings and clothing with her to say she wasn’t living on the streets, but it would make sense in a way that she wasn’t living under the best of circumstances. Why else would she agree to go to some strange land with this old stranger so that she could work at his family store in exchange for food and lodgings?
"I may be small, but you come near me and Ima open up a can of whoop-ass on your head!"
Though really, that’s speculation because they haven’t yet told us about Yune’s childhood in Japan, though I hope they do eventually. Until then, I’m just going to sit patiently and wait for next week.
