So in the class reunion nothing particular happened, or at least nothing piqued my interest. Banri's classmate seemed to treat him well, unlike what he feared at the beginning. Long story short, at the end of the reunion he and Linda went to bridge where Banri met the accident. There he saw what can be seen as a flashback of that fateful night, where a motorbike (or a scooter, as what shown in the anime's first episode) speed across the bridge and knocked him over the bridge. Banri, witnessing the accident, tried to help and save the person, and got hold of his hand. Then he got surprised seeing that the person is none other than himself. However he couldn't save him and he fell into the river. When he came to, there was nothing and Linda's brother, who is picking them up from the party, arrived. Vol 6 ends here.
Vol 7 chapter 1-2
Chapter 1 takes place on his way to the station, before going to Tokyo. Generally tells about his conversation with his mother (the one who took him to the station). The topic varied from the super delicious bread his mother bought from his former classmate, to his mother's favorite singer. Here also, Banri looked back on his holiday activities in his hometown, from hospital visit (check up and counseling) to his flashback on the bridge. Apparently he seemed to be healthy, but his memory doesn't seem to return. He thought that what he saw at the bridge was his former self (or 'Old Banri' if you like), who was knocked over the bridge by the speeding bike. He tried to save him, but failed. So he concluded that his past self has now rest peacefully in the depths of the Oi River (the river that the Hourai Bridge crosses over).
The last part of the chapter is his mother entrusted him with a ring she used to wear during her old days. She wanted him to give it to his lover and introduce her to the family. The chapter ended with Banri arriving at his apartment and welcomed by the rest of the gang.
Chapter 2 started immediately after Banri's arrival at his apartment. There is a new yakiniku restaurant opening at his neighborhood. So everyone went there as soon as Banri left his baggage at his room. Here in the restaurant, most of the scenes take place, from Chinami's transformation of hairstyle (she claimed she wanted to transform into a new self, aside from having her sewerage clogged by her hair
) to things about Mitsuo's relationship with Linda (I think). At first, Banri, 2D, and Chinami wanted to remain silent about it, but Kouko, unable to read the air around them, blurted it out. Mitsuo, getting a bit offended by it, went with Banri to talk about it with him. Mitsuo seems interested to know why Banri and Linda seems to be closer than that of Senpai-Kouhai relationship. As we know, he only knew that Linda is Banri's senpai at the Omaken, but getting interested to know why the relationship seems closer that it should be, especially when she was nursing Banri (even I would feel something's fishy :p ). Banri, wanted to be honest with his friends, is determined to tell everything about it. However, he couldn't say it (probably like when he tried to tear his picture with Linda). So the cat remains in the bag.
After the yakiniku feast (it's a buffet :p ), everyone went home except Kouko. She went with Banri back to his apartment, carrying a paper bag. At his apartment, Banri actually planned to give her the ring entrusted by his mother, but he couldn't figure out a way to give it properly. His knowledge about giving a ring to a lover means that he is proposing to Kouko, which he thinks it's too early. So, in the end, he didn't give it (for now). When he got back to Kouko, she gave him the paper bag, saying it's a present that she had made, which turned out to be the Eiffel Tower replica (at least it's shaped like one, Banri initial thought is that it's a missile
). Kouko meant to said that "it's Paris time!" by giving him that object. I think most of you already know what it means by the "Paris time" thing
. So Kouko impatiently went active, while Banri tried to grasp the situation. I don't really get all explanations and the dialogues here but eventually it didn't went well and they have to stop due to the effects of eating too much at the yakiniku buffet
. So the romantic first night or whatever has to be postponed. The chapter ended with both thinking how things are going on between them, where things aren't romantic as it should be, and turned out as more of a コント後の楽屋ムード (I don't know how to translate this properly).
