Read or Die 09-11
An adventure in the underground ruins, the Paper Sisters' backstory and a farewell to Japan. The first one kinda reminded me of episode 5 with its adventure story, and the other two episodes gave plenty more heartwarming Anita moments. She's come a long way from a girl cursing God on Christmas for giving her a hard life. I like the little bit of development she got in 11 too, with her actively seeking out and reading a book for probably the first time, just to say good bye to Hisami. Looking at the end of episode 11, however, the action is about to be kicked up several dozen notches.
Chocotto Sister Advent Calendar Day 09
So Chitose has a dream where she's a fairy in the plant that Haruma got from Ayano, flittering around. That's vivid and a little odd, but also a way to signify hope, I suppose. The plotline wasn't quite resolved, but things are left open enough so that everyone has a chance for love in the future. I am glad they're taking a break from it, though, even for a hot springs episode. Choco having fun is the best kind of Choco. (Plus it means more Chitose and Makoto hanging out, and I want more of that.)