Zetsuen no Tempest - ep07

Up till this point it is a little bit unclear of what sort of relationship Aika had with our two protagonist. In the beginning we see the start of Aika and Yoshino's relationship. This leads her to tell him how she wants their first kiss to be special, and towards this end she has a plan. That they are going to kiss at her families summer home, that she is going to convince Mahiro to bring him along. Then as thing progress to this promised time, certain aspects of their relationship become clear. First you have Mahiro where he feels like he unconsciously wants a relationship with Aika, but he treats her as if she is made of glass which cause him to keep his distance. Then you have Aika giving a deeper understanding of Yoshino's character, that he can become what ever he needs to be to fit in however this means that he is a man without a face.

It isn't until much later that we see Aika's true character, that she is using Yoshino to force Mahiro to make a move on her. Then in a way Yoshino see this to a degree but isn't willing to accept it. He see that if how Mahiro and Aika meet under different circumstance they probable would of end up lovers, but simple because of the fact that they are in-laws he will not make a move. Then in a way this is reflected in how towards the end Aika had to perfect opportunity to kiss him but didn't which seems to implies that she never intention-ed to do. That it is a combination of Aika's action and the protagonist personalities that have leaded to them become trapped as they are.

Then towards the end it seems that Yoshino raises an interesting question what will happen to them when everything is finished. Yoshino actions seems to implies that there will be nothing to return to, that the world is ending and it can't be saved. That in the end Mahiro will get his wish to kill Aika's murder but the world would have perished by then. However you also have Yoshino's goal which was merely to see where Mahiro's goal takes him, because he has no honest wish for himself. Things feels as if they are approaching the finally when the series is only a little more than half way over, it will be interesting to see how thing unfold when all side collided.