This week’s episode: God’s in Heaven, All is Well on Earth.
All of Avonea is confused by Anne’s decision not to use her scholarship. They don’t know about Marilla’s eye problems. Mrs. Allan at least is quite supportive. Anne spends lots of time with Marilla, especially in the evenings and at night. One night, Mrs. Lynde comes over to tell Anne that the Avonela school is hears. When Gilbert heard she was going to teach, he withdrew his name for consideration. He is teaching at White Sands now. Anne is quite moved by this. Diana siganls, and when Anne goes over, she finds Aunt Josephine there. Aunt Josephine heard about Anne giving up her scholarship and worries about Anne giving into Marilla’s ideas. Anne assures Aunt Josephine and Dianna this was her idea, and she will still study college courses (much to Mrs. Lynde’s exasperation). The next day when Anne goes to Matthew’s grave, she gets two letters on her way. One is from Stella who is going to Redmonds the next school year and wants to room with Anne. The other is from Miss Stacey, congratulating Anne on her scholarship. On her way home, Anne runs into Gilbert. Anne is finally ready to admit she forgives him (though the truth is she forgave him along time ago), and she profusely thanks him for letting her have the Avonlea school. They will be friends and support each other in their teaching and their course work. This interests Marilla^^; That evening, Anne writes to Stella and Miss Stacey explaining she isn’t accepting her scholarship. Still, Anne is at peace with her decision and with the world.
And thus ends Akage no Anne. It may start out slow, but the results are completely worth it. Anne is so engaging, and so are the people around her. This is just a wonderful, gentle story. If you loved the book Anne of Green Gables or the Disney live action adaptation, you may want to give this a try.
My rating: 5/5 because Anne is just too cute! Have we finally found someone who can match Sakura from Card Captor Sakura for cuteness?!?
I will take next week off from World Masterpiece Theater, but I am very excited for the following week which will begin Daddy Long Legs since it is one of the few series from World Masterpiece Theater that is completely subbed. Look forward to it!
