His and Her Circumstances (Vol. 4)
When Arima returns from the kendo tournament, he doesn't brag about winning  the national championship. He's more interested in picking things up with  Yukino where they left off--and taking them further. Arima is haunted by his  unhappy childhood, and a family reunion reopens old, imperfectly healed wounds. The  new school year offers unexpected challenges, including the return of Arima's  old friend, Takefumi Tonami. The lumpy adolescent has grown into a striking  young man, to the delight of the freshman girls. Director Hideaki Anno  (Evangelion) continues to employ shifting visual styles: when a paper cut-out of  Yukino gets mad, she bursts into real flames; an obnoxious character's face  is processed live-action footage of one of the studio artists.His and Her  Circumstancescaptures the charm and awkwardness of teen-age relationships  with an almost painful honesty. (Rated 13 and older: minor profanity, cartoon  violence, suggested sexual situations)--Charles Solomon