Hachiware Desperately Looking for the Ribbon and Chiikawa Unable to Give the Cookie: Heartbreaking Misunderstanding Scene Sparks Reactions... Anime "Chiikawa" Episode 163

In the 163rd episode of the anime Chiikawa, a heartbreaking scene was depicted where Chiikawa (voiced by Haruka Aoki) tries to give a cookie with a ribbon to Hachiware (voiced by Makoto Tanaka), but witnesses Hachiware desperately searching for his lost ribbon, making Chiikawa hide without being able to hand it over.

In the "Homerare Ribbon" (Praised Ribbon) Arc, an episode unfolds where Hachiware loses the precious ribbon he received from Chiikawa. Having been tearfully told this fact by Hachiware in the previous episode, Chiikawa, wanting to cheer Hachiware up, comes up with the idea of gifting a cookie adorned with the same ribbon. Chiikawa visits Hachiware's house while imagining Hachiware's happy face, but what Chiikawa witnesses there is a shocking sight.

Hachiware was desperately searching all over the room in tears, crying, "It's not here... It's really not here..." and "Even though... there's only one of it in the whole world...!" Realizing Hachiware's feelings that "even if it's the same ribbon, it's different from that precious ribbon filled with memories," Chiikawa is unable to give the cookie brought along and quietly hides in the shadows.

In response to this heartbreaking misunderstanding born out of their mutual care for each other, many fans have voiced their tight-chested anxiety for the duo's future, with comments such as: "It's so heartbreaking precisely because they both care so much about each other...!" "Both Chiikawa-chan and Hachiware-chan are just too good of kids," and "Hachiware searching desperately and Chiikawa trying to present the same thing... Please, resolve this quickly!"