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| "You girls really have a bad taste." Seriously? Hahahah, said by the girl who fell in love with a teacher *facepalm* Awesome episode as always. |
b1GZZ said: "You girls really have a bad taste." Seriously? Hahahah, said by the girl who fell in love with a teacher *facepalm* Yes! In addition Kou and Youichi are brothers and they look simillar xD |
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| Well... Things aren't easy right now for Futaba. |
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| The three of them confessed who they like. Yuuri cried at the toilet. It's good that she just accepted that Futaba likes Kou. Murao was really open in their discussion. Futaba had high hopes on that "almost kiss" that she ended up crying for too much expectation. Kou is indeed playing at Futaba often. Haha! |
| Yuuri is seriously adorable, really liked how she handled Futaba's confession. And Murao, aren't you adorable, sharing how you like Tanaka-sensei all of a sudden. Futaba is such a stalker xD So close... just an inch more and they would have kissed. |
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| So many derp faces in this episode. b1GZZ said: "You girls really have a bad taste." Seriously? Hahahah, said by the girl who fell in love with a teacher *facepalm* Awesome episode as always. Murao is right, Kou is such a brat. Sensei is a lot manlier and more mature than Kou with his forced gloomy chara (I don't care what your past is, it takes effort to be negative 90% of the time). All those teasing and indirect show of interest is also starting to get annoying, real men go for what they want instead of beating around the bush. Obviously whatever happened in the past, sensei handled it better and instead of falling into depression he decided to move on and be a responsible adult. |
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| The animation doesn't make Sakisaka Io's beautiful art any justice. |
| the pacing of this anime is too slow. i think only 10 chapters of the manga have been adapted so far. the 1st half of the episode was decent since murao got a chance to speak her mind. however, the 2nd half of the episode was almost disturbing. kou seems somewhat dense. he told futaba that he's not interested in her but he still lets her stalk him through town which should be an obvious sign to him that she's interested in him. the stalking scene itself was uncomfortable to watch. futaba literally forced herself on kou even though he told her to stop following him. i understand that that scene was romanticized to show futaba's interest in kou's life but in reality, most people would be uncomfortable if someone stalked them through town. also, shouldn't futaba's parents be worried that their daughter isn't home even though it's night time? people are calling the "assault" scene an "almost kiss" scene. OTL i hate those kinds of scenes in shoujo manga because they're romanticized to the point of leaving the reader uncomfortable. also, futaba needs to get her priorities straight. she started crying after kou almost "assaulted" her not because she was scared that she was about to get violated but because she actually thought he was going to kiss her and her heart was racing. shoujo heroine leads -__- kou's permanent gloomy demeanor is getting old now too. i get that he has baggage but he shouldn't expect people to understand his behavior if he won't tell them why he is the way he is |
| I like how kou flare out told that 'friend' that he makes him sick for saying something like that. You can see from this ep that he cares about her a lot he just does it his own way and doesn't tell her. It's nice that her feelings are out in the open was not expecting a meh reaction though... |
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| I liked this episode, was so cute :3 !! Futaba finally resolved her problem with Yuuri and she is getting closer to Kou, i was hoping for a kiss but it didn't happen(sad) :c . |
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| The "assault" bit did make me a little uncomfortable, but I'm glad at least it wasn't an "I can't control myself~" sort of thing as so often shows up in shoujo manga. A kiss wouldn't have been romantic except that Futaba wanted that to happen. As in, we know Futaba wanted to be kissed -- and I certainly don't think there's anything wrong with her wanting that -- but Kou didn't. That he wanted to scare her is kind of dumb, but he is just a teenager (same goes for Futaba following Kou to an unfamiliar place). I do get the sense that Kou gets a little bit carried away by Futaba, then reels himself back into apathy. Caring has brought pain, so his "moodiness" is his trying not to care about things so he doesn't get hurt. He'd have to be a total idiot to not realize Futaba likes him, but he's pulling back because of his philosophy. I have read the manga, so I know the reason for this ... anime-only fans will have to wait and see if they think it's justified (I do). On a totally different note, yeah, the art/animation was noticeably bad this time around. I hope it's just a temporary problem and the last few episodes won't look so messy. |
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| Wow that was an interesting character relationship there. Yuuri and Futaba, then Murao also opens herself up. That's nice, I like her, she's my type :P Then Kou going to strange places then defending Futaba from sick perverts. Well that was nice. |
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| As someone's who's caught up with the manga I have to say I'm kinda glad this is only 12 episodes. Meaning we won't be getting that character. It's pretty enjoyable to just watch Futaba & Kou being cute together. |
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MoeGod said: So many derp faces in this episode. b1GZZ said: "You girls really have a bad taste." Seriously? Hahahah, said by the girl who fell in love with a teacher *facepalm* Awesome episode as always. Murao is right, Kou is such a brat. Sensei is a lot manlier and more mature than Kou with his forced gloomy chara (I don't care what your past is, it takes effort to be negative 90% of the time). All those teasing and indirect show of interest is also starting to get annoying, real men go for what they want instead of beating around the bush. Obviously whatever happened in the past, sensei handled it better and instead of falling into depression he decided to move on and be a responsible adult. That last sentence isn't something you can say considering you don't know what happened. I do & lemme just tell you that it didn't hit Kou & his brother at the same magnitude. |
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manganimelover1 said: MoeGod said: So many derp faces in this episode. Murao is right, Kou is such a brat. Sensei is a lot manlier and more mature than Kou with his forced gloomy chara (I don't care what your past is, it takes effort to be negative 90% of the time). All those teasing and indirect show of interest is also starting to get annoying, real men go for what they want instead of beating around the bush. Obviously whatever happened in the past, sensei handled it better and instead of falling into depression he decided to move on and be a responsible adult. Well because Tanaka Sensei was an adult when all the things happened Kou was still a child so it affected him more. There is another reason why it affected Kou more but it will be revealed later. No shit, that's exactly why Murao said Kou is a brat (because he is still a brat. Emotionally fragile, unable to move on and live in the present, afraid of getting hurt, etc). Between a high school boy who would burden you with his emotional baggage and a reliable adult, Murao definitely made the wiser choice. Some people also mentioned divorce, oh wow boo freaking hoo. I have several friends who came from broken home and they can still function as a normal human being and not dragging/blaming everything & everyone else for their misfortune. Some of them are female which means Kou's emotional state is even more fragile than women in real life, which is quite something on its own. |
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orchidork said: the pacing of this anime is too slow. i think only 10 chapters of the manga have been adapted so far. the 1st half of the episode was decent since murao got a chance to speak her mind. however, the 2nd half of the episode was almost disturbing. kou seems somewhat dense. he told futaba that he's not interested in her but he still lets her stalk him through town which should be an obvious sign to him that she's interested in him. the stalking scene itself was uncomfortable to watch. futaba literally forced herself on kou even though he told her to stop following him. i understand that that scene was romanticized to show futaba's interest in kou's life but in reality, most people would be uncomfortable if someone stalked them through town. also, shouldn't futaba's parents be worried that their daughter isn't home even though it's night time? people are calling the "assault" scene an "almost kiss" scene. OTL i hate those kinds of scenes in shoujo manga because they're romanticized to the point of leaving the reader uncomfortable. also, futaba needs to get her priorities straight. she started crying after kou almost "assaulted" her not because she was scared that she was about to get violated but because she actually thought he was going to kiss her and her heart was racing. shoujo heroine leads -__- kou's permanent gloomy demeanor is getting old now too. i get that he has baggage but he shouldn't expect people to understand his behavior if he won't tell them why he is the way he is I found the Tumblr SJW, oh lordy. A, she wanted him to kiss her. B, she could have easily pushed him away. C, he wasn't actually trying to assault her. He was literally just barely holding one of her hands down. D, this isn't real life. It's an anime. Things aren't always going to be realistic and 100% politically accurate. Anyways, Futabas hair looked a little less gross this episode. Still think I preferred the manga though. All the flaws in the characters seem to stand out much more once it's animated. |
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FenixDragon43 said: I found the Tumblr SJW, oh lordy. A, she wanted him to kiss her. B, she could have easily pushed him away. C, he wasn't actually trying to assault her. He was literally just barely holding one of her hands down. D, this isn't real life. It's an anime. Things aren't always going to be realistic and 100% politically accurate. i'm not saying that there's anything wrong with wanting kou to kiss her. futaba has romantic feelings for kou and so it's only natural that she would want that. however, kou didn't want to kiss her and he didn't mean for their situation to be romantic. he was trying to teach her a lesson about assault and that in itself isn't supposed to be romantic. yes, she could have easily pushed him away but that wasn't the point. also, if people always used the "this is anime not real life" argument then there would be no point in discussing anime shows at all. this story obviously has some semblance of reality to it or else people wouldn't be able to relate to futaba or understand the characters' actions. |
| Pretty intresting episode. I kind of expected that Yuuri would react a little bit differently, glad it turned out the way it did though. |
| I wish their was more character build up with Kou, because I find that mystery interesting. Why did he change? Etc. I feel bad for Kominato, his character isn not getting enough attention as well, I find his interest in Murao a good subplot that I would enjoy watching develop. Overall this is a fairly good Anime. Has a "Golden Time" feeling to it in my opinion and I loved that Anime. |
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| Yuuri crying was sad to see. Her character is very honest and caring. I didn't expect Murao to randomly tell the girls she likes Tanaka-sensei, but it makes sense that she'd do that. Kou x Futaba part was great. Futaba seems to have grown attached to Kou. |
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MoeGod said: manganimelover1 said: Well because Tanaka Sensei was an adult when all the things happened Kou was still a child so it affected him more. There is another reason why it affected Kou more but it will be revealed later. No shit, that's exactly why Murao said Kou is a brat (because he is still a brat. Emotionally fragile, unable to move on and live in the present, afraid of getting hurt, etc). Between a high school boy who would burden you with his emotional baggage and a reliable adult, Murao definitely made the wiser choice. Some people also mentioned divorce, oh wow boo freaking hoo. I have several friends who came from broken home and they can still function as a normal human being and not dragging/blaming everything & everyone else for their misfortune. Some of them are female which means Kou's emotional state is even more fragile than women in real life, which is quite something on its own. Ugh. Why are you assuming things? You haven't read the manga so you don't know what really happened. Just wait until they reveal it, and then see if you can really blame Kou for acting the way he does. |
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| Kind of creepy how she was following him at the end. They portray love honestly though. I really like the ~feeling of the show. |
| I feel like Murao had more dialogue this episode than in the entire series prior rofl. Kou is hard to read, but it looks like everything is falling into place. I get the feeling what happened regarding his family was because of him "caring" for somebody/thing (perhaps because of Futaba?). |
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Hodgekiss said: is it just me or was this episode's animation top notch? Not really. They f- up some scenes, like at 17:54 (HorribleSubs release) when he sighs at her for following him for so long. His face gets elongated quite oddly. Great episode, though I disliked the assault scene. It was evident he wasn't really going to kiss her, it would be too out of the blue, especially after he said caring for things brings trouble. Evidently, him having to move out (I believe his parents separated?) made him create a shell around himself, where tries not to care about people because losing them hurts so much. Plus, all of us want to see Futaba get her s- together and make the kiss move herself <3 (which she proved she can do this episode, by confessing to Yuuri). |
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| Murao like a boss, handling that situation between Futaba and Yuuri really well. And Kou making a girl cry like a gentleman, such a stylish guy. Kappa. |
| Is anyone else bothered by Futaba's reaction to Kou's "assault"? "Oh but I wanted him to rape me" doesn't quite sit right with me. |
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| Animation was very weak in this episode. I'm not the type of person to pick on artistic details, but there were a lot of derpy anatomy shots in this episode. I hope they step up their game. ataraxial said: Is anyone else bothered by Futaba's reaction to Kou's "assault"? "Oh but I wanted him to rape me" doesn't quite sit right with me. I agree. As much as I like this show, the last scene was not...romantic. |
| Futaba's mission of telling Yuuri about how she also likes Kou has become much more difficult now that Murao is also coming with them XD. Finally Futaba managed to tell Yuuri the truth and reaction was really cute... Yuuri's such a nice girl T.T LOL, even Murao confessed her love for Tanaka-sensei XD. Kou... such a sad guy most of the time... Now Futaba has her "stalker mode" engaged XD. Hmmm, I wouldn't have expected Kou to hang out in such a place and with such a bad guys... Kou assaulted Futaba and almost kissed her... such teasing... such skills! Nice episode and developments. |
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| OMG dat kiss almost happen. Im really starting to like Kou his character development has been great. 5/5 |
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| That demonstration. lol. As expected from Shoujo demographic. |
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| Gosh I really love this anime. The last scene was freakin exciting xD. Though it seemed like the art was a bit off on some parts. That's somewhat dissapointing.. But still a very nice episode! Despite all the comments here I really like Kou's character. So far he's been really mysterious and I think he has a good reason to behave "like this". I prefer this Kou over his "younger self". I'm really curious why he's like this and why the f*ck he changed his name. lol. XD |
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ElenirLachlagos said: mayukachan said: I agree. As much as I like this show, the last scene was not...romantic. Kind of. It's quite common though. :( I remember how in that one anime last season this guy put her in a cage and people in the discussion were going "OMG that's like soo romantic, he's doing it because he loves her so much". Well, candidates for "falling down the stairs" a lot in their future relationships, I guess. Anyway. I actually didn't really think any of this was frightening at all. Like really not at all. She gets angry at him for going to see some people and - OMG - chatting with them? Bad guys? They're not even smoking or anything. Not even listening to loud music. They're just sitting there and talking - I mean WTF? And the assault just didn't fell like an assault. Idk. It was a little more serious in the manga, but in the anime it just seemed ridiculous to me. And I don't like the "girls are victims" message either. I've walked around late at night alone a lot of time and nothing ever remotely happened to me and I don't think Japan is such a dangerous place that everyone will just jump a girl just because she walks around alone. I'm not saying nothing ever happens, but I don't like fear-mongering. I don't think any of it was necessarily supposed to be frightening. Futaba gets mad at Kou basically because she's jealous that Kou is spending time with some mildly sketchy dudes instead of with her and she doesn't have a better way to express herself. They even point out that she's looking for things to be mad at him about when she mentions he should be studying for exams. The assault is more an intended doki doki moment than a message or a warning about how dangerous it is for girls to be outside at night. The audience is supposed to empathize with Futaba and go "squee" at how close Kou was to kissing her as well as see how much he cares about her. Also, Japan has a sort of pervert culture where men are more or less assumed to be predators, so there is at least some basis for Kou's concern. Of course, I thought the whole assault scene was in poor taste and wholly unnecessary. All it did was make Futaba seem like some weak, dumb girl who is okay with being taken advantage of as long as the guy is attractive. I don't care if it's a common shoujo trope - I think the author should find a different place to express her rape fantasies. |
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| The animation in this episode was so bad save for those last 3 minutes. WHY IG WHY?? |
EdenBaggins said: The animation in this episode was so bad save for those last 3 minutes. WHY IG WHY?? If you want watch it with better animation buy DVD/BD xD Anyway... I think they put some low quality animation in TV version, just to keep something for people who will buy DVD/BD :D Who need DVD/BD is I can have all episodes in HQ taked from TV version for free? :) Well... this is how I see it :D |
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| Damn, that so close kiss ;-; |
| HNNNNG intensifies. I still don't like this triangle thing but .. I guess I can stand it for the moment. |
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ElenirLachlagos said: I remember how in that one anime last season this guy put her in a cage and people in the discussion were going "OMG that's like soo romantic, he's doing it because he loves her so much". Well, candidates for "falling down the stairs" a lot in their future relationships, I guess. Are you talking about Amnesia? Lol I thought that was just wish fulfillment for girls who are into sadistic guys. |
swaggahsaurus said: Ummm...I don't know. Maybe it's the middle-of-the-series blues, but this anime just seems to become more and more shallow the more I watch it. I'm trying my best to sympathize with Futaba, but I don't know, it seems more like she's stalking Kou than anything else. Following a guy everywhere, in real life, is probably not something that would get them to like you. If the gender roles were switched and I was being followed through town, on the subway, all the way until nightfall, by some guy, even if I liked him, I think I would be pretty creeped out. But enough on that. These types of shoujo animes tend to really romanticize...well, romance, to the point of where it can be unrealistic. I think if you look at Futaba's actions from another perspective, she is trying to show Kou that it's alright, that she likes him- and maybe not even that, just that she'd like to be his friend and it's okay to hang out with people that he enjoys being with. Clearly she's trying to lessen Kou's desire to completely escape from his past. He wants to sever all ties to his history, including his feelings for Futaba, but it's impossible and it's not wise to completely let go of the past. After all, we learn many things from the past, and it's important to acknowledge who you used to be, even if you use it as a basis for change. Futaba, too, wants to change. Change can't be forced, however. You can't just pick friends and say "yes, these are all part of my master plan to change things". Change is an unconscious process that's really out of our control. Often, it doesn't end up quite the way we expect it to. The thing is, even when you change who you are, you can't forget who you used to be, the "can't" having several meanings here. It's not a good idea and it's probably difficult to do so. I tried to force changes in my personality, but it ended up backfiring terribly because it was unnatural for me. For Futaba, her change after she left her first friends is something that can work because it's a transition to her natural personality. As Kou also said, "caring for things brings a lot of trouble". I can see where he's coming from. When he cared for Futaba in middle school, he had his heart broken. Murao doesn't want to care about her classmates because that would mean she could have emotional ties. Yet I admire Futaba in that she's willing to take the risk of caring for somebody, even if it could mean having her heart broken again by the same person. It takes a lot of effort and courage to care for somebody, as has been shown multiple times during this anime. Futaba stalking Kou was out of an interest in his well-being, because he wasn't going home at such a late hour. She did admit to Murao and Yuuri in the first half of the episode that she was in love with him right? Maybe that's her way of showing her interest? In any case, she's been acting like a manly girl for so long, it's probably a bit of that personality at work there. Thats why she wasn't afraid of being where Kou was, and Kou's "Lesson" to her was so invaluable, because he actually was trying to warn her against doing such things again. As for your speculation on why Kou is so afraid of taking care of others, there's a deeper reason for it, which has nothing to do with Futaba in the least, but I'm not sure that the Anime will get to it (considering it came out in the later chapters of the Manga). I'll spoil a bit here, so read at your own risk: As for this episode, I loved Murao's character. To me, even in the manga, she is essentially a female version of Kou, which is probably why the two of them can hardly get along. |
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| I was expecting Yuuri to get sad, but I would have bet she would have developed some angst at Futaba. But this way they couldn't concentrate the story on the romance between those two I guess. I'm starting to lose faith in supportings bigger roles. The second half of the episode was well played, the way Kou acted was credible and appreciable. Kou already likes her, so it's not that Futaba stalked him out of the blue risking something. He knows she likes him, and she suspects it, because after all the signals he sends are clear. |
| Awwwwn, Kou is such a nice guy, he didn't raped her. Just kiddin', but that was oddly cute. I mean, he was worried for her and instead of really give a bad experiance, he just snaped her forehead :3 Honestly, I thought at first that she slapped him xD But he never answered her. What was he doing there? He almost looked... homeless. Futaba got some nice shadowing skills. Kou is such a tsundere. You can't trash talk about the girl I love, only I can insult her! Glad to see that solving the Yuuri problem didn't lead to some forced drama or didn't took the entire episode. Also, Murao opening her heart. Poor Murao, left out of the romance, destined to be a lone ranger of the virginity... |
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| Shuuko needs more screen time. And the art this time was pretty off, looks like this doesn't have much of a budget considering the show has only one insert song as well. |
AozureAug 31, 2014 6:37 AM
| I'd like to know what's going on in Kou's mind, beside teasing Futaba. I doubt he didn't go all "doki-doki" when he hovered Futaba, the lack of emotion coming from him is kind of annoying. I mean, it's episode 8 already and I don't really know if I can still anticipate an happy ending... |
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