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| Hmm, it looks like the episode explored more character backgrounds and relationships of the past. Nagomu's relationship with his grandfather is particular interesting. Can't forget Itsuka either as she remains an important character with some of her past storytelling. |
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| Last time we saw the mom i wished for her to take more initiative in the involvement of herself in the life of her daughter, and here we are. Nice to see her again, Itsuka also seems content with how the things are now, thats good. Mom also packed a christmas tree, lmao. And props to Nagomu ... for the most awkward date possible, with a highschool girl that secretly likes you .. and your ex, at the same time lol. |
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| Winter Illumination..... Japan is really loving their light illumination during winter. There are several places across the country that have light illumination during winter. Double Christmas date for Nagomu. lol... I can't wait for Valentine. Women from this series are so scary. |
AkeZZZJun 1, 2022 8:59 AM
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| Let’s go a Christmas episode! Lots of great moments in this episode, from Nagomu reflecting on the promise he made to his grandfather, to Itsuka’s adorable birthday card to the triple date with Nagomu and the girls lol. Itsuka thinking out loud while eating with her mom had me dying. Kanoko is so adorable, something about her just makes me like her a lot. Glad she’s started to be honest with herself about the feelings she still has for Nagomu. Too bad dude is so dense, two girls who love him right in front of him and he’s blind lol. Also loved the little scene with Kanoko touching his hand to see if she still got flustered, so cute Can’t wait for next week!  |
Marinate1016Jun 1, 2022 9:10 AM
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| Great episode! Itsuka's mother sent her a fir tree as a present and asked to see her again. to which she agrees to. Nagomu thought it was an early birthday present for him xD. Kanoko wants to visit Nagomu on his birthday lol. Itsuka never knew that his birthday was tomorrow... And Mitsuru's 'date' with Nagomu got interrupted by Kanoko! Honestly, Kanoko still really annoys me... Mitsuru got very embarrassed over touching Nagomu's hand accidentally... Looking forward to the next episode! |
| AISHITERU...REM! |
| The pacing is all over the place. There's a lot of events/reminiscent going on in this episodes but they are less meaningful or impactful than they should have been. |
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| Itsuka going out with her mother was great, it's nice to see them fixing their relationship. Nagomu needs to make up his mind with the girls their feelings are pretty clear so he should realise something. The girls on the other hand need some more courage to express those feelings. It was funny to watch tho. |
| Mitsuru freaking out when Nagomu casually accepts her invitation while she was 'practicing' was hilarious. |
| Nagomu walked though that mine field like a boss, loved the ending song! |
| "Genki is Life, Genki is Love" |
| Yep I loved this episode almost just as much as my two favourite ones, those being 1 and 3. |
  NYANPASU  5700XT |
| even I would go on a date with Nagomu.. and i'm a dude.. Anyways.. as beautiful episode as it gets.. but the realization that only 3 eps are left.. :( I'm not ready.. Itsuka deserves all the happiness in this world.. |
| Winter begins, and the mc goes out with the two girls is very funny, especially the present scene. Also the last scene where the mc plays the guitar is really nice~ |
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| The contrast between Kanoko and Mitsuru's thought processes on the "date" was pretty funny |
| Good episode, everyone celebrating Nagomu's birthday except his parents. I know this love triangle is going nowhere, but I'm finding joy in it though. |
How I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb --- Dr Strangelove  |
| He managed to go on a date with two girls that love him and not make it completely awkward, props to Nagomu. |
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Viktor507 said: end up with both girls?The two girls behind of nagomu (mitsuru and kanoko) are so fuckin perfect, i hope a good ending for them. They three have the best moments in the series. |
| Itsuka is better off being an orphan having the mother back really destroyed the whole family raising abandoned child element. It is now family raising spoiled child that doesn't want to live with her mother. At least make the mother an addict or an abuser. The mother did abandoned her at first but this writer is making her like she got her life together so there isnt a real reason why she shouldn't live with her. You can forget the father and daughter element too now there isn't a real reason why he should treat her like his daughter. The love triangle is very funny is the only reason why i am still watching honestly. |
| That song Nagomu sung at the end was really beautiful. |
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| That was an excellent Christmas episode, I have to commend Nagomu for asking Saki to go drinking with him while crossdressing lol, and learning the significance behind the juicer and about Nagomu’s grandpa was definitely sweet. The outing Nagomu, Mitsuru and Kanoko had was great as well, of course I feel a little bad for Mitsuru giving how she wanted to be alone with Nagomu but I’m glad she warmed up to Kanoko being there, of course the silent war between them was hilarious, and Nagomu has no idea lol. Mitsuru’s reaction to touching Nagomu’s hand was cute too. Itsuka seeing her mom is nice as well, I’m glad to see their relationship get better, and ending off with Nagomu singing to the girls for the ED was awesome, very relaxing and chill way to end it. |
| rather than tee hee hee hee~ with flower(?) background i wish their(Kanoko&Mitsuru) confrontation is ufufufu with Hannya background lol~ poor Itsuka mom, she got hit with stray bullet from itsuka that intended for nagomu XD |
makeinue said: You have to clear NOTHING I GAVE MY OPINION! I disagree with everything you said even to the part of you being Korean, you aren't Japanese and Canada isn't France LOL so no you don't know. I will indulge with what you have said. She "integrated herself into the store lifestyle" is a good reason why she shouldn't live with her mother to you? I call Itsuka "spoiled" because she doesn't want to live with her mother. In life we can't always choose where we want to live or who our parents are. Her mother isn't an addict or an abuser there are other kids that had it a lot worst. I never said the mother isn't a "broken" because she is in another way. She is selfish that abandon her child on strangers and continue having her live with them because her child doesn't want to live with her. She is a failure as a mother but the writer continue to write her as a clumsy women that is trying her best the writer was better off writing her the way I said. Guts-Valley said: Itsuka is better off being an orphan having the mother back really destroyed the whole family raising abandoned child element. It is now family raising spoiled child that doesn't want to live with her mother. At least make the mother an addict or an abuser. The mother did abandoned her at first but this writer is making her like she got her life together so there isnt a real reason why she shouldn't live with her. You can forget the father and daughter element too now there isn't a real reason why he should treat her like his daughter. The love triangle is very funny is the only reason why i am still watching honestly. Could you indulge me by examining what I have to say? Honestly, the family raising an abandoned child element was no longer needed as soon as we were fully introduced to the situation. itsuka already integrated herself perfectly into the store lifestyle. Have to remember that the reason she isn't living with her mother is because it would mean Itsuka would have to live in France. A start over like that is NOT EASY. (I'm a Korean immigrant to French Canada @ gr5 so I know). The mother didn't need to be any broken character as that would just make Itsukas situation even more pitiful which isn't something she needs. As for Itsuka being "spoiled" I can really only guess you mean the way she acts; specifically how she refuses to embrace parts of Nagomu (being embarrassed about him in public, dissing his life choices in earlier eps, giving him a bratty attitude) which I believe only enhances the believability and 'authenticity' of her character as a child who has developed stubbornness due to her abandonment and general family issues. It would be weird or she would be completely hiding her emotions if she acted straight and polite to everything which is quite unsettling for a child to do. CHILDREN ARE CHILDREN. I hope this clears up some things and feel free to discuss some more :) |
| such a heartwarming and funny episode🤣 I like what Itsuka wish for them at the end😄 |
HungryForQuality said: "show takes a very sympathetic approach to her" is the perfect way to put it. This anime can still be a cute anime but I was into this being a deeper anime. I am a sucker for parent and child media and this turn to child and older guy friend? Nagomu could have still be a mentor if they written him to be some kind Japanese sweet master and he teaches her. Sounds cliche but now he is a old guy trying to be friends with a little girl, just no. Guts-Valley said: Itsuka is better off being an orphan having the mother back really destroyed the whole family raising abandoned child element. It is now family raising spoiled child that doesn't want to live with her mother. At least make the mother an addict or an abuser. The mother did abandoned her at first but this writer is making her like she got her life together so there isnt a real reason why she shouldn't live with her. You can forget the father and daughter element too now there isn't a real reason why he should treat her like his daughter. The love triangle is very funny is the only reason why i am still watching honestly. Yeah. The mother is "normal" all things considered which makes it easy to forget that she abandoned her kid for five whole years. The show takes a very sympathetic approach to her which I don't necessarily dislike but is a little lacking in explanation. |
| Not trying to be aggressive but it looks like you ignore everything I said and just gave me a summary of the show. Yea I know she choose to stay I am watching the same anime. The problem is just like you don't get to choice desert before dinner she doesn't get to make the choice of staying. As a parent your child stay with you, you don't pawn them to someone else it is your responsibility. Another commentator said better than me "show takes a very sympathetic approach to her" is my one of my problem with this turn. I don't agree with this writer(of the anime) and with this view point. |
makeinue said: I just wanted to ask, you moved to a french province in canada? Or in france?Guts-Valley said: You have to clear NOTHING I GAVE MY OPINION! I disagree with everything you said even to the part of you being Korean, you aren't Japanese and Canada isn't France LOL so no you don't know. I will indulge with what you have said. She "integrated herself into the store lifestyle" is a good reason why she shouldn't live with her mother to you? I call Itsuka "spoiled" because she doesn't want to live with her mother. In life we can't always choose where we want to live or who our parents are. Her mother isn't an addict or an abuser there are other kids that had it a lot worst. I never said the mother isn't a "broken" because she is in another way. She is selfish that abandon her child on strangers and continue having her live with them because her child doesn't want to live with her. She is a failure as a mother but the writer continue to write her as a clumsy women that is trying her best the writer was better off writing her the way I said. Guts-Valley said: \What I meant in Canada and France is that I immigrated to a fully french province so I had to learn the language and get the hang of the culture.You have to clear NOTHING I GAVE MY OPINION! I disagree with everything you said even to the part of you being Korean, you aren't Japanese and Canada isn't France LOL so no you don't know. I will indulge with what you have said. She "integrated herself into the store lifestyle" is a good reason why she shouldn't live with her mother to you? I call Itsuka "spoiled" because she doesn't want to live with her mother. In life we can't always choose where we want to live or who our parents are. Her mother isn't an addict or an abuser there are other kids that had it a lot worst. I never said the mother isn't a "broken" because she is in another way. She is selfish that abandon her child on strangers and continue having her live with them because her child doesn't want to live with her. She is a failure as a mother but the writer continue to write her as a clumsy women that is trying her best the writer was better off writing her the way I said. Cause I thought that equal access in language english/french was a constitutional thing in canada? and that people could get by with knowing only one for this reason. just a curiousity. |
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| Great episode! I really like how the title card in the OP changes color depending on the season. What a wholesome episode though, would have been even more comfy if this released in Christmas, but hey, I am not complaining, I need this energy right now. Nagomu, what a chad airhead. Itsuka's reaction to Nagomu with Kanoko and Mitsuru was hilarious and the accidental shots to her mother. Kanoko and Mitsuru's dynamic is great, but not as great as Nagomu's singing, that was nice. |
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| u know, the first ~5 seconds of the opening always gets me on that last scene with Nagomu playing the guitar, if they had played the opening and just ended the episode like that, i would have cried |
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| It's Winter, and the OP changes season once again. The versatile Nagomu trying to be lame and asking for Itsuka's birthday (which passed before he came back in shame), that would've been nice. But a big fir tree addressed to Itsuka as an early Christmas present from her mother, it's repayment for her only family that Itsuka hasn't really got a grasp on relating to her just yet, and Nagomu's a pretty good insurance guy. Squeezing yuzu on a decades-old juicer that broke to make some yuzu yokan specially for Nagomu's birthday, I relate to Nagomu that what was in the past can be easily forgotten, and both his elderly parents giving off the dumbfounded face is just the icing on the cake. Either way, Nagomu is such a comical character I can't have enough of. Kanoko trying to get back with Nagomu to celebrate his birthday (that's right before Christmas), Itsuka must've got a small shock to learn that, and repaid that by offering him a day out with her. But Mitsuru has a plan to bring Nagomu out to a date, while Kanoko just waited on the sidelines, and sadly for the former she becomes a 3rd party in this state, which Itsuka SO managed to catch by coincidence to create hilarity out of it. Nagomu's such a giga chad airhead, and I love the dynamic between the ladies to create such romantic ruckus. Ending the episode with Nagomu's song as the Christmas present, it's a special occasion for such a special song. Really though, IMO the best episode so far. |
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| Yeah op changes following the season change, it's actually beautiful, almost cryge. Not to mention this episode sequence was literally already 'spoiled' into the ed. Nagomu birthday. 22nd? Nah, its 15th! Itsuka said its spring is her birthday, and almost ignored Nagomu for the result of him being overly curious about it. Until she got to know his secret, its sure change her mind completely. Promise being made from every side. But also glad they all manage to make it happen, especially when looking at Nagomu with all that invitation from those two young women. But still idk why but feeling worry, his promise with Itsuka kinda be broke. Still i am hoping a wholesome moment between them at the end of the season show. Trading christmas present between them seems tough. But glad its nice and not turning out to be a bloodbath, with Nagomu special gift being done for them. The next looks nice too, because more child coming up as the main focus, to ease my day. So, yea, its a heck yea! |
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| Damn you, age-gap! Mitsuru is so cute and honestly, any other option is better than having Kanoko getting back with Nagomu. Hell, even I am a better option than her and I'm a guy. Lovely episode as usual. I'm happy to know Itsuka's mother wasn't just a one-episode character and actually took some initiative in wanting to get closer to her daughter. Also, immense props to Nagomu for handling a double date with a high-schooler and an ex at the same time so smoothly. Dude has powers. |
| i love the special ed song for this episode, wonder how this would wrap up in 3 more episodes |
| Good to see her mother visiting occasionally. This topic has been handled pretty well so far. Was hilarious to see Itsuka's reaction on seeing the three walk by. |
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| Nagomu, the true Harem King... |
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RioFS said: Good to see her mother visiting occasionally. This topic has been handled pretty well so far. Was hilarious to see Itsuka's reaction on seeing the three walk by. I have not read the manga, so I don't know where this is going. But with mom Yukihira being voiced by Sakamoto Maaya (also singer of the opening theme) it makes me think she will return from time to time. Maybe just my prejudice, but I don't want them to waste an opportunity to give Sakamoto Maaya's voice a bigger role. |
| Impressive, Nagomu has a birthday date with his ex and a coworker. |
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| This episode had me laughing many times www Itsuka being hesitant about making promises, but Nagomu encouraging her and later on gets to do a promise too. Nagomu reminiscing about his grandpa always has this warm feeling. But him looking at old photos in the middle of work then his mom going "what are you doing? help here" LOL please Hehe the good co-worker relationship/interactions are always fun to watch. The staff taking photos of Itsuka's work, Hiiro and her fangirling towards Masa ww Itsuka's mom gets to follow through with her promise, yay. It seems that even if her dad surely also has shortcomings, Itsuka got to appreciate him because of being there with her compared to her mom. Mitsuru and Kanoko thinking about each other's actions and Nagomu going :D :) that even got Itsuka judging him for being an airhead T_T |
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