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| Aww Sato's relationship with his senpai :/ Glad he's taking (funny) counselling sessions from Misaki though hahah the pururin song is now stuck in my head omgosh |
| Somehow, the journey so far is cringe-worthy for me. Hope it gets better. Also that dream tho XD |
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| I was glad Sato finally started to be more honest (by his own standards). He definitely didn't lie to Kashiwa. I liked the scene with her, it was pretty melancholic, even with Sato's antics. This episode was probably the one where Sato's motivations started to shift towards wanting to improve. Sato finally stopped lying to Misaki, too. More accurately, he didn't object when Misaki called him out on his lies. Though Misaki has good intentions, and good intuition, she appears to be a little more immature in her practical methods. Which is to be expected, as she's probably still in high school. I assume her current methods won't be the thing that saves Sato, but she might evolve and improve as a therapist or life coach later. I wasn't into the eroge angle so far, but if the two will take their time with it, maybe it could be something worthwhile. It's a good thing that Sato finally wants to accomplish something with some of his free time. |
LeeTailorJan 6, 2017 1:22 AM
| Misaki is using some weird things, and she wasn't even the one who wrote them. |
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LMAAAAOOOOOO, their faces were priceless! XD |
| oh no...pururin's dead overall a great episode, maybe the best so far 5/5 |
Sayonara,papa! "Just how a mirror reflects you,people will also reflect your heart." ~Athena Glory,Aria "Whatever happens,happens" ~Spike Spiegel's thoughts on dying(Cowboy Bebop) |
| He totally made up that dream. |
If you are going to disagree with me, don't bother talking to me. I will seriously hurt you! |
| I don't think Sato's senpai is such a good influence, offering to supply him with random drugs she has prescribed. Wasn't Sato going and buying all that anime stuff him directly buying into the conspiracy? Guess that slipped his mind for a bit... I swear the dub can't keep a consistent pronunciation of 'hikikomori'. So Sato finally gave in and gave missionary girl the contract! Is he doing it for his senpai? Yamazaki has some issues of his own to work out...seems like his parents actually care, unlike Sato's (have his simply given up?). "What's that book?" "My secret notes." "What's inside?" "...Secret notes." Sato asking missionary girl to explain his fake sex dream to him must be some kind of sexual harassment. He's not taking hikikomori treatment seriously :\ I think she can help him get better! |
| "No, son, you may not have your body pillow at the dinner table!" |
| Nice character development this episode for Satou.. Although it will be interesting to see if he can manage to keep up this newfound motivation of his or if he'll eventually fall back into his old ways. Myself being in a similar position to Satou's at the moment, I can attest to the fact that it can be hard to break the cycle of depression and social anxiety that are/can be some of the underlying factors of hikikomorism. There are definitely some days where I all of a sudden get these huge bursts of motivation to finally be productive and attempt to do something with my life, but they don't last long and I eventually fall back into the cycle of nothingness. Also, as someone mentioned earlier, male ego is definitely NOT his reason for the extreme lengths he went to cover up his lying to Misaki. It's the fear of rejection and judgement. In that moment where Misaki asked what his job was a few episodes back, he created the web of lies because doing so leads to an easier escape in that moment, even if the consequences of having to actually follow through and un-do the lie is much more time consuming and difficult. He'd rather choose that more arduous path than simply admit he's a NEET hikikomori and potentially be chastised for his laughable social status. Even if Misaki hasn't shown to be the type of person to belittle him like that, he was too scared to risk it. Also, I want to learn more about Misaki. Who is she? Why is she showing such an interest in Satou? Why does she have such a fervor to help him overcome his hikikomorism? There has to be a good reason. |
| this anime just got better |
| Misaki's so clueless about everything, basically me everytime I had to do any kind of project at school lol. Also, Hitomi's so intriguing, I'd love to know more about herself and her relationship with Satou :c |
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Kitsu-nee said: Misaki's so clueless about everything, basically me everytime I had to do any kind of project at school lol. Also, Hitomi's so intriguing, I'd love to know more about herself and her relationship with Satou :c Yeah but Misaki is so cool by being clueless, this is kawaii :D Maybe Hitomi past with Satou will be unveiled in the next episodes...I guess at least; it would be an interesting point to develop this character ^^ |
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| I hope the series starts picking up from here, I wasn't satisfied with the first 4 episodes. |
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| Damn their faces in the end. Was that a JoJo reference lol. |
| Hitomi is clearly a troubled individual with issues, but she's pretty interesting in her own way. Misaki on the other hand is just plain weird. The bit with the psychonalysis was hilarious though. And don't leave them figurines on the floor! |
| "Perhaps there is a universal, absolute truth. Perhaps it justifies every question. But that's beyond the reach of these small hands." Mamoru Oshii There is a cult of ignorance (...) nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that “my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.” Isaac Asimov |
| Knowing that the senpai only stuck with Sato for 2 years out of pity is just sad, it's no better when she was offering to give him all those medicines and especially saying that they should've been dating just so Sato would not be a hikikomori right now. As a final stab, the way she looked and the way she replied "But you're just a hikikomori' is absolutely devastating for Sato's self-esteem, if he had any. Oof However, a new development emerges! Sato decided to give in and have begun attending Misaki's seminar to quit being a hikikomori, furthermore, Sato and Yamazaki can focus on creating their game with no set deadline! Ah, another light of day! I was so excited seeing Sato sitting his ass down and actually typing the script for the game! PURURIN-chan!!! SUE THE COMPANY WHO MANUFACTURED HER WITH WEAK PLASTIC!!! |
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| Pretty nice episode. That psychoanalysis scene was hilarious, though that spicy stuff was quite controversial, although well... Satou just wanted his new and persistent friend to explain his dream, lol. But damn... Why did they had to crush Puririn figure?! :( |
| This series seems interesting, Satou as a character seems very interesting too. I don’t know why but Hitomi caught a bit of my interest too. |
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| Lol Misaki needs to get the freud analysis of the rising snake. Funny moment. Well the guys finally get around to making a game This is gonna be fun |
 Without change,we end up becoming the very person we hate. I was dead until the moment I met you. I was a powerless corpse pretending to be alive. Living without power, without the ability to change my course, was bound to lead me to a slow death. |
| I love it , not because it's such an otaku centered story , but because it's a great character-based story with relatable and deep thoughts , despite being so dumb. Also , great OST and production. |
| I hate everyone equally |
| Misaki was so cute when she got embarassed hahahahaha |
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Dat expression when Pururin Doll was Broken xD |
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| I was grinning when I saw that Sato actually typed out the story for the ero game and told Yamazaki that he wanted to finish it(even though the promise with Misaki was already broken) but then that ending made me go "oh shit" XD |
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| This feels like the turning point for him. |
| well revisiting the episode after a long time lot of fun stuff  looks like mc had some stuff with senpai on last day. freud analysis is always neat  This is a good philosophy to live by  |
Without change,we end up becoming the very person we hate. I was dead until the moment I met you. I was a powerless corpse pretending to be alive. Living without power, without the ability to change my course, was bound to lead me to a slow death. |
| NOOOOO PURURIN CHAAAAAANNNN The short-haired girl don't know much about what she's doing but probably the two will learn about each other <3 |
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| jesus christ the horror of breaking a man's beloved figure www |
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| Oof, the outing with the senpai made me sad. The realization that they should've dated instead hurt for some reason. I do feel like Sato wouldn't have been a NEET. I'm glad she's on mood stabilizers though, she seems more composed, not insane or depressed. Then senpai immediately retracted the question of seeing each other again. Jeez. 8 million gods, doesn't even come close to the amount of Hindu gods. Did Misaki not study up during the waiting period??? She misread her notes lol The ending, I'm dying 😭 |
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