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This time, the narrator voices Meros, instead of the main character, the author.

WOW, big wow, is there any one other anime episode at all that can even come near to compete with the awesomeness of this one here?

I think im pretty much speechless right now as to what to praise or complain about this episode (ok, well, except the slight BL theme. lol i hate Shojo and BL~) That was really epic, and even though i have already a great feeling how the actual thing was, but I still can not wait to check out the next episode of this one, thats gonna be great! ~

My respect to whoever produced this episode!




well, dont think I can hold back my speculation anymore, goning to write it ~ xD

i think the whole thing is quite simple, only that the guy hasnt realized it himself.
His friend, that gifted actor, was in fact acting not only 1 time but 2 times during the crying scene, it was an act in act. (what an actor~)
First he acted as if there were tears because he laughed so hard, which only appeared to be so fake that the guy asked him what's wrong. Well, the tears were an act as well. (lol trolled~) It was his plan from the very beginning to show him tears and thus to tell his plan of leaving for Tokyo.
Now question is why would he (the actor) do that and then leave his friend alone in the station? well, because that was his plan as well. (wow, what a huge plan lol~)

So now here is the truth: the actor friend of this writer saw so much talent in his friend, so much that the writer himself didnt even realize. (aka the scene when he threw his own scripts into fire) He understood the small town(?) where they lived was not enough to show his talent, and he as an actor would only restrain his creativity if the writer only wants what the actor is. (aka the script in fire scene again) So he (the actor) made the decision to send his friend to Tokyo alone to free his genius.
Drawback of the plan is that, it can not be spoken and misunderstanding will be created, but he is willing to sacrifice all that~
So all in all, the one to blame isnt the actor, but the navie writer who doesnt trust someone who he considered a true friend~

I have a feeling I'm going to like this one from this series the most. 8D;

I liked the first episode of the 走れメロス adaption quite much, because it's very liberally based on Osamu Dazai's work...they surely added something with the frame-story, even though I really found it a bit heavily leaning towards BL at times.

The only thing I think that many people seem to get wrong a bit, is the part about the play involving the Damon and Pythias myth (which was later turned into the story around Meros and Selinuntius by Schiller)...or I see it that wrong.
As far as I understood it is never even made clear if they actually staged that play, because it serves more as a antithesis towards his friendship with the actor.
But even if, the Meros story he is writing is being written by him in the times when he already went to Tokyo...the play is only the connection to his memories, at least that is how I see it.
At times he is starting to mix his memories of the Meros story up with what actually happened. He is supposed to write a story that resembles the legend (a story about dear friendship that proves strong against hardships), but he himself doesn't believe in such a kind of friendship...he still believes that his only real friend betrayed him.

We'll have to see how the frame story actually turns out, but I think something as indicated by vinesage could prove to be true.

Its so hard to create a fake story....thus writer always rely on their past to tell their story =P

So is he going to be just waiting or be waited for by him?

I thought his yaoi friend ditched him, and that he threw the clock back at him, because he was pissed off at him, for not getting on. The clock pendant probably wouldn't have been shown broken otherwise. And when he arrived at Tokyo, he just stayed, I guess. But no???

Unlike you people, this one is my least favorite so far.

HELL YEAZ, FAPULOUS YAOI IS FAPULOUS!!! XD

Holy crap, this is like, the best episode...ever!
I had originally gave a low score to this show, but perhaps I'll consider rating it higher.
And yeah, it does look like yaoi, but still, there was a plot! And it was really well developed and interesting, so who cares! :D
The ending was so unexpected. O_O
Maybe that's what happened to Melos in the end, too. Oh noes!

So no women in this arc eh? This could be interesting

So the actor is acting it in order to send his friend off to tokyo to become a writer=]

Accomodating vinesages theory :

The actor knew the writer wouldnt be able to able to shine out his carrier if he always relies on his actor friend . Joushima wanted the writer to be independent as the writer seems to be someone who would be away from people , doubting themselves about their own talents etc.

So Joushima maybe has a chronic sickness , or maybe he has to go to a smaller town than the one hes living in , or he has to give up his acting carrier (Nobody knows yet) = these factors could effect the writers future hence maybe he sent him to Tokyo.

Joushima ditched the writer because he loved him , the writer thinks he was betrayed.

The directors should be awarded , the whole play scene , character design , everything was amazing = my words dont do what this anime actually deserves!

Wow!!!!!!!! little yaoi moments was so beautiful *blush* *blush*
Yaoi *screams* , *yay* ~ sugoi~ --more yaoi pls :P

Definitely 2nd best , dont know why the Yozo story was too magnificent to me :)

last week, when i heard mafuyu from seitokai no ichizon trying to find a BL book and found "Hashire, Melos", i was expecting something about friendship for this next novel and the BL would just be overinterpretation.. but NO.. they made it obvious to me and i am a little turned off as it is not just the story but also the writer's situation.. but oh well.. trying to ignore stuff, i say this episode is good.. it makes me realize again how closely related the writers are to some of the works they write and even influence it..

Yes, its bout' friendship... finish episode 10 then you will find out ^^

Did anyone noticed that they used in this episode the same soundtrack from Moryou no Hako ? The art is very similar too ! I wonder why...

I noticed this too ! :) I guess it's because they have the same studio and director.

so another tragic story about a writer, i wonder what story that play hes writing about is based off?

very interestin...I like it so far..and I never mind yaoi moments :)

The play is based on Schiller's "The Hostage" which is based on a Greek legend.

It seems that the stories based on Dazai's books have better directors assigned to them than other books. This arc and "No longer human" arc are nicely done.

Absolutely wonderful episode. This is without a doubt my favorite story so far. The narration great and the animation was wonderful as always.

I thought something along those lines.
The actor told the main character that he was going to Tokyo and invited him there, but really he just wanted to detach from his friend for some reason. That's why in the end the actor sighed and the main man threw the watch at him... At least that was what I thought.

I'm liking Hashire Melos lot. More likely, I'm liking Dazai's novels. And Also, Tite Kubo did the character dising, and it's always hard for me to say no to his desings.

I'm loking foward for the next ep.