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Sep 20, 2016 7:24 AM
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Lol a Valentines gift.

I guess that's a nice little present for motivation. While there's one more episode left, I think this one was much more relaxed than some of the others. Wish they focused more time on Haruko's match though. I think it's understandable Haruko wants to be born as a guy rather than girl. For her, judo seems to be one of the mot important things in her life.
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Sep 20, 2016 8:41 AM
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Never in a million years would i have thought that she is Ton's girlfriend. I feel betrayed and shocked. That's quite a twist i did not expect :O

The character development for the whole team was great to see here.

Haru made up with his sister :D
Sep 20, 2016 9:31 AM
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I couldn't believe the "revelation" myself. Haru and Chihiro looked so cute together, but nope, have to have a doujin couple with fat guy and cute girl...It was so bad I could care less about the rest of the episdoe.
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Sep 20, 2016 10:15 AM
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OMG. WTH. WTF. and here I thought that we will see Haru having his own ship, but no! She's Ton' girlfriend. What a twist. Friendzoned? Poor Haru. I'll just stick to Haru x Kazu 🚢
Sep 20, 2016 10:20 AM
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A Valentine theme episode. That girl is Ton's girlfriend. Poor Haru!
Sep 20, 2016 10:41 AM
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There is but one thing to say about this episode:

Sep 20, 2016 12:19 PM
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ooh haru reaction was priceless... Nice fudanshi reference @Helenus
Sep 20, 2016 12:25 PM
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OH MY GOD. We were totally trolled weren't we?

But hey, that means Haru and Kazu are basically a thing.
Sep 20, 2016 12:48 PM
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I was really shocked. I was glad for Haru to maybe get closer to her than this oh my and Haru and her looked so good together but now this lol poor Haru. Im against all sorts of BL in this anime Kazu and Haru are good friends but thats it nothing more or less.


Sep 20, 2016 1:26 PM
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Nice bl subtext, too bad it'll never become canon :(.
Sep 20, 2016 2:57 PM

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Lmao
That twist was fire.


Also the crappy faces are getting to me, I was totally laughing when they showed Haru and Kazu's faces when they were talking about what everyone went through.
Though I liked the bonding of Haru and Haruko, that was nice.


Sep 20, 2016 3:03 PM

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Oh and can we all just appreciate the fact that Sakuma made Valentine chocolates for Kazu? I think he might be BL.

The seme-head pat in the OP is also a nice little detail.

Me gusta :^)
Sep 20, 2016 3:17 PM

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OMG! O-M-G!
This is so funny!
I laugh so hard!
But... OMG! WTF?!
I feel so betrayed!
So... really?!
No... possible girlfriends for main characters?
That sucks.
Like something that could save the series (excluding seiyuu)
was romance... is ruined.

Well... This is so funny and unexpected and I liked...
but damn... why?! -.-
Sep 20, 2016 3:40 PM

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Wow, that was a really cruel twist for Haru. I mean I could never decided between Haru x Kazu or Haru x that girl (can't remember her name) so I guess the choice has been made for me. Except now, Kazu x Sakuma is cute too..
Sep 20, 2016 4:19 PM

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Plot twist of the year, I didn't see it coming.

Stay strong, Haru.

Mizoguchi is one of the funniest and greatest characters in a while, he doesn't have much screentime but I truly think he is the MVP.
Sep 20, 2016 5:07 PM
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Can't get over how much we and the characters in the show were misled...lol. I even thought Haru and Chihiro would be cute together, while my friends were shipping Haru and Kazu. Well then.

Still, nice mini developments into the other characters, I like how everyone does get some focus time to develop. The conversation about siblings was so realistic, I've had those with my friends too haha. Although they seem to be really close with their siblings. I'm glad Haru's thing with his sister was resolved :)
Sep 20, 2016 8:45 PM

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Bittersweet Valentine is the wrong title, it should be called salty sweet Valentine instead because of how salty it made me feel
I feel so shocked because my Chihiro x Haru ship sank in literally less than a second

Next ep they'll cheer me up with some hopefully great cheerleading
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Sep 20, 2016 11:04 PM

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ouch, poor haru. she was ton's girlfriend all along lmao
Sep 21, 2016 10:11 AM
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I feel bad for Haru but seriously I'm so glad she is Ton's girlfriend since I've been shipping Kazu and Haru. This is a really nice eps where most of their personal problems got solved. Guess next week's eps can be wrapped up nicely :)
Sep 21, 2016 10:15 AM

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Kazu X Haru ship confirmed and sailed lololololololoolololol
Sep 21, 2016 2:58 PM
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They fooled me good, and I couldn't be happier about it! Poor Haru though.
Sep 21, 2016 3:24 PM

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The shocking revelation broke poor Haru. xD Oh well, at least I can now ship Haru x Kazu full time without worrying about possible girlfriends.
Sep 21, 2016 4:12 PM

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kazu can't be with haru because he already has saku, so in the end haru has no one :P poor him.
Sep 21, 2016 4:30 PM

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omfg Tom girlfriend is Chihiro omfg😲 I had the same face as Haru. Haru x Kazu forver. Sakuma Making chocolate for Kazu Ahhhh😍😍😍
Sep 21, 2016 6:34 PM

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that was fucked up! i felt the same way haru did it's cruel that they did that to him, all the feelsbadsman go out to haru

find it hard to believe despite all the time they talked she didn't mention "my boyfriend is in the same team as you !"


of all shows i didn't expect this one to have such a long build up twist lol..
Sep 22, 2016 4:25 AM

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OMG!!! I totally didn"t see that coming!!!!! HAHAHAHAHAHA
sorry Haru! but I cant help but laught! >_<
his face though! Perfect! And they put it back again at the end XD!!!! HAHAHAHA

Kazu appologizing was really nice and cute lol! :P

but I don"t get why long-hair-kansaiben-guy-whos-name-i-forgot doesnt get chocolate... I mean... seams like the type of guy who would be popular right? can compete with Shou for the looks and definitely has more ...sens??

oh and Shou watching Haru and the girl with is toilet brush in hand made me laugh as well XD
Sep 22, 2016 6:16 AM

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As soon as Ton mentioned the cake I knew what was coming up.

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Sep 22, 2016 7:21 AM

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That was some high-level trolling :D Never expected Chihiro to be Ton's girlfriend.
I like that Haru and his sister made up, him going to cheer for her was very touching.
Sep 23, 2016 8:51 PM
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I laughed my ass off when Haru was just standing there, mouth open to attract flies who might have possibly given him some chocolate if they loved him even a little.

No but seriously, that part was hilarious. I never thought of Haru and Chihiro as a couple though, so I don't feel betrayed at all. Then again, I'm so used to shipping things I know will never happen...

Which leads me to the next subject. I really appreciated that KazuxSaku. I didn't really care for it at first, but this episode with them was actually really cute. Shipping with an expected "return to sender". OTL

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Sep 24, 2016 3:41 AM

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lmao I can't be mad about that trolling since now the real OTP can stand up,aka KazuxHaru (tho Haru being heartbroken got me ;_;)
Sep 24, 2016 4:49 AM
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Sakuma with frilly apron much op waifu level.
Lol premeditated ntr trolling... it's ok Haru still has Kazu & made up with sister too, nice developments.
Sep 26, 2016 1:07 PM

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y'all saying kazu x haru is finally a thing bc chihiro is dating ton but can we just appreciate the fact that saku made chocolate for kazu this is the real otp
Sep 26, 2016 2:16 PM
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salty salty valentines lol I think they looked pretty cute together.

Anyone else notice more and more derp faces over the episodes?
Sep 28, 2016 9:23 PM

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Damn, thats some next level NTR.
Oct 2, 2016 3:05 PM

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scarredfiend said:
kazu can't be with haru because he already has saku, so in the end haru has no one :P poor him.
I know how Haru feels so many times over. Such a twist. Almost made me angry that it happened. But then Ton is a nice guy and deserves someone like Chihiro.
What if the Hokey Pokey is what it is all about?

Oct 12, 2016 4:19 AM
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The cake is a lie D:
Oct 13, 2016 1:42 PM

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What a TWIST! O.O I can't believe that girl is Ton's girlfriend!
Haru's face from such a revelation had me laughing and feeling pity for him. Poor baby T-T
I love how Kazu and Shou were comforting him, so that makes me feel better (I guess this really is" Bros before Hoes" type of show LOL)
Other than that, I 'm glad Haru and his sis are getting along again and Kazu got chocolate from Saku was so cute ( you better reciprocate on White day, Kazu ;) )
Can't wait for the last ep!
Oct 19, 2016 9:04 PM

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This is the best episode! Last week when I saw the preview for it I was extremely worried because I thought my ships would be ruined by girls. But the complete opposite happened.

Saku giving chocolate to Kazu was so freaking adorable. It already seemed like he had a crush on him before, but even more so after that.

And the plot twist was absolutely perfect. Chiho always annoyed me and I thought she may actually end up with Haru, so this was such a nice surprise, and also a great "In your face!" moment. The average, overweight guy is the only one who has a girlfriend and I love that so much. And since she turned out to be Haru's "love interest" it was way better. When Tun started talking about the cake I got really excited because I could tell what was about to happen.

Now I'm just conflicted because I ship both KazuHaru and KazuSaku. XD
Oct 27, 2016 5:53 AM
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I felt so sorry for Haru. Who would have thought that she was Tono's girlfriend. Yet again great episode.
Dec 16, 2016 6:50 PM
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this has to be my favorite episode. also, am i the only one that really ships tono and chihiro?? like they look super cute together imo.
Dec 29, 2016 9:32 PM

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Leeeeeeeeeeel she was Ton's girl all this time!!
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Feb 26, 2018 2:55 PM

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Haru is broken. Poor guy. I'm happy to meet Ton's girl finally, and I'm happy for him. But man, that's rough.

On the other hand,
Sep 10, 2020 12:02 AM

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Feel sorry for MC, lucky ton

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I feel betrayed and shocked.
Same here

May 15, 2021 6:04 PM
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That twist wtih Ton and Chihiro was flawless. 10/10

That aside, the rest of the episode was great. I'm glad that Haru and Haruko finally made up. Hopefully the finals are as good as they're building it up to be.
Oct 28, 2022 9:33 PM

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The cake! Ton! Chihiro! Haru's team mates slowly realizing who Ton's Girlfriend is! My mouth fell open as I watched the train wreck in slow motion!

What a great surprise, haha!

Also nice that Haru's cheering has so much power his sister finally broke her losing streak. Nice!

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