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I like the previous ED better
btw so much drama in the preview

They've done it again. Inaba is too good and this anime is just getting better and better.

What a twist! Ah okay.. I’m…very happy. It’s no secret Freaky Friday flips are not my favorite thing. They had a great story with that, ran it through its course and now we’re going with the exact opposite of what everyone’s fear in the first half was; Where in the first the fears were that they would lose who they were, now there is a fear that they have no control over what they want to do. Every desire is pushed out, now they are too much themselves. How interesting that they’d go with this and it would go well with countering how the first half of the show went.

This subconscious voice seems to be causing lots of trouble and I am just dying to see what kind of drama ensues in the rest of this show. I’d love to know who Heart seed actually is, and am kind of afraid that we will learn nothing about him. That wouldn’t be horrible. That’s not the focus of the show, Heart seed is just the one who puts things into motion. The kids could care less about who he is. They just want him to leave them alone. In that sense he’s fine but in my fanboyish anything that is sci-fi i want to know everything about you know. You put this great thing in the world and leave it unexplained. Sometimes thats great and sometimes it isn’t. But if i had one wish it’d be that Inaba and Taichi got together. Wait no. If I had two wishes, one of them would be that we find out who or what Heart seed is.

But, poor Inaba. When she closes the door and slides down to the ground. She has no one to trust still even though Taichi’s offered, and there’s no reason why she should have just paired the other four off like that while leaving herself off like a fifth wheel, but that’s what happens when you don’t trust people. You force yourself to be alone and I hope Inaba overcomes this because she is just the best.

Good on Iori with her decision about her and Taichi.
I’m hoping we’ll get to see some more focus on Yui and Aoki here in an episode or two, we haven’t really learned all that much about Aoki and besides being the sometimes butt monkey, I like the kid.

Boo new second Ed song. I liked the first one soo much but as I’m sure it will it’ll grow on me by next two eps, I’ll regret saying this. And it helps that the animation for it is great.

So…liked first song better, but like this animation much more.
Anyway next ep looks to be good. I’m super excited. I was little hesitant with calling this my favorite show for this season, but it has exceeded all my expectations and it’s just too damn good.

Well, let me first say that YOU were the one who insisted Inaba wasnt being agressieve when things were serious. I just pointed that you were wrong on that, its not like I disapprove being agressive when things are serious.
Yui was only agressive when she had a right to be. Not that I like this about girls cose it not the way girls should act, but I wont blame anyone in such cases. And Taichi is a boy, I would find it weird if he didnt act agressive on Iori's behalf. Maybe we should call Inaba overly temperament in this case, though thats still an understatement. She DID get violent toward her frends and I dont like that way of expressing feelings, especially when being a female, sorry. I would only take comic relief as an excuse is she was a boy and was acting that way towards another boy. I dont like tsunderes, they just piss me off to no end, be it in anime or IRL.

There is a fine line between advise and pushing. I think Inaba is crossing it and goes too far. Feel free to disagree.

I dont want to go into Inaba's resoning, thats too deep and can be seen differetly by different people. I already stated how I see it. And again, feel free to disagree.

oi oi oi oi! Inaba! Damn that Taichi he gets all the luck!

At least the author can with different idea, having them switching bodies all the time will be boring quite fast.

So if the first part was about Nagase, Inaba seems to be next.

I thought it would get a bit dull to introduce a new "activity", but in fact, it turned out to be even better.

Maybe we are defining aggression from different perspectives (verbal vs physical).

Inaba is definitely not physically aggressive, or no more so than her friends. Every situation where she has shown physical aggression has been used for physical comedy. When she punches Taichi or hits Aoki, it's because they were being stupid. There are plenty of series where girls are used as comic relief for hitting other characters (Taiga from Toradora = Exibit A, although a bad example because she's truly aggressive). If Inaba can be classified as tsundere on a scale from 1-10, I would say she's no more than a 3. Taiga is obviously a 12.

Even looking at the serious Heartseed scene again, she only grabbed on to him and never threw any punches or kicks, as Taichi/Yui have done.

Now I can see where manipulation can be perceived from her VERBAL aggression. She is very sharp with her words, but that's because she is VERY straightforward. She does not mince her words, which is refreshing to see in female characters. Since I would say she's borderline tomboy, she speaks and acts in a fairly non-feminine way, which may seem off-putting. However, I still think she is still not manipulating them. Although Inaba has trust issues, her friends do trust her and look up to her. The advise she provides is no more "manipulative" than the MC male in many shows encouraging their friends. They are in a stressful situation and need to work together. Inaba has just taken the role of vocal leader, and sometimes they may seem pushy, but not manipulative (in this case).

So my thoughts: Inaba is not truly physically aggressive (only comically), can be verbally aggressive, but is not manipulative.

I'm not saying I'm right or wrong, but these are my thoughts.

Really good episode, but i can't enjoy it as much since i've already read some spoilers so i know how they'll end up, but it's still an enjoyable show.

Inaba's scene in the beginning.....FAVORITE CHARACTER HANDS DOWN!

Really?

Heartseed continues to act as a pseudo-producer of some supernatural reality TV show. I'm glad they decided to change the game up a bit. It has quite a bit more potential (dramatic, rather than comedic) than the previous rules, depending on how the direction.

Also, this new ending song lacked the powerful lead-in of the previous ending song, especially when placed after the preview. Can't say I listened to both in their entirety though.

Do you like her more than Kyokorin?!?!?!?! PSST...

Great ep.

Will be very interesting to see the love triangle between Iori, Inaba and Taiichi.

Also curious if Yui actually likes Aoki deep down.

All in all, this looks to be much better than the body switching!

I've said it before, and I'll say it again: That Heartseed fellow is quite the entertainer.

"I'm sorry from somewhere around the middle of my heart." Classic.

I don't give a damn about the love-dodecahedron, but this is a very good series. No chance of dropping.

I'm still enjoying every second of it. XD

... It just occurred to me, Heardseed is basically the author's avatar...

What a troll Heartseed is. So awesome.

Himeko was so damn erotic at the beginning.

I know there's masturbate in 4th episode and breast fondling in the first ep, but the fan service in this ep still makes me feel weird.
Uncomfortable...somehow. Probably because of the lack of other fan service in the earlier episodes.

The last few seconds make me feel that they are probably going to develop a bit on taichi.

This episode is better than I expected.

Awww, body swapping officially ended.

Well, let's see how these events go now.

This episode was hilarious. Especially the beginning. And that punch. Although in the preview, I wonder what he meant by "giving up on your friends."

Oh wow, so instead of the body swapping, there's now the 'true desires being unleashed' thing happening. This is seriously gonna be interesting. Seems like Inaba's having it rough the most so far. Speaking of Inaba, it was so hawt she tried hitting on Taichi, she even took his hand and put it on her breast lmao. xD

Yui smashing the table, holy shit. I'd be shitting my pants if I made her angry. Iori telling Taichi to not go any further in their relationship at the moment. However when Iori said 'This time... I have to do it right" it really got me thinking. Damn, Iori's probably the most unpredictable character in this Anime so far since she has multiple personalities. Seems like Inaba's going to be a shut-in, sacrificing herself for her friends?

Can't wait for next week!
5/5