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| I honestly didn't like iori this episode. I think she is hurting herself more than she needs to, and others along with her. If she's conflicting with her own desires and emotions that involve the club, how can she suddenly just change her personality, and then say it is her real self, then say it is none of their business? If she had multiple personalities this whole time to meet other's expectations, how can she know which is her true self? I honestly think she is just lying to herself. She needs to realize that she is her own self, and she should be the iorie she wants to be. I mean, Ik that sometimes unwanted help can be irritating and negative, but I don't think she should have to create a conflict for them aswell. |
AnimeHAwk616Jan 1, 2013 2:48 PM
| Inaba's reactions to the things Taichi says to her are just too good. Meanwhile everybody now thinks Taichi is a siscon. xD Iori's really starting to get shunned more and more. The group is starting to fall apart too, even though they have a presentation to do. This is a mess. |
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Deivi said: Am I the only one who just want's someone to slap the shit out of Iori? Really hating what they're doing with this character. Yes ur the only one :D i love the dark side from Iori after all every one have his dark side ^^" |
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| I wouldn't want to be friends with Iori, that's for sure. The overload of drama is making me cringe. Everybody just needs to calm down. If Iori doesn't want to be friends with them anymore, then just let her go. Urgh. This "omg you saved me!!!111!!!" thing is getting really cheesy. |
Mayobe said: Iori needs to stop being a coward. She's in this situation because she spent her whole life letting other people define her. Now that she's stopped doing that she's moping around trying to figure out 'who she is', as if it were something that the universe is supposed to hand to her. She's indulging the same pattern and getting pissy because it's still not working. She needs to take responsibility. Instead of trying to figure out 'who she is' she needs to decide who she wants to be and do what it takes to be that kind of person. It's called 'growing up'. Her friends have missed opportunities to tell her this in their conversations, but I don't blame them since they're all high-school students. Really it came out strongly in the conversation with Yui - "Would you still be my friend if I were a horrible cirminal?" The obvious response is, "Are you planning to become a horrible criminal? If so then I'm planning to stop you. You may say it's not my business, but I'll cause whatever trouble I need to for you because I care about you." If Iori can't get her shit together then she needs to change her clothing style so people can know she's proper emo. Totally agree! I think she's thinking waaay too hard about who she "is" and also too preoccupied with disliking how others think about how her true self. Even though everyone has heard Iori's negative and (pretty much) rude thoughts, they're still trying to help her but she's just being distant and not trying to resolve anything. The drama aside, I loved the part where Inaba, Yui, and Aoki all thought "ew" when they heard Taichi's thought about his little sister's first kiss XD I'm glad there still some comedy in the midst of all this drama. |
| Now that Iori blurted it out... I didnt expect this! This is escalating so fast! |
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| Dat yummy imouto Huh? Oh. Yeah. The drama in this episode. Inaba going totally cold is actually quite fun. I'm still rooting for Yui's friend zone, the sad fifth character and second male; it's so sad I don't even remember his name. Aoki, was it? |
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| Iori blaming Inaban for everything there at the end was so freaking annoying. If anything its Iori's fault for going along with it, and acting like she was okay with the whole situation. If she wasn't then she should of said something from the beginning instead of bringing it all up now. And her acting like a freaking robot is annoying as hell, and I just want to slap some sense into her...seriously. |
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| They're dealing with this really poorly. They should be able to see why she's acting the way she is but... |
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| Story is so dark when Iori is all emotionless!! "Save me!" made me cringe but at least they cleared that up with Yui. How many times was "rejected" said this episode? Made it sound so dark. I liked how a managed a few laughs at least in this episode which is so refreshing in this bunch of drama. I still enjoyed this, but to be frank, the episode's overall feel is depressing. Hopefully the story will get out of this depression and I can see a few more smiles next episode. |
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| Iori haters rapidly rising, hope this will go down soon for the remaining episodes. |
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| Is it Iori's friends that don't understand her or is it Iori herself that doesn't understand her to me it seems like Iori feels like she was acting like someone that she wasn't and now she is trying to be someone else yet again. She wasn't herself in her own eyes but right now she isn't herself either what's worse is that she is scaring her friends away and creating a negative image around her. Which will be something that's hard to get rid of not to mention that it will give her a hard time. |
| Im not feeling Iori's flow. damn. drama. |
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| The imouto is strong in this one. |
| Lovely drama is lovely. |
| Such a little bitch... but I like it. |
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| Drama is getting really good. I'm still waiting for someone to bitch slap Iori. She needs to wake up. |
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| Ew LOL |
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| Iori just mistakes different moods for different personalities. Man, what a selfish b.tch! If she wants to suffer so much, why not do it without hurting others? I just want to punch her in the face. x(( |
| Haven't they already done the depressed/identity crisis/shut in story? It's such an overdone story arc, to the point where this is becoming irritating to watch. itsvero said: I wouldn't want to be friends with Iori, that's for sure. The overload of drama is making me cringe. Everybody just needs to calm down. If Iori doesn't want to be friends with them anymore, then just let her go. Urgh. This "omg you saved me!!!111!!!" thing is getting really cheesy. this too. |
| Really don't like Iori in this arc. |
| It's surprsing that still none of them gets Iori even though they went through all that shit and she even told Yui what's wrong. |
| Iori has some serious mental problems but I loved her confession at the end. I mean, it's not usual that anime character just tell off what they think and how they feel about something and someone. It didn't really feel as I was watching an anime. How many situation could have been solved if they talk like Ibana did.... |
| I feel like the real antagonist of this story is themselves, not Heartseed You are your worst enemy. |
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| Well, at least now they are able to get their feelings out in the open, since they've gotten use to just broadcasting them, they figure they might as well say what's on their mind as it'll only project anyway! I can understand this might have more of an impact for the Japanese since they are brought up to be reserved about their feelings, more so then us westerners (although as an Englishman, I kinda get how that feels). |
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| Iori's my favourite, but I can't say I love her new attitude. Of course it's annoying when they all keep referring to what she "used to be" and how she "normally acts", but she's not exactly helping it either. Just pushing people away isn't going to help that much :S Some really awesome moments like kiss on the cheek and Yui standing up for herself against Goto. Boring but interesting? That means the thought transmission will stop soon (although obviously - there are only two episodes left! :P). She really HAS become strong though. Trying to reach out to Iori failed but she did try. Trying to get through to Taichi about being there for Iori as well ... Gotta say that I really liked Iori's rant at the end. I mean, it IS pretty confusing what Inaba's been doing, especially the way she said it. Encouraging then also saying she likes him? "Rejecting my rejection"? Yeah, IDK lol. It's not often you see stuff like this in anime, and wow lol, this has been really good so far. Can't wait for the next episode! :O Also, the animation quality ... *_* It's always been pretty good IIRC ... ;P |
Kurini said: Since Inaba was getting on my nerve too since she was too obsessed by Taichi despite Iori's concern about her own personality, I was relieved when Iori told her that she's annoyed. I like seeing this side of Iori! Maybe because I'm jealous of her since she don't give a damn about the other and just act as she wants, which it's something you can't do if you think of the consequences. I think I'm the only one who isn't fond of Inaba. And I can't wait to see a frustated Iori next episode! Because I love that voice acting of Aki Toyosaki! :) Finally someone else who is tired of Inaba's attitude! Personally I think Iori is completely justified in her anger; like she says, Inaba's actions make no sense whatsoever. I'm glad she finally gave her a piece of her mind! That being said, I don't understand why so many are hating on Iori and speculating on when she'll revert to her 'normal' self. That's the whole point; the persons we pretend to be when in the presence of others isn't necessarily who we truly are. Who can honestly say they've never faked a smile or lied to make someone else happy? No one. Sadly, it seems that her 'friends' are unable to understand anything; they only want her to go back to being her 'usual' self even though it was an act. I think it's safe to assume that this is exactly what Iori's been doing her whole life, and now that that side of her exposed, she's decided to throw caution to the wind and speak her mind freely. Clearly one should censor some thoughts, but generally, I'm with Iori. Also, I've been waiting for Fujishima to approach Iori since she started this whole act-your-true-self, but so far we've only seen her watching from afar. Somehow I feel like she's the only one who can do anything for Iori. |
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| Iori really needs to tone it down, her friends tried every approach and she keeps thinking "oh my god I'm so lonely, no one tries to understand me and they don't know the real me, well you know what, let's treat them like crap cauz that will make things better". Ugh. I understand it's annoying if people keep bothering you but what the hell, she's screaming for attention and when she gets it she acts like a total btch. I really hope Taichi will end up with Inaba because Iori fcked things up way too hard and doesn't deserve any kind of attention from them anymore, especially not from Taichi. Anyway the Inaba and Yui part was good, nice to see some positive things happen in the whole Iori drama. I just hope Iori will stop acting like a complete ice queen and just get over the fact no one knows who the real "I" they are >.< |
cladinpink said: Also, I've been waiting for Fujishima to approach Iori since she started this whole act-your-true-self, but so far we've only seen her watching from afar. Somehow I feel like she's the only one who can do anything for Iori. Agreed! I really like Fujishima, I think she'll be great for Iori. I hate seeing Iori like this :( She's totally justified in my opinion, she's tired of putting on a smile every day to please everyone else. I love Inaba, but she really is messing with Iori's head. Yui was especially great in this episode, I hated seeing her try really hard to help Iori but it not working out. I hope it does soon T___T |
| Dramatic development but well in the ending Iori was rather right but still doesn't count she has to change her whole personality just after fixing everything with her past and her mother. But lol the scene where the little sister from Taichi kissed him on his cheek and he spread that emotion xD that was a good scene :p Nice episode I wonder what's next! |
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cladinpink said: Kurini said: Since Inaba was getting on my nerve too since she was too obsessed by Taichi despite Iori's concern about her own personality, I was relieved when Iori told her that she's annoyed. I like seeing this side of Iori! Maybe because I'm jealous of her since she don't give a damn about the other and just act as she wants, which it's something you can't do if you think of the consequences. I think I'm the only one who isn't fond of Inaba. And I can't wait to see a frustated Iori next episode! Because I love that voice acting of Aki Toyosaki! :) Finally someone else who is tired of Inaba's attitude! Personally I think Iori is completely justified in her anger; like she says, Inaba's actions make no sense whatsoever. I'm glad she finally gave her a piece of her mind! That being said, I don't understand why so many are hating on Iori and speculating on when she'll revert to her 'normal' self. That's the whole point; the persons we pretend to be when in the presence of others isn't necessarily who we truly are. Who can honestly say they've never faked a smile or lied to make someone else happy? No one. Sadly, it seems that her 'friends' are unable to understand anything; they only want her to go back to being her 'usual' self even though it was an act. I think it's safe to assume that this is exactly what Iori's been doing her whole life, and now that that side of her exposed, she's decided to throw caution to the wind and speak her mind freely. Clearly one should censor some thoughts, but generally, I'm with Iori. Also, I've been waiting for Fujishima to approach Iori since she started this whole act-your-true-self, but so far we've only seen her watching from afar. Somehow I feel like she's the only one who can do anything for Iori. Absolutely agreed. Seriously, Thank you for saying what was on my mind. Everyone is talking about how Iori needs to be slapped or beaten up but a slap is obviously not going to help. And it's not like the situation was entirely Iori's fault. Inaba wasn't making much sense with her actions either: Forcing them together, then confessing her love when it was going well for them, then getting angry when Iori rejected Taichi while thinking of ways to win over Taichi. If her personality wasn't as likable, she would have been the typical annoying romance-comedy antagonist. Sorry to all Inaba fans but what she did to Iori just rubs me the wrong way. |
fr0zendragonJan 24, 2013 10:21 PM
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| the anime version does a crappy job of portraying Iori up to this point....between episode 13 and 14 is just too huge a gap in difference between how Iori is....could have done better, its just hard to watch now |
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cladinpink said: Finally someone else who is tired of Inaba's attitude! Personally I think Iori is completely justified in her anger; like she says, Inaba's actions make no sense whatsoever. I'm glad she finally gave her a piece of her mind! Not quite entirely justified....Iori's the one that forced Inaba to come out with her feelings, and encouraged her just as much as Inaba encouraged her to make those feelings known to Taichi truth be told,to side with Inaba a bit, I would be entirely pissed off too if I were in a competetion and all of sudden that competetion dropped out for no apparent reason, almost out of pity i would have thought, Inaba's much more soft than before...bottom line is you gotta think both ways, you'll have characters you hate sure...but those characters build the ones you love...although the anime didn't do a good job portraying this....i felt bad for Iori, but i also feel like she's going overboard with it too, just my thinking so i also felt bad for Inaba Fanboyism ruins animes, thats why I always give each character a fair shake as much as possible ....just my suggestion :) |
| "To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment" |
Venom900 said: cladinpink said: Finally someone else who is tired of Inaba's attitude! Personally I think Iori is completely justified in her anger; like she says, Inaba's actions make no sense whatsoever. I'm glad she finally gave her a piece of her mind! Not quite entirely justified....Iori's the one that forced Inaba to come out with her feelings, and encouraged her just as much as Inaba encouraged her to make those feelings known to Taichi truth be told,to side with Inaba a bit, I would be entirely pissed off too if I were in a competetion and all of sudden that competetion dropped out for no apparent reason, almost out of pity i would have thought, Inaba's much more soft than before...bottom line is you gotta think both ways, you'll have characters you hate sure...but those characters build the ones you love...although the anime didn't do a good job portraying this....i felt bad for Iori, but i also feel like she's going overboard with it too, just my thinking so i also felt bad for Inaba Fanboyism ruins animes, thats why I always give each character a fair shake as much as possible ....just my suggestion :) Very well said. I personally would just like to think the whole mess as an unfortunate case of wrong person making the wrong choices doing the wrong things at the wrong time. Really, nobody is at fault here. Shit happens all the time even IRL. |
nretnaL Very well said. I personally would just like to think the whole mess as an unfortunate case of wrong person making the wrong choices doing the wrong things at the wrong time. Really, nobody is at fault here. Shit happens all the time even IRL.[/quote said: As you said, this can happen IRL, not the supernatural aspect...but things coming out spur of the moment, for instance Iori's attitude because of the way she feels, or Inaba because she feels like they have all been through enough and Iori needs to understand it's not just her....can't say I haven't had these experiences once or twice...mostly during my high school years though. |
| "To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment" |
| wow, so THAT'S why iori's been acting up... i kinda understand where she's coming from, but it's still pretty stupid how she's all evil and shit now just because of what inaban did i mean, inaba didnt completely rip taichi away from iori; she even turned it into a friendly rivalry kind of thing between them for taichi's affection hell, when taichi confessed to iori, wasn't that a sign to her that she won? it's just too ridiculous for me how iori is "broken," i just see her as WAY overreacting love the drama, though. reason i love this series so much |
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| Heartseed is probably looking for the answer: this is a great opportunity to get to know your friends more. This is probably who Iori really is and the solution is not to try to change Iori back to how she used to act but use this opportunity to be friends with the real Iori. Iori is waiting for someone to accept her for the way she is instead of saying that shes acting weird and this isn't herself. She probably was just changing personalities to fit the situation before but now that you can read her mind, it doesn't work so she reverts back to her true personality. =X Taichi is probably the one who is going to figure this out since hes always the problem solver! Angry Iori is pretty awesome! |
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| Lovin' Inaba so much more than in the first 13 episodes. Idk why. She's adorable to me now. Yui's cute too. I love her strength. Taichi's sister complex is hilarious. Iori however is starting to piss me off, but I understand why she would be annoyed at Inaba. After all, I can relate to her. I was in the same position as Inaba. ;S Me and friend liked the same guy and I was the one who encouraged my friend, at the same time pursuing the guy.. :c |
| I'm yet another Inaba fan but I couldn't help but feel ticked off because no one gets what's going on with Iori, c'mon dudes! Iori specifically told Taichi that she didn't know who she was and he still manages to not understand what's going on with her? You're not your usual self he says. What the hell dude? She told you she had trouble figuring out who she was, it seems like some of them are trying really hard to miss the point lol |
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| Blah, Iori's friends fail so much to understand her and that's why they can't get to her. But I gotta give this to them - they are still trying. No Aoki this episode.. seriously. Strong Yui.. not sure where is this going. F_Bernkastel said: I thought Aoki would be the one that would help Iori with her identity problem. I guess I had my hopes up that he would do something interesting, kinda disappointed but still great 2 episodes. (hopefully he does something in 16 & 17). Same here bro... |
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| Iori kind of annoyed me at the beginning when she rejected that boy, but I enjoyed her attitude more towards the end. I thought she was more interesting that way, rather than her plain, cheerfulself. I'm glad she spoke honestly towards Inaban at the end, it was pretty epic. Oh, and the kiss scene was funny. |
| Inaban, Why you so cute? And Aoi, what the f*** is wrong with you? I feel so sad. |
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| I don't hate Iori and I really like her. It feels like she's the other me. And I really like what Iori said to Inaba.. Iori Nagase: You wanted to know what's in my heart? Fine, you'll get to hear it from my own mouth. You're just way too selfish. I don't understand you. You kept trying to force Taichi and me to start dating. Day in, and day out, it was just, "You two should go out already!" And when I finally feel like going out with him, you get between us and say you love him too. But when I said that I wouldn't go out with him, you got angry. What the hell? What do you want from me? How selfish can you be? You fan up my feelings, only come in after, get in my way, and screw everything up. Now isn't that mean? Have you ever thought about how I feel? I should be asking you what you're thinking. I hate Inaba! Girls like her are the reason why people who like each other can't end up together. This is like what happened in toradora.. I hate TAIGA! >><< |
Zel_Ezl said: I don't hate Iori and I really like her. It feels like she's the other me. And I really like what Iori said to Inaba.. Iori Nagase: You wanted to know what's in my heart? Fine, you'll get to hear it from my own mouth. You're just way too selfish. I don't understand you. You kept trying to force Taichi and me to start dating. Day in, and day out, it was just, "You two should go out already!" And when I finally feel like going out with him, you get between us and say you love him too. But when I said that I wouldn't go out with him, you got angry. What the hell? What do you want from me? How selfish can you be? You fan up my feelings, only come in after, get in my way, and screw everything up. Now isn't that mean? Have you ever thought about how I feel? I should be asking you what you're thinking. I hate Inaba! Girls like her are the reason why people who like each other can't end up together. This is like what happened in toradora.. I hate TAIGA! >><< ton't forget coin has 2 sides not 1, & u see only 1 side of the coin like rest of Iori Taichi & Inaba haters, u all hate 1 & cant see the other side of the coin, she acted dumb when sh try'd to bush Iori & Taichi together, but she did not know her own feelings so cant blame her wanting to help friends!!! BDW it make u a bit like Inaba, both blind to the truth!!! & its normal cause people ton't have power to see whats in other peoples minds & hearts!!! so u & other hater's zip it!!! in other words SHUT UP!!! :) i end it here to lazy to point out awry-thing what proves that ur wrong & second my post wold be to long :D & 3th, i ton't want to argue with people who do not underhand!!! |
Sugram22May 13, 2013 5:50 PM
| Himeko in love is soo cute :3 Iori is such a bitch. It's ok if she would be mad because noone sees her "true" self, but shitting on her friends' feelings is horrible as shit. I wonder what her real problem is, but she definitely acts too shitty. |
| That end really cleared up a lot about what Iori is thinking although I'm sure that's not all that's going on. From what we've seen, I would have expected Taichi to be his usual self and try and help immediately like Inaba was saying. More self-awareness by Yui. I hope she's able to stay strong on her own and we see this in the next episodes. TaichixInaba moments are nice too and I'm warming up to them as well. Maybe I'll end up changing my mind about TaichixIori by the end. |
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