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Jul 4, 2014 8:16 AM
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Okay, now I am convinced that Kouko really loves Banri. I mean, they kissed, and that's awesome *^* It's pretty obvious that Kouko heard Banri and Linda's conversation at the balcony, or she saw Banri and Linda's picture.
Poor Linda's big brother :/ I thought that girl will start the car and ran Banri over. I think those 2 are involved with Banri's accident.
Linda and Banri's conversation and relationship back then ;_; They look really great together, but I can't help but love Banri and Kouko more. I guess Linda is for me :3
Oh shit, Banri regains his memories :O Now, Banri loves Kouko and Linda. Time for some DURAMA!!
Jul 11, 2014 3:51 AM

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Deep past is deep
I don't want to feel the drama.. Please
I don't want to hear what happen to her brother now.. Too scary, probably
Old Banri is back!! For a moment

Lol @ preview
Eiffel xD
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Aug 17, 2014 7:48 AM

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Honestly , Koko .. you should change for the better . stop being childish and rude . It just makes things worst you know . the anxiety you got must be the feedback of your foolishness .
Partners-in-crime !!
Adultery .. the guy is nice too why commit such sin ... desires I guess .
I like how they approach the scene ... maturity is good !!
Linda is such an amazing person . I can't help but admire her great persona !!!
Sweet Exquisite words coming from banri ... so nice !! and .. there goes the "chance" ...
Linda said it too !! .. woah .. nostalgic words from her important love one !!
Now, I finally chose which would I support ... LINDAXBANRI !!! .. makes up a great couple !!
The "shoulds" of miss and fail anticipations .. "Too late for regrets.."
"Hopelessly far apart from each other .."
Union of the body and the soul !!
Pretty great Episode !!!
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Dec 2, 2014 9:27 AM

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O snap, do they start switching when they fall asleep?

Dec 19, 2014 8:22 PM

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When Tada Banr said "You have an older brother?" My heart sank a little. Damn that has to hurt. That cliffhangar.
Jan 14, 2015 4:08 PM

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Onwards...



“There are two kinds of arrogance. One where you are unequal to the task and one where your dreams are too big. The former is commonplace stupidity... but the latter is a rare species that is difficult to find.”

Jan 24, 2015 6:29 AM

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wow wow .. wow The old Banri is back. Does that mean Banri 2.0 is gone and only remained Banri 1.0 that was a ghost up to now? Or did they combined and now he has a double personality? Oh man, this is so exciting! *_*
Apr 6, 2015 5:39 PM
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Man all these flashbacks with Linda... Poor Linda she had to endure all that alone now and not with banri...
GAHHH LINDA OR KOUKO!!!
Well ghost banri coming back is interesting, is the old banri back?
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Apr 14, 2015 9:02 AM

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Well after showing that flashback, I don't think I could possibly support Linda. It was already bad enough with her avoiding Banri after the accident, a sort of "double missed your chance". I suppose the quirky/broken moral compass fits with her character though.

And now the "Behindi Banri" has taken over Banri's Body? This won't be good. (Of course, he can't actually take over the body, the closest it could be would be the re-emergence of a negative persona in someone with dissociative identity disorder. Not that Banri has any reason whatsoever to have DID)
May 4, 2015 3:53 AM

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You've got to be kidding me in the ending... the old Banri spirit has returned to the original body soul... And what's gonna happen the new Banri? keeping focusing to love with Linda, how about Kaga? :(((, Oh no this is going to be intense love dramatic...
Jul 30, 2015 11:33 PM

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This is my, god idk, umpteenth time rewatching this show. And I never forget that this is the episode that put the nail in the coffin for me as to why Linda will never be best girl.

Linda's entire attitude towards Banri is basically a lie. She's a liar to the core. She absolutely shit on Banri to all of her friends with Banri in earshot, just so she could sound superior? I don't even know her reason. Bottom line it was fucking obnoxious. And then the next few days she kept trying to play it off on Banri like it was nothing (thank god he didn't take any of her shit).

Flash forward to the present day, and she was hiding the fact that she knew him because she was playing a self-pity card. "Oh, I thought it was my fault!" Soooo...what exactly does that have to do with hiding the truth?

When they were first discussing his past together, she glossed over a lot of things just because she didn't want the deep truth to come out. Like his true feelings for her back then, or what her answer would've been. He was already dating Kouko and just wanted to piece his past back together, but she still lied to him, even after explicitly saying "we cant hide things from each other anymore. words get more toxic the longer they take to say".

Then this betrayal of her brother was the final straw. She "didn't want to make her brother sad", but thought it was totally ok to let him live a lie. I would think that a momentary bit of sadness is nothing compared to a lifetime of a fucking lie. All she did was tell the fiancé not to cheat...yea...I'm sure that fucking worked. They way that dude was looking out the window, I'll bet she still comes back for more. Also considering how she said "yea I went home and saw my brother...among other things", implied that he's still married to her and the truth never came out. Also implying she is probably still cheating on him.

So it actually surprises me that so many people on this episodes thread keep shipping Banri x Linda. How can you possibly defend her? It mostly seems like people just don't like Kouko. Linda has no real likeable traits.

I'd pick the over attached, clingy girl who's deeply in love with me over a fucking liar who's basically lied to me my entire life any day.
Sep 19, 2015 3:49 PM

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TOLD YA BANRI X LINDA OTP
this is getting interesting.. Ghost banri on duty


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Oct 17, 2015 3:59 PM

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Great episode!

Glad to see some background info on what happened to Linda and Banri. I think the glasses guy was the one who pushed him in the bridge due to him and Linda interfering with Linda's affair with him.

I thought Kouko was acting weird is because she overheard Banri and Linda's conversation at the balcony.

So now Ghost Banri has entered the new Banri's body. I wonder what will happen now :O

Can't wait for the next episode!
Nov 18, 2015 1:56 PM

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Poor Koko felt unloved before but now the past Banri has gotten back in to the live ones body and still loves Linda, will he forget about Koko? but I love him and Koko together!!! I like him and Linda too but still. So complicated. Will past Banri now confess to Linda like he wanted to before?

The affair stuff was interesting.

I also thought Koko was acting weird because she overhead the balcony conversation between Banri and Linda.
Dec 8, 2015 4:08 PM
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What an interesting turn of events. Banri getting his body back, but apparently ditching the old Banri's personality in the process. I feel kinda bad because that is exactly what the old Banri feared, but you couldn't help feeling bad for ghost Banri as he watches his body spend more time with Koko than Linda. Honestly not sure if this was a good thing or bad thing. I guess i will find out haha.
Jan 1, 2016 8:38 AM

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honestly, i couldn't give a fuck about linda. fuck that episode ending.

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This is my, god idk, umpteenth time rewatching this show. And I never forget that this is the episode that put the nail in the coffin for me as to why Linda will never be best girl.

Linda's entire attitude towards Banri is basically a lie. She's a liar to the core. She absolutely shit on Banri to all of her friends with Banri in earshot, just so she could sound superior? I don't even know her reason. Bottom line it was fucking obnoxious. And then the next few days she kept trying to play it off on Banri like it was nothing (thank god he didn't take any of her shit).

Flash forward to the present day, and she was hiding the fact that she knew him because she was playing a self-pity card. "Oh, I thought it was my fault!" Soooo...what exactly does that have to do with hiding the truth?

When they were first discussing his past together, she glossed over a lot of things just because she didn't want the deep truth to come out. Like his true feelings for her back then, or what her answer would've been. He was already dating Kouko and just wanted to piece his past back together, but she still lied to him, even after explicitly saying "we cant hide things from each other anymore. words get more toxic the longer they take to say".

Then this betrayal of her brother was the final straw. She "didn't want to make her brother sad", but thought it was totally ok to let him live a lie. I would think that a momentary bit of sadness is nothing compared to a lifetime of a fucking lie. All she did was tell the fiancé not to cheat...yea...I'm sure that fucking worked. They way that dude was looking out the window, I'll bet she still comes back for more. Also considering how she said "yea I went home and saw my brother...among other things", implied that he's still married to her and the truth never came out. Also implying she is probably still cheating on him.

So it actually surprises me that so many people on this episodes thread keep shipping Banri x Linda. How can you possibly defend her? It mostly seems like people just don't like Kouko. Linda has no real likeable traits.

I'd pick the over attached, clingy girl who's deeply in love with me over a fucking liar who's basically lied to me my entire life any day.


you fucking nailed it buddy.
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Mar 19, 2016 4:42 PM

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I really loved this episode.

There was the romantic scene with Koko and Banri kissing, and still, they manage to get me also caught up in the romance between Linda and Banri. The romance between Linda and Banri has something special, I don't know, I prefer it a little bit more, but Koko has also something interesting... And now the things will get a new level with the physical body and ghost reuinited...?
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Jun 8, 2016 2:05 AM

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Oh shit, he got his memory back
Jun 30, 2016 5:27 PM

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Lost my respect for Linda, doesn't want to hurt her brother so lets him live a lie. Nice.

Can't really say much about banri though, never liked him.
Jan 17, 2017 11:05 PM

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I've been really enjoying this series so far, aside from a few odd moments here and there I think I was even enjoying it more than Toradora but this episode kinda lost me here. I don't really mind the majority of the content, the stuff with Linda & Banri's past was interesting though not among my favorites of the flashbacks but the cliffhanger basically assures that the series was going to commit to the path I was hoping they'd avoid. I'm typically averse to amnesia plots, and I wasn't thrilled when I found out this would include one but I liked the way the series tackled it but I started to become a bit skeptical when Ghost Banri got involved.

On his introduction, I thought he was a novel way of displaying the tragedy at the core of his amnesia. Despite his developing relationship with Koko, there's a great sense of loss to him and his relationships (primarily Linda) was a nice way of illustrating that. But giving Ghost Banri too much of an active role in the story kinda repels me. It makes the plot feel less real (obviously, his presence didn't help in the first place) but in the context of the series, it paints him as the antagonist of the story. Depicting him mainly as an obstacle to Koko/Banri's relationship, since dividing the two Banri's up this drastically puts them at opposition with each-other, separate entities even. I'm more interested in the series treating Banri's recovering memory in a way that places Tada himself responsible rather than the ghost of him (I hope this makes sense so far, it's coming across a little jumbled in my mind, anime is weird).

My hope is that there's a more delicate handling with Ghost Banri returning to his body but considering how he got his body back, I have my doubts. Because there was nothing that happened over the course of the episode to justify him returning to his body. My guess is that Linda mentioning her brother & reciting his speech back to him intensified his desire to return but they didn't really convey that (I'm pretty sure that moment was circling through his head a ton, pretty sure they stated explicitly that Ghost Banri is always thinking about Linda). Instead of the cliffhanger feeling like natural progression it felt like it happened for drama convenience.

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Forgot to mention, that dude Linda's brother finance was cheating on with is most likely the guy on the motorcycle who hit Banri. At least, that's what I think. Not sure it's actually important for the series to ever divulge that information but if they do, it's him. Calling it.
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Jan 2, 2018 12:29 PM

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Kouko's worried about their relationship huh ... then flashback time with Linda! Catching someone cheating never ends well, but I can understand both sides of the "tell/don't tell" conflict. Obviously, what Linda was saying about not wanting to hurt her brother and letting him live a lie applies to present-day Banri as well. It seems as though she's made her choice in the present too, until ... wait, Banri's memories came back? Just like that?! O_O I definitely thought that he was just a narrative device but uh ... nope, I guess ghosts exist in this world. OK then >_<
Mar 5, 2018 1:25 AM

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Oh no, this is very bad. I don't want him to be with Linda.
Apr 8, 2018 3:20 AM

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So some more flashbacks with a questionable decision from Rinda. Didn't expect the old Banri to get his body back, not sure if I like that. I hope it won't be the theme of the show now that old Banri fights new Banri for the body or something like that.
Sep 21, 2018 5:03 AM

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I wonder what happened to Linda's brother seems like he has huge troubles.
Hopefully old Banri can make it till he says something.
Nov 4, 2018 5:10 PM

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Ohhhhh shit D: Is Tada really back? Or is his memory ghost just going to possess him temporarily? If it's for good, aren't past Tada and current Tada going to clash??? Aaaahhhhhh D:>

Koko def heard the balcony conversation and that's why she's scared to lose Tada. You can tell by her facials when him and Linda interacted at club. Full of uneasiness.

It seems most of us are rooting for Linda :3 I personally prefer Linda, but depending how things play out, I could accept Koko with Tada.

Lost focus on Chinami and Mitsuo lol but they'll return sooner or later.
Nov 23, 2018 11:03 AM
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I've just been thinking that if the old Banri tried to make up with Linda, what would Kouko do? Try to take Banri regardless, or go back to Mitsuo, as he is still single so she has a better chance with him? (I'm quite sure Kouko will be with Banri at the end anyway after the opening video, but for now, i'm curious what will happen :3) I don't know if I'm the only one with this idea... ^^"
Dec 7, 2018 10:16 PM
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I'm so pissed off that series will end up Banri x Kouko,
where Banri x Linda are so perfect for each other!


Linda deserves a cruel punishment for what she did with her brother. This is karma and the most righteous.
Dec 7, 2018 10:19 PM
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I'm sure that everything Linda was thinking or said about her brother's fiance is coming back to haunt her now, since she is in the position of being "the other woman". Linda left, Banri recovered (to an extent) on his own, and now he is in a relationship with Kouko. Linda is trying to do the honourable thing by staying out of it, despite her obvious feelings for Banri, but at this point I hope she (and eventually Banri) can now develop some sympathy for people who are in love with more than one person at the same time.

We've seen a lot of Banri and Linda's backstory now, so sympathy is running high. I'm wondering when it will be Kouko's turn, since we began to see in this episode that she might be a lot more vulnerable and insecure than the usual front she presents to the world. Both girls have a lot of attractive features, and if the new and old Banri ever become integrated as one, he is going to be seriously conflicted over making a choice. My main question now is whether the OP and ED are trolls, because clearly Kouko x Banri has more than a few roadblocks ahead.


I do not sympathize with her at all for the episode and for having omitted that her brother's bride cheat him.
She deserves a karma to suffer for letting her brother be made an idiot.
Mar 8, 2019 7:29 PM

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Yes it's true Kaga is Banri's girlfriend so you go away, kidding. So the main point in this episode is that Kaga had a fever but after she recovered she behaved strangely, he was worried about his relationship with Banri. On another occasion Linda was getting closer to Banri. In the last minute it was not clear whether Banri's spirit returned to its original body?
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This is getting interesting, it makes me think if Banri old will get his body back and maybe the new Banri get a new one, or will they fuse together. is really interesting to think this or what will happen to his feeling to Linda and Kouko will they change to favor Kouko for some reason even tough new Banri kew her for far less time than old Banri to Linda, but the anime favored Kouko since the start with the op and ed being all about her, anyways, I am expectant.
Jul 17, 2019 4:15 PM

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the clifffhanger gets me every goddamn time
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Episode recap :
Drama, into flashback which is drama, into deus ex machina

Like episode 9 and he already recovered his memory ???
By falling off the bed ? Maybe being with your pre-amnesia crush can heal your amnesia ?

harem route ?!
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Mar 17, 2020 11:39 PM
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That speech Banri gave to Linda about never leaving her and finding a way to find her when the flowers scatter and all that...

I mean... it was okay... but it really seems like they're trying too hard -- the dialogue got kinda corny and unrealistic for a high school senior. Plus, the two are only friends. Even if Banri has a crush on her, what he said is too intimate for a female friend, regardless of how close they are. I always think it's dumb when the girl gets flustered over a male's monologue, but Linda would've had the right to be a little unnerved lol. I wouldn't have blamed her.

It's corny moments like these that make me take off points from the overall series. Reminds me of the strange moment when Banri confided in Kaga about his identity/amnesia crisis in the middle of the woods, kinda laying it all on her. Ugh.

This is an okay series. I enjoy watching it. But it's these moments that are hard to sit through.
May 19, 2020 2:48 AM

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"I will never forget" - Banri

Months later

GETS AMNESIA.

xD Poor Linda
Jul 2, 2020 11:29 AM

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This is going to get a lot complicated from now :/ I already feel bad for Kouko...

Great episode! I am curious how this'll end.

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Is this the end of Kouko? I am getting antsy as hell over this episode.
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I think I understand why Kouko is behaving this way. She is really anxious about Banri leaving her. After what happened with Mitsuo, I think her behaviour isn't unreasonable at all.

The flashback was very sad to be honest. I still love Kouko a lot more, but still.... I feel quite bad for Linda.

Although a lot of the episode was flashback, I liked it quite a lot. I'm not a fan of the ghost bit, though. It would've been better that was removed altogether.
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there's always that character in an anime that i despise from all my heart and in this anime it def has to be linda.
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there's always that character in an anime that i despise from all my heart and in this anime it def has to be linda.


Agreed, I can't believe that people are saying that she is better for Banri. At no point does she ever say that she liked him, she lies all the time and when she does speak her mind and say something that rings true about him it is either snide or telling her friends that 'she doesn't even see him as a guy'. Why would she need to go that far? She was using him for his friendship and support, while calling him unreliable, and then she pretends she doesn't know him when they meet. She says things like he is 'important to her' and she was glad that they met again, all typical friendzone things to say. It is fair to friendzone someone but when they walk away, don't text them ten times and get his neighbour to intervene. That is the just selfish and incredibly vain, she isn't interested in him, never was, but is too selfish to let him leave her. All her actions are motivated by guilt. How many times did she reject him? Whenever he is waiting for her she shows up late. When you know someone for that long you don't need to think about it overnight when they confess. Her answer was always no, if she says otherwise it is to ease her guilt and to allow his mind to move on. Easy to say that it would have been yes when Kouko is on the scene. She is literally trying to throw them together to ease her guilt. And, yet, people are shipping her when she is actively shipping her supposed rival so that she can wash her hands of him. She's a real piece of work.

Kouko, on the other hand, is immature, but trying to recognise her faults and fix them. Linda is just trying to cover hers up, while appearing nice on the outside. When Kouko makes mistakes it is because she has misjudged and is still immature, all Linda's mistakes are down to her selfishness and taking Banri for granted.
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Gab5 said:
Keyaru6 said:
there's always that character in an anime that i despise from all my heart and in this anime it def has to be linda.


Agreed, I can't believe that people are saying that she is better for Banri. At no point does she ever say that she liked him, she lies all the time and when she does speak her mind and say something that rings true about him it is either snide or telling her friends that 'she doesn't even see him as a guy'. Why would she need to go that far? She was using him for his friendship and support, while calling him unreliable, and then she pretends she doesn't know him when they meet. She says things like he is 'important to her' and she was glad that they met again, all typical friendzone things to say. It is fair to friendzone someone but when they walk away, don't text them ten times and get his neighbour to intervene. That is the just selfish and incredibly vain, she isn't interested in him, never was, but is too selfish to let him leave her. All her actions are motivated by guilt. How many times did she reject him? Whenever he is waiting for her she shows up late. When you know someone for that long you don't need to think about it overnight when they confess. Her answer was always no, if she says otherwise it is to ease her guilt and to allow his mind to move on. Easy to say that it would have been yes when Kouko is on the scene. She is literally trying to throw them together to ease her guilt. And, yet, people are shipping her when she is actively shipping her supposed rival so that she can wash her hands of him. She's a real piece of work.

Kouko, on the other hand, is immature, but trying to recognise her faults and fix them. Linda is just trying to cover hers up, while appearing nice on the outside. When Kouko makes mistakes it is because she has misjudged and is still immature, all Linda's mistakes are down to her selfishness and taking Banri for granted.


FINALLY SOMEONE WHO AGREES WITH ME DUDE i hate her dawgg if she wasn't in this anime this anime would've turned out alot better
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Agreed, I can't believe that people are saying that she is better for Banri. At no point does she ever say that she liked him, she lies all the time and when she does speak her mind and say something that rings true about him it is either snide or telling her friends that 'she doesn't even see him as a guy'. Why would she need to go that far? She was using him for his friendship and support, while calling him unreliable, and then she pretends she doesn't know him when they meet. She says things like he is 'important to her' and she was glad that they met again, all typical friendzone things to say. It is fair to friendzone someone but when they walk away, don't text them ten times and get his neighbour to intervene. That is the just selfish and incredibly vain, she isn't interested in him, never was, but is too selfish to let him leave her. All her actions are motivated by guilt. How many times did she reject him? Whenever he is waiting for her she shows up late. When you know someone for that long you don't need to think about it overnight when they confess. Her answer was always no, if she says otherwise it is to ease her guilt and to allow his mind to move on. Easy to say that it would have been yes when Kouko is on the scene. She is literally trying to throw them together to ease her guilt. And, yet, people are shipping her when she is actively shipping her supposed rival so that she can wash her hands of him. She's a real piece of work.

Kouko, on the other hand, is immature, but trying to recognise her faults and fix them. Linda is just trying to cover hers up, while appearing nice on the outside. When Kouko makes mistakes it is because she has misjudged and is still immature, all Linda's mistakes are down to her selfishness and taking Banri for granted.


FINALLY SOMEONE WHO AGREES WITH ME DUDE i hate her dawgg if she wasn't in this anime this anime would've turned out alot better


Yes, she is an awful person for him to be involved in. People are focusing on her keeping quiet about her brother's fiancee cheating, but the main issue is that is how she does things, she continues as if nothing happened. Which is what she goes on to do to Banri. It is a selfish and cowardly way to carry on.

On top of all of that, Banri is clearly a better person than the whining and weak character he was when she was telling people she didn't see him as a guy. If a female friend said that about me, regardless of whether I was interested or not, I wouldn't talk to them either. People are irritated with Kouko so they ship him with someone who doesn't appreciate him at all. Kouko can be a pain but is generous in her appreciation of people that she loves, and that is what he needs. They also laughed together more than he was shown to laugh with Linda.

Same as you, I rleally can't stand her. She's far too insincere.
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Gab5 said:
Keyaru6 said:


FINALLY SOMEONE WHO AGREES WITH ME DUDE i hate her dawgg if she wasn't in this anime this anime would've turned out alot better


Yes, she is an awful person for him to be involved in. People are focusing on her keeping quiet about her brother's fiancee cheating, but the main issue is that is how she does things, she continues as if nothing happened. Which is what she goes on to do to Banri. It is a selfish and cowardly way to carry on.

On top of all of that, Banri is clearly a better person than the whining and weak character he was when she was telling people she didn't see him as a guy. If a female friend said that about me, regardless of whether I was interested or not, I wouldn't talk to them either. People are irritated with Kouko so they ship him with someone who doesn't appreciate him at all. Kouko can be a pain but is generous in her appreciation of people that she loves, and that is what he needs. They also laughed together more than he was shown to laugh with Linda.

Same as you, I rleally can't stand her. She's far too insincere.


yesss kouko i agree first couple of eps she seems just like ur typical stalker/weirdo but she really wanted to be with banri and make him happy even forgiving him after cheating on her she's just the best and it just annoys me seeing people who like linda more
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Keyaru6 said:
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Yes, she is an awful person for him to be involved in. People are focusing on her keeping quiet about her brother's fiancee cheating, but the main issue is that is how she does things, she continues as if nothing happened. Which is what she goes on to do to Banri. It is a selfish and cowardly way to carry on.

On top of all of that, Banri is clearly a better person than the whining and weak character he was when she was telling people she didn't see him as a guy. If a female friend said that about me, regardless of whether I was interested or not, I wouldn't talk to them either. People are irritated with Kouko so they ship him with someone who doesn't appreciate him at all. Kouko can be a pain but is generous in her appreciation of people that she loves, and that is what he needs. They also laughed together more than he was shown to laugh with Linda.

Same as you, I rleally can't stand her. She's far too insincere.


yesss kouko i agree first couple of eps she seems just like ur typical stalker/weirdo but she really wanted to be with banri and make him happy even forgiving him after cheating on her she's just the best and it just annoys me seeing people who like linda more


Who would be more fun to be with? Kouko's childish attitude and willingness to look silly and recognise it makes her great fun. Compare that to Linda, who covers things up, doesn't try to be honest but wants to look like a nice person. One tells you what is on their mind always while the other is full of nasty surprises. No contest. Case closed!!

People ignore the fact that, with Banri's memory problems, he doesn't need someone who is sneaky, cold and secretive, he needs someone who is open and loving, who will make him feel confident. They don't suffer from amnesia, so their preference doesn't matter. And how many good memories did he have with Linda? They never laughed like he does with Kouko. He was always anxious.
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banri regained his memories damn
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This episode had some great insight into Banri and Linda's past relationship, good stuff! They do an awesome job at portraying anxiety in many ways
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Kurogashi said:
what linda did was right. it was none of her business, even if she's the sister. she has no right to blow it up cause who knows, perhaps that woman still loves the brother but is having an affair due to personal reasons (e.g. blackmail, lack of money for surgery or something, who knows). there's just so many factors that could explain the scene. and who in the right mind would think the brother would say "oh good job for catching that slut, you saved me".. if it's truly an affair, you let it run its course and eventually it'll blow up on its own. nobody would thank you for being a hero. in fact, you might do more harm than good. she played the 'adult' role very well.

Absolute rubbish, it is her business since she's his sister. Hiding it from him benefits no-one and only increases the chances of him being hurt in the future. Don't say such rubbish, the mature thing to have done would've been to tell her brother.
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Banri's past with Linda is getting more and more compelling, it's making me think wtf is Kouko's role in all this. That said, I'm a bit confused on how much present Banri remembers of said past with Linda. at this point, he is aware that they have had a past relationship, whether that be of being good friends, or even that at least he loved her at least. But even though we were shown another part of their backstory having to do with Linda's older brother and the affair that his fiance was having, present Banri does not seem to recall that Linda did have an older brother at all when she brought it up. So how much does he remember, I'm not sure. I did stop watching for like a week, so I forgot a bit so that's on me. Anyhow, it doesn't seem like knowing how much he remembers will matter anymore, because, somehow, it looks like his ghost has reentered his body and now he has all his memories back. Which, is a pretty damn good twist I wasn't expecting so soon, and does open the door for so many different storytelling opportunities. Things no doubt are going to get really interesting.


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This series is making it really hard to accept Banri x Kouko when they keep showing us Banri x Linda in the past and how sweet and romantic their story should've been... I can't help but root more for Banri x Linda even though I know it's not gonna end with them since they're not the main couple ;-;

I was expecting the old Banri to return at some point, but not this early in the series. I wonder what's going to happen. The best I can hope for (besides a Banri x Linda ending which is impossible) is that old Banri can properly tell everything in his heart to Linda before he disappears or something.
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Pretty ironic if one compare the imagery of Linda and Kaga .Kaga is the fashionista who seems to be standing on her tip toes albeit outwardly while Linda the cool,calm & collected one.In reality Linda tries her best in maintaining status quo without doing anything on her own in expense of Banri's feelings or her own brother's marital life.The epitome figurine of taking things for granted .While Kaga is the truck carrying bundle of love hitting everything in her path .
And what's going on with ghost Banri.Hell i thought it was just a stylistic choice lmao !!
bakakisimaJan 5, 8:41 AM
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