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Yep; Masachika swoops in to save the day. Mostly.
I'm so uninterested in the student council election situation. I was jokingly hoping the "student congress" thing was going to be an old-fashioned schoolyard throwdown by the flagpole, but it was a boring ol' debate. It's a shame Yuki, up in the soundbooth, didn't pull a shenanigan or two with the sound/lighting. Her scene up there had strong Satsuki Kiriyuin vibes, right down to the teacup.
I'm also a little fuzzy on why Sayaka felt "betrayed." Masachika basically didn't even know she existed, so there's no way he would have run with her, and she already lost to the Masachika + Yuki combo in middle school, so if I were her, I'd be relieved they weren't running together again. Sure, Alya has an aura about her as far as the students are concerned, but is pretty socially inept otherwise. I dunno.
Also also, why didn't Alya ask Masachika "What's the source of your guilt?" It's that Japanese "just let them work it out on their own / they'll tell me when they're ready" posture that really bugs me...
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I'm so uninterested in the student council election situation. I was jokingly hoping the "student congress" thing was going to be an old-fashioned schoolyard throwdown by the flagpole, but it was a boring ol' debate. It's a shame Yuki, up in the soundbooth, didn't pull a shenanigan or two with the sound/lighting. Her scene up there had strong Satsuki Kiriyuin vibes, right down to the teacup.
I'm also a little fuzzy on why Sayaka felt "betrayed." Masachika basically didn't even know she existed, so there's no way he would have run with her, and she already lost to the Masachika + Yuki combo in middle school, so if I were her, I'd be relieved they weren't running together again. Sure, Alya has an aura about her as far as the students are concerned, but is pretty socially inept otherwise. I dunno.
Also also, why didn't Alya ask Masachika "What's the source of your guilt?" It's that Japanese "just let them work it out on their own / they'll tell me when they're ready" posture that really bugs me...
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| @boldulysses The ending is from ReLife, and with that show there’s a different ending in each episode, so it’s not something everyone who watched the show will remember. This one comes in one of the OVA episodes. |
| Where did the Hayasaka wannabe come from? I thought the glasses girl was going to be Yuki's running mate...now she's a third candidate with Hyasaka wannabe as her running mate? Or did this "partner" think only apply during this little debate? Also, just before the debate, they made sure to show two girls talking about glasses girl and relay that they don't really know anything about her and that she transferred in. How is anyone going be stupid enough to be swayed by a few plants in the audience, to think a girl that no one knows, and transferred in is an insider, but Alaya is the outsider? This is starting to remind me of a few other shows, I can't name them off the top of my head, where the peanut gallery is too easily influenced by really stupid things. boldulysses said: I'm also a little fuzzy on why Sayaka felt "betrayed." Masachika basically didn't even know she existed, so there's no way he would have run with her, She said she could accept losing back in Middle School because Yuki and Masachika were a perfect couple to beat her. She didn't want Masachika to run with her, she just didn't want him to run with anyone other than Yuki, because it kind of makes their pairing lose it's luster. After she lost to them, she shipped them...and Masachika broke her ship. boldulysses said: Also also, why didn't Alya ask Masachika "What's the source of your guilt?" He wouldn't have told her anyway. I think the "guilt" explanation was more for the edification of the audience and less for explaining it to Alya. |
GridironOtaku said: The ending is from ReLife, and with that show there’s a different ending in each episode, so it’s not something everyone who watched the show will remember. This one comes in one of the OVA episodes. Ah, thanks. I really enjoyed ReLIFE, but it's been a hot minute so I don't remember the OPs/EDs offhand. HOOfan_1 said: She said she could accept losing back in Middle School because Yuki and Masachika were a perfect couple to beat her. She didn't want Masachika to run with her, she just didn't want him to run with anyone other than Yuki, because it kind of makes their pairing lose it's luster. After she lost to them, she shipped them...and Masachika broke her ship. Sooooo... When she lost to the Yuki + Masachika pairing, she could console herself with the idea that she lost to the best, but if Alya + Masachika beat her in the upcoming election, it's tantamount to saying she could be beaten by just anyone, and that reflects poorly on her? Talk about a warped sense of self, and totally unreasonable expectations for others... I guess that would make Alya's cold reply as she was walking away more understandable. |
| Away from the things of man, my love, away from the things of man. |
| Episode 8: Alya Forgets the Litany Against Fear—as Does Glasses Girl I think the show would have been better if we weren't set up with such high expectations for Alya. Not that anime, or most TV or movies, is any good at representing the discipline that goes into actual skill or intelligence, but if we started out with Alya presented as someone bright but learning, everything we've gotten thus far would make more sense. Further, we still don't really know what Alya can do, so anything competent/incompetent she does appears random, as if the show will just do whatever it wants with her for convenience. Thus right now she's mostly Masachika's pet. I don't know how student governments work in Japan, and I was homeschooled myself, so my only experience of such is from college—and it was that the student government was a performative shitshow. All the serious students thought they were children playing; we generally had better things to do (i.e., classes, research). Maybe at less prestigious places student government is more of a draw for serious students, but where I was it was primarily a way for the worse students to look good, and therefore it was garbage. (None of us took the student newspaper seriously either.) Whatever the case, I can see student government at the college level being independent from the faculty (though even then it's getting funded by the college itself), but not in high school. Again, not knowing how things work in Japan, it seems to me like the notion a high school student government would run mostly independently arises from a case of anime-brain. Kids who do a bad job either get removed by the student government faculty advisor (they're not Supreme Court justices that reign forever unless impeached), or the situation isn't so bad that it can't wait for the next year. And given that, apparently, being part of the student council is useful for college recommendations, it doesn't make much sense that kids would control the membership. Though now that I think about it, high school teachers are generally idiots. They would show favoritism and be sloppy. HOOfan_1 said: Also, just before the debate, they made sure to show two girls talking about glasses girl and relay that they don't really know anything about her and that she transferred in I took that as two different girls talking about Alya, while the first thing we heard the audience say came from another pair talking about glasses girl. Glasses girl clearly was there with them in middle school and a known quantity, so this interpretation makes more sense to me at least. Plus the students' voices aren't easy to distinguish. |
| I love him who is ashamed when the dice fall in his favour and who then asks: Am I then a cheat? – for he wants to perish. |
auroraloose said: Again, not knowing how things work in Japan, it seems to me like the notion a high school student government would run mostly independently arises from a case of anime-brain. I obviously don't know how anime correlates with real Japanese HS life, but the going assumption in most anime seems to be that high schoolers function for all intents & purposes as mini 30-somethings, totally independent of their parents. Academic achievement & studiousness is almost always positively portrayed, too. I've always wondered if this is a top-down mandate, or an understood social convention, or if it actually reflects Japanese HS life and they frame things that way so high schoolers can relate to it (with a dash of idealism thrown in for good measure). Regardless of the reason, I was a pretty nerdy HS kid, so it's kind of cathartic to live vicariously in this world where academic success is celebrated. I mean sure, the typical HS social maneuvering is a huge secondary (or primary) theme, but in a Western show, that's ALL there would be... Obligatory Dune wishcasting: In the next episode, Yuki & Masachika team up to force Alya to undergo the ritual spice(-y food) agony, after which she emerges in an altered state, able to clearly visualize her Golden Path to student council president. |
boldulyssesAug 22, 2024 7:41 AM
| Away from the things of man, my love, away from the things of man. |
boldulysses said: In the next episode, Yuki & Masachika team up to force Alya to undergo the ritual spice(-y food) agony, Ohh I should have realized that one. Meanwhile Masachika seems like the one with Terrible Purpose. But we do have Piter:  AYANO: My lord Baron, for my reward I would like to perform sexual experiments on Masachika. YUKI: ... AYANO: They are just experiments. |
auroralooseAug 22, 2024 12:48 PM
| I love him who is ashamed when the dice fall in his favour and who then asks: Am I then a cheat? – for he wants to perish. |
auroraloose said: But we do have Piter If she's Piter, would that make Yuki..... Vladimir Harkonnen? If so, yikes. Although the mental image of her zooming around above the heads of the other students in the school gym via suspensors embedded in her school uniform is pretty amusing. |
| Away from the things of man, my love, away from the things of man. |
| Episode 9 It turns out that Yuki is an ojou-sama as the Suou family is quite rich, all while the Kuze family is a relatively ordinary one that Masachika prefers to live. That kind of explains why Yuki's personality is what it is, and Yuki's grandfather is the main reason why she's hellbent on beating Masachika and Alya to become student council president as he's quite a strict granddaddy who is none too pleased at Masachika's lazy outlook in life. So after an overwhelming victory over Sayaka at the congress that Masachika is looking to capitalize on the momentum, but Alya is conflicted. And then Yuki and the other student council members do all sorts of crazy things, among them being hypnosis due to some book Alya and Masha start stripping not realizing where they are. Pretty lighthearted episode here after a rather serious one last time as things just go overboard. That book is quite dangerous and it leads to the typical tropey situation there in the end. |
| Their mom is like a beaten dog...good to see Yuki hasn't let her grandfather completely crush her spirit. I'm guessing Yuki stayed with their mom to keep her from completely going off the deep end. |
| This show is pretty all over the place. Thoroughly trashy last 1/3 of the episode, but Sayaka's sidekick is an interestingly cynical counterpart to Masachika. I was a little surprised she actually followed through with his face-saving proposal; I half-expected her to find some way to renege on the agreement. Alya continues to be about as compelling as a 4x8 sheet of plywood. It feels like this show doesn't really know what it wants to be. It tries to have a little of everything (drama, romance, comedy, ecchi, etc), but at discrete times, without realizing it's the correct blending & overlap of those elements that makes better shows gel. |
| Away from the things of man, my love, away from the things of man. |
| Hah, I think the LN author clearly has read a handful of hentai doujins since hypnosis is a common "bad" tag in hentai. |
| I'm a cultured degenerate. |
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Hah, I think the LN author clearly has read a handful of hentai doujins since hypnosis is a common "bad" tag in hentai.
| @paulchaested I had no idea what they were talking about when the said saimin....none...I swear |
| The latest episode felt like it should've been a Special/OVA episode. It just doesn't feel right that Masha and Alya canonically got hypnotized and Fan serviced the heck out of Masachika. I just don't feel like this Anime's story was that cartoony for that to be justified other than it's a fan service moment. But for some positives, I liked that they did an Alya-demands-romance-in-Russian bit, and Ayano showing up when Masachika tried and see if calling her out would work to make her show up. Also like that an Anime finally depicts a playgirl actually playing around with boys. Anime often just implies it. Points for realism. |
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| Episode 9: It Tried and Died At first I was worried the grandfather would have to be Baron Harkonnen, but clearly he's Padishah Emperor Shaddam IV. Yuki's villain ham and dynamic with Ayano definitely make her the Baron. As it kept going I thought this episode might be where the show finally comes together: The style is working (the desk joke landed well, twice), there's a plot to be invested in, and we know enough that the characters can bounce off each other interestingly and move things forward in the process; all that had to happen was for Alya to do something other than be a hypnotized ditz. Good job, Alya. And her sister, too. Do we just pretend it didn't happen? That might be the best thing for the show; there's no reason it can't just move on and ignore what it did. Sure, it loses trust this way, but if it's going to succeed that's not the worst option: We could get more stupidity of the same variety. It might have been able to rescue the scene if it were established that Masha was just faking it; that'd already be in keeping with her character, and would fit within the milieu of duplicity the show's built up. But for Alya to fake it too... she does like Masachika, I guess. Hiding her feelings behind hypnotism would also be in character. But even that would just be too much to swallow—unless the show just reveals it as a surprise somewhat later. If we tried to hash out right now why Masha faked being hypnotized and stripped, that'd overwhelm the story. Well, at first I thought there was no way the show could rescue itself from the hypnotism scene even if Masha were faking it, but I guess it's possible, if unlikely. Still it would have been much preferable not to have had that scene at all. I'm willing to forget about it for Yuki's sake. Let's hope the show doesn't do anything else stupid. |
| I love him who is ashamed when the dice fall in his favour and who then asks: Am I then a cheat? – for he wants to perish. |
| Episode 10 Exams are coming up, and Masachika is having a tough time staying focused, so he calls Alya and Masachika tells her his birthday after mentioning that they are the same age when in fact Masachika turned 16 in early April. After that, exams come and go, and despite it being about two months late, Alya decides she needs to celebrate his birthday, and they do so by going on a date. Then after eating a nice lunch, Alya gives Masachika a fancy coffee cup as a present. Afterwards, it's the parent-teacher conference as Masachika's grandfather, who is quite fanatical about Russian culture, and Alya's mother come to school, and while waiting for their parents to arrive, the student council meets to discuss summer uniforms, and make a surprise announcement about them at the closing ceremony. Masachika's grandfather is really something, and it's no wonder why he understands Russian, albeit not letting Alya know that he actually understands her. Normally, student change into summer uniforms in June, but here it's not going to happen until after summer vacation with the announcement coming at the closing ceremony. I have to think that in this show, the school year operates like how it does in the rest of the world rather than in Japan. Either that or that this school never had them and the students had to put up wearing their regular unis in blazing hot temps before and after summer break. Anyway, I'm curious to know more about what the student council has planned, and what happens when the parents meet. |
| OK, so I know this show is far from a masterpiece, but still. I'm losing patience. Masachika seems to be a normal, well-adjusted, affable guy with maybe a hint of an inferiority complex, or a hint of regret over past actions/non-actions. Alya is a smoking hot overachiever who's clearly into him and not even hiding it in Russian by this point. They sit next to each other, hang out all the time and have good chemistry. Just get together already. Either the show is too preoccupied with the vagaries of the stupid student council president election and squandering runtime that could be allotted towards showing the origins of Masachika's complex, or he's like many males his age and bound, consciously or unconsciously, by the "league" framework with respect to self-image as it pertains to relationship possibilities. I mused about my own experience with the latter here. But in Masachika's case, it's probably more of the former. |
| Away from the things of man, my love, away from the things of man. |
boldulysses said: Just get together already. Alya iacta est |
| Finally, the titular character got a lot of screentime and is the main part of the episode (sarcasm intended :P). I was actually in the middle of appreciating the show for finally bringing its FMC, Alya, front and center but then... a wild Yuki appeared! And with just about a minute of screentime, she stole the spotlight again. I was already wondering where Ayano went when Yuki told Masachika that they are finally alone. Turns out, it was part of the punch line. xD I still can't fully appreciate the dating act since Alya's change of attitude towards Masachika felt forced But, if I'm gonna try and put some logic into what happened during their date, I'd assume Alya got all the confidence to be honest and tease him from when he clumsily joked about them having a date. Alya just whispered something along the lines of "So this is a date..." and Masachika never retracted so, I guess she didn't feel the need to hide her feelings when the guy himself somewhat established that they are having a date. And with them having the family member introduction scene, it all basically comes down to a perfect-looking friends that could be a perfect couple being teased by their guidance that they'd be perfect for each other. (Almost forgot that Masha had a scene too... for what it's worth.) I would've considered this a great episode if a proper build up was made, but there wasn't a justifiable reason for Alya's sudden character development. At this point, I would rather know more about Masachika's family issues than the Student Election that I keep forgetting about despite being discussed by the characters every episode. |
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| Episode 10: Alya Uses Her Phone I don't think I'd mind if this just continued to another season (or cour, or whatever). Alya needs that much time to get anywhere, and Yuki and Ayano have been doing enough for the show to remain entertaining. They'll become tiresome eventually, but that hasn't happened yet, and sooner or later Alya will have to do more (one would hope). HOOfan_1 said: Alya iacta est I didn't know the Latin for this; thanks. I should probably get rid of the Infinite Jest quote in my forum signature; I dislike performatively used Latin, and though I used that quote because I like it, it's too easy to mistake it for boasting I know Latin. |
| I love him who is ashamed when the dice fall in his favour and who then asks: Am I then a cheat? – for he wants to perish. |
Trivia-man-Frank said: they've been making jokes that break the fourth wall or very nearly do so. Yuki posing for the invisible "camera" while in a towel a few episodes ago was a clever moment. Self-aware Yuki is best Yuki. |
| Away from the things of man, my love, away from the things of man. |
| Episode 11 With Masachika under the weather, he is in bed thinking back on his relationship with his birth mother, and save to say she was quite strict on him. Alya comes over to nurse him back to health, and Yuki drops by as well wearing a maid outfit to serve him. Of course, with just the two siblings alone that things were bound to get ugly and Masachika managed to get her to back off. The next day, Masachika returns to school, this coming the day after Yuki said some pretty creepy things about taking care of Masachika. Before a radio broadcast show, Yuki talks about her "dead" brother as Masachika was somebody who Yuki just couldn't hold a candle to when it comes to talent. As it turns out, Nonoa was cheating in the congress, but Masachika encourages Sayaka to stay in the race despite their reputation taking a hit. Pretty much, this episode was about Masachika showing how he rejected his old self that would do everything his mother asked out of him, all while showing that he wants to do things the right way with the election, wanting to outduel Sayaka and Nonoa rather than getting her to drop out. One more episode left to go as the closing ceremony is coming up, along with the election. |
| Relatively straightforward episode. Once again, Alya compares unfavorably to a bag of rocks, intelligence-wise. Protip, Alya: Whatever Yuki suggests, just say no. That said, Yuki leaning into her dark side (a.k.a. her natural state) is entertaining to watch, as she plays Alya like a fiddle. I actually feel a little sorry for her; she's clearly just collateral damage in the Masachika vs. Yuki battle. Definitely think they're teeing up a second season. No way they'll be able to arrive at a satisfying resolution in 1 episode. |
| Away from the things of man, my love, away from the things of man. |
| Episode 11: The Duncan I figured it out. Alya is the Duncan. What follows is an incredibly stupid formulation entirely reliant on God Emperor of Dune, book four of Frank Herbert's Dune series: |
| I love him who is ashamed when the dice fall in his favour and who then asks: Am I then a cheat? – for he wants to perish. |
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Episode 11: The Duncan
I figured it out. Alya is the Duncan.
What follows is an incredibly stupid formulation entirely reliant on God Emperor of Dune, book four of Frank Herbert's Dune series:
I figured it out. Alya is the Duncan.
What follows is an incredibly stupid formulation entirely reliant on God Emperor of Dune, book four of Frank Herbert's Dune series:
| @auroraloose A reference I was completely not expecting which turned out to be weirdly accurate. |
| These two recent episodes really makes me feel like this series have some missing episodes in-between. It's like watching a series then putting it on-hold, then getting back to it but skipping some episodes. Masachika's villainous look near the end makes me think he's now planning to take Yuki seriously, and might be inflicting some emotional damage on her. I'd also assume that at some point, Yuki will either hint or just outright reveal to Alya that she and Masachika are siblings for some shock factor. That punchline of Yuki's brother (Masachika, of course) being mistaken as deceased by Alya was funny though. Yuki just won't let an episode pass by without her leaving a mark. The home invasion surprisingly didn't lead to ecchi situations, not even some sweet romantic stuff aside from Alya preparing food for Masachika, and Ayano trying her best to press some oppai on him; there wasn't much to press. |
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| A second season for Roshidere was announced after the final episode of season 1. |
| Episode 12 (Season 1 Finale) To end things, it's time for the closing ceremony that will go a long way to deciding the next student council president. Before that, Alya rehearses her speech, and then a coin toss decides who speaks first, with Yuki winning and deciding to go first. And thus, the time has arrived for the closing ceremony with Toya giving the opening speech with the other council members saying a word before Yuki goes. Yuki pretty much makes a ton of what amounts to empty promises that's designed to win the crowd over, all while her running mate Ayano really drives home her point. And then it's Alya's turn as she starts off speaking in Russian to lighten the mood so that the students are paying attention, and then speaks honestly about herself, presenting herself as straightforward in contrast to Yuki. Then it's Masachika's turn as he lets the students know why he rejected Yuki and is backing Alya instead, all while letting everybody know that she's being endorsed by Sayaka and Nonoa. And with that, the show ends with school out for the summer, but a long campaign trail awaits after returning from break as this is just the first step. Alya did quite well with the speech, so she clearly has all the momentum, and not to mention she topped Yuki in the exam rankings, but this is only the first step. Final Thoughts This show does a great job with character development and storytelling as this show was designed to build relationships and use Russian to make the show stand out, and that it does. Doga Kobo once again does a nice job with the animation, all while the show does a great job in making the characters interesting. That said, this show has its issues in that some episodes totally missed the mark like the one involving the hypnosis, all while the story writing was shaky in places, and the content didn't really do much for the story. In all, it was a pretty nice show for the story, the interesting characters, and the whole speaking in Russian gimmick, but it certainly could have been better as when it doesn't stick to what it's supposed to do, that's where it becomes lacking. Hopefully, season 2 will become more focused as that's when this show is at its best. Grade: B+ (8/10) |
| The titular part of the show kind of took the background. I know there is a season 2 announced, but they certainly didn't seem to make much progress in season 1. It definitely could have been better, but it was entertaining 7/10 |
| Well that was...anticlimactic. After all the grandstanding and hamming it up, Yuki went out more with a whimper than a bang. Her attempt at 4D chess was: 1. Promising the students everything they want 2. Trotting out a slightly made-over assistant to vouch for her And that's it. Given the multi-episode buildup, I was expecting a stronger showing for the evil imouto. And the big romantic payoff was...she calls him by his first name, and they commit to hanging out a bit over the break. Golly; I don't know if I can handle that level of sexual tension. 7/10 here as well, and a solid point of that is solely for the good production values. |
| Away from the things of man, my love, away from the things of man. |
| Did... Not... Pay... Off! I expected Yuki to focus more on painting Alya in a bad or incompetent way, targeting her insecurities. But nope. She just pulled a basic politics move, saying things that people wants to hear. The mini-boss face-off with Taniyama Sayaka and Miyamae Nonoa worked much better for this aspect of the show than the main event with Yuki itself. 6/10. Good production values, beautiful eye-candy characters, watchable for a handful of fun moments. But it's very loose when it comes to its plot, gimmick, and handling of its titular character. |
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boldulysses said: Her attempt at 4D chess was: 1. Promising the students everything they want 2. Trotting out a slightly made-over assistant to vouch for her It seemed her attitude was "I am respected by the entire school, and Alya is a newbie and standoffish, so I don't really have to do much" and her strategy was just hoping that Alay fell on her face. Then again, despite all of the "ha ha I baited you into tripping yourself up, but let's still be friends" and all of her evil grins, I am not even sure Yuki really wants to beat Alya that badly. She honestly really seems to love and respect her brother, and actually doing "evil" stuff that would hurt Alya would possibly put her in a bad light with him. I wonder if her 4D chess is more about screwing over their grandfather. Maybe she is just tying to look like she is putting her best effort behind everything, but then Masachika ends up besting her and she can say "screw you gramps, he doesn't need your family name to succeed. They definitely need to flesh out the whole Masachika and his mother situation that they put in as a Chekov's gun in episode 10 and 11. Their mom definitely seems like a beaten dog. Her father probably destroyed her self esteem years ago. The question is, why does she look away from Masachika, and why did she yell at him to stop being such a try hard? Was she jealous of him because he had the talent her father wanted her to have? Is she ashamed that being her son and her father's grandson was putting so much pressure on him to succeed? She certainly doesn't seem to hate him, or resent him, because she said she was happy that Yuki and Masachika have such a close relationship. Masachika's paternal grandfather seems to get along with her just fine, which I can't imagine he would if he thought she mistreated Masachika. |
| Episode 12: Neither Buried Nor Praised The whole "I know I'm not that great, but I'll do my best" thing only works if there's some deeper justification behind it. Since Alya gave none, that was a pretty stupid speech. You could argue that she has such a justification (herself), and that perhaps Masachika shored that up a little with his speech, but what they did isn't particularly believable as some magical victory. For a show that so far has been at least a little more clever in its depictions of machinations earlier, this is a failure—though, given other choices it's made, not a particularly surprising failure. I tend to give shows a 7 if I got something I enjoyed out of them, unless there's some particularly obvious stupidity (see Renai Flops), so Alya gets a 7 from me. My Wife Has No Emotion was better, though, and given how dubious that was, that makes Alya rather disappointing. |
| I love him who is ashamed when the dice fall in his favour and who then asks: Am I then a cheat? – for he wants to perish. |
HOOfan_1 said: Then again, despite all of the "ha ha I baited you into tripping yourself up, but let's still be friends" and all of her evil grins, I am not even sure Yuki really wants to beat Alya that badly. She honestly really seems to love and respect her brother, and actually doing "evil" stuff that would hurt Alya would possibly put her in a bad light with him. That may be, but if it's true, it just sucks all the stakes & tension out the scenario. But...I guess Yuki turning out to be nothing more than a paper tiger could serve the narrative purpose of refocusing the show on Alya and her motivations, even though that bores me to tears. I'm 97% here for the Yuki scenery-chewing antics. HOOfan_1 said: They definitely need to flesh out the whole Masachika and his mother situation that they put in as a Chekov's gun in episode 10 and 11. Absolutely. I really hope there's more to it than the "kids asserting their independence from the expectations of a controlling authority figure by making their own decisions" trope. |
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