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| THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE. ---------------------------------------- LOL, it's hilarious the guys freak out about silly things in this series. Not much competition this episode, more of a breather/filler. I think this may be the weakest episode of the show so far, so perhaps they're building up for two big episodes later on. |
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| It's just two days away from the tournament. So, the boys need to chill and relax before the day. They were pumped up as usual but on a relaxing day, they were so bored that their bodies were just asking for more and more practice. LMAO. Even, those dictionaries had them focusing on the upcoming game. LOL The cleaning was one way of distracting yourselves from the training and it worked quite well for the most part. Not for Shotaro tho, he cramped his hand joint from the looks of it and it's already tournament day. What's going to happen now? How'' they manage to do everything? It was a funny episode, in the beginning, turning very serious by the end. I hope everything goes well for the final years. They're looking forward to it so much. Poor Shotaro. |
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| The soundtrack was really nice this episode. Everything was so cute, and I was just waiting for something to go wrong. But, I didn't think that would happen. The insert shot where Futaba landed on his wrist made me shiver. I had forgotten that the wife was real. lol The way everything is directed here makes me feel like the director really knows what they want. They're especially good with emotions. Emotions are abstract, and the director drops reality when showing them. We know the protagonist can't be seriously hurt, so Futaba should be fine. But, I really can't see how. He seemed to be in so much pain. I am so worried about him! |
| The "calm before the storm" filler episode for the regional tournament in 2 days time for the Ao High Men's Rhythmic Gymnastics team. For now, Asao has all data of the participating schools, so it's a great time to scrutinize each team, including Shiro High...but attaining rest is as important for everyone. So off they go to do ther own stuff...albeit being VERY bored, and doing practices like hidden cats by instinct alone. No matter how much distracted these guys become, without practice they're comedic reliefs, so Futaba introduced thick dictionaries to the team...with funnily disastrous results that reflect back to the rhythmic gymnastics. There's only one option left, and doing cleaning isn't so bad after all, the Clean-Loving Ace Misato sure knows what's right. Even Coach Shusuke also feels restless, just like the guys to itch for more practice. So those uniforms were made by the coach and his legit wife (to which the guys hadn't found out if she exists yet, guess how long would they have found out). Still on the thoughts of sharing like for Koutarou, he's just like Futaba when he first joined the team, and him along with both Futaba and Misato are the team's future hopes. All this time I'm always praying for the boys that all the hard work they managed to put in, it'll be worth their every effort for the regional tournament, and soaring ahead for the Inter-High. The first step is just as important as the ones after. Just now when Futaba was protecting himself against the filled storeroom of falling boxes, surely that must've sprained his hand, and the nightmare tremor filled within him is as realistic as it could get. Hopefully he could recover before the regionals start, fingers crossed. |
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| Nooo! Shotaro! T_T I mean it wasn't his fault but I mean how is he gonna compete with a hurt wrist. I really enjoyed this episode. It was slower but really funny episode. And it did well in raising the anticipation even further for the big showdown. And I knew someone had to get hurt before the big day but I really hope he is gonna be able to compete. He's put so much work into it. They all have. T-T |
| Everyone's restless, Inter-high is close.. And a few flashbacks. Shotaro's injury will probably fuck something up later.. |
   “You yourself have to change first, or nothing will change for you!” ' |
FuMomo-kun said: The way everything is directed here makes me feel like the director really knows what they want. They're especially good with emotions. Emotions are abstract, and the director drops reality when showing them. I a hundred percent agree! The directing and camerawork has been one of the anime's strongest points. And especially in the dream sequence I felt terrified. I don't know man, I doubt Futaba will be okay, but I hope he will be,, He's my new comfort character (T^T) |
| A painfully fillery episode that ended on an interesting note. Waking up from the dream sequence and having Futuba actually hurt was a pretty cool reveal ngl. |
| We all know, and he should too, that he should've had that wrist checked out right away..... That dream sequence was legit spooky and uncomfortable enough to watch that I was reaching for the fast forward button. Glad it wasn't any longer, but man, superb directing indeed. |
| I see them being restless really not so good. A one-day resting restriction over one fuckin important day really a big challenges for most of the athletess. No exception for those boys. Watari finally got his little flashback before joining the club. But, its just too flash until i stop caring about that. The first time the coach wife appeared casually beside his backstory. Well, thats good enough, even though the mood kinda out of place considering everyone already on the restless syndrome. Okay, then. Cleaning become a device to put some challenge to the boys gymnastic performance. The bland mc, Shoutaro, have an honour to carrying out the heavy burden as the drama bearer for the rest of the upcoming episodes. Nice timing to make everything looks difficult. But its honestly not a nice way to put up some mc development with two episodes left. Shoot. Whatever. Lets see how its goes at the next week, prolly Shoutaro will be absent considering his condition .... |
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| I'm so conflicted. After Shotaro hurt himself, I was scared for him. Participating with an injury can make it worse, and sometimes even force him to quit the sports at once. But then when he woke up in pain, I got scared of the idea of him not participating at all. For a second this episode, when they mentioned other powerhouses across the country, I had hope that we might get a second season of them competing in the inter-high. Now with Shotaro's injury, I feel like winning the regionals will be too far-fetched. Ugh, I'd hate for it to end that way. Two more episodes before the end of the show, it's gone by so fast. |
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| oh man! that's a terrible dream! 4/5. |
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tamarch said: FuMomo-kun said: The way everything is directed here makes me feel like the director really knows what they want. They're especially good with emotions. Emotions are abstract, and the director drops reality when showing them. I a hundred percent agree! The directing and camerawork has been one of the anime's strongest points. And especially in the dream sequence I felt terrified. I don't know man, I doubt Futaba will be okay, but I hope he will be,, He's my new comfort character (T^T) Yeah, the dream was so well directed. I could feel Futaba's panic as his wrist grew heavier and heavier. I also hope he'll be okay. He's like my sweet adopted son. lol |
| that was kind of like a filler ep, a "breather" ep even tho most of the episodes are already pretty chill, it was nice tho. i dont get why they didnt just practice, i mean it made them even more restless so why not just..? but im not an athlete, never been into any serious competition too so maybe its something i just cant get --- @Mika-taicho ohh okay yeah definitely understand that better ty ! |
lizzzizizJun 11, 2021 12:03 AM
| Great episode! Yeah, I think there's definitely gonna be a season 2. There's no way they can cover the regionals and then inter-high in 2 episodes, plus there's also Shotaro's injury. Misato seems much more open to the boys now, you love to see it. The senpais not being able to control their urges was hilarious lmao. They really made us worry for Shotaro's wrist the whole episode, that was good build up. That dream was terrifying, though the way it was done was awesome. Really looking forward to the next episode. |
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| Watari saying how he didn’t have anything before this. That was so heartfelt. And I loved when they were stargazing, it made me tear up a little, that little moment they shared as a team, the silence in that scene was beautiful.....they didn’t even need to say anything. I hope Shoutarou is ok but......I doubt it :( |
 ꕤ but i’ll probably remember over and over again you were there and everyone else was there — the day we all searched for just one thing ꕤ |
| My heart dropped when Shotaro fell and took the impact on his wrist. He should've told someone straight away that he'd done it though because there might've been something the others knew to do to stop it from getting so painful. I need to see the next ep now cause the idea of Shotaro not being able to perform is heartbreaking! I loved that the boys just couldn't stop themselves from micro-practicing on their rest day. They're rhythmic gymnasts down to their core! |
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| Like when you give the director more creative liberties. Seriously, Shoutarou's dream sequence was so well directed. Trippy yet cool and creative at the same time. Also, the way in how they presented other schools by using silhouettes really gave the impression of them actually appearing in a potential season 2. We can only dream at this point. Overall, nice buildup episode. I see they went for the "injury before important tournament" trope, huh? Cliche as hell but at least I think it's better than the alternative of having the boys arguing or fighting before the big day. |
| The episode was really enjoyable! While it did seem more filler, we did get a bit more abt Watari, which was really nice! I'm really worried about Futaba tho :(((((( |
"𝙶𝚘𝚝𝚝𝚊 𝚔𝚎𝚎𝚙 𝚖𝚘𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚍, 𝚏𝚊𝚛 𝚋𝚎𝚢𝚘𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚣𝚘𝚗." - 𝚁𝚒𝚗 𝙼𝚊𝚝𝚜𝚞𝚘𝚔𝚊  |
| This episode was quite funny XD Who the heck would read dictionary when they're already this bored... Why clean, they could've gone out to eat or something, what will Shoutarou do now that he hurt his hand. Shoutarou really dreamed about this while sleeping, if it was me my imagination would go wild thinking about all the negative stuff the second I get hurt.  That's so me when I'm freakn' bored 🤣 |
Rickydory123Jun 14, 2021 3:04 AM
| That nightmare at the end was really weird, it's scarred me, seems like something happened to his wrist |
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| And now he's injured. Can't be a sports anime without someone getting injured when its important. |
| It's quite funny how all of them are restless. Damn, what happened to Shotaro's hand? |
  ★━━─ 𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘐 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘺 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵? 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘥𝘢𝘺? |
| The relax day ended with Futaba injured!! kekeke |
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