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| THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE. ---------------------------------------- Whoa, that's a great opportunity offered to Fuuka. On the other hand, it looks like Kukuru is carrying a burden on her shoulders again at the aquarium. I do like how passionate she is about her work but seems like she may be burnt out at times. That place deserves her though. |
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| Sad episode, the girls have a few things to work out not just with how they will run their lives but also their friendship. Guess next week will have some revelations about how things will turn out. Kai seems to have fond memories of Kukuru tho giving a fish to cheer her up was kinda funny. |
| The day everyone is waiting for is approaching with haste and not much is there to do to stop it. Liked the bits and pieces that tried to focus more on Kai, even just a bit. After all this show has many interesting character not just the main duo would be shame not to explore them. And YES kids, it is time to face your future and start living in reality, dreams are nice and all, but they will end eventually ... that's what that annoying woman from the last episode tried to tell yall. |
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| Chibi young-un Kukuru is sad from Kai's POV...while Gama Gama Aquarium's lifespan is close to shutdown in a week's time. The final chance to turn things around, and this time requesting the help of Tsukimi's mom for some fortune telling of good luck. But Fuuka's side of one of her former idol group's members passing her the message of casting her into a movie after Summer break, she is at odds trying to juggle between 2 things. Kukuru brought up the circumstance of Gama Gama's illusions that everyone will experience when visiting the aquarium, a healing miracle of a power spot as they say. That can be used only when there're troubles in their hearts, and advertising that would be insane (but Kukuru ended up doing anyways). Add up Fuuka's worries, and nothing is working out between the two in both work and friendship. Hah, Maho and Rui are back on their supposed date, and also hearing the news that Fuuka's gonna leave soon to worrying expressions. Kukuru experimenting the illusions using Kai as a research guinea pig proves harder than usual, and adds to her frustration that not everyone can experience this "miracle" like Kukuru, Fuuka and some others do. Kai eventually experiences the inexplicably "miracle" of seeing young Kukuru and himself, and using a fish to cheer her up, but that's as much as the effect is gonna be. Still though, they're really out of options...what will be the eventual fate of Gama Gama Aquarium, Kukuru's second home? |
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| With the incoming closure deadline, the situation got worst, especially for Kukuru. No wonder why the feeling from Kukuru and from this episode was depressed and very sad. Well, in my opinion, if Fuuka will accept her acting jobs, she could convince the movie director to use Gamagama Aquarium as the main setting of that movie for promoting the aquarium. |
真姫ちゃん！ 何が好き？ トマト よりも あ･な･た♡  |
| Lesson of the day, dreams are nice, but you have to live in reality. Kukuru learnt that the hard way today. Wake up calls with her friendship as well as the aquarium. Obviously in true anime power of friendship style, Fuuka won’t actually take that acting role, but it’s fun to have some drama surrounding it anyway. Feel bad for the dude tho, has had a thing for Kukuru for years and hasn’t been able to properly express himself. Poor guy. Hope he gathers the courage soon. |
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| What an amazing animation i just love that kai want to say how he feel but never at the right moment. I hope that fuka stays there after the summer holidays, for kukuru is the gama game her home.<3 |
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Sh1na07 said: What an amazing animation i just love that kai want to say how he feel but never at the right moment. I hope that fuka stays there after the summer holidays, for kukuru is the gama game her home.<3 I'm confused. Previously, they actively ship Kai with Fuuka, but now they have pulled out a childhood friend romance card. I hope this isn't going to jump into love triangle territory anytime soon. |
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| That was sad. Poor Kukuru. I hope Fuuka is not going to leave her. |
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| Things ain't looking good for Gama Gama at all. Kukuru's getting more desperate every minute but it's still a helpless situation. Fuuka got a big role and tbh I want her to take that role but at the same time I also want her to stay with Kukuru a bit longer. Also I hope Kai can confess to Kukuru someday. |
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| Its unfortunate but running a business with low funding is exceedingly difficult. Still using the miracle as a means to promote sure was a risky move. Maho though really is pretty attached to Fuuka though. But the insight into why Kukuru was so attached to Gama Gama sure was insightful. But now that the event was called off im curious as to what moves they have left. Overall an decent ep that while doing well in expanding upon Kukuru's past also showed clearly that the time to make a decision on Gama Gama was almost at hand. Its unfortunate that the relationship between Fuuka and Kukuru that had been developing so well had now been paused though. |
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| Really thought there would be more follow up this ep with new aquarium but I guess not. Seems things are coming to a close for this first cour. Really looks like Gama Gama will close down and Fuuka might actually leave (early?) to do this movie. Not the direction I expected but I'm into it. So glad this is a two cour show. If it was one they would prob just have some cheesy wrap up where Gama is saved, but they have so many more eps to do shit. |
| Looks like time is really running out for Kukuru to save Gama Gama Aquarium from closing its doors for the last time. The fact that she even went as far as to advertise a miracle illusion event was only going to backfire on her, no matter what she did. Speaking of which, Kai finally got to experience his own illusion of when he first met Kukuru when he was younger, where a pulled out a big fish which stopped Kukuru from crying. I did feel sorry for him, as he really wanted to help Kukuru a lot in this episode, but was partly ignored as well as hesitating from making a move. That being said, he did help her as much as he could with her questions about the illusions, which was a nice part of the episode. =) As for Fuuka, the call she got from last week from her idol friend was that a director for a movie specifically wants Fuuka to be the main star. She's got until the end of August to give her answer, whatever it'll be. I'm split between wanting her to take the role or stay and help Kukuru as much as she can. Overall, this episode did a great job at portraying the herculean task that Kukuru is trying to do. Sometimes, miracles don't always happen when you want them to and you can tell from Kukuru's teary face at the end of the episode that she has to face the inevitable, even if she doesn't want to. Seeing her second home, Gama Gama Aquarium, close its doors for good is going to hurt her hard. I do look forward to seeing what happens next and pray that something good and uplifting will help Kukuru through this tough time for her... |
| Kai was friendzoned, probably. Seriously he is a good hardworking guy. Now I think will they will pull a Hanasaku Iroha filming arc to attract visitors, seeing that Fuuka may accept the role. |
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| That was quite the reality check, the final week before Gama Gama's closure. Everything comes to an end some day... More info on the phone call from Ruka.. Fuuka can actually star as a lead role in a movie. Pretty much a golden opportunity for her to get back into the spotlight again, but I wonder if she's going to take that offer. Perhaps it will all depend on what is going to happen to Gama Gama. Kukuru didn't take it very well and thought Fuuka would be leaving her. Kukuru trying to experiment with Kai to make the "miracle" happen seems like a really last desperate move. What I am most surprised about is Kai lying about seeing it after his second attempt. I wonder what his motive is behind that, cause before he was working hard to help her save Gama Gama but now he's just keeping her away from what she wants to know. |
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| Ah, Kukuru seems really stressed and, the planned close date for the Gama-Gama aquarium in a week really exacerbated the situation. Fuuka got a big break to be in a big acting role. It's probably in her best interest to take it but, I doubt that will happen. Man, Kai deserves more love! |
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| I wonder how the show still has 14 episodes to go. Sure it's fairly slow, and they technically could do episodic Kukuru tries X things forever, but the progression we have doesn't feel like it has much more room. Maybe we'll see a significant shift at the midway point. |
| officially confirmed that the secret meth lab in the basement is the key to Gama Gama's success. wow what a plot twist but tbh the impact of these ocean adventures has kinda been diluted a lot what with 4 people now experiencing it. It seemed magical at first with Fuuka, now it's just lolz at this point |
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| Pain. The time has comes close, and looks like Gama-gama still on the same crisis due to an obvious closurement. Kukuru still tried her best, even using the supernatural phenomenon to attract more guests. Though, its successfully dragged their enthusiasm and really looking forward to see it. Alas, its hard to proved that kind of territories, while everything just remain mysterious to a certain few only. In the end, the plan went down in a fast way. Yep, its a pain, very damaged dream. Kai got a significant role this time, supporting Kukuru's back, like he did way back before. He forgot. While Fuuka situations with her idol thing surprisingly still matters, due to a certain unexpected invitation. Its, unfortunately, cause a little trouble to her relationship with Kukuru. Idk how this additional drama help the overarching story. The obvious one is sure Fuuka will be reject the invitation, and still trying to help Kukuru. But, is that alright to her dream, and her life goal? I expect more better use of that plot point. Or, maybe, using the aquarium as a movie place, considering the director they talked about desperate much to grab Fuuka? Well, whatever the next, lets see how they solve all of the tangled thread.... |
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Bio said: I wonder how the show still has 14 episodes to go. Sure it's fairly slow, and they technically could do episodic Kukuru tries X things forever, but the progression we have doesn't feel like it has much more room. Maybe we'll see a significant shift at the midway point. Well, I bet the second cour will be dedicated to their joint struggle for the aquarium anyway. Whether it will have subplots like romantic, family or other is another question. So, this cour will most likely end only with the fact that they make up. |
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| Great episode! Massive respect to Kai for doing the right thing and not telling Kukuru. Seeing the illusions himself, he realized for sure that the whole illusion event thing isn't gonna work out. The way things are going, Gama Gama is definitely gonna close down. But you never know, it might not be the end for Gama Gama and they can reopen it again someday. If Gama Gama does close down, it's gonna be real interesting to see what they will do next. Fuuka's probably gonna take the offer, it's her chance to chase her dream again. But either way, there's gonna be pain, especially for Kukuru. I don't know what she'll do once Gama Gama's gone. Really looking forward to the next episode. |
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| It feels to me like a 13-episode anime, especially after this episode. I wonder what they're going to do with 24 eps. |
AkeZZZ said: Well, in my opinion, if Fuuka will accept her acting jobs, she could convince the movie director to use Gamagama Aquarium as the main setting of that movie for promoting the aquarium. I was thinking how the movie thing could work to Gama Gama's advantage. I think this is quite plausible! I was thinking of ads but that makes no sense in a movie lol But by then Gama Gama will have closed, I think... |
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| Ever since last episode really highlighted it, it's become incredibly obvious just how naive and childish Kukuru really is. Now, it's understandable that she'd be desperate with the deadline for Gama Gama's closure approaching, but going to a fortune teller for help and then trying to commodify the kijimuna's illusions is so futile and impractical. Also, from her interaction with Fuuka when the latter reveals the movie offer, it kind of comes across that Kukuru doesn't really care about Fuuka as her own person at all; instead, it feels like she only cares about Fuuka in the context of her own dreams and aspirations for the aquarium. Also, it really feels like the plot is two or three episodes away from wrapping up with Gama Gama's inevitable closure and Fuuka's return home, so what does the show have in store to keep itself going for a second cour? The only thing I can really come up with is something similar to that suggestion a few comments up of Fuuka getting Gama Gama to be used as the setting for the movie as one last ditch effort to keep it open while still allowing Fuuka to fulfill her own dreams. |
| I can't image how this story will fill out the length of 24 episodes when there are just a few days until Fuuka's leaving and the closing of Gamma Gamma. |
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Ishitateso said: I can't image how this story will fill out the length of 24 episodes when there are just a few days until Fuuka's leaving and the closing of Gamma Gamma. Easily. The first cour is for strengthening the cast, and the second for the "real" story. |
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| I see I'm not alone in thinking that Gama Gama might be featured in Fuuka's movie if she were to accept the role. Perhaps she could even make it a condition for accepting. |
RobertBobert said: Sh1na07 said: What an amazing animation i just love that kai want to say how he feel but never at the right moment. I hope that fuka stays there after the summer holidays, for kukuru is the gama game her home.<3 I'm confused. Previously, they actively ship Kai with Fuuka, but now they have pulled out a childhood friend romance card. I hope this isn't going to jump into love triangle territory anytime soon. They never really shipped Kai with Fuuka, if you're talking about the anime itself. At first these two mostly connected through Kukuru, but Kukuru was still at the center of their conversations. It was made pretty clear that Kai liked Kukuru. If you rewatch the first few episodes when Kai appears, you will notice the way he looks at her, worries about her to the point of assisting in the Aquarium even though he already works etc. |
| Nice episode They really did a good job depicting Kukuru's desperation and immaturity using this episode. You can feel how her frustration is building up through the episode. The scene with Kai was nice too. |
| Sooo... what was the whole point of Kukuru visiting the competition aquarium in the previous episode, making a big kind of cliffhanger and just completely ignore that event in this episode. Fuuka being personally chosen by her previous director for the main lead in a movie although not entirely impossible sounds incredibly sketchy, I mean, she's been out of the show bussiness circles for about 2 months after she deliverd her letter of resignation, it does kind of send a message to anyone that hasn't talked to her recently that she wants nothing to do with the idol stage or anything similar, why would a nameless director want someone like her for such an important role when Japan sees this kind of behaviour as a weakness for any kind of employee that left his/her job. |
| Starting to think that Kukuru might actually join a different Aquarium, I mean, that girl from the previous episode wasn't there just for show, she has a purpose in this story. Instead of that annoying girl becoming part of Gama Gama, is Kukuru the one joining the "enemy". She will learn a lot through that and it might lead her to a future Gama Gama reopening. As some other people said here already, I think that Fuuka is taking the chance and will use it to somehow "promote" the closed Gama Gama. |
Sheklon said: RobertBobert said: I'm confused. Previously, they actively ship Kai with Fuuka, but now they have pulled out a childhood friend romance card. I hope this isn't going to jump into love triangle territory anytime soon. They never really shipped Kai with Fuuka, if you're talking about the anime itself. At first these two mostly connected through Kukuru, but Kukuru was still at the center of their conversations. It was made pretty clear that Kai liked Kukuru. If you rewatch the first few episodes when Kai appears, you will notice the way he looks at her, worries about her to the point of assisting in the Aquarium even though he already works etc. Then why has he been getting more serious scenes with Fuuka up to this point than with her? |
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RobertBobert said: Sheklon said: They never really shipped Kai with Fuuka, if you're talking about the anime itself. At first these two mostly connected through Kukuru, but Kukuru was still at the center of their conversations. It was made pretty clear that Kai liked Kukuru. If you rewatch the first few episodes when Kai appears, you will notice the way he looks at her, worries about her to the point of assisting in the Aquarium even though he already works etc. Then why has he been getting more serious scenes with Fuuka up to this point than with her? What kind of scenes do you mean? I only see him talking to Fuuka normally, really. Yeah, it's ironic that he talks to her more than Kukuru, but that's part of his character of not being able to express his emotions and take direct attitudes. |
Sheklon said: RobertBobert said: Then why has he been getting more serious scenes with Fuuka up to this point than with her? What kind of scenes do you mean? I only see him talking to Fuuka normally, really. Yeah, it's ironic that he talks to her more than Kukuru, but that's part of his character of not being able to express his emotions and take direct attitudes. I'm talking about their interaction in general. At the moment, it seems to me that without considering his past, he has more interaction with her on screen than with Kukuru. Also, if the Kai x Kukuru ship is indeed the case, then what about Fuuka? It's hard for me to imagine her alone or with Kuuya. |
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RobertBobert said: Sheklon said: What kind of scenes do you mean? I only see him talking to Fuuka normally, really. Yeah, it's ironic that he talks to her more than Kukuru, but that's part of his character of not being able to express his emotions and take direct attitudes. I'm talking about their interaction in general. At the moment, it seems to me that without considering his past, he has more interaction with her on screen than with Kukuru. Also, if the Kai x Kukuru ship is indeed the case, then what about Fuuka? It's hard for me to imagine her alone or with Kuuya. I still think the anime hints at Fuuka X Kukuru and Kai just makes it a love triangle. But I don't see romance as a main point so far. If this was a 13 episode anime I would expect all of their relationships to remain the same, ambiguous, so, I could see Fuuka ending "alone" as well as the other two, except they would still be friends. But since it's a longer show, I'm not sure which way things will go anymore. Let's just wait and see, I guess. |
Sheklon said: RobertBobert said: I'm talking about their interaction in general. At the moment, it seems to me that without considering his past, he has more interaction with her on screen than with Kukuru. Also, if the Kai x Kukuru ship is indeed the case, then what about Fuuka? It's hard for me to imagine her alone or with Kuuya. I still think the anime hints at Fuuka X Kukuru and Kai just makes it a love triangle. But I don't see romance as a main point so far. If this was a 13 episode anime I would expect all of their relationships to remain the same, ambiguous, so, I could see Fuuka ending "alone" as well as the other two, except they would still be friends. But since it's a longer show, I'm not sure which way things will go anymore. Let's just wait and see, I guess. The yuri + straight rival could very well have done something out of it, but at this point in the show there is practically no jealousy or even division of attention between the characters. At the moment, it seems like all the romance is reduced to Kai's romantic subplot and nothing more. But to be honest, I hate overly ambiguous shows. The authors mean "think what you want", but in reality it ends up in a bunch of crap with weirdos anyway who think everyone should read things the way they want. |
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RobertBobert said: Sheklon said: I still think the anime hints at Fuuka X Kukuru and Kai just makes it a love triangle. But I don't see romance as a main point so far. If this was a 13 episode anime I would expect all of their relationships to remain the same, ambiguous, so, I could see Fuuka ending "alone" as well as the other two, except they would still be friends. But since it's a longer show, I'm not sure which way things will go anymore. Let's just wait and see, I guess. The yuri + straight rival could very well have done something out of it, but at this point in the show there is practically no jealousy or even division of attention between the characters. At the moment, it seems like all the romance is reduced to Kai's romantic subplot and nothing more. But to be honest, I hate overly ambiguous shows. The authors mean "think what you want", but in reality it ends up in a bunch of crap with weirdos anyway who think everyone should read things the way they want. Yeah, I can see what you mean. I don't think it's always the author's fault when people make assumptions and want to shove them on others' faces, but it can be annoying when this kind of story (or lack of story detail) is frequent in the media. A romance can be subtle yet certain, like SSSS.Dynazenon did with the main couple this season, but many authors seem to miss that possibility. |
Sheklon said: RobertBobert said: The yuri + straight rival could very well have done something out of it, but at this point in the show there is practically no jealousy or even division of attention between the characters. At the moment, it seems like all the romance is reduced to Kai's romantic subplot and nothing more. But to be honest, I hate overly ambiguous shows. The authors mean "think what you want", but in reality it ends up in a bunch of crap with weirdos anyway who think everyone should read things the way they want. Yeah, I can see what you mean. I don't think it's always the author's fault when people make assumptions and want to shove them on others' faces, but it can be annoying when this kind of story (or lack of story detail) is frequent in the media. A romance can be subtle yet certain, like SSSS.Dynazenon did with the main couple this season, but many authors seem to miss that possibility. It reminds me of a situation where parents give their siblings money so that they buy what they want, and you and your brother / sister start endlessly arguing about which of you should decide this. |
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| first of all, would have to say that Kukuru taking away the watermelon when they were eating is rude! Fuuka might be still wanting to eat one. Kukuru should be glad her friend is getting another chance to reach her dream again. also Kai did the right thing to not say that he saw a vision. If he said he saw one, then Kukuru would keep trying to advertise it. |
| Kukuru finally made me feel sick and tired of her, hope she can develop something good |
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