Anne Shirley Episode 21 Discussion

Phil falling in love with a minister was the last thing I expected from her. But Ig things like this are unpredictable and really do happen sometimes. I'd wish her all the best. Too bad for Alec and Alonzo. Wonder how they'd react. Would they become friends from rivals? That'd be funny.

No way... Anne actually fell in love with that Royal Gardner guy... What kinda name is Royal anyway? Was Roy the short form of Royal all along? Bruh how did I never notice this. Either way, you're telling me this perfect-looking dude came outta nowhere and kissed Anne, and she just accepted it? I mean, she didn't exactly like it, but she also didn't protest it either... Poor Gilbert. I feel so bad for him.

Anne criticizing people's looks makes her sound like an old bat. Well, I suppose she is old but still. Ironically, the girl Gilbert's now into is almost the perfect version of who Anne wanted herself to be. The version of ourselves we imagine ourselves to be as a kid is rarely who we turn into.

Yeah, the ratings for this episode don't look good as of me writing this. The main character rushing into a decision like this really rubs you the wrong way, especially this late into the story. I doubt there will be another season so we only have 3 episodes left. I think Anne's aware that what she's doing is wrong. I just wonder how she's going to rectify this. Turns out Anne Shirley isn't as perfect as we thought. Because this is one major flaw.

Okay, it’s interesting to see Anne confronted with her Prince Charming, who doesn’t exactly provoke the reaction she was expecting.
The adaptation seems different from the original work, especially with Royal Gardner and Christine making their appearance. (I haven’t seen the first anime or read the manga.) The chronology gets a bit confusing with this letter from Philippa Gordon, since we see her just two minutes later.
I can’t wait to see the rest, given that there are only a few episodes left.

I think there’s a parallel situation between Phil and Anne.
Phil is used to having boys hanging on her every word, while Jonas cares also about his profession but also shows, in his own way of course, that he cares about her. That's what makes her uncomfortable and insecure.
On the other hand we have Anne, who always dreamed of the perfect prince. However, after his (lame) confession, I think she’s starting to realize that Roy is too much of a "character", at least I got that impression. Gilbert has always cared about Anne in the most genuine way possible. I didn't like how Anne treated him after the confession, blaming him for having ruined everything and this time I also found rude how Anne harshly treated the guy who wanted to talk to her outside her house. I mean, she was going to reject him anyway, but she treated him like he was really worthless.

Well RIP Alec and Alonzo's chances for Phil now lol

The look of annoyance that Gilbert had one his face for like a microsecond doesn't bode well for what's about to go down.

Lol, is Anne jealous of Gilbert towards Stuart or Stuart towards Gilbert? Don't get me wrong, I know the context. But why did the episode emphasize her reaction to Christina and not him, lmao.

@shiroi-ookami You just realized how the original author wanted to convey to us that no matter how good childhood traits are, people need to grow up.

@0451 Putting aside the fact that viewing priests as the ideal of moral and social qualities is rather old-fashioned, and that until Anne pointed it out, Phil was too obsessed with trying to fit in with someone else's morality, it is rather symbolic that thanks to him she moved from viewing men as accessories to perceiving them as individuals. By the way, if we weren't talking about Ann Shirley, I would think that Roy is actually some kind of maniac or a swindler. He is too straightforwardly perfect even for such a story.

@JUNGLE_FEVER Well, at least the author is clearly criticizing it. Otherwise it would be too reminiscent of a typical rom-com, where some character wins against the logic of the plot only because they are the author's perfect puppet.

@RobertBobert
Yes, that's exactly what I was thinking. Having him be revealed as a random antagonist would be cliché but this IS an old story after all so I'm kinda hoping that is the case.

@0451 that was the worst part for me. She literally pushed Gilbert away when he tried to confess and hold her hand, and now she basically gives her first kiss to a stranger who seemed like a creep for sending flowers every day.
I know how the story ends, but I didn’t remember Anne being this superficial.

Even Phil, even though keeping her everyday facade, confesses in the letter to Anne that she knows she's far from perfect and that no one knows her true self, showing some maturity.

@JUNGLE_FEVER That's because she wasn't that superficial in the novel. The kiss (or the whole confession scene in general) was anime original. In the novel Roy never kissed her as kissing before engagement was considered inappropriate. Since dating wasn't a thing back then, only courting, and it's pretty much what Anne and Gilbert had (so was Anne and Roy's relationship in the novel). In the novel, Anne's first kiss was

I Thought so. They have basically two episodes to wrap up the Roy stuff, so they probably thought "do something to increase the drama and believability in a short amount of time, just have them kiss or something", completely forgetting (or not caring) about the time period being portrayed. Akage no Anne wouldn't have made such a decision.


Lol, yeah, about that....