WE JUST MADE CONTACT FOR, REASONS
Shino and Rika got their moments in the previous episode, and now the spotlight returns to Saki and Nagisa; especially the former. In the midst of it all, Saki brings up a very real question: What would Naoya do if Saki told him that she could not live with his two-timing, basically having to choose her, or not have her at all and have Nagisa instead? Was hoping that the question of Naoya's two-timing would finally be at least somewhat addressed, but instead was disappointed when he just gave a very vague answer. Sure we're not meant to think TOO deeply into it, the dumb humour is first and foremost in this show anyway. But it's still real to an extent; seen in Saki with how she is uncomfortable about her boyfriend having another girlfriend. This isn't 100-girlfriends where they are all okay with dating the same dude. I freaking love 100-girlfriends, but this, girlfriend-girlfriend, is just far more grounded in reality. And I think, that is kind of hurting the show- at least until we get more insight as to why Naoya chose to have two girlfriends. If, there even is a real reason at all. Maybe he just really loves two girls equally, idfk. I'm here for the laughs, but since there are some real moments in this, I have to assess those too.
I personally don't give af about Nagisa, she's boring IMHO, and could easily be deleted from the show and replaced with with Rika; which I think would be just so much more interesting and even more fun than it already is. Sorry if she's your favourite, but I'm just gonna totally disregard her. She's sweet and wholesome, but there's not really much else to her. In this episode, she spends some moments with Naoya, because she loves him, and that's that. It's Saki this episode who becomes a more interesting character, because we see her struggling a little, being uncomfortable with Naoya's two-timing- which, of course she should. Nagisa doesn't have this problem and thus is less interesting- although actually no, now I kind of take that back. With her being so humble and such, she is kind of at war with herself, with one side absolutely loving Naoya, but clearly there's another side to her that doesn't want to ruin his relationship that he already had with Saki. Since, Saki was the first one after all. So yeah I don't dislike Nagisa by any means or think she's uninteresting (a little, but not a lot), but these other 3 imo are just a level above her.
Briefly back to Saki's conversation with Naoya, I gotta say: I like Naoya's dumb but strong character, but in that moment I actually despised him a little bit. After all Saki said, how even though she didn't want him to two-time her, that her love for him was still stronger, and that she'd trust his choices no matter what (well she told him that he'd have to convince her that his two-timing was actually okay, but she no doubt would want to stay with him regardless), he didn't exactly apologize for putting her in such a situation. He does say "sorry" a lot, but he didn't really say it here, where it really mattered, if I remember correctly. Sorry I'm too lazy to go back and check, but yeah. Idk about you but if I were Naoya I'd just ditch Nagisa then and there, and give all the love to Saki. I'd be heartbroken to know I would be shattering Nagisa's heart, but ultimately she'd understand because she's an understanding person, and humbly step down to let the girlfriend who was before her take her place. Sure Saki might be annoying sometimes with her tsundere tendencies, and not going through with the long-overdue kiss. But maybe it's long-overdue because of Nagisa entering the mix. Even though it may not be the cleanest option, it is the best option to let Nagisa go; it would be irl in more than most cases.
But the REAL best option would be for Naoya to dump both of their asses and go for either Rika or Shino, one who is madly and openly in love with him, and the other who may be as equally as madly, but instead just silently in love with him. Who knows, maybe that's how it turns out in the manga, which I'm definitely going to get into once this season ends. Maybe he really does wife them all in the end? Who knows. I would rather have that than him to JUST remain with these two, who again imho are the more boring two out of all four. You might find Rika's persistence annoying, but I for one want that love returned to her. And of course Shino is mine and everyone's favourite so if Naoya were to choose one in the end it's gotta be her. Sorry for this wall of text, it's 2:30am and I'm just mindlessly revealing how invested I am in this dumb ass anime. |