Boku no Kokoro no Yabai Yatsu Season 2 Episode 12 Discussion

Okay, that was one heck of a cliffhanger there, lmao. How will Ichikawa-kun get out of that situation? Coupled with the regret of "forcing" Yamada-san here, it must be complicated for sure. Is he misunderstanding something though, I wonder.

Yamada-san definitely didn't act normal throughout the episode. And her voice cracks during the late-night call, that was pretty telling. Eating all her snacks even before the Shinkansen ride and jealously staring down on Ichikawa were more like her usual stuff, xD.

School trip and the manga hinting at a kiss in the school trip, if that isn't a signal, then straight-up depression... Chinpo battle cracked me up, we need gender equality, I totally agree!

Just one more ep to go, sad that there's not much left anymore but here's to hoping it ends on a high! It's been literally killin' it so far.

@_MushiRock11_ with the cliffhanger in this eps, Now I'm curious about what happens next ><. Which chapter should I read now?

Though there are a few comments about the rearranging events from the manga, I’m a little surprised that no one pointed out a pretty significant change: Ichikawa piecing together the audition situation on his own.
In the manga, Kobayashi just straight up tells him about the audition while they’re outside and Yamada is playing with the deer.
Honestly, I can see why they made this change, as it builds up the suspense and makes his realization even more impactful. The manga scene where he “realizes” is just him realizing that she chose the school trip because of him, and it’s a little weird that he gets that part so late after knowing all day that she’s missing the audition.
However, I’m still not sure of I’m quite on board with the cliffhanger. I can obviously see how it’s a more fun way to end an episode than what would have happened (huge manga spoiler: he sends her a text and goes to bed), but there are a few things coming that are going to feel a bit different when put in this order.
Either way though, I still think next week’s episode should be a banger that makes the slight awkwardness of this episode all worth it.

This was... different?

They changed a lot how things develop in this episode. The overall course of things didn't changed that much, but it is still odd.

In the manga, she tells him during the phone call that she had and audition, but she was worried she probably didn't passed.

So he knew ways earlier that was a thing, not to mention he talked more to Kobayashi when they were together after he ran away from the Deers.

My guess is that they wanted to make his realisation of what was going on a bigger of a thing, give it more importance since it might connect better with what will happen in the next episode.

Said that, the biggest change for me was that at the end. The scene where Kyoutarou and Anna go together to the room should happen a day later, so I'm curious how they are handling things from now onwards.

A lot of important stuff to happen on the next episode, so I guess they are going to skip opening/ending to have time to abuse the visuals for it.

Edit: After re-reading this post, it might sound I didn't liked the episode. It was still a 5/5 for me, I was just curious because even though I was expecting changes to fit everything in two extra episodes, I was expecting changes a bit later, not exactly on this part.

@Hayuume Yamada did not tell Ichikawa she had an audition over the phone, the scene in the manga is the same

@OrielBel She did, though? She didn't told him what was the audition about, but she told him about an audition. She stopped before saying the date, the rest of the scene is the same.

Edit: To help with it, when he talks to Kobayashi, he mentions the audition before she tells him about it.

@djg2345312 Now that you mention it it's a little odd that Kobayashi would mention it to Kyo since she doesn't like him and is so dense she has no idea Yamada is in love with him (which buys him loads of forebearance from her other friends). Moe would tell him to put the ball in his court to see if it would pay off, but it's weird that Chii does it.

The chapter of the manga ends soon after that scene, but of course the episode of the anime is longer, adapting several chapters. In the manga it's how that single chapter develops the story where the anime not only can play it down to pay off later, but would actively want to do so to put the reveal at the end of the episode instead of the middle.

NGL but for a minute I thought that this episode was the finale but luckily there's one more since this left off at a brutal cliffhanger, phew!

While I don't really know why Yamada is acting a little off I think it's because she chose to go on the field trip instead of doing a job/audition hence her friend saying she made a choice to go there and also telling Kyotaro that she'll for sure be at the field trip. On that note I think she does want a kiss and/or confession too.

Anyway, I don't know how Kyotaro gets out of that predicament with being in the girls' hotel room but I think he'll have to wait until they're all asleep, good luck lol.

I thought it was weird at first, but it was probably to let the season finale have more of an impact.