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Reply to Marinate1016
Love_And_Forward said:
I knew they'd cheat us at the ending of the last one. Pathetic.
Imagine if we ever got a romance anime without cheap fake-out end-of-episode kisses?
@Marinate1016 "Finally we get an ep from Chinatsu perspective!"
No, we didn't.
I knew they'd cheat us at the ending of the last one. Pathetic.
Imagine if we ever got a romance anime without cheap fake-out end-of-episode kisses?
@Marinate1016 "Finally we get an ep from Chinatsu perspective!"
No, we didn't.
Yes, we did. Why are you even watching this you seem to hate it.
| @Marinate1016 No, I think this is one of the best animes of this admittedly weak season, and that's why it disappoints me when it resorts to such cheap cliche tricks. And no, this wasn't a "Chinatsu perspective" episode. Chinatsu is still more or less a black box. Where was her inner voice? |
Love_And_Forward said: @Marinate1016 No, I think this is one of the best animes of this admittedly weak season, and that's why it disappoints me when it resorts to such cheap cliche tricks. And no, this wasn't a "Chinatsu perspective" episode. Chinatsu is still more or less a black box. Where was her inner voice? Yea calling this season weak is all I need to hear out of you. Yapping. It’s an amazing season. Convo over see ya |
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Temperanced said: @CalebFalconer Episode 10 is actually available in Netflix JP and the global release is 1EP behind. Previously, Netflix would release new episodes with English subs in Japan so many people used VPNs to change location and watch the series or get it from the Sea🏴☠️ . But Netflix got wind of this, and they stopped releasing with ENG subtitle when airing in JP. Currently, a fan-sub group is doing fan-subs for it, so people are probably watching it or they understand Japanese. But people like us, we have to wait for global release as I don't know JP and I don't want to watch the fan-sub version. Sorry for the late reply. Thank you for this info 🙏 It really sucks that we have to watch it a week behind on Netflix... I used to watch all my anime on one site, but I got real busy with personal life for the last 4 months and now when I come back to being able to watch it, the site I loved had been taken down and have had to resort to the alternatives like Netflix and Crunchyroll... 🤦 Anyway, thanks mate. I am the same as you, would love to know Japanese well enough to understand it, but not there quite yet and I don't really want to watch fan subs either. Much prefer to watch the official thing. 🙏🫡🤝  |
Reply to B3RyL01
How does this even classify as romance in some people's opinion? It's episode 10 and they barely ACCIDENTALLY TOUCHED and they're acting like it's supposed to mean something. At this pace they'll MAYBE hold hands by season 3. I get that this is a slow-burn, but there have to be limits. To me, this is a regular, run-of-the-mill sports anime masquerading as romance to draw in audience. If the two MCs were both girls it would barely qualify as yuri bait, so I'm not sure how this is supposed to be a full-on romance. I literally fast-forwarded through the second half of this episode jsut to see how Chinatsu reacted to that half-*ssed development, and what do you know? She rejected his so-called "advances" (I feel disrespectful to all the pathologically shy people for even calling it that), thus resetting the whole relationship. Again. Ughhhhh.
I have no more patience for this nonsense. I don't like mediocre sports anime, which this certainly is, and I don't like to be baited with romance with absolutely no payoff, which this anime is doing over and over again. The animation is good, I'll give it that, but I don't care. I'm done.
I have no more patience for this nonsense. I don't like mediocre sports anime, which this certainly is, and I don't like to be baited with romance with absolutely no payoff, which this anime is doing over and over again. The animation is good, I'll give it that, but I don't care. I'm done.
| @B3RyL01 "I get that this is slow burn, I just want them to bang by ep 6 like Horimiya" |
| The only good thing going for the male MC was his determination in sports, but the last two episodes he has actually "given up", in other words, but he has had to have the female MC and the sempai tell him things to continue motivating himself, so they even took that away from him, lessening his character. He has an opportunity to go with his crush to the store and he blows it by saying "I need to keep distance" and "I will go alone", what a weirdo, but his father and her convince him to go together. And now the writers have the female MC basically stating that she wants nothing to happen between them, what an absolutely depressing anime. Literally, nothing works out for the male MC and he is also an annoying character. |
Note: I don’t lazily watch 3-5 episodes, biasedly compare to other anime, or unfairly judge by surface level similarities. With every anime I start, I watch the entire series, both Japanese Sub & English Dub, then judge each anime based on what they present, to give an honest and fair rating.  |
| Ok, it was expected that they weren't kissing after the scene of last episode, but it was still exciting to see what would happen next. Honestly, I wasn't expecting such a depressing episode again. This anime has overall been a bright trip, but in the span of 3 episodes we got like 2 depressing episodes. What I'm loving in this anime is that we really are seeing it from Taiki's perspective, because we never really know what Chinatsu is thinking. And that's what happened towards the end of the episode, when she said to forget what happened in the last episode, and that she would not let that happen again, drawing a clear line to her relationship with Taiki. The thing is that I really don't know what she's thinking, because this does seem off character for her, and it might be because she really is doing with some other intention, but that isn't being transmited to us either. When she said that, I was as shocked as Taiki, and this anime never fails with these strong scenes. Taiki was definetly affected by this by the end of the episode, and I'm curious to see how he is going to deal with it in the episode, and what Hina thinks about this. The earlier part of the episode was out usual Blue Box, and I loved it! Honestly, didn't like that I had to wait so much to watch this episode, but anyways, I hope episode 11 comes out in the right time! The only thing I have to complain about this anime is that Kyou, an interesting character that had a big role in the first 4 episodes, is getting more and more sidetracked, and that's kinda a bummer! Can't wait for the next episode! |
Reply to griddyweeb
that's insane how they shamelessly baited us. I was already upset about the unnecessary cliché ending of them falling onto each other. Ep9 ended with chinatsu clearly reaching towards taiki's face, ep10 started with chinatsu reaching for the towel. They even changed the animation a bit because she's reaching higher (towards the towel) in this ep, talk about scamming...
@griddyweeb I noticed that too, they completely skipped this frame like it didn't happened |
Reply to kakashi_ax
| @kakashi_ax oh my god I didn't even acknowledge the existence of this frame because I was so mad and fixated on the hand movement being changed, now I'm mad x2 |
| misunderstandings mixed with youthful feelings!!!! kekeke |
| Haryu is a bro for Taiki. |
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| Um this was a weird turn but I guess it's because we're almost halfway the season. I feel Taiki became annoyingly 'weak' in the last episodes (lost an important match and now this), but hopefully this is just a short transition. I wonder if Hina will dare to make a move after having heard Taiki's struggle lol |
THANKS SENPIEX  |
| Towards the end of the episode kinda felt like a conclusion set by Chinatsu, and a point where I would gladly drop this series, which is sad because this was one of my most anticipated series of the season. |
| No tomo malas decisiones, solo me gusta apoyar causas perdidas. Disfruté Mayoiga, Ou-sama Game, Evil or Live, Mirai Nikki, Big Order, Arifureta, Ex-Arm, Tesla Note, Shuumatsu no Harem y Platinum End nope les falle con esa, lo siento pero todos tenemos nuestros límites. Así de jodido es mi gusto en anime, ¡Y estoy pinche orgulloso de ello!  |
| People really ready to drop a show because there's a setback on ch 30 out of 175. Should've dropped it after the lost qualifiers then. |
| After that brilliant cliffhanger from the previous episode, we unfortunately backpedaled in this one when Chinatsu said to forget that even happened, I knew nothing huge would result from that close encounter but I wasn’t expecting a net loss lol, poor Taiki has been taking L after L lately, guess he spent all his luck on Chinatsu moving in with him in the first place. But really it’s not as bad as it seems, this is just episode 10 of 25, so you know things aren’t staying this way for long between Taiki and Chinatsu, I’m sure there will be a big rebound as we enter the summer break (I say as we’re about to enter Winter 2025 lol), magic typically happens at summer festivals which is probably coming, if so I’m really looking forward to it. And there’s also the fact I get Chinatsu’s stance, she’s probably feeling conflicted after the conversations she’s had with her friend and Taiki’s dad (who’s really cool btw), also it’s definitely a teenager moment lol. But then you also have Hina who could potentially use this time to get close to Taiki, but I’m not sure if that’ll happen or not, I feel like Hina would want to help Taiki over furthering her own position, but we shall see. |
| Their relationship and personalities feel so natural. I totally understand why Chinatsu put that boundary with Taiki – it wasn’t a rejection, but rather a focus on her priorities, especially with nationals coming up. It’s obvious she has feelings for him, but her passion for basketball comes first right now. Taiki, however, seems to have misinterpreted her words. As a teenager, it’s easy to see why he would feel that way – it’s tough when someone you care about says something that sounds distant. But giving someone space and walking away are two different things. Unfortunately, Taiki might be going down the wrong path if he sees it as the latter. It seems like if Hina steps in, things are bound to get even more interesting. |
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quintopia said: @Marinate1016 they're not wrong. coming off a season as strong as last season, this one does look weak by comparison. They are wrong since this season is better than last season and stacked. Watch more anime |
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Reply to AnimeNerd99
Obviously last episode's cliffhanger was gonna be a fake-out, but the way this episode ended is an even bigger setback for Taiki than just that.
| @AnimeNerd99 It was a fake-out but it was Chinatsu faking Taiki out rather than the show faking viewers out as usual |
Reply to nathh
@B3RyL01 "I get that this is slow burn, I just want them to bang by ep 6 like Horimiya"
| @nathh tbf Hori and Miyamura banging in ep 6 was a legitimately refreshing moment in high school romance anime. Stuff like that is extraordinarily rare in that genre and I view it as a positive watershed moment in that (shamefully rushed) season. I won't speak entirely for OP here, but I think I'm in the same boat with them. After the tease at the end of ep 9 to have a setback like this, the show is appearing to follow a very tried and true SJ romance formula. Now, I think that it does a good job with the formula (it's a very watchable show), but I'm at the point where I want to see something that subverts that formula and gives me something fresh and original. When I first started the show I was actually hoping that the sports anime + romance anime hybrid aspect was going to be the originality hook to keep me watching. But I've found the sports side to be quite lacking with hardly any matches being shown and the romance has been too meandering to pick up the slack. |
| That glacial statement from Chinatsu towards the end just tells Taiki one thing: there's a pink haired cutie just waiting for you out there... but that will never happen, childhood friends' curse T_T. |
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| yea i’m slowly losing interest i think i can’t help comparing this to “a sign of affection” which was excellent |
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| i am halfeay through the Episode and gotta say: Taiki IS literally the Guy from the memes that Always answers "is she into you" with "c: can't tell" |
| Taiki's dismayed face lol. Asking where the bucket was a nice excuse. Taiki's parents sure went out of their way to take in Chinatsu though. Looks like no party is quite ready to take the next step yet. Lets see where summer break would take us. |
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| Oh boy that was awkward and how is he supposed to sleep after she left him in that state? Ugh. And then the BBQ ... worse news for him because after that she decided to set some limits on their burgeoning ... whatever? Oh boy, the classic mixed messages, I don't event think Chinatsu knows what she wants yet. |
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| Damn, I was not expecting for Chinatsu to draw a line and set boundaries like that, ouch. Now Hina has chance even though I doubt she'll do much considering how long they've known each other and she hasn't made any moves plus Taiki doesn't seem to like her the same way as he does Chinatsu which is a bummer. |
| lmao, i can't stand this sh anymore. It gets cringier and more tiring with every episode.. başlatma sınırına lan., izlerken utanmaya başladım ha, konuya bak. Ulusal Şampiyona'ya da giremedi zaten ahahahaj. |
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| Chinatsu - the cockblock machine |
| "The future is always blank. Only your willpower can leave footsteps there." "Ruling over death means ruling over life. Death is the climax of life. To have the best death, you must honor life." |
B3RyL01 said: I get that this is a slow-burn, but there have to be limits. To me, this is a regular, run-of-the-mill sports anime masquerading as romance to draw in audience. Agreed with everything you said. It's barely passable as a romance, or even as a drama. I wouldn't even say this show is too slow; speed is not the biggest problem. The problem is the fact that it's just so boring and uninteresting in its slowness. Fruits Basket and Kaguya-sama both take ages before there's anything resembling "progress," but it's entertaining to watch them get there. There are a ton of ways to go about this; good dialogue, interesting characters, funny jokes, dramatic story developments, fun supporting characters, the stuff outside of romance, etc. Blue Box has none of these. I really don't think this is a sports anime, either. Chihayafuru is another "sports/romance" hybrid I can think of, and while the romance side barely moves, it's mostly in the background, and the sports side of the show takes center stage and absolutely owns it in terms of excitement and depth. There's nothing interesting about Blue Box if you take out the romance. I don't really understand how this show is so popular. There just... isn't much going on. I don't even hate it enough to drop it. |
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