Raise wa Tanin ga Ii Episode 11 Discussion

-Hotaru_ said:
Tsubaki and Shouma have great chemistry, I love how they tease each other and get on each other's nerves. Seems Yoshino found out Kirishima is a pro at rock-paper-scissors and he got it from his great uncle, Yoshino never stood a chance against him lol.

I love how protective Renji is of Yoshino, he noticed she hid her bruises from the Osaka incident last episode under make-up and beat both Shouma and Kirishima for letting it happen. Renji seems blasé and carefree when it comes to Yoshino but underneath that façade he cares a lot, especially since he already lost a son and losing Yoshino would break him.

Love how brave and reckless Yoshino is to come with a bat and interrupt their fight, slay queen. Love Yoshino's seiyuu, she sounds so badass. So sad there's only one episode left. Gotta enjoy this while it lasts.

Marinate1016 said:
All that being an elaborate ruse to get out of Yoshino seeing Kirishima’s injuries from her grandad was smart though and it did work out. Good thing Yoshino got there in time to stop them from seriously hurting each other. Kind of a gamble that Kirishima took when he brought out knives.. also can we talk about the fact Yoshino can stalk Kirishima so easily and get his location lmao. She better be careful she doesn’t turn into him

PokefanPT said:
Can't believe we only have 1 episode left! That's crazy, these 3 months went by so fast!

About this episode, I just have to say that I loved it. I really feel like these last few episodes have been so good, the first 6 episodes were really only setting up the plot for the anime.

In this episode we got to see the repercussions of Kirishima's actions from the past few episodes. Some people were complaining how Kirishima was just doing whatever he wanted without any repercussion, like the rest of the Yakuza didn't care, but I feel like this episode showed that was not true, and that Yoshino's grandfather wasn't happy about Kirishima messing in his territory. It's also interesting how Kirishima knew that he would get beaten up.
Not only Yoshino's grandfather beat up Kirishima, he also beat up our boy Shouma. The poor guy was dragged to the situation by Kirishima, and gets beaten up too. But the way they directed this scene was really cool, when they showed Kirishima in that room with Renji, and they show the floor with blood and Renji just says "Ah, don't worry, Shouma was here before you", like that was cold. Renji may be old, but he's strong, like, wow.

Kirishima taunting Shouma, because he is now dating Yoshino was such a low move from him, like, yes Shouma, show him what he deserves. The fight scene between the 2 was really cool, and honestly, we have been waiting this confrontation from the 2 ever since episode 3, so it was a really exciting scene in that regard.

And then the Queen Yoshino appears at the scene to stop those 2. Honestly, this is one of the reasons why I enjoy this anime so much. Yoshino really plays a key role in the story, and isn't at the mercy of the male characters, like these kind of stories tend to do for some reason. Not only that, we saw in this episode that Yoshino is well aware that Shouma is having a hard time accepting that she's getting closer to Kirishima.
Not only that, she showed very clearly how important Shouma was for her.
She also put Kirishima in his own place, revealing that she only accepted to date him, so that he could have at least a "fair fight" with Shouma, since she has known Shouma for much longer, and made it implicit that if she had to choose 1 of the 2 to marry or save, it would certainly be Shouma, because he's much more special for her than whatever Kirishima is for her. So this way he gets an opportunity to grow closer to her, and actually have a chance with her. She also didn't really have a choice, since the Yakuza is forcing her to be with him (let's not forget the premise of the anime).
It was also cute how Yoshino revealed that she actually "tamed" Shouma when he was younger and always getting into fights, turning him to a fine man now. That attitude of exchanging shirts can really be meaningful, especially for the 2 to start respecting each other, but I feel like she did this more for Kirishima's sake, since she knows he was the one to start the fight.
Also, I have already seen that many people are grateful for the shirt exchanging scene for other reasons too xD

But my favorite part of the episode was when Yoshino said that she wanted to talk with Shouma, shutting Kirishima off, and once again showing him he was stepping the line, and then having a intimate talk with Shouma. It was a really wholesome scene, that I think we all wanted to see, since we didn't get many scenes with Yoshino and Shouma until now, especially these more intimate ones, even though they are really close. The way Yoshino made sure to tell Shouma that she would appreciate to live with him for the rest of her life, and hugging him, and them Shouma hugging her back, and telling her the same, was really wholesome. Also, we got to know that Shouma actually has had some girlfriends, but he clearly isn't able to maintain a relationship, because the one that he loves is Yoshino. We needed this scene in the anime, and it came right when it needed in my opinion, especially since Yoshino's relationship with Kirishima was moving a step foward.
Honestly, I think Shouma and Yoshino have a really good chemistry, and it's by far my prefered ship, but I really doubt it's getting real.
Another thing this episode gave us was that Tsubaki and Shouma kinda hate each other, after Shouma entered the bathroom to take a shower, without knowing that Tsubaki was still taking a shower, and then they saw each other naked. It's funny how Tsubaki was ok with him seeing her naked, but she drawed the line when he didn't get an erection from seeing her naked, she was like "At least get an erection". But this hate relationship between the 2 is really pointing out to start turning into a romantic relationship I'm afraid, since that's a really popular trope, and this was the beginning of the set up for these 2 to get together. I might be wrong, but I really felt that was the case.
But I agree with the people saying that the better ships are Yoshina X Shouma and Kirishima X Tsubaki. But I doubt that would ever happen.

Overall, an amazing episode that gave us the the wholesome chemistry we needed between Yoshina and Shouma, that are my 2 favorite characters from the show, so I might be biased. However, I do think the anime is completely in the right direction, because even this episode didn't have a particular "arc" going on for it (like the past 3), it was still as good as the other 3, because the story is becoming really interesting, with all the relations between the characters.

This is the only anime of this season that I'm watching that is actually ending this season, and I'm not prepared to watch Orb and Blue Box weekly, and not watch their companion Yakuza Fiancé :(
Curious to see how the last episode of the anime is going to be, since this episode wasn't leading to any arc for a last rush in the final episode, and I don't know if they are ending the anime with a cliffhanger, or more of a closed ending, since the chances of this getting a 2nd season are null.
However, since some chapters are going to be left to adapt, maybe we can get an OVA or something?

ANYWAYS, DON'T FORGET, SHOUMA IS OUR BOY OF THE ANIME.

PokefanPT said:
It was also cute how Yoshino revealed that she actually "tamed" Shouma when he was younger and always getting into fights, turning him to a fine man now.

-Hotaru_ said:
I don't know if you read the manga or if you're an anime-only watcher, but if you didn't read the manga I think you might really like the Raise wa Tanin ga Ii side story: Futari Wa Teihen chapter that has the backstory of how Yoshino met Shouma years ago and how her grandfather, Renji, took Shouma in. It's a very good chapter that explains a lot, unfortunately you can read it only online since the Seven Seas physical manga volumes don't have that chapter.

joshlill said:
I think your mis interpreting that chapter/scene was there to show us that this is a brother - sister relationship not a romantic one. It brings up talks of his on and off girlfriend showing he has romantic interest not including yoshino, and his comment “find someone who can kill me” is his way of saying that’s the only person he’ll approve of. The conversation at the end is reaffirming their relationship as close family who if it came down to it would be happy to live with one another. I’m not saying it couldn’t end up being romantic if they did settle for each other, but it’s clear the author has set this chapter up to A show that right now shouka is still undoubtedly the person she cares for the most and B that it isn’t romantically. She gives kirishima the boyfriend role for kirishima to feel like he’s level with shouma after living with him all her life. But that’s not implying she’s setting them up to compete evenly at all, it’s just to satisfy kirishima which obviously hasn’t fully worked even if the objective of his fight was to guise the beating they both took from Renji.

phantomfandom said:
Also, if Kirishima (and Shouma) can have multiple women, then it'd only be fair to see Yoshino taking both Kirishima and Shouma at the same time. The more the merrier!