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| Finally, Taiki got some balls and rejected Hina. To be fair, if not for Chi, perhaps Taiki would have fallen for Hina even if he started with no feelings for her. Thus, it looks like their friendship is over. Taiki can't afford to remain as friends if he will continue to be swayed by Hina. |
| 'I am the world's most selfish man.' (ไฟบใฎใใใพใพไธ็๏ผใ ) — Tennjouji Haru |
Ab_271004 said: Armaniooo said: All my Homies hate Chinatsu. Can't stand her. And Taiki takes an L. Rejects the best FMC for the worst one. Stupid choice. Stupid MC. The only reason I'm gonna watch the next season is for Hina. Don't even care about Taiki or Chiantsu anymore.  good for us. we don't need retards in our fandom Says the guy with a Rent a Girlfriend as its pfp and favoutute manga XD ๐๐. Yeah sure whatever. Chinatsu has been very boring this season. You cannot deny it. Hina is much better. Unless she's interesting next season, it won't be very fun. Personality wise Hina is much better. And I'm just stating my opinion. Did I call you a Retard ? Stop with the ragebait. |
ArmanioooMar 15, 9:31 AM
Armaniooo said: Says the guy with a Rent a Girlfriend as its pfp and favoutute manga XD ๐๐. Yeah sure whatever. Chinatsu has been very boring this season. You cannot deny it. Hina is much better. Unless she's interesting next season, it won't be very fun. Personality wise Hina is much better. And I'm just stating my opinion. Did I call you a Retard ? Stop with the ragebait. Yeah. Hina's arc is over. 2nd season will focus on Chinatsu. |
Ab_271004 said: Armaniooo said: Says the guy with a Rent a Girlfriend as its pfp and favoutute manga XD ๐๐. Yeah sure whatever. Chinatsu has been very boring this season. You cannot deny it. Hina is much better. Unless she's interesting next season, it won't be very fun. Personality wise Hina is much better. And I'm just stating my opinion. Did I call you a Retard ? Stop with the ragebait. Yeah. Hina's arc is over. 2nd season will focus on Chinatsu. I hope so. It's so boring. |
| Watched this early after seeing some crying Hina photos. Yes finally some good content at long last. Thought gonna clown on Hina fans but even as Hina hater felt bad for her. Gonna ignore: She had every right to fight for her love tho and so seeing her get rejected is still sad. Respect to Taiki for finally showing some honesty. Commit to Chinatsu as you always wanted. This halfhearted state needed to end, it was dragging a lot. For a 2 cour romance series the pinnacle to be a rejection is not good. Still has 1 episode to let's see. Oh I hope this Kyo×Ayame isn't a bait. I want my best girl and best boy(minus Haryu) to get together. Or else this will be my reaction.  |
| Honestly Hina could have win this fight easily IF she notice her feeling and confess to Taiki BEFORE Chinatsu live in Taiki's house. She is just a few months too late.... I mean Chinatsu was like those "high and above goddess" for most of her admirers (including Taiki) and anyone with a realistic expectation would not pursue Chinatsu. It is because Taiki live with Chinatsu that ruined everything, changing Taiki from a "admirer" into "close friend." Taiki would have accept Hina's confession if that's the case.. |
| Finally, Taiki ended it and said his feelings to her...now Hina, time will heal you...and you'll be moving on without even realizing it. |
| da hell wrong with this idiotic Taiki?'.. so u have cool girl who is in love with you and you have an average autism-queen who doesnt?... I rly dunno who can make such a mistake pick as Taikki did |
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Briekimchi said:
Nothing wrong in a real world sense of what happened. Taiki did the right thing by not keeping Hina hanging on...
But still, as a viewer, the rest of the show is going to be entirely him chasing after the bland, uninteresting girl now? *Sigh*
Nothing wrong in a real world sense of what happened. Taiki did the right thing by not keeping Hina hanging on...
But still, as a viewer, the rest of the show is going to be entirely him chasing after the bland, uninteresting girl now? *Sigh*
you hina lovers can't support your trashy ship without bringing chinatsu in conversation
| @Ab_271004 I apologise for being briefly curious but you definitely overstate my overall interest in this show to this point. |
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ninka22 said:
finally. Good riddance. That selfish and ignorant brat got what she deserved.
cry me a river
I'm gonna have a lot of fun with salty Hina Fans.
finally. Good riddance. That selfish and ignorant brat got what she deserved.
cry me a river
I'm gonna have a lot of fun with salty Hina Fans.
Why so aggressive bro? ๐
| @Ripperdoc Honestly Chinetsu doesn't even deserve Taiki She has feeling for him but she's like "nah, i'd just chill here cuz i knew i'd win w.o doing anything" It's like those popular girls who have way too many options she's not in rush in making any decision, just wait there until her follower pleases her more. |
| I've seen animes doing a way better job at emotional manipulation than this ... The whole beginning was clearly just made so that you get feelings for her and root for her, but we could see it come 100000 MILES away I hate being taken for a fool and having this happen in front of me expecting me to bite when it's so obvious. Dropped a point more because of that ... Hina literally has the best personality, the most mature, the most calm and not manipulative, she just likes him. And we have dummy Taiki that likes a girl with the personality of a wet cardboard, which is somehow dry. She's as mature as a kindergarden girl and somehow Taiki fell for her and not the more emotionnaly mature one, but the show makes it look like Hina has a single chance ... Show doesn't have much in regards of sports either so I'm wondering what's the point here |
AtylganMar 16, 7:35 AM
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Ofc Taiki chose the worst girl!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
| Hina did loose a whole lotta aura, but she knew she had it coming. Denial can be sometimes comforting, although it runs short (and cruel). Took way too long to reject on Taiki's part but well at least this episode was done well. THE HEART WANTS WHAT IT WANTS, afterall |
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Ofc Taiki chose the worst girl!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
| @animelovenow I'm gonna steal that shit lmao, pretty much that, she's funny, mature, friendly and beautiful. Meanwhile the Chinatsu likes basket ... and is autistic, almost manipulative |
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What are you talking about? Chii autistic? No way you said that. Chinatsu is 100000000 better than Hina. |
OtakuKun1 said: What are you talking about? Chii autistic? No way you said that. Chinatsu is 100000000 better than Hina. Can you tell me how tf is chi autistic better than Hina? |
R.I.P., 2nd place |
~my listanimelovenow said: OtakuKun1 said: What are you talking about? Chii autistic? No way you said that. Chinatsu is 100000000 better than Hina. Can you tell me how tf is chi autistic better than Hina? Where did you get that Chii is autistic? Where this conclusion came from? There’s no term of comparison between Hina and Chii. Chii is sociable, calm, lively, friendly and cute. However, Hina is very annoying. |
OtakuKun1 said: Where did you get that Chii is autistic? Where this conclusion came from? There’s no term of comparison between Hina and Chii. Chii is sociable, calm, lively, friendly and cute. However, Hina is very annoying. where did you get that Hina is very annoying? Where this conclusion came from? She does nothing compared to Hina tho |
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Ofc Taiki chose the worst girl!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
| @animelovenow Clearly the author likes the design/ look of Chinatsu more so she auto wins XD. I agree the last point the most, Taiki can be his TRUE self in front of Hina, like a husband and wife. When he's with Chinatsu he has to act humble/ shy/ awkward/ respectful. Irl Hina would almost always win though. |
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@animelovenow Clearly the author likes the design/ look of Chinatsu more so she auto wins XD.
I agree the last point the most, Taiki can be his TRUE self in front of Hina, like a husband and wife.
When he's with Chinatsu he has to act humble/ shy/ awkward/ respectful.
Irl Hina would almost always win though.
I agree the last point the most, Taiki can be his TRUE self in front of Hina, like a husband and wife.
When he's with Chinatsu he has to act humble/ shy/ awkward/ respectful.
Irl Hina would almost always win though.
| @Ventus_S totally agree with you bro finally someone who think hina is better than chinatdu |
 hina, my poor angel๐๐๐. in another timeline she forsure got him but in this one, it's over.pourin one out for her, she really deserved better!!! |
| Die Taiki die Taiki die |
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| Clearly the comments are where what I expected, the anime has gone too much deep into Hina, creating this thing among those who have never read the manga where Hina is the real heroine and Chinatsu the autistic thing. I liked the portrayal of Hina, but it saddened me to see they did not do the same for Chinatsu, but it was part of what they pretended, I do not know why really... I loved the episode for how well the closure of this arc was shown. |
| Hina being the losing heroine of a childhood friend who saw the love of her life losing chipping away against the better Chinatsu, the many chances of love where she could've flourished and took Chinatsu's place to fulfill her dream of a possible romance...just simply let things be as it stands based on their close friendship, given her own view of things in her roller coaster of a monologue. Kyo and Ayame may have differing beliefs when it comes to the wishy-washy topic as well, and the latter insistently wanting Hina to always pair up with Taiki, it's always on purpose. The campfire to celebrate the end of the training camp, while both Hina and Taiki can view from the gym just chatting like their usual. That is until Hina popped the unthinkable question from the King's Game they played the previous night, barring that she still loves Taiki one and the same time, and the man himself, now giving her his official reply that his heart will never waver for Chinatsu. At least Taiki was being mature to consider his current scenario that he is just stringing her along on her many teases, and this has to stop at one point, which is now, and possibly forever. Ayame's plan completely backfired against Hina, sulking that Taiki will never accept her romantically. OH, THE PAIN FOR HINA. This is such a beautiful, but heartbreaking episode. |
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| Ahhh, I wasn't expecting for this anime to make me tear up... It's incredible how we all knew this was bound to happen, yet, it was so hard to watch. So we were right when we said that Taiki made his decision by the end of the last episode, and the moment finally came: Taiki rejected Hina. Since the beginning of the episode, it had this melancholic vibe, that was already preparing us for what was coming, while showing us what Taiki then mentions later, when he rejects Hina: the situationship they were in was just hurting her, everytime she looked at Taiki, and he was either looking at Chinatsu, or she saw them together, she would silently suffer. Like Taiki said, this is something that he need to do. It wasn't fair for Chinatsu that Taiki approached with a "back-up plan", and it was even less fair for Hina to be that "back-up plan". Taiki wouldn't love her the way she loves him, while he was still looking for Chinatsu, it just wouldn't happen. Although Hina is suffering a lot now, we know that it's for the best that this situation ends now, or she will suffer much more, for much longer. I have to say that the rejection scene was even better done than what I was expecting. The moments that Hina just runs at Taiki and closes his mouth is just heartbreaking, she really didn't want to face the harsh truth... I really appreciate when anime take their time so set up a scene like this, with the soundtrack and the scenes with leaves and everything, just turns it much more cinematic, which adds to the tension and drama, and just makes the scene ressonate with us much more. The episode ending with Hina crying was just brutal... I'm genuinely heart broken now. Although I knew this was happening (last episode had all the red flags, the opening and ending also spoiled this), it doesn't make the scene any less heartbreaking. I have to say I wasn't expecting the Ayame and Kyou scenes. Do I feel some tension in the air? Is it possible for them to be the next romantic pair, I wonder? Anyways, it seems like Ayame isn't so sure of herself as we thought, because Kyou's words ressonated with her. Also, seeing how she, in a way, makes her personal emptiness better by supporting other people's love interests, I wonder how she will take Hina's rejection. It's clear she was really invested in it, and the truth is that Hina ended up being rejected, because she made her go to Taiki, without Hina knowing it. Will we see Ayame suffer some character development because of this? Also, I'm down for more Kyou screentime. Anyways, this episode was probably one of the best, if not the best, of the anime so far, especially because we've had so many episodes to build this tension, and they really nailed the rejection scene, so the build up payed off. |
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That`s the type of episode that reminds me how special this anime is. It`s full of all the old tricks we`re seen a million, but is done in such a distinguished way, focusing on emotions, perspectives, outcomes, etc, that it subverses expectations delivering exactly what we expected (if that's even possible).
It`s been a massive hit on Hina, but in life, that`s the type of blow that ends up turning you into a better person. And for Taiki as well, I loved the way the story handled his emotions. His best friend comes out saying she loves him, every person would at least be moved by that, feel the uncertainties he felt since the school festival. "What is going to be of our friendship, how's she going to feel knowing I love someone else, would it be so be if we got together?". It's such a genuine and verisimilar reaction, I love it.
And all of this not even touching on the Chinatsu's side of things. How's she interpreting everything that's been going on, what are the consequences for she noticing Taiki and Hina's absence.
The show never runs away from the decisions it makes, every action has a relevant outcome, a real development not only for the plot, but for the characters as well, and I keep on being amazed by it every week. What a nice journey this one has been, fellas, I'm really gonna miss it.
It`s been a massive hit on Hina, but in life, that`s the type of blow that ends up turning you into a better person. And for Taiki as well, I loved the way the story handled his emotions. His best friend comes out saying she loves him, every person would at least be moved by that, feel the uncertainties he felt since the school festival. "What is going to be of our friendship, how's she going to feel knowing I love someone else, would it be so be if we got together?". It's such a genuine and verisimilar reaction, I love it.
And all of this not even touching on the Chinatsu's side of things. How's she interpreting everything that's been going on, what are the consequences for she noticing Taiki and Hina's absence.
The show never runs away from the decisions it makes, every action has a relevant outcome, a real development not only for the plot, but for the characters as well, and I keep on being amazed by it every week. What a nice journey this one has been, fellas, I'm really gonna miss it.
VMPrecoma said: That`s the type of episode that reminds me how special this anime is. It`s full of all the old tricks we`re seen a million, but is done in such a distinguished way, focusing on emotions, perspectives, outcomes, etc, that it subverses expectations delivering exactly what we expected (if that's even possible). Couldn't describe this anime better. The way we all knew this was coming, and yet, this scene still hits harder than a truck... Can't believe we only have 1 more episode of Blue Box, going to miss this anime a lot :((( Really hope we get that 2nd season announcement soon! Narizor said: A sad day for Team Hina... luckily, I'm Team Chinatsu Yeah, even with being Team Chinatsu, this episode was still super hard to watch, for those who were Team Hina must be even more depressed. |
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