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| Excuse me but I think I lost something in the way, Who is Nagahara Takuma? |
| Sport Club Corinthians Paulist is the biggest football team in the world. 51 is cachaça |
| What does she mean by "Next best option?" Anyway, I'm gonna miss my detective duo Sunday. I really hope it will gets a new season somehow. |
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| Great episode, probably the best of the season. A lot of the mysteries were answered, and Kobato was able to make amends with Hisaka. The sister better be going to jail, although I do somewhat sympathize with her. Probably easier to blame someone else than her own parents. Definitely doesn't excuse anything she did though. Overall, a 5.5-6/10 season. The first half with the arsonist case dragged down the entire season for me, mainly because I found the arsonist case itself really boring - with Urino as a temporary main character - and the lack of interactions between the main duo. This second case was a lot more engaging, especially because it connected to how Kobato and Osanai first met, and it revealed the mystery that was hinted in the first season as to why Kobato wanted to be ordinary. Still had some problems with this case, mainly about how weird the nurse's reasoning was for acting the way she did after the attempted car murder (and the hammer? really?), but overall entertaining. I would seriously love a post-high school/college arc (we don't have nearly enough of those in anime!!!!), but next to zero percent chance of that happening.... |
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| The definitely needs a season 3. Osanai's mystery still feels incomplete. |
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| lost interest after how s1 ended and yep, this entire season failed to make me invested again. hyouka would never fail me like this, but i sadly don't have the time to rewatch at the moment. |
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Reply to saikyozero
Next best option, WHAT??????
| @saikyozero I was wondering the same. If someone would care to explain |
| a great episode to finish this season the brother was still alive so it was not necessary to to something like that... season 2: 9/10 |
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| Lmao, in the end Kobato goes to university without even having kissed anyone. |
| I'll wait for Kyoto, I definitely will. *sobs* |
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| So this nurse was willing to not only destroy her career but possibly go to jail (or prison) for attempted murder simply because she wrongly blamed Kobato for splitting up her family?! Talk about crazy, damn. Speaking of crazy, Osanai is a "horrible schemer," I mean she even admitted to thinking to what Kobato said but she was still offended 🙄 Anyways, while the finale was pretty good I felt that the arsonist case dragged on a bit too much. Also, I'm not a big fan of Osanai and while she did save Kobato I have a distrust for her. Regarding the ending scene between Osanai and Kobato, I thought it was ok but I have no idea if this series will continue on, and for what it's worth I thought this season was better than S1. 7/10 |
| Damn... is it really over? There won't be a third season, I don't see it plausible... What the fuck did the ending mean, anyway? I'm too stupid to understand it. |
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Mari_Max said:
it was obvious Osanai was the culprit
it was obvious Osanai was the culprit
What do you mean Osanai is the arsonist
| @HateChinks1488 wasn't sorry i typed it wrong. i already fixed there |
| AHHHHHHH What a great conclusion to this case!!! Honestly, if it wasn't for the arson case that seemed to drag on forever, this season would have been a 11/10 for me!! The hit and run case carried so unbelievably hard, you don't understand 😭 Love that Osanai got her sweet sweet revenge in the end and even is out to get Kobato now 😂 Really doesn't take much to get on her bad side lol They really had us on edge until the very last second on whether Hisaka was still alive or not. Super happy that he was. Wouldn't wanna know what that would've done to Kobato's mental state otherwise 😳 Cannot believe that Osanai and Kobato's time in high school is coming to an end already tho. But to be fair the last two cases did span over several months, so it's no surprise. I really need a 3rd season with the two of them continuing their shenanigans in university. Sadly, I have no idea wheter the source material even goes that far ☹️ Then again, with how dangerous this case ended up being (the two of them almost got themselves killed after all), maybe that finally served as a wake up call for them to actually become ordinary 😅 |
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She wasn't going to stay 5 more minutes for New Years? Or did she drug him to sleep? Heh don't piss her off I guess is still the lesson from this season, you'll end up having to change your entire college plans. So the police never showed up right? They let her go? Chick had mental problems, she needs help if she is still blaming Kobato for her parents divorce. Anyway another great season with great character interactions, such a different show than everything else out there I thoroughly enjoyed it.
| @MenchiK1 Nah I'm pretty sure the police arrested Eiko. After her brother showed up and all, you could hear sirens approaching in the distance while they were still on the rooftop. I've gotta assume Osanai actually did call the police earlier. We only didn't get to see the arrest happen on screen. |
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| Let me guess, the author made Kobato and Osanai significantly more sympathetic in this arc because people were criticizing the last arc as being pretty sociopathic and cruel? But either way, I'm surprised by all the drama. Hasaka and his sister shared the same parents, but they played it off as if they were star-crossed lovers, which their parents tried to separate. Also, it was funny how the nurse seemed like a minor character voiced by a newbie VA for these entire episodes, while in the finale she actually turned out to be a significant and well-written character. |
RobertBobertJun 24, 6:54 AM
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| Things escalated quite quickly. I'm pretty sure bringing the nurses brother to the scene was plan of Osanai's revenge. There can be no other reason to run to the roof instead of ground floor, where the bro is planted. Sure the nurse is arrested and possibly she lost the only family she has (or cares), but I was expecting an inhumanely devious revenge after this. Because compared to what she did to a past bully and a cocky boy this is nothing. The nurse's brother would have found out either way. Maybe this really wasn't her revenge even though Kobato though it was. I guess I'm not so sure after all. Also wtf did she mean by "my next best option"!? And dropping this after Kobato succumbed to Osanai's sweet tooth and wished to go to all these cafes. |
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| The season started out a little weak, but the last few episodes - especially the ones involving the arsonist - turned the tables on him. Urino was getting on my nerves with how arrogant he could be, but I have to admit he added a much-needed contrast to the mystery angle. And those hit and run cases were ominous in interesting, especially in this final episode. I'm not sure if it was better than the first season, but there's no doubt that this anime is a hidden gem. I love how intriguing, mysterious, intellectual and, above all, interactive it is. Kobato and Osanai are absolutely the best couple, as they said themselves, no one else could be next to each other like they are. They may not have said it out loud, but it's something they both demonstrate so clearly. Not to mention the soundtrack and animation have been excellent. As for the episode itself, I loved Hisaka showing up to stop her sister. The tension in that whole chase was incredibleb and the apology between Hisaka and Kobato, was also a great moment. And the cryptic way of saying goodbye to Osanai? Is really hard to interpret, but in these last few episodes we've seen glimpses of a warmer side to her. She's still terrifying, but even the devil has feelings. What a phenomenal anime. |
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 easily the best series of the season for me, and really is in a league of its own, I haven't seen anything else quite like it I liked S1 a bit more, the arsonist case dragged out a bit (although its conclusion episode was very good) this last arc was so well made, I was pretty sad reading that it would be a prequel, since that would mean the story would "end" at ep7, but they connected past and present, really well done I like the open ending instead of *boy and girls swearing eternal love*, as it rarely turns out that way in reality |
imSOuniqueJun 25, 10:29 AM
Reply to EntireInternet
@RobertBobert Yeah, you pretty much hit the nail on the head. Honestly, this was just a pretty trash ending as far as I'm concerned. It was actually really interesting that the author seemed to be going in a direction of 'hey Osanai's a psycho and this isn't a good thing'. But, no, had to jump back and give us a dumb villain to make her look good in comparison I guess.
| @EntireInternet I don't know how true this is, but I was really impressed by how the characters jumped from being a couple of sadistic sociopaths to just being weird neurodivergent people in between. |
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@RobertBobert Yeah, you pretty much hit the nail on the head. Honestly, this was just a pretty trash ending as far as I'm concerned. It was actually really interesting that the author seemed to be going in a direction of 'hey Osanai's a psycho and this isn't a good thing'. But, no, had to jump back and give us a dumb villain to make her look good in comparison I guess.
| @EntireInternet I don't know how true this is, but I was really impressed by how the characters jumped from being a couple of sadistic sociopaths to just being quirked neurodivergent people in between. |
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@RobertBobert Yeah, you pretty much hit the nail on the head. Honestly, this was just a pretty trash ending as far as I'm concerned. It was actually really interesting that the author seemed to be going in a direction of 'hey Osanai's a psycho and this isn't a good thing'. But, no, had to jump back and give us a dumb villain to make her look good in comparison I guess.
| @EntireInternet I don't know how true this is, but I was really impressed by how the characters jumped from being a couple of sadistic sociopaths to just being quirked neurodivergent people in between. |
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| Watched both seasons back to back S2 was better than S1. It's a very unique show that people will probably really like or dislike it no in between. I really liked S2 and I enjoyed S1. 7/10 for S1. 8/10 for S2. |
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| I'm glad I binged this arc after putting this on pause at Episode 7. Great atmosphere and direction, and a good mystery. Not too sure about a hammer chase in the darkened hospital, but they managed to keep it mostly sane. "I'm glad you're alive" Aww, that's so sweet of her! "I'm glad you're alive, you're my next best option" Uhhh, better run for the hills... Overall, great season. Enjoyed this way more than Season 1, partly because I now knew what to expect, and also because the cases had more time. |
| Really loved this season. It needed season one for its foundations, but it's astounding how the writing's dug into their dynamic far deeper. Incredible. |
| Still don't like Osanai. Her creepy smile and calm voice, it honestly infuriates :D "Just me maybe" Anyways, I'm glad THAT was her revenge. I expected she'd do something more horrible to Eiko; albeit it's still entirely possible Eiko may do something to herself now that she's exposed and certainly jailed for 3x attempted murder!!! Kobato can be creepy too, but he resembles normal human being more and isn't radical. As I was saying earlier though, "playing detective" may one day result in more bad than good; at least Kobato realized this; I mean, you had multiple people hinting "STOP DIGGING" yet you selfishly continue to do it for personal satisfaction and that ends up ruining peoples lives; congrats! AS for Osanai, she may one day end up going against real psychos who won't stand around monologuing like cliche villains before police arrives. Still very enjoyable last episodes. Sadly can't like it more due to IMO insufferable Osanai. |
| Decent finale. Not sure if there’s going to be a third season or not, but if there is, I’d like to see how Jougorou’s holding up by then. Because even though this season’s case has been closed, we still don’t know what either Yuki or Jougorou will be doing moving forward. |
| The "my next best option" line i think refers to when the two of them reconciled back in episode 7, in which Osanai said (paraphrased because i don't exactly remember) "I might meet someone far better and handsome in the future, but as long as i'm here and as long as you're with me, you're my next best option." or something like that? |
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