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| Well, Mai and Rina has a more complicated relationship than I had thought in this show. That's ok though. Bowling in this anime is pretty much survival. Among the group though, it seems Rina is the most serious and focused on her skills. She plays and survives with purpose. There's a level of competitiveness in this episode. |
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| Definitely the best episode so far. Rina deserves more love. She's my favorite girl besides Mai and Sumomo. I'm glad we got to know more about her life. Now I understand why she behaved like that before. And I'm still hoping this show to become more like a bowling anime. Mai and the villagers did a good job with building that bowling alley. |
SerafosJul 29, 9:05 PM
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| Did NOT expect to leave a Turkey episode with tears in my eyes, but here we are! Last 6 minutes or so are such a tearjerker. I love how we learned everything we needed to know about Rina without a single word being spoken, very well directed flashback sequence showing her abandonment issues! Sort of a tonal whiplash though because the first half of this episode was more of the lighthearted stuff we’ve come to expect from this show. The girls setting up a bowling alley in the village was pretty cool. I love how Mai goes harder bowling here than in present day though lol I’m pretty much convinced all the girls from the Sengoku period are the ancestors of our main girls with corresponding hair colors. Show seems to be focusing heavy on putting them in scenes together and having them connect like Rina and Akebi today as well as Anzu and Nozomi. Although it’s a bit funny because Anzu could’ve bonded with Rina better today since we dealt with both of their abandonment issues. Your sister leaving with a band of traveling entertainers would probably make anyone a little skeptical of them lol. As for Rina, her issues stem from her parents getting a divorce and her mom getting remarried. It makes sense why she doesn’t want to get too comfortable and start having fun just for she and the group to get split up when they graduate. On the other hand, she clearly WANTS to have that connection deep down which is why she joined the club in the first place. She’s just afraid to fully commit. Not everything needs to be about useful and uselessness though. It’s ok to just have fun and exist, Rina! Well deserved cry at the end for her. Now that her arc is wrapped, we can learn about who Sumomo really is |
Marinate1016Jul 29, 1:01 PM
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| Starting to warm to Rina now that she is starting to open up abit to the girls. |
| Kinda love how this goes from silly to super dramatic. You don't see melodrama quite like this that often anymore. |
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@Burnouts3s3 for me personally it changed, because now i like her even less
| @THSaibot Yeah, the drama is really stupid in this anime. "Go back to the present without me, because I am a junior and you all are going to leave me behind anyways once you graduate..." Girl, where the fuck are your survival instincts? Are you actually for real? Isn't the girl with glasses a junior too, anyways? "...Anyways, here's my sad backstory flashbacks, so that the viewer can cry a little and think this is good writing." さすが, Director-san. Also, I'm not really sure what direction the anime wants to take now. Like, the mystery is half-solved, they just need to wait for another thunderstorm. Maybe they will be transported to another time-period? Or I suppose this could be a character-driven anime, which is scary to think about, because the characters are definitely not its strong suit. |
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| Rina is the real MVP here, she knew it was just the 4th episode, she knew it was too early for the show to end and let herself get caught in the flames preventing her from catching the others to give an excuse to stay behind, single-handedly saved the show from a premature ending and she sees herself as a useless person? C'mon Rina, you're better than that. |
| All of a Sudden Mai can get Turkey's? Wasn't one of the main points in the first few episodes that she couldn't get Turkey's? Show gets worse by the week but im staying on this ride because why not. |
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| Okay I understand, plot progression or whatever. However, Rina has easily taken the spot being my least favorite character for this anime. This episode has made me consider dropping it. |
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| Have you ever gone bowling with your life on the line?! For real, that was the most sick bowling scene I've ever seen, not like I've seen many but anyways Rina was finally able to open herself a little bit... They're still trapped in the Sengoku period, but (I hope) they'll have other chances to go back home now that Nanase's theory is proven |
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| So now we understand what Rina's issue was. Her parents separated and the bowling club was there when she needed somewhere to belong. But because they are all in a year ahead of her she is afraid she will be left behind when they graduate so she has been trying to distance herself. SMH if only she would talk about her feelings with Mai. I am sure Mai is not the sort of girl to let a friendship lapse because of distance or circumstance. |
| No way. The other performers came from the future too? Since he ran off with one of the sisters for over a year I wonder if he'll be seen again. But since Natsume was still in the house maybe she didn't actually leave? That part was confusing. Does she have a stealth superpower or something? Ig it'll be revealed later. Bruh, they built a bowling alley in the Sengoku period. That's crazy. Ig it's easy when you're friends with the lord of the area. It's nice to see Rina actually secretly built her own little alley too. Maybe she planned to tell the others about it before she found out that Mai had already made a better one. Lmao Nozomi of all people told off Anzu. "Isn't that like going out with a guy who's a jerk and treats you bad, and deciding all boys must be the same because of it?" Wow, she's intelligent. Subaru needs to hear this. Anzu is too young to understand it. Wow there was a thunderstorm and they all nearly left the Sengoku era. I was wondering if this was going to be like Inuyasha where they time-travel from the modern era to the Sengoku era back and forth. But looks like it isn't. Of course, things didn't go as planned. It wouldn't be so easy. So Rina's parents were divorced? Well, that explains a lot of things. Poor girl. I think she wanted to leave but the fire made it impossible. But the big question is, what the hell was that sky swing? The animation of this show is great. Things are getting more interesting. |
| If they went back the anime would have ended with this episode. |
| Rina signed all their death warrants if the OP is to be believed. That being said, I appreciate the Turkey's qrd on her backstory and how she came to have such a personality. |
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| Was unsure about this show after learning it really wasn't just a sports anime. But the ending of this episode was very powerful and emotional presentation animated and scored to perfection. Hope the rest of the show can live up to it. |
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Was unsure about this show after learning it really wasn't just a sports anime. But the ending of this episode was very powerful and emotional presentation animated and scored to perfection. Hope the rest of the show can live up to it.
| @Chol_Yerlow Jesus Christ, the amount of people saying they like Rina even less and think about dropping this anime after this is concerning. Y'all must lack sympathy of any kind. |
| Another episode where Rina becomes even less likable than she already was, and the show's desperate attempt to force sympathy for her with a tragic backstory is laughable. I'm not sure how many more episodes of shit drama around this unlikable, whiny, negative brat I can take. |
AtavisticJul 30, 10:37 AM
| My big takeaway from this episode: Mai is a leftie |
Martro122 said: 0451 said: But since Natsume was still in the house maybe she didn't actually leave? That part was confusing. Does she have a stealth superpower or something? Ig it'll be revealed later. I think you're confusing Natsume(https://myanimelist.net/character/274667/Natsume) with someone else, she hasn't appeared in the story yet. They had similar hair so I assumed it was the same character. |
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Rina is the real MVP here, she knew it was just the 4th episode, she knew it was too early for the show to end and let herself get caught in the flames preventing her from catching the others to give an excuse to stay behind, single-handedly saved the show from a premature ending and she sees herself as a useless person? C'mon Rina, you're better than that.
| @TheBerserker Yes Rina knew it was too early to go back because we have another nine episodes left and they can't go back to the present day so early in the show.  As ridiculous as Rina's reasoning of your all going to leave behind anyway so might as well so you might as well do it in the Sengoku period this was still a good episode. There's more mysteries for them to uncover in the past like the fate of Anzu's sister. @six20 Rina signed all their death warrants if the OP is to be believed. That being said, I appreciate the Turkey's qrd on her backstory and how she came to have such a personality. The whole series is a flashback because in the first episode Mai is waiting at the train station after her summer vacation ended and everything that's happening right now takes place during her summer vacation. I doubt anyone any of the girls especially Mai die since she's alive after the events of the series take place. |
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Yes Rina knew it was too early to go back because we have another nine episodes left and they can't go back to the present day so early in the show.
As ridiculous as Rina's reasoning of your all going to leave behind anyway so might as well so you might as well do it in the Sengoku period this was still a good episode. There's more mysteries for them to uncover in the past like the fate of Anzu's sister.
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The whole series is a flashback because in the first episode Mai is waiting at the train station after her summer vacation ended and everything that's happening right now takes place during her summer vacation. I doubt anyone any of the girls especially Mai die since she's alive after the events of the series take place.
Yes Rina knew it was too early to go back because we have another nine episodes left and they can't go back to the present day so early in the show.
As ridiculous as Rina's reasoning of your all going to leave behind anyway so might as well so you might as well do it in the Sengoku period this was still a good episode. There's more mysteries for them to uncover in the past like the fate of Anzu's sister.
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Rina signed all their death warrants if the OP is to be believed. That being said, I appreciate the Turkey's qrd on her backstory and how she came to have such a personality.
The whole series is a flashback because in the first episode Mai is waiting at the train station after her summer vacation ended and everything that's happening right now takes place during her summer vacation. I doubt anyone any of the girls especially Mai die since she's alive after the events of the series take place.
| @Stingray1122 Fair enough, she signed everyone but Mai's death warrant. |
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| At first I thought to myself: "Well, there's obviously no way they're going back home to their own time yet as most of the plot would be resolved too early and it's only episode four." Then I thought about the subversion which was the ending of episode one and time travel randomly existing at all in a series like this, let alone being the driver of the main plot, and thought that it's lazy and narrow, complacent thinking just to assume the most logical, expected path which appears to make the most narrative sense on the face of it will necessarily be the path pursued. "It would be more surprising if they did actually get back home right now, as early as episode four, so perhaps, in fact, they will." Well, in the end it didn't happen but where the series goes beyond this point as a result of that is unclear and I don't think that lack of clarity is a bad thing. It's definitely the most fun sports + extreme melodrama series I have seen since Hanebado! Not that I watch a huge amount of them. Nozomi has a sharper, more (arguably aptly and deservedly) critical and abrasive tongue than the rest, but in the end, by this episode's end, she proves to be another big softie caving into the group dynamics and the appeal to sentimentality. Although I don't find it convincing that she gives that much of a hoot about Rina in actuality, but more like her place/status in the group and being seen to be the one abandoning or advocating for abandoning their other team member would be a bad look. Though it must be said frankly and plainly - it may end up proving more interesting in the long run, for the audience, with them remaining in the Sengoku jidai. But from the standpoint of the characters' own interests and safety, if they end up getting kidnapped, beaten, raped, and executed by beheading on the orders of some warlord's faction or some act of opportunity by rogue warriors or bandits, then it will be directly on Rina's head. |
| Rina thinks that she's gonna be lonely after the graduation of everyone, but that's not true at all, and the group tells her a lot of time already! I'm a little disappointed that Rina cost the entire group a return on present time, but at least she's gonna be more friendly with Mai and the others! |
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| I like that we're seeing some of the dramatic teeth the opening promises, but this development is iffy. Rina deciding to throw her life away over a little despair I'll accept as dramatic teen things with a side of a post-hoc justification of simply not being able to get past the fire. They definitely looked too high to realistically reach already. All four of the other girls deciding they might be okay with never seeing their families again or getting cut down by a sword though... It's going to be hard to take their emotions seriously if they don't quickly turn to regret and resentment over this. |
| Wow, this was the worst episode till now. I think I have realized why I hate this show so far and it is because of how the writer treats the stakes and urgency of being stuck in a different time period and that too such a violent one. The first episode was intriguing and the beginning of the second episode and the dark OP really got me excited thinking the show was going to really challenge our modern girls and create dramatic conflicts that earn their place. Instead, everything following that has had the same level of gravity as a stroll in an amusement park. Take any of the emotions and interactions of the girls in this difficult and scary time period and it would easily fit in the CGDCT atmosphere we had back in the first episode. That is absolutely horrendous. And when we finally got a bit of appropriate drama as the girls slowly recreate their miraculous chance to go back to their time, back to their friends and families, the writer has the gall to throw in the most hammed in 'sacrifice' they could imagine. I don't know what important thing was going through Rina's brain to not immediately latch on to the others and have a chance to go back to present but no, she has to keep standing there and watch them drift up at a snail's pace like a mentally challenged person. And when 50 shouts finally bring her to her senses, she decides to 'sacrifice' herself cause they will 'leave' her anyway when they graduate? I had a soft spot for her for being the only one to treat their situation as dire in the earlier episodes but with this scene, she has become my most hated character. Oh, your bowling-loving parents divorced and now you think every single person in the world will leave you? Boo-fucking-hoo. Thanks Rina, now we can die painfully in one of the most violent periods in Japan because you are so stupid you think seniors graduating is equivalent to leaving you. Honestly, they really should have left her alone. When they didn't and came back for her, I was hoping at leas one of them would slap her for her selfishness. How tf you see what very well could be your last chance of salvation and not only make it about yourself and your trauma but even drag others into it? I realized when the music began playing as Rina began to cry on the others that the writer was too busy huffing their own farts to actually write something good with proper consequences. The concept had such potential and the animation and VA is so good, only for the project to be stuck with this dogshit writing. What's worse is that it looks like the writing fully believes that Rina did nothing wrong here and instead use it for her 'growth'. I'm pretty sure the only way now for me to hate another character more is if the story makes someone else even more dogshit compared to her. The only thing I can do now is pray that the opening is foreshadowing some actual stakes and that one of the girls die and the entire blame is put on Rina cause if she had grabbed on, this would never have happened. That would bump 3+ points for this anime. As of right now though, it is garbage. |
Adizcool said: The concept had such potential and the animation and VA is so good, only for the project to be stuck with this dogshit writing. What's worse is that it looks like the writing fully believes that Rina did nothing wrong here and instead use it for her 'growth'. I'm pretty sure the only way now for me to hate another character more is if the story makes someone else even more dogshit compared to her. The only thing I can do now is pray that the opening is foreshadowing some actual stakes and that one of the girls die and the entire blame is put on Rina cause if she had grabbed on, this would never have happened. That would bump 3+ points for this anime. As of right now though, it is garbage. This may change later on as lasting, possibly permanent and irreversible physical tangible consequences start cropping up and become impossible to downplay or ignore, but thus far what this has proven is that the Sengoku jidai setting and the whole time travel premise is more window dressing and a catalyst for unpacking their pre-existing interpersonal drama and individual hangups as they are and probably will continue to be treated with much more weight. The arguably far more pressing and immediate, extreme circumstances and degree of danger posed by the time slip dilemma forcing them into a turbulent era when Japan was overrun with civil conflict is designed to just be an extreme scenario to force their hand, because it's silently implying that they were physically incapable of or just completely unwilling to confront their grievances and baggage any other way without some mysterious mystical force of the universe creating this opportunity for them. This is coming of age teen drama first, Sci-Fi or adventure or historical drama incredibly distant second. It reminds me in that way of works where two or a few characters who don't trust each other or despise each other's guts are forced onto a ship stranded at sea or a deserted island or a mountain cabin buried under snow from an avalanche. Sure, the other problems they're facing like a broken leg or running out of food, water, and/or air are probably (almost certainly) a lot more real, existential, and critical to their lives and wellbeing in the long run. But that stuff is just a tool to get to that juicy relationship drama and cracking open their psyches. For those specific types of stories which usually follow a very observable clear pattern and formula, I've never seen time travel and samurai warlordist anarchy substituted for, like, a natural disaster or hiking accident though. |
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| That last sequence has me rolling my eyes so hard. I can't, bro. Rina likes to act all serious and non-emotional, but she's been the most emotional character in the whole show. Throwing away your chance to return home from WAR-TORN medieval Japan because you think your bowling club buddies might leave graduate and forget about you? And you think this because your dad mom bounced, even though you still have three other family members? This girl gets more annoying by the episode. This show has an interesting concept, and I AM interested in watching more, but the drama between these characters is just not that great. I actually wanted them to go home and then Rina just fucked everything up for little reason. The only positive about the drama is that things seem to have gotten cleared up relatively quickly. I do want to know what Rina wrote on that piece of paper, though. If they're just going to stick around this time period until the next thunderstorm, then I hope they introduce the sport of bowling to the Emperor of Japan or Oda Nobunaga. Side note: Is the glasses girl just going to keep using her phone whenever she wants. They've been away from power for 2+ days. That thing has to be on the edge of dying by now. @Adzicool I actually agree with you about consequences for Rina. One of these girls needs to slap her for what she just did. Or, at least, launch into a completely justified verbal scolding. Unfortunately, I think they're all way too nice to do something like that. The one girl I think would have actually done that is the blonde one, but it seems like whatever was on that piece of paper that Rina dropped has softened the blonde one's attitude towards her. The only other one with even the slightest chance of scolding Rina is the onegirl with glasses, but I don't think that is going to happen. |
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I feel like everyone who's hating on Rina didn't grow up with Lilo & Stitch. Ohana means family. Family means no one gets left behind or forgotten. 🥹
| @Blindfight You aren't wrong, but no way Nani wouldn't at least yell at Lilo for stranding them in war-torn Japan. |
| My god, almost never comment or anything, but this F'n episode men, it was so bad... So your parents got divorce? you can be sad for sure, but then you go and join a school club, hang out with them after activities, and they all are super nice to you, But You just have to be the edgiest of edge lords just because "everyone" leaves you, even dough you still live with your mom. They should have left her behind like she wanted |
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| Wait... So they are not going back to their real time? It's kind of plot twist... |
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| The final drama, especially the music is just extra. The reasoning for the remaining 4 to stay is just nonexistent either. I hope the next episode won't make me drop another original series like Necronomico. |
| Well it seemed a little too easy to set up that bowling alley.. And NOBODY from that long ago would say "Sugoi!" I sort of like Rina she reminds me of Sinon from SAO |
| SMH. Just because of Rina's bullshit, they won't leave. I hope they find out why they got into the Sengoku period. It's too random otherwise. |
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