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13man18 said: Why do I have the feeling I'm going to cry in the next episode?
Well because several things could happen
1. Parents come back somehow (Highly unlikely). Perfect Ending but this will give unanswered questions.
At the first episode it was mentioned that the plane went missing and in the manga the girls father and Yuri where always mentioned to be missing so that might be a possibility.
Still aside from the fact that only the first episode mentioned they went missing and all the other episodes mentioned they where death makes it like you mentioned highly unlikely.
Don't know how it is in Japan but here in Europe a family member has to be missing for more then a year before you can declare them death.
Hoppy said: 2. Yuuta does the unthinkable and gives up the girls and it does turn out be a trap and they become separated.
I don't think it's unthinkable and i don't think it's a trap.
First of all Yuuta is a student and already has enough trouble taking care of himself let alone himself and three girls.
Also the fact that the girls uncle has a bigger house most likely a stable job and a wife who can also take care of the girls would make it a very wise decision to let him take care of the girls.
Both the uncle and Yuuta want what is best for the girls.
From that point of view i think that the uncle is sincere in that letter.
I think he was also thinking what was best for the girls at the night of the funeral but probably took the decision pretty fast.
Now he did have some time to think about it and talk about it with his wife and he also kept in contact with Yoshiko.
So i think he could make a better decision taking into account what is best for all those involved.
A realistic episode showing appearances can be deceiving. I hope that he makes the rational choice and gives them back to the Uncle so that he can actually return back to normal and be with Raika while still keep in contact with them but that won't happen.
A long time coming for family appearance bloody hell :L.
Well the next episode won't do anything for developing the story much just that they get the family's backing or something like that.
I've been very worried about how the girls are hiding the fact that they're less than happy from Yuuta.
The girls are at fault for not rely more on Yuuta.
Then gain, Yuuta is not coping even with current conditions, I don't think he can take much more.
It's great that the aunt came and slap some sense into him.
The logical option is Yuuta giving them up. However, I got a feeling that it will not happen. Hopefully they can end this show with a logical and heart warming conclusion.
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quick prayer that the parents come back. quite honestly my most preferred ending would be ... well there isn't one really. realistically, yuuta will have to let the girls go. he doesn't have the time/money/space/etc to raise three kids. the kids being far from where they originally live is a very large factor in this quite honestly.
there are probably three different "good" endings for me
1. the parents come back
from what i've read the parents have gone missing in a plane crash. given the nature of plane crashes we can assume that they most likely crashed into the ocean. because if it were on land, lets say the airport, chances are they will be found.let's say that they crashed on a mountain somewhere, again the search radius is relatively small. all and all, if they crashed on land then gg. we aren't told where the plane crashed so we can hope that it crashed into the ocean. basically there are two types of crashes from their, either the plane "lands" on the water and survivors escape through those blow up rafts thingys, or it smashes the surface of the water at such a high velocity is shatters along with everyone/everything aboard it. chances of rescue for the first type is very high although time takes from days to weeks to months (by the time the emergency rations run out). So we can hope that the parents will get rescued in an ideal circumstance.
NOTE: the description on this anime/novel has both stated that the parents have gone "missing" and some don't even mention a plane (bad sources)
2. Everyone supports Yuuta in raising the kids, before the parents come back(above spoiler)
i gotta say this is the most unlikely possibility but my most desired one. i would like Yuuta to have some more time (positively) with the girls but no let Hina down about her parents. for one i would hope that the landlady get VERY sympathetic and stops asking Yuuta for rent (VERY unlikely). second concern is Yuuta's finances. i won't address the issue of a larger apartment since the girls (and Yuuta) seem quite content with it. Hopefully the family or friends and people "generously" help Yuuta out as much as they can without affecting their own finances much. which is unlikely because the amount of finances needed to sustain 4 people is quite a bit. unless he hits a jackpot like finds out he has millions in inheritance. ( there's actually a lot of possibilities that he gets the finances he need but i find it unnecessary to discuss it.) and lastly he needs time.
[needed another spoiler since it's pretty long]
a)Time
what i mean by that is that there's too many things that he (and the girls) have to do. first is school. Yuuta doesn't have enough time for school since he has 2 part time jobs on the side. quite honestly i'm a lot less sympathetic for the girls on this issue. lets assume they go to school for 8 hours (from my past education in the Asian system). class usually starts at 8 +/- half an hour (lets just say) and it takes one and a half hours to get there from their "house" to schoo (given by anime)l. that mean they have to be up by 5, assuming they want to get their reasonably early, and have time for morning routines. getting up at five for is not as difficult as you think, especially if you get used to it. from there school usually end at around 4 or 5. we know that Sora is (was) in a club. club activity, from the scene with the clock i remember to be around 5 and that we know it last a little while longer, i'll estimate them being don't by 5:30 pm. going home now mean they get back by 7. knowing they have to make food themselves (the girls if you haven't been following) around 1 hour for dinner (including cooking) plus or minus half an hour. homework in Asian systems rand from one to two hours. thus meaning on lucky (week) days they'll be able to go to bed by 10 or earlier. i'll have another paragraph just for Hina. yes i've left out chores like laundry mopping and such but those are more weekly chores. others can be squeezed into the schedule. the schedule by now looks VERY tight, but remember, this in comparison to Yuuta, which is a college student with TWO part time jobs. the only advantage he has is the three hours he doesn't have to be on public transit, which can be easily made up by MOAR studying, MOAR work, and other things. i'm not saying that the girls aren't having a tough time, they are, but i am more sympathetic towards Yuuta. i've also discluded other things but it's just a rough sketchout.
although this may seem like a huge issue, this is actually one of the most easily remedied (relatively) problems they have.
They can save time from cooking by buying readied food (bad. i know, thus -->) or have their neighbor, landlord, or even Raika help cook for the girls (and maybe Yuuta). i mean it's easier to cook for more people (it is, trust me) it wouldn't be too much of a bother for any of them.
b)Hina
They can't save time on transit, but they can save a little time on Hina. Yes this is the paragraph people will hate me for. i know we all love our cute little Hina, but lets face it, she's a burden. YES, i said it. everyone has to take time off their schedule, which i have previously proved to be very full, for her just to keep her happy. she needs to be picked up to and from daycare, which ends slightly different from everyone else. she is also the only one that can't (technically) help support the family. yes she can keep everyone's spirits up ( although in a few cases down; twinkle anyone?) but that not realistically productive. i understand that keeping high spirits is very essential in these times thus she is probably worth her weight on the family. here's the happy part. this is the MOST easily handled issue. the pervy sempai aside, plenty of people would love to take care of Hina. the most reliable of them i would say to be the landlord. she seems very fond of Hina and has the time (landlord=money no work) and finance (again, landlord) to take care of Hina when no one else is available, then simply return her to yuuta around 6 as most of the family returns.
there are also the little things between this "family" i didn't address and other little things
1. Girls hiding things from Yuuta.
i understand the desire that they don't want to cause Yuuta any more concern. as we all can see, he can barely handle it as it is; what's been keeping him ahead is the fact that he goes home believing that he has provided for the girls. knowing him, if he does find out he'll sacrifice more of himself in order to do just that, and nobody wants that. i'd agree with the girls choice here but i believe they should not have left it at that. they can consult other people (Miu and Nimura) for help in grades, or shoes in miu's case apparently.
2.the "relative"
many have been arguing their mistrust in the relatives. i can't say i agree that they aren't trustworthy but i do agree that their initial decision was not preferable. remember these are responsible adults, and i'm not using that term lightly, that have weighed MANY things to come to their conclusion. they don't have the innocence, again not use lightly, to see the simple act that the grils want ( and most likely need) to say together, which we see Yuuta pick up easily over realistic values. they relatives weighed realistic values such as time, financial ability, and shear ability to raise a child ( mind you is VERY HARD). the decision was most likely based on the fact that spread the girls apart would spread the "burden" of these girls across the family. and yes, these girls are looked at as burdens, one of the reason some people here don't trust them to treat them "nicely". i would be difficult for any family to raise three children not to mention a college student. i do believe the relatives will provide care but not necessarily nurture for the girls.
feel like i'm missing a few point but it's kinda late and i'm tired.
3.Sora vs Raika
i suck at picking between heroines (reason i never finished persona 3 QQ). i like both the characters and would love to see romance blossom from either of them, but no. chances are always slim to have harem ending. we all know that if one is picked the other is always left disappointed, and maybe, dare i say, empty. i don't like seeing anyone unhappy, thus i always fail at making anyone completely happy. If any of you have seen "you are the apple of my eye" (may edit to anime example) you'll understand what i mean when i say that a flirtatious relationship is sometime greater than an actual one. but since i picked up this topic i will choose one. i'm a minority in this choice but i choose Sora. I've always had this thing against older women relationships(no offence ot anyone). i don't mind it when it someone else, as a matter of fact most my friends have older girlfriend or younger boyfriends = =, but personally i'm not into older women (as in relativity). another turn off for me on Raika (god i'm gonna get a lot of hate from this paragraph) is her bust. i've never had a thing for large busts ( at least in platonic relationships). they are usually more than a handful(pun intended). Also, another turn off is her monotonousness. odd, because i enjoy stoics, A LOT. she seems very stiff, unlike natural stoics (Yin from darker than black for example), which give of a certain vibe. honestly hard to explain. lastly is that i prefer cute little girls over "beautiful" ones in general.
awaiting more edits
And even after all these episodes, it still seems to me as if the parents aren't dead. That has become quite unlikely though, because of the time that has passed - even if they were alive, they would have returned home by now. The ending of this episode also reinforced how unlikely this outcome is. Still, they were never officially reported dead - just missing, and in an anime everything is possible, even if almost impossible.
Oh Hina... still innocently thinking about her parents and creating that sad mood again.
Things were just getting worse and worse as time went on. Good thing Yuuta found out before it got outta hand tbh. Hmmm tough decision now that the uncle is willing to accept all three girls. I sure hope they stay together, got a feeling next episode is going to be hard to watch.
Just one episode left. :(
And lol at Sora's fantasies.
It's truly amazing how kids can turn a perfectly harmless situation into a major catastrophe without even realizing it. And she didn't even stop there... So now we know how she could cope with the situation so well - it was all just false hope. I guess she will fall even harder now :-(
They sure did a good job at showing how much this family has failed. Yuuta works so much he can't think clearly and the girls are wearing out more and more, apparently even starting to take stimulants to stay awake. It really begs for radical change, one way or the other.
I have to say that I'm a bit pissed at Yuuta's relatives, though. Instead of just rubbing it in what a failure he is on his own they might possibly just... you know... help him a little? He and the girls at least have a wonderful chemistry, that's also worth something. If they would give them a little allowance, they wouldn't need to be super-workaholics to stay alive. On the other hand, Yuuta basically abducted them as far as I remember, so I understand that they're not exactly thrilled about helping him. But I do think that this would be the best for the girls. Yuuta just learned a major lesson on responsibility and I think he might now do pretty fine with a little help. Older parents aren't perfect either.
Well, we'll see. Maybe I'll think differently about this in the next few days, but those are my spontaneous thoughts on this ^^ I can't wait to see how they'll put it together after it's definitely blown to pieces now.
Mogami-kun said: The first scene saved the episode.
No way he is actually giving up on them. No tension. 3/5.
lol, and wow, what an idealist. you clearly don't know much about raising children, not to mention there's three of them. the tension exist if you can realize that it IS a very difficult decision. he can either ruin his life, and possibly the girls as well, or let people more capable take care of them. i have an entire essay written up there.
no way? fact of the matter is that his life is turning for the worst and so are the girls. if u can't even understand the conflict than don't waste your time watching this, you clearly don't get it.
Sora must really be exhausted, the hell's with those daydreams? xD
But yeah, just watch: He'll give the girls up, everyone'll cry, then the parents will just miraculously appear again, and everything'll be perfect and cheery and it'll be all "Onii-chan! Onii-chan!" and crying and smiles and then everyone will sing together "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star," and cue the credits.
Boy, Sora's been going overboard with her dreams, daydreams and delusions lately. The stress of their extremely hectic lifestyle is already getting to them. I liked it when Raika said she wanted to fill in the "mother" role in response to Yuuta's holding on to the "father" role. It's about time one of the adults stepped in with an offer to take in all three of them. Keeping all three sisters together was the original deal breaker, after all. I wonder how the main conflict will get resolved in the finale.
All of these problems could have been avoided by transfering the girls to a closer school or moving into the house instead of the apartment and putting college on hold until Sora was old enough to get a job and Miu was old enough to take care of Hina. But that would require a lot less melodrama than the "solutions" used so far.
Assuming that neither of those solutions would work for some unknown reason(s), he should take that guy up on his offer and let the girls go, its what's best for everyone. Of course there's absolutely no chance whatsoever that that will happen. Its much more likely that we'll get another touchy feely half-assed solution that basically amounts to "It'll all work out somehow."
I don't know why so many people compared this to Usagi Drop, its like comparing a cesspool to a reservoir, just because they're both man made structures containing water :/
HawthorneKitty said: DAT TWINKLE TWINKLE LITTLE STAR!
He should just give the kids up; playing grown-up is something a college student should not do. The anime will end on a happy note though... it just won't be reasonable a la real life. Every character that's appeared will come to defend them or something.
"If I here that twinkle twinkle........... star I@m going to go mad"
But I still love this anime for it's life story 9/10
Damn nice episode, it was really interesting and damn it's so sad hina doesn't understand yet her parents are dead :'( but damn I can't believe that the next one is already the last episode :o
shit is getting real now.. so many problem show up.. even hina is sick now..
and I wonder what yuta and the aunt talking about.. :/ looks like it is a serious problem.. :3
next episode is gonna be the final :'( it end so fast :(
I thought the news said that the passengers were missing. I thought that they just assumed that they were dead. This is what happens when you marathon a series in a few days. You miss a few things. I thought the dream sequences were okay. Overall, the episode was fine. The letter will cause some drama in the next episode, and hopefully everything will be concluded.
Sora falling asleep in class. I've had that happen before, and it wasn't fun xD
On another note, I'm really enjoying Sora's little dreams/fantasies play out. The scene with field of flowers kind of reminded me of Alice from Wonderland.
I wonder if this Sora > Yuuta > Raika > Sora love square/triangle will resolve itself by the end of the series. Probably not though.
man that ending them feels
wonder how this is going to turn out are they going to llive with there other uncle ??
MAN Y DON'T they jsut tell hina i know it sucks but fuckkk
so many feels D:
LOl@ Sora with boobies XD
Sora has a crazy imagination thats for sure ^-^
Even though I don't like the Aunt or the Takanashi family she had a point. One, Yuuta's been too focused on the feeling of being a father that he completely didn't notice any fever signs of Hina, or Miu's problems. Then there's Sora quitting the club. Lastly, not having his phone charged is a huge mistake Yuuta made. There's no ifs or butts, being a parent means having the phone charged everyday. What would have happened if Hina went to the hospital and Yuuta's phone was out of battery. Yep, most likely the girls would be taken on the spot. The only reason the aunt even gave Yuuta more time was because she wanted him to think it over.
The ending was heart breaking. Explaining to a 3 year old that her parents aren't coming back is a tough task and depressing.
How the hell does the aunty even know more about how the kids are doing more so than Yuuta- it doesn't even make sense lol. Such a silly and illogical plot sequence. Makes me hate her lol. I'm just happy things aren't going as bad as they COULD have. It'll turn into the kids getting mad at Yuuta for deciding to send them to the uncle without considering their feelings, I think.
I understand that Yuta offered to take in the girls because the elders were to take then apart and that would have been more hard for the girls and even though they protested, they let him have it his way... the thing that I don’t understand is if they knew of his situation why in The Blue Hell they didn’t send him some kind of allowances, not big bucks but some kind of an amount to help him get through with his life (food, travel & school expenses and health care for the girls) and now they are trying to take the girls away... they are family they supposed to take care of each other in rough times…
jacobpaige said: All of these problems could have been avoided by transfering the girls to a closer school or moving into the house instead of the apartment and putting college on hold until Sora was old enough to get a job and Miu was old enough to take care of Hina. But that would require a lot less melodrama than the "solutions" used so far.
Assuming that neither of those solutions would work for some unknown reason(s), he should take that guy up on his offer and let the girls go, its what's best for everyone. Of course there's absolutely no chance whatsoever that that will happen. Its much more likely that we'll get another touchy feely half-assed solution that basically amounts to "It'll all work out somehow."
I don't know why so many people compared this to Usagi Drop, its like comparing a cesspool to a reservoir, just because they're both man made structures containing water :/
Am I the only one who felt a bit of pacing whiplash here? I assume there was a time skip.
Segawa is a total dad now and he's working really hard, Sora has finally realized what her feelings towards Segawa mean with her dreams of marriage, the four of them are used to this life now with the girls are exhausting themselves to keep Segawa from being worried, and for the first time in forever Hina finally remembers she has a mom and a dad, an issue that has been avoided awkwardly for awhile. Everything was so gradually building up and this episode felt as though it were an awkward skip forward so everything could go wrong and there could be an emotional climax. ~_~
The yuri scene was off putting at first but then I remembered how much of a teaser Miu is and it made sense to me why Sora would dream of her like that.. maybe. Dreams don't have to make sense and it makes enough sense to have Miu play a good spirited joke on her like that. It's quite certainly for the perverts out there I'm sure but it could be worse!
And yes Auntie knew too much about what was going on to make sense. Perhaps it will be explained or it will be a plot hole. Everything bad possible going on at once and an omniscient aunt really soured this episode for me, it felt so artificial. I would have loved to see more build up to all of these events. Perhaps it didn't really need it, Segawa was never a questioning father and it did show Sora stop going to her club but it could have been far more stretched out and shown that separation of him and the girls grow deeper.
Either way it seemed like everything was going well until this episode and Segawa as the super dad he now is decided it perhaps is best for the girls to move in together with someone else. The reason he did initially take them in was to keep them together after all and he's able to see the broader picture now.
The one part that really got to me was actually Segawa beating himself over not having his phone on when Hina was in trouble. He did this to give back to the world what his sister did for him and he's doing the exact opposite from what she did for him now, he's putting the children in danger. The scene leading to it may have felt contrived for the reasons above but at least it's a good motivation for him doubting himself on top of his development.
Some other things:
I feel like living in the house could cost more than the apartment. It's also probably not in his name and I don't know, as someone not familiar with the process of buying and owning houses this was something I didn't mind.
As for the other family wanting to take the girls just shunning Segawa and not sending him money, unless this is explored its just another questionable detail like the omniscient aunt.