Sukitte Ii na yo. Episode 2 Discussion

Takana_no_Hana said:


She could just make up something and said that it based on a true story(of herself)
Something like this, for example(read the comments below):


By all means, they're just ways to sell products lol ...

iLostReason said:


Indeed, we don't know much about her, but well, then i guess i should have said that my ''first impression of her is very bad''.Jealousy is jealosy, but...the thing is that they are dating for a long time if i remember correctly, and they have never kissed.Which is already weird, because if you really date someone and love this person, you would definitely want to at least kiss each other before some random girls/guy do it.Second, which got me really confused...why Kurosawa is kissing so many girls anyway, (if rumour is true, and it seems so) when he have girlfriend.Why she didnt say something before? and here another thing comes to my mind.They just don't love each other...at least thats what i think for now.I don't know how about Kurosawa, but Airi seems like trying to ''defend'' her handsome boyfriend only when something serious happens.I still don't know whats her idea, and what shes up to, but for this moment i dont think shes a good character that wants to date with Kurosawa because of love.He seems weird too, i guess we will just have to wait and see.

akutasame94 said:
Just to let you know, Sukitte and some events, main character are all based on real life experiences of writer :D Mei is the copy of herself when she was young, that skirt pulling really happened to her. I am not sure if the most handsome guy fell for her, but this also some kind of biography. And again, I don't dare to spoil you people, you will hate me forever xD Just wait and see how it develops. Amounts of wrong guesses here are amazing xD

Omni-Bot said:
Honestly, I hate Kurosawa with a passion after this episode.

First of all, I need to state that Mei is exactly like I was at that age. I don't just mean similar, I mean to-a-tee-carbon-copy-clone the same. I had a similar home life. I was also betrayed by people I trusted at a young age and developed the exact same outlook on friendship. Like her, I understood people quite well despite my social ineptitude because I could look at them without any emotional attachment and analyze their personality objectively. Like her, I never spoke to people at school, and when I did, like her, I did so with the intent of making them never talk to me again. And so on and so forth.

Because of that I can say without a doubt that Kurosawa is a manipulative, self-centered scumbag. He may be a generic sparkly white knight bishonen type by typical shoujo standards, but when compared to the starkly realistic portrayal of Mei, simply saying that he's a selfless nice guy is not going to cut it. White knights do not exist in real life, and therefore they cannot exist as a protagonist in a story which aspires to have realistic characters. The ONLY reason that a guy would pursue a person like Mei as diligently and forcefully as he does is to boost his ego by making the most angry, antisocial girl in school fall for him. As the seemingly 'selfless freak' Taichi from Kokoro Connect said about himself, he doesn't help others because he cares about them more than himself, he helps others because he wants feel better about himself by having other people rely on him. He is a 'selfish freak.'

Some of you might have liked the kissing at the end, because hey, who doesn't want a gorgeous guy sweet talking you and kissing you passionately just out of sight of the public eye. The thing is, a person like Mei doesn't want that, and a guy who really cares about a girl like Mei doesn't force himself on her like that. Mei wants to be able to trust someone, and Kurosawa is not someone to trust. As someone who normally loves the warm fuzzies brought on by good romantic stuff, this scene made me sick to my stomach.

Uhg, that was a long rant. Sorry about the wall of text, but I just had to spit that out there. Perhaps I should have just made this a review. In some ways the show is too realistic for me (not something I thought I'd ever say), and what I take issue with is not so much the realism as it is viewers not realizing that there's more to the show than what's on the surface. Regardless, I really relate to Mei, and therefore will continue watching the show with the hope that Kurosawa will get enough development to justify his rotten behavior thus far.

Face_Faith said:

Uhm, if you're talking about Yamato and Arai, I don't recall them dating :S


I remember at the end of the... first volume or so, the author said she had similar experiences to Mei regarding the bullying, but was there really more to it? If so, can you link to a site or something? :O

Hexari said:
Does Yamato make anyone else feel uncomfortable? Something seems.. off.

Benzen said:


I cannot agree more, he's more of a playboy than 'popular nice guy' and he knows it. I can't help but compare to Kimi ni Todoke but I liked that anime so much more as Kazehaya is much more respectful and gentlemen like than Yamoto who is more forward and brash. Which is fine but as you pointed Mei doesn't want that and is feeling more uncomfortable and imposed.

zorapup said:
I think Mei is confused for the same reason as I am. What does Kurosawa see in Mei? Cute? okay fine yes. Hard to get? sure but not because Mei is leading him on.

I'm sure it'll be revealed later but I can see Mei's hesitation to accept her feelings for Kurosawa when she hasn't really trusted anyone before.

akutasame94 said:


So far in manga Yamato is far from being a bad guy, it's exact opposite. This anime really serves as an example how people jump to conclusions and judge others(in this case anime character) without any evidence.
Anyway... Chapter 24, when are you going to be translated... And that chapter will be the end of volume 6 and if I am not wrong there are 10 volumes T.T I want more :'(

zorapup said:


Oh I'm not saying he's a bad guy at all. But his intentions although i suppose it seems clear on the surface seems very cloudy underneath. Whatever the rumor of Arai and him may be, I think there's just a bunch of internal emotional distress he's dealing with and I'm just not sure whether he's moving his feelings onto someone else. Like a rebound or an example would be taking out your anger on person B when really you're mad at person A.

akutasame94 said:
Well there it was also written that she hated everyone, that she felt betrayed and that Mei is a copy of her. Also that skirt pulling event also happened to her, except that she didn't hit a guy instead she said f**k you xD

Omni-Bot said:
Honestly, I hate Kurosawa with a passion after this episode.

First of all, I need to state that Mei is exactly like I was at that age. I don't just mean similar, I mean to-a-tee-carbon-copy-clone the same. I had a similar home life. I was also betrayed by people I trusted at a young age and developed the exact same outlook on friendship. Like her, I understood people quite well despite my social ineptitude because I could look at them without any emotional attachment and analyze their personality objectively. Like her, I never spoke to people at school, and when I did, like her, I did so with the intent of making them never talk to me again. And so on and so forth.

Because of that I can say without a doubt that Kurosawa is a manipulative, self-centered scumbag. He may be a generic sparkly white knight bishonen type by typical shoujo standards, but when compared to the starkly realistic portrayal of Mei, simply saying that he's a selfless nice guy is not going to cut it. White knights do not exist in real life, and therefore they cannot exist as a protagonist in a story which aspires to have realistic characters. The ONLY reason that a guy would pursue a person like Mei as diligently and forcefully as he does is to boost his ego by making the most angry, antisocial girl in school fall for him. As the seemingly 'selfless freak' Taichi from Kokoro Connect said about himself, he doesn't help others because he cares about them more than himself, he helps others because he wants feel better about himself by having other people rely on him. He is a 'selfish freak.'

Some of you might have liked the kissing at the end, because hey, who doesn't want a gorgeous guy sweet talking you and kissing you passionately just out of sight of the public eye. The thing is, a person like Mei doesn't want that, and a guy who really cares about a girl like Mei doesn't force himself on her like that. Mei wants to be able to trust someone, and Kurosawa is not someone to trust. As someone who normally loves the warm fuzzies brought on by good romantic stuff, this scene made me sick to my stomach.

Uhg, that was a long rant. Sorry about the wall of text, but I just had to spit that out there. Perhaps I should have just made this a review. In some ways the show is too realistic for me (not something I thought I'd ever say), and what I take issue with is not so much the realism as it is viewers not realizing that there's more to the show than what's on the surface. Regardless, I really relate to Mei, and therefore will continue watching the show with the hope that Kurosawa will get enough development to justify his rotten behavior thus far.

Brego1 said:
This series has had more kisses at 2 episodes than most other anime after 25.