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Aug 23, 2015 8:51 AM

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Lollo36 said:

In regards to continuity, the entire second half of this ep is a conclusion of the previous episode's character arc, as he finally meets someone to talk with about his loss, and at the same time, he realizes who prompted his change initially, and then allowed him to come back to normal life. To end the arc, he repays his debt to Nao, finally showing sincere affection for someone else (besides his sister).

Exactly. I can't say that Yuu is in love with Nao but he most certainly feels affection for her; Yuu's smiles in this episode are genuine. It's similar to how he acted around Ayumi.
I think Nao is going to open up to Yuu a lot more now too. (Maybe her character arc is next?) When Yuu first told her about his idea of taking Sala to her brother, Nao gives him an obligatory and rather emotionless thank you. But at the end of the episode, the emotion in Nao's voice makes it evident that her gratitude towards Yuu is sincere and genuine.
The romance between Nao and Yuu is being developed nicely in my opinion. Yuu and Nao aren't falling in love with each other just for the sake of it. For the first few episodes they got to know each other. Then just when Yuu had started getting used to his new life, the events of episode 6 occurred. Losing the only person he truly cared about, he went on a violent rampage in episode 7. Nao ended up sticking by his side due to guilt and her sense of duty. This is what made Yuu become affectionate towards her. (When he walked in the class and saw Nao, her words that day immediately came to his mind; he's obviously touched by what Nao did.) And in this episode Yuu got the chance to repay his debt towards Nao and he did. I'm pretty sure this should ensure Yuu a special place in Nao's heart.
So now that the two actually have a reason to care about each other, we can see the two of them go on a 'date' in the next episode. I know that some people are saying that a romantic angle will make the show worse but I think the romantic development is pretty nice. Now if they fall in love, it won't seem like plot convenience. And I can't express in words just how grateful I am for that.
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Oh, so he's gone from dangerously off the rails in 1 episode to being all happy and positive in the next...

It's more like he spent weeks acting depressed, childish and violent, so when someone made him realize that he was about to pass the point of no return, he had nothing to say besides desperately asking "then, what should I do?".
I'm not sure how constantly thinking "the others are acting cheerful and gentle just because of my loss", wandering around with a stranger because he didn't want to go back home and feel lonely, or occasionally forgetting that Ayu is dead and trying to call her qualify as "being all happy and positive". Not to mention that Sala spends half the episode talking about how depressed Yuu felt to her, and we even heard him sigh a couple times.

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Am I trying too hard to find a reference?


Nice find, but I don't know if it was intentional XD

ahsinam33 said:


As much as I like this couple, I don't think that Nao is even capable of thinking about being in a proper relationship with Yuu. Her conversation with him about why she didn't want to meet Sala reminds us of just how little trust she has in other people after what happened to her, but Yuu's actions in this episode and her faint "thank you" may signal the start of something.

I have this feeling that shit is going to go down during or after the concert in the next episode, though. Also, I'm not setting aside the possibility that Nao might be just using Yuu (to some extent), since she's definately hiding something from him.
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Heartwarming episode actually
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Lollo36 said:

ahsinam33 said:


As much as I like this couple, I don't think that Nao is even capable of thinking about being in a proper relationship with Yuu. Her conversation with him about why she didn't want to meet Sala reminds us of just how little trust she has in other people after what happened to her, but Yuu's actions in this episode and her faint "thank you" may signal the start of something.

I have this feeling that shit is going to go down during or after the concert in the next episode, though. Also, I'm not setting aside the possibility that Nao might be just using Yuu (to some extent), since she's definately hiding something from him.

Well everything I said is under the assumption that Nao and Yuu actually do get together. If they don't, then this won't be a romantic development but rather the start of a friendship of sorts. But I'd like to believe that Nao and Yuu will fall in love with each other. Maeda did say that this anime was going to be romantic and serious after all.
As for the idea of Nao using Yuu, it most certainly is possible. I wouldn't put it past her. Actually, this would be very much in character for her. But her gratitude in this episode is real. So it wouldn't be surprising if she fell in love with Yuu even if she was using him. She's probably not going to think about getting into a relationship but that doesn't mean that she can't develop feelings for him.
I hope something significant happens at the concert. The concert is the first thing in this show to be mentioned in one episode and to NOT be shown in it. The episodes aren't really continuations of the previous ones. Episode 7 was less of a continuation of episode 6 and more of an aftermath of it's events. So considering that the concert wasn't shown in this episode, I guess Maeda has something big in mind otherwise he wouldn't leave the concert for the next episode.
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Oh how much I want to like this anime, but I just simply can't. The whole miracle recovery of mental illnesses is so ridiculous I can't even help but laugh to it. I understand how they don't have time to handle these things within its 13 episodes, but then they shouldn't have written the pointless comedy either. I may sound bitter about this thing, but to me as a mentally ill person it feels like a waste to use mental illnesses only as plot points.

Hopefully they won't ruin the rest of the series with a pointless romantic subplot even though I'm pretty sure that is going to happen.

The scenery is gorgeous though.
Aug 23, 2015 9:50 AM
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I guess no one told the studio that post rock doesn't have vocals
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Nothing257 said:
the pacing was way off, one minuet he was about to take drugs then he is back to normal the next day? i don't think so. rubbish to be honest. 2/5


bro...um....did you not see Yuu constantly remembering his sister in this episode or were you blind when that happened this episode...and clearly he got better due to Nao's influence..c'mon now
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Aug 23, 2015 10:00 AM

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welp at least yuu's not stabbing people in despair now aa. That miracle was a little cliche, but the vocalist is a nice character and we see how Yuu's developed because of Nao and Ayumi. I can't predict what's gonna happen but I assume Nao is gonna open up to him soon and that the climax is approaching.

overall, good episode, didn't top last week's episode or the first one but still good. I think the anime's pacing could have been better so far and there are only 5 episodes left, I hope the plot isn't rushed ( ̄▽ ̄)
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Nothing257 said:
the pacing was way off, one minuet he was about to take drugs then he is back to normal the next day? i don't think so. rubbish to be honest. 2/5


bro...um....did you not see Yuu constantly remembering his sister in this episode or were you blind when that happened this episode...and clearly he got better due to Nao's influence..c'mon now


No, he isn't blind. Sala is.

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Man that MV part was cringeworthy...
If you have to include that much music in your show, at least research how the damn mic actually works before drawing it, yes, even if you're just using it to look tough.
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Which is worse? Glasslip, a black hole of fun and investment and the perfect definition of "nothing", or Charlotte, an insensitive, sloppy, manipulative, and occasionally offensive (of course I'm referring to the shameless product placement here, and some) work of art? I'm serious, the writer has got to be in a certain level of oblivious to not realize he is trying this hard in writing a piece of shit, wasn't expecting this from Jun Maeda, seems like he is those kind of people who the harder they try the harder they fall.

Edit: it's fall not fail damn it.


You're pretty nitpicky. Glasslip is worse overall.
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Lollo36 said:

...and stop acting like a pretentious prick, "looking forward to next episode", lol.


Ever considered the fact that I'm actually looking forward to it? I was being sincere. Cool, you didn't like my post. No need to be a dick about it.
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The episode was good, Yuu is becoming a good person who takes care of the others. The moment with Nao's brother was beautiful.

I'm happy Yuu finally understood that Nao is important for him.
Aug 23, 2015 11:10 AM

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The facial expressions this episode were priceless...


Really, Nao? That's the face you make when you're asking your friends to go to a concert with you?
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Nothing257 said:
the pacing was way off, one minuet he was about to take drugs then he is back to normal the next day? i don't think so. rubbish to be honest. 2/5


bro...um....did you not see Yuu constantly remembering his sister in this episode or were you blind when that happened this episode...and clearly he got better due to Nao's influence..c'mon now

oh yer that is right i am so sorry. it went from going to about to take drugs to remembering her when walking past her picture. Nao did not do anything but make him dinner that tasted like what his sister makes, everything she says before or after that is just rubbish that i really find hard to see how it would help anyone. the next day she hardly did anything but pressure him to go to a concert that he does not want to go to and ignores him when he was trying to help her brother and do something nice for her.
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THIS IS MY THEORY THAT JUST CAME UP IN MY MIND

ZHIEND HAVE A LITTLE RELATION WITH YUU , I THINK
MAYBE YU'S MYSTERIOUS BROTHER IS ONE OF ZHIEND MEMBER OR MAYBE SOMETHING ELSE
Aug 23, 2015 12:16 PM

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I really loved the scene where Sala's singing for Nao's brother, it gave me goosebumps. all the jokes about Yusa are definitely lame & not hilarious at all though I really enjoy all the facial expressions lol
the episode was overall good but still, literally nothing is going on and it's episode 8 already
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bro...um....did you not see Yuu constantly remembering his sister in this episode or were you blind when that happened this episode...and clearly he got better due to Nao's influence..c'mon now

oh yer that is right i am so sorry. it went from going to about to take drugs to remembering her when walking past her picture. Nao did not do anything but make him dinner that tasted like what his sister makes, everything she says before or after that is just rubbish that i really find hard to see how it would help anyone. the next day she hardly did anything but pressure him to go to a concert that he does not want to go to and ignores him when he was trying to help her brother and do something nice for her.


Welp. That's anime for you :] Don't take these things so seriously, there's hardly any anime out there that do truly amazing character development. I used to think like you, but after watching so much anime I realized "fuck it" I'll never find an anime that satisfies all the needs I want.
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I really loved the scene where Sala's singing for Nao's brother, it gave me goosebumps. all the jokes about Yusa are definitely lame & not hilarious at all though I really enjoy all the facial expressions lol
the episode was overall good but still, literally nothing is going on and it's episode 8 already


I'm honestly fine with the jokes since they only take up like a minute of the episode. The thing that pissed me off about this episode was how long Yusa's song was in the beginning..that was literally filler
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Aug 23, 2015 12:26 PM

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Hm, I have a feeling that Sara know about Yuu and his sister.
Nao was trying to get Yuu to go with her to the gig in the first place right?
It's a good thing that Nao's brother was able to calm down and remember her.
So Ayumi is really gone for good...T_T
Aug 23, 2015 12:34 PM

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Nao's voice acting was spot on at the end of the episode. That girl really has a hard time expressing her feelings, but it really slipped through this time.
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The 'plot twist' is obviously gonna do with Yuu being somehow involved with Zhiend.

Let's list all the hidden meanings and unfinished details left to be addressed:

1. What's the cause behind these teenager super powers? (Funny how this plot point has been disregarded entirely for some time now).
2. Just who are these scientists / evil organizations? Do they have a name, or face? Or are they just the stereotypical 'bad' guys that do evil things for the sake of being evil.
3. Pizza sauce, did it actually do something?
4. What "guards" stopped Ayumi at the store from buying more?
5. Does Nao actually have more than one power?
6. Why does Nao get beat up by random people so often?
7. Who is the orange hair girl that appears at the end of ep 6?
8. Who is the girl in the water in the OP?
9. Is there any purpose for the other 2 members of the student council? Fill characters? 0 development.
10. Misa anyone? Appears for like 2 seconds every episode lately.
11. What's the cloudy memory where an unknown person from Yuu's family shows up having dinner with him and imouto?
12. Who is the wet guy? why does he exist? How was he found?
13. Just what is ZHIEND's relation with Yuu?
14. Who's Yuu's closest family? Will they ever show up?
15. Is Nao going to stop more people (power of the week) from using their powers? Or is that old news already?
16. Are they gonna eventually lose their powers? Clearly that can't happen in this season, right? Unless we have a massive time skip.
17. What was Nao trying to prove when Yuu took over baseball guy for 5 seconds? We didn't get to see that. It seems that Yuu's powers do something else too.
18. Is Ayumi dead forever?
19. Is it ever going to be revealed who is the only person that Nao trusts, the one that helped her escape from the lab or whatever school?
20. Is the psycho loli that caused Ayumi's death ever going to appear again? Another cheap plot device.
21. Is Yuu's initial GF going to do anything else? At least she appeared again for some reason.
22. Who runs that school where they all are student council members and nobody really cares about studying? I guess it's the same person Nao trusts? Just what is going on in that school where even the Student council president gets beaten up badly and there aren't consequences?
23. Romance between Nao and Yuu.
24. Whats the red pool that Yuu is inside of, in the OP? Was he actually messed up by this 'evil organization' in the past? Why'd they let him go?
25. Why was Yuu chosen to join the student council as opposed to all the other power of the week guys? Was it just because of the usefulness of his ability? I hope not because that would be yet another funny coincidence, the kind that this show loves to have, except this one would be the one coincidence that unleashed all the progress in the story.

5 episodes left guise. I'm sure I could go up to 30+ if I wanted to waste more time here theorycrafting about a disappointing show.

I don't watch as much anime as before...
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JTLouie said:


bro...um....did you not see Yuu constantly remembering his sister in this episode or were you blind when that happened this episode...and clearly he got better due to Nao's influence..c'mon now

oh yer that is right i am so sorry. it went from going to about to take drugs to remembering her when walking past her picture. Nao did not do anything but make him dinner that tasted like what his sister makes, everything she says before or after that is just rubbish that i really find hard to see how it would help anyone. the next day she hardly did anything but pressure him to go to a concert that he does not want to go to and ignores him when he was trying to help her brother and do something nice for her.


OH MY GOD

Of course he wants to go to the concert, he likes Zhiend, he likes Nao and owes her a favor, he recognizes that he needs to go have fun in order to recover quickly... he's just being a tsundere to Nao, ffs

With the stalking and the omelette, Nao showed Yuu that there were still people (= HER) who sincerely cared about him after his sister's death. Yuu was looking for someone to take care of him since the start of the episode (see his conversation with Yumi), he just needed a bit of time to play the emo bully for a while.
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So what was the point of that awful Yusarin video? The breakdancing on the table was awesome though

Too bad the engrish in the song was so distracting, the scene in the hospital was still really nice
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I loved how emotional Nao sounded at the end thanking him, the ship has sailed from both sides now.

Also bless Sawashiro Miyuki, perfect performance as Sala, ''Shit!''
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To me it sounded like Yusarin's new song wasn't sung by Yusarin at all, probably explains the ridiculously low volume that the vocals had in it.
Besides that still a bit meh. Not liking the charms either, everything is just not of the usual key-quality.
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It surprises me how Yuu is back to normal after one episode. He was into such a depression mode and he got over it so fast? Episode 7 then, had no impact at all.

I guess the vocalist must have some special power too.
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JTLouie said:
Nothing257 said:

oh yer that is right i am so sorry. it went from going to about to take drugs to remembering her when walking past her picture. Nao did not do anything but make him dinner that tasted like what his sister makes, everything she says before or after that is just rubbish that i really find hard to see how it would help anyone. the next day she hardly did anything but pressure him to go to a concert that he does not want to go to and ignores him when he was trying to help her brother and do something nice for her.


Welp. That's anime for you :] Don't take these things so seriously, there's hardly any anime out there that do truly amazing character development. I used to think like you, but after watching so much anime I realized "fuck it" I'll never find an anime that satisfies all the needs I want.


I don't think he's asking for "truly amazing character development". Just the halfway decent kind. And if that's too much to ask for ... well, shit.
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They are trolling us, right? Right? This was so bad episode they had to keep doing it intentionally. The start was really awful slapstick. And the amount of railroading later was really unbearable.

I am almost sure his meeting with Sarah was planned. I bet she also knew of his condition beforehand. And just about everyone around him tries to guide him somewhere which feels totally suspicious.

EVERYTHING IS STAGED. Sigh. The worst thing is they made the world and all characters revolve around him.. for the sake of the plot.

It's so painfully obvious everyone is playing their part for his sake.

btw - both songs were pretty bad.
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Infatuate said:
The 'plot twist' is obviously gonna do with Yuu being somehow involved with Zhiend.

Let's list all the hidden meanings and unfinished details left to be addressed:

1. What's the cause behind these teenager super powers? (Funny how this plot point has been disregarded entirely for some time now).
2. Just who are these scientists / evil organizations? Do they have a name, or face? Or are they just the stereotypical 'bad' guys that do evil things for the sake of being evil.
3. Pizza sauce, did it actually do something?
4. What "guards" stopped Ayumi at the store from buying more?
5. Does Nao actually have more than one power?
6. Why does Nao get beat up by random people so often?
7. Who is the orange hair girl that appears at the end of ep 6?
8. Who is the girl in the water in the OP?
9. Is there any purpose for the other 2 members of the student council? Fill characters? 0 development.
10. Misa anyone? Appears for like 2 seconds every episode lately.
11. What's the cloudy memory where an unknown person from Yuu's family shows up having dinner with him and imouto?
12. Who is the wet guy? why does he exist? How was he found?
13. Just what is ZHIEND's relation with Yuu?
14. Who's Yuu's closest family? Will they ever show up?
15. Is Nao going to stop more people (power of the week) from using their powers? Or is that old news already?
16. Are they gonna eventually lose their powers? Clearly that can't happen in this season, right? Unless we have a massive time skip.
17. What was Nao trying to prove when Yuu took over baseball guy for 5 seconds? We didn't get to see that. It seems that Yuu's powers do something else too.
18. Is Ayumi dead forever?
19. Is it ever going to be revealed who is the only person that Nao trusts, the one that helped her escape from the lab or whatever school?
20. Is the psycho loli that caused Ayumi's death ever going to appear again? Another cheap plot device.
21. Is Yuu's initial GF going to do anything else? At least she appeared again for some reason.
22. Who runs that school where they all are student council members and nobody really cares about studying? I guess it's the same person Nao trusts? Just what is going on in that school where even the Student council president gets beaten up badly and there aren't consequences?
23. Romance between Nao and Yuu.
24. Whats the red pool that Yuu is inside of, in the OP? Was he actually messed up by this 'evil organization' in the past? Why'd they let him go?
25. Why was Yuu chosen to join the student council as opposed to all the other power of the week guys? Was it just because of the usefulness of his ability? I hope not because that would be yet another funny coincidence, the kind that this show loves to have, except this one would be the one coincidence that unleashed all the progress in the story.

5 episodes left guise. I'm sure I could go up to 30+ if I wanted to waste more time here theorycrafting about a disappointing show.


You numbered the plot holes. I think they're all gonna be explained in the next 5 episodes(I hope so).
I'm not gonna say that this is a disappointing show, I'm liking it so far, but I want to know the plot like everyone wants.
But that's the way Jun Maeda works. In Clannad After Story the plot holes were explained just in the last episodes.
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This feels...badly written. I like Yuu's development, but so much of this feels forced. The comedy, the beginnings of romance between Nao and Yuu, and then Nao's brother getting better just by listening to a bit of singing...

I can say with certainty that I don't like Nao. And I just really don't understand how she could possibly have been the one to make Yuu a better person. She honestly hasn't done much at all.

I"ll finish this anime but honestly watching it isn't very enjoyable.

P.s. Sala's singing voice is lovely!
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I have a feeling some shit is going down next ep.
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Infatuate said:
The 'plot twist' is obviously gonna do with Yuu being somehow involved with Zhiend.

Let's list all the hidden meanings and unfinished details left to be addressed:

1. What's the cause behind these teenager super powers? (Funny how this plot point has been disregarded entirely for some time now).
2. Just who are these scientists / evil organizations? Do they have a name, or face? Or are they just the stereotypical 'bad' guys that do evil things for the sake of being evil.
3. Pizza sauce, did it actually do something?
4. What "guards" stopped Ayumi at the store from buying more?
5. Does Nao actually have more than one power?
6. Why does Nao get beat up by random people so often?
7. Who is the orange hair girl that appears at the end of ep 6?
8. Who is the girl in the water in the OP?
9. Is there any purpose for the other 2 members of the student council? Fill characters? 0 development.
10. Misa anyone? Appears for like 2 seconds every episode lately.
11. What's the cloudy memory where an unknown person from Yuu's family shows up having dinner with him and imouto?
12. Who is the wet guy? why does he exist? How was he found?
13. Just what is ZHIEND's relation with Yuu?
14. Who's Yuu's closest family? Will they ever show up?
15. Is Nao going to stop more people (power of the week) from using their powers? Or is that old news already?
16. Are they gonna eventually lose their powers? Clearly that can't happen in this season, right? Unless we have a massive time skip.
17. What was Nao trying to prove when Yuu took over baseball guy for 5 seconds? We didn't get to see that. It seems that Yuu's powers do something else too.
18. Is Ayumi dead forever?
19. Is it ever going to be revealed who is the only person that Nao trusts, the one that helped her escape from the lab or whatever school?
20. Is the psycho loli that caused Ayumi's death ever going to appear again? Another cheap plot device.
21. Is Yuu's initial GF going to do anything else? At least she appeared again for some reason.
22. Who runs that school where they all are student council members and nobody really cares about studying? I guess it's the same person Nao trusts? Just what is going on in that school where even the Student council president gets beaten up badly and there aren't consequences?
23. Romance between Nao and Yuu.
24. Whats the red pool that Yuu is inside of, in the OP? Was he actually messed up by this 'evil organization' in the past? Why'd they let him go?
25. Why was Yuu chosen to join the student council as opposed to all the other power of the week guys? Was it just because of the usefulness of his ability? I hope not because that would be yet another funny coincidence, the kind that this show loves to have, except this one would be the one coincidence that unleashed all the progress in the story.

5 episodes left guise. I'm sure I could go up to 30+ if I wanted to waste more time here theorycrafting about a disappointing show.


It's jarring how none of those points have been explained yet we are nearly 3/4's through the anime, they keep choosing to wasste half eps on pointless bs. Can't even be bothered to explain why nao the student body president gets beaten up at school something that could be explained in 5 minutes by anybody. 5 episodes left they better get to it
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oh yer that is right i am so sorry. it went from going to about to take drugs to remembering her when walking past her picture. Nao did not do anything but make him dinner that tasted like what his sister makes, everything she says before or after that is just rubbish that i really find hard to see how it would help anyone. the next day she hardly did anything but pressure him to go to a concert that he does not want to go to and ignores him when he was trying to help her brother and do something nice for her.


OH MY GOD

Of course he wants to go to the concert, he likes Zhiend, he likes Nao and owes her a favor, he recognizes that he needs to go have fun in order to recover quickly... he's just being a tsundere to Nao, ffs

With the stalking and the omelette, Nao showed Yuu that there were still people (= HER) who sincerely cared about him after his sister's death. Yuu was looking for someone to take care of him since the start of the episode (see his conversation with Yumi), he just needed a bit of time to play the emo bully for a while.


she should have just told him the truth. "Yuu there is now no one in the world that loves you, i have only been following you so that i can laugh at you sorrow, everyone hates you now and the only one person that did love you is being scraped of the school rubble. have this omelet that you hate and come back to school". JK, JK i know she was trying to comfort him and all that. also i don't think that a person that tries to get someone else to go wants to go. also it was partly Naos fault that his sister died anyway so he owed her nothing.
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This episode was beautiful. It is honestly hard to put into words how good this was.
Aug 23, 2015 5:53 PM

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Sara = Iwasama reincarnation lol xD
well they have much in common.

thanks to Sara sing, Kazuki finally recognize Nao. :D

and looks like Yuu already move on since what happen before. :)

Very Good Episode :D
next time ZHIEND concert.

Aug 23, 2015 6:16 PM
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Nothing257 said:

oh yer that is right i am so sorry. it went from going to about to take drugs to remembering her when walking past her picture. Nao did not do anything but make him dinner that tasted like what his sister makes, everything she says before or after that is just rubbish that i really find hard to see how it would help anyone. the next day she hardly did anything but pressure him to go to a concert that he does not want to go to and ignores him when he was trying to help her brother and do something nice for her.


OH MY GOD

Of course he wants to go to the concert, he likes Zhiend, he likes Nao and owes her a favor, he recognizes that he needs to go have fun in order to recover quickly... he's just being a tsundere to Nao, ffs

With the stalking and the omelette, Nao showed Yuu that there were still people (= HER) who sincerely cared about him after his sister's death. Yuu was looking for someone to take care of him since the start of the episode (see his conversation with Yumi), he just needed a bit of time to play the emo bully for a while.


Thank you.
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Aug 23, 2015 6:50 PM

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Wassaaaa said:
Am I trying too hard to find a reference?


Nah. Also, Sala has the same voice actor and singing voice as Iwasawa from AB.
Aug 23, 2015 7:12 PM

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Man, this show keeps wasting time with filler material... to those people who are trying to defend the show, do you not at least understand where the complaints are coming from? You may disagree with them, but because many people are criticizing the show for these problems, the complaints are much more justified, and not just blind hate.
"Beyond the veil of cherry blossom petals blown by the wind - almost like their promised reunion -

Feelings pile up with the passage of time: once the torrent of emotions comes rushing down, what is the spectacle that awaits?"
Aug 23, 2015 7:17 PM

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Does anybody think something will happen at the concert next episode?

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Aug 23, 2015 7:34 PM

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Does anybody think something will happen at the concert next episode?


If something of dramatic importance that should really advance the plot *doesn't* happen, then this show is definitely screwed.

So yes, I'm pretty sure (I hope) that something big will happen next episode.
LightBladeNovaAug 23, 2015 7:40 PM
"Beyond the veil of cherry blossom petals blown by the wind - almost like their promised reunion -

Feelings pile up with the passage of time: once the torrent of emotions comes rushing down, what is the spectacle that awaits?"
Aug 23, 2015 7:43 PM

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Sala is the lead vocalist of ZHIEND.

She helps bring back Nao's brother

For a moment I thought Nao was going to cry because I was tearing up TwT

Wonder if something will happen at the concert?
Aug 23, 2015 7:54 PM

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LightBladeNova said:
Man, this show keeps wasting time with filler material... to those people who are trying to defend the show, do you not at least understand where the complaints are coming from? You may disagree with them, but because many people are criticizing the show for these problems, the complaints are much more justified, and not just blind hate.


As with everything else, it's the viewer's perspective. My friend and I argue over this show all the time, and he sometimes doesn't see the uses of Chekhov's gun like I do. I may even be subconsciously making up instances where it was used.

Like, in this episode, my friend felt that Yuu's change based on Nao's influence was flat, and that it didn't much sense because one of the only catalysts was Ayumi's death.
Meanwhile, I think it's a great thing because Nao's influence was like an opposite reaction. It's not the same, but it can be compared to avoiding alcohol because your parents are alcoholics, except there is no resentment here.

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Personally, I felt as if the "comedic" scenes were welcome in this episode. The only reason being that Yuu's reactions to them are of an observant nature. It really shows how he's taking everything in and reevaluating what he's missed.
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EpicCh33se said:
LightBladeNova said:
Man, this show keeps wasting time with filler material... to those people who are trying to defend the show, do you not at least understand where the complaints are coming from? You may disagree with them, but because many people are criticizing the show for these problems, the complaints are much more justified, and not just blind hate.


As with everything else, it's the viewer's perspective. My friend and I argue over this show all the time, and he sometimes doesn't see the uses of Chekhov's gun like I do. I may even be subconsciously making up instances where it was used.

Like, in this episode, my friend felt that Yuu's change based on Nao's influence was flat, and that it didn't much sense because one of the only catalysts was Ayumi's death.
Meanwhile, I think it's a great thing because Nao's influence was like an opposite reaction. It's not the same, but it can be compared to avoiding alcohol because your parents are alcoholics, except there is no resentment here.

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Personally, I felt as if the "comedic" scenes were welcome in this episode. The only reason being that Yuu's reactions to them are of an observant nature. It really shows how he's taking everything in and reevaluating what he's missed.


And like I said, you may disagree with the complaints and that's all fine and dandy, as long as you can provide a reasonable explanation for your own opinion, which you did. I just don't appreciate fans telling others that they're just flat out wrong, that they're just blindly hating, and/or that they just "don't get it". Basically, I'd like you to acknowledge that the criticisms are valid, even if you don't agree with them. Of course, you're free to still enjoy the show though.
"Beyond the veil of cherry blossom petals blown by the wind - almost like their promised reunion -

Feelings pile up with the passage of time: once the torrent of emotions comes rushing down, what is the spectacle that awaits?"
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Yuu_vi_Britannia said:
If you are looking for useful arguments and a nice chat about the anime beyond the traditional ''fanwank'', overvaluation and worship of favorite characters, absurd defenses of favorite characters.
You should move away from Western forums as ''MAL'', Reddit and 4chan /a/.

Otherwise you will end up just getting stressed and upset with both of nonsense that you read.


Honestly, I'm more bothered when people pop in discussion threads just to say things like "I liked this episode. I hope the next one's good." or "I didn't like it. Dropping."
Even preposterous or horrible arguments are better than that.
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EpicCh33se said:
Yuu_vi_Britannia said:
If you are looking for useful arguments and a nice chat about the anime beyond the traditional ''fanwank'', overvaluation and worship of favorite characters, absurd defenses of favorite characters.
You should move away from Western forums as ''MAL'', Reddit and 4chan /a/.

Otherwise you will end up just getting stressed and upset with both of nonsense that you read.


Honestly, I'm more bothered when people pop in discussion threads just to say things like "I liked this episode. I hope the next one's good." or "I didn't like it. Dropping."
Even preposterous or horrible arguments are better than that.


Actually, I think preposterous/horrible arguments are worse than the mundane "I like/dislike this episode"... cuz with terrible arguments, that actively works against you and sends you into negative-reputation territory. And since they're terrible, they don't really contribute to discussion (they actually might hurt discussion because of how they waste time). "I like/dislike" is just plain and neutral.
LightBladeNovaAug 23, 2015 8:34 PM
"Beyond the veil of cherry blossom petals blown by the wind - almost like their promised reunion -

Feelings pile up with the passage of time: once the torrent of emotions comes rushing down, what is the spectacle that awaits?"
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And it’s official. This episode made me realize that I really can’t stand Tomori’s character. She is very indifferent and aloof in very irritating manner. Always bossy to a fault…grrrrrr. Acting high and mighty like she knows everything. Even her voice and how she is depicted is downright detestable. How I wish Yusa was the MC here. She should just disappear somewhere and never return. >w<
Aug 23, 2015 8:55 PM

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I actually like Tomori lol, though I can't really explain why. For some reason, it takes a *lot* for me to really dislike a fictional character, but that's just me.
"Beyond the veil of cherry blossom petals blown by the wind - almost like their promised reunion -

Feelings pile up with the passage of time: once the torrent of emotions comes rushing down, what is the spectacle that awaits?"
Aug 23, 2015 9:05 PM

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I don't really like Nao as a person, but I find her entertaining and enjoyable to watch at least. The same cannot be said for Ayumi, Takajou, Yusa ... or really anyone else besides Nao and Yuu.

Oh, and Misa, but she barely shows up at all anymore.
Aug 23, 2015 11:33 PM

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I guess this isn't a surprise given what happened at the end of episode 7, but I'm still disappointed with this jarring tone shift. Last episode was great, except for the unfortunately rushed resolution. One of the biggest issues here must be the number of episodes. Yuu should have gone through a far gloomier and gradual transition rather than an abrupt change back to who he was... but there aren't enough episode left for that. He gradually got more and more depressed in episode 7, but then he suddenly set a world record in his recovery.
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