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Given Ep 9 Full Song『Fuyu no Hanashi (冬のはなし)』by Mafuyu (CV: Yano Shougo) [Eng Sub] |
| wth lol who are those 52 crazy ppl voting that :))) |
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dany_elle1908 said: wth lol who are those 52 crazy ppl voting that :))) I think it;s not 52 people, it's one crazy person - on Friday there were two 1/5 votes. Yesterday - 43. I think this is very suspicious, In my opinion there's at leat one person with dozens false accounts who voted on all of them 1/5. Dunno why, those votes don't change the fact that this episode was trully a masterpiece. |
| Wow, that song was insane. I could def feel it. This anime is really becoming a diamond. |
| Lmao, this episode suddenly got 52 1/5 within 2 days or so. (It was 96% 5/5 and less than 5 1/5 2 days before) Guess some homophobic childish mal users did using alt account to influence the score of anime they hate. More reason to not take Mal score / rating seriously. |
Speaking of the MAL score, it has gone up the last couple of weeks. When I started watching it had a score of 6.30 now its at 7.99 so there are people out there giving the series the credit that it deserves. |
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AddaeAkono said: Speaking of the MAL score, it has gone up the last couple of weeks. When I started watching it had a score of 6.30 now its at 7.99 so there are people out there giving the series the credit that it deserves. When was the score ever that low lol? It started off with 9.77 lmao then went to ~7.7i/7.8sh when it all settled down and kinda floated there for the most part (before this ep of course), but it was never in the 6's |
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Short_Circut said: AddaeAkono said: Speaking of the MAL score, it has gone up the last couple of weeks. When I started watching it had a score of 6.30 now its at 7.99 so there are people out there giving the series the credit that it deserves. When was the score ever that low lol? It started off with 9.77 lmao then went to ~7.7i/7.8sh when it all settled down and kinda floated there for the most part (before this ep of course), but it was never in the 6's I don't recall Given getting a score of 9.77 because I started watching when it was two episodes into the series. I could be wrong but I'm pretty sure this series was in the 6's because a lot of people including myself didn't know what to make of it at the start of the season until we took a chance on it. |
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| I didn't plan to cry today, but here I am. Very beautiful episode, all the emotions were too much for my poor heart, urgh. Time to watch something funny now I guess. |
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AddaeAkono said: Short_Circut said: When was the score ever that low lol? It started off with 9.77 lmao then went to ~7.7i/7.8sh when it all settled down and kinda floated there for the most part (before this ep of course), but it was never in the 6's I don't recall Given getting a score of 9.77 because I started watching when it was two episodes into the series. I could be wrong but I'm pretty sure this series was in the 6's because a lot of people including myself didn't know what to make of it at the start of the season until we took a chance on it. yea like above, the 9.77 thing was just the first-day boost that every show gets lol. Still though, like I said it never reached the 6's or even low 7's at all afaik, even MAL Score progressions shows that it never dropped that low |
'On-Hold' is another way for a completionist to say 'Dropped' |
| shit, I cried so hard. It hit so close to home for me. Rating definitely rose after this episode. |
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| Guess I'm the only one who wasn't impressed... The CG stuff really distracted me, to a point where I missed like half the song. Mafuyu feels like such a stunted/childlike character to me that I really can't see him in a romantic relationship with anyone. It's just awkward all around- don't think the last two episodes are going to save this for me. |
SouthRzVa said: Tohsaka_Rukia said: Yuki's suicide is reaaaaaally spoiler territory. If you're interested, I suggest you read the manga but to give a simple answer, their relationship wasn't really that perfect and they still fight like ordinary couples. It doesn't help that they were really young back then and had family issues. Oh, I see. Then I guess there's still a lot to cover regarding their story and that this performance just worked as a way to give Mafuyu more development rather than giving his problems a closure as I initially thought. Thanks for the info, by the way. Perhaps I will give the manga a chance if the anime doesn't receive an announcement for a second season soon. Well actually no but it does develop his relationship with Uenoyama more and his growth as an artist. I think I used the wrong words to say and I'm sorry to disappoint you. It's not exactly a spoiler since the cause of Yuki's suicide was outright said but the adaptation does leave out some things which I think was important to Yuki's character which is what I meant by reading the manga. |
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Tohsaka_Rukia said: SouthRzVa said: Oh, I see. Then I guess there's still a lot to cover regarding their story and that this performance just worked as a way to give Mafuyu more development rather than giving his problems a closure as I initially thought. Thanks for the info, by the way. Perhaps I will give the manga a chance if the anime doesn't receive an announcement for a second season soon. Well actually no but it does develop his relationship with Uenoyama more and his growth as an artist. I think I used the wrong words to say and I'm sorry to disappoint you. It's not exactly a spoiler since the cause of Yuki's suicide was outright said but the adaptation does leave out some things which I think was important to Yuki's character which is what I meant by reading the manga. It's all good, don't worry. I was just making assumptions and if anything, I'm now more interested in seeing whether they will give a bit more insight into Yuki's character in these last two episodes or not. |
| Nice episode. Great performance and very emotional and organic character interactions. |
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ahneeme said: Short_Circut said: Came back to check the poll results and wow, 44 voted 1/5 hmmmm seems pretty susp probably the Kimetsu no Yaiba tards that could not accept that people loved another episode besides episode 19 damn, this is sooo true |
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| As a manga reader before this eps released, this song brought tears to my eyes :") I really feel the sadness when read it in the manga, but oh plz, hearing it much better and left a deeper impression for me :")) The backstory of Mafuyu's past love was really sad T_T And this song!!! Awesome! |
justasadguy said: ahneeme said: probably the Kimetsu no Yaiba tards that could not accept that people loved another episode besides episode 19 damn, this is sooo true Oh there's actually someone who thinks the same way It's just...sad |
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| song was alright, and end shit gave a nice insight into yuki's character, but animation really didn't live up to the rest of it. |
AnimeFreak-San said: is this a male gender issure...human issue...mental illness perhaps? |
| THE FEEEELS, That song made me 100% sad, really good episode |
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| im really glad that the anime lived this moment up, i was aim' for it <3 |
| Finally the most interesting episode happened (was bored with other eps) 😂 |
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| The flashback hit hard ;-; the song was a huge success! Love it! Mafuyu is like a box of surprises :D It was unexpected when he expressed his feelings through a song. Great episode! |
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| Oh my, my, my. the song + post-credits scene + the kiss. I'm speechless. 5/5 |
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| The amount of low votes this is getting (which is obviously out of pettiness for the most part at least) is disgusting but go on doing the disgusting acts if that's what makes you feel special about your pettiness, hah. |
| we were truly blessed with this anime @tiagoguerreiro13 i feel you man phantomfandom said: I didn't expect Mafuyu to lost his virginity already, in previous thread I comment on how it's possible for him to do mutual masturbation or frottage with Yuki, I guess I shouldn't underestimate his experience! For this episode I'd like to talk about condom use preference. My interpretation is that, lmaooooo.... i can't stop laughing!!!! |
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| Oh man, really got the feels. So much of the song resonated with me atm with how things are with my girlfriend, we on a break and she doesn't talk to me but i just feel like i need to be with her or just let go and move on cause everyday is a little painful like this. Anyway this was the episode i was looking forward, it was predictable of course but pleasent to finally watch. |
| Weeks later and I'm still listening to Mafuyu's song. |
| Tbh, I first saw the clip of Mafuyu singing and was totally blown off by massive feels so I decided to give the anime a chance. :’) I literally cried in the post-credits scene. The bus scene when Yuki was humming the song with Mafuyu beside him was definitely heart-wrenching. Judging from the beach scene, I guess Yuki had something going on with himself but Mafuyu barely noticed it(?). It’s sad how Yuki and Mafuyu didn’t properly communicate their feelings in the end. Anyway, I’m glad that Mafuyu is slowly accepting his past and moving on with his new love by his side. |
| I wanna spread out the info that Mafuyu's song "Fuyu no hanashi" is already out in spotify! |
| damn what an awesome episode. This is a really good series. |
EarlCiel said: It's everything you said but he only detail you are missing is that Yuki was so distraught to the point of drinking very heavily that night after the fight, not thinking clearly and likely killed himself on a whim because of the combination of everything you already mentioned. Spot on on Mafuyu's song and lyric choice.SouthRzVa said: I still don't get the context of the fight with Mafuyu and the "would you die for me?" phrase but I only can guess that Yuki was already suicidal or at least, was going through some kind of depression that the viewer had to notice. Don't quote me on this, but I'm pretty sure the flashbacks show that Mafuyu and Yuki were described to have been going through rough patches in their relationship and out of anger Mafuyu shouted "would you die for me". Those words must have held a lot of weight and most likely he asked this question as a way of testing Yuki's love for him sort of a like "do you love me enough to die for me?" sort of question. Mafuyu said those words out of anger because of their fight and in no way wanted him to actually die. I think we would have to assume that Yuki was depressed and suicidal already and we are left to assume those words probably had an effect on Yuki during the battle he was going through. I think the significance of that flashback to those words he says are his last moments with Yuki (the argument) and how Mafuyu might even blame himself and feel this heavy weight of guilt for words he said during the fight they had. It was just a fight, he probably wasn't thinking when he was angry maybe he felt hurt or betrayed (we don't really know for sure). I think these are all natural response: to feel guilty, to feel betrayed (for Yuki to leave him), and to feel all these things so during his song he went through a lot of those emotions and part of what he expresses is his thankfulness for Yuki, how he cannot forgive himself and cannot forgive Yuki either but he wants to and he is learning to keep living on. And that he knows he isn't alone. a more direct answer to your question though: |
| This episode broke me. It was so heart-wrenchingly beautiful I could function properly the rest of the night and it took me two days to be able to start watching again omg |
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| After watching this episode, I can't tell you how many times I've rewatched the performance scene. I knew the lyrics would come, but I was not expecting such an emotional impact. You can hear the grief so clear that I still get goosebumps with every listen. Everyone's facial expressions were everything. The flashbacks showed how nice Yuki was. The weight of losing him and the inability to express the emotions were beautifully expressed in the song. Just wow. |
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| my heart ached. as someone who holds on to something and wouldn't let it go like me, this episode pains me so much. dealing with loss and moving on. the song was very well done, the music, the vocal, the lyrics. its a shame that i'd would feel the overwhelmingly sadness, so i can't listen to it as much as i appreciate this piece. and the manga, dude, broke my heart. |
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| Mafuyu's song killed me. It gave me chills and almost made me cry. This song is the reason I wanted to start watching Given. I randomly clicked on a video of the song right when it came out and almost cried then too! I thought "what anime is this?! I have to watch it!" That viewing was months ago though, so I had forgotten much of how the song went. Viewing it a second time (with the story's context) still gave me the feels |
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| THAT SONG SLAPPED I LOVE THIS ANIME |
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