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Mar 31, 3:34 PM

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Kaguya is shit , atleast in the romance aspect. Really have no idea where that romance hype comes from
@PurplePants pov: you haven't read the manga
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@DivinityV12 bro scoring solo leveling with 7 while ragna crimson with 9 lmao, i can tell that your taste is just bad
@2oe and you thought solo levelling was good? It runs off of the hype from the 1st 3 episodes, the rest is mediocre
Mar 31, 5:51 PM
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@PurplePants pov: you haven't read the manga
@filthyfrank8142 damn right I haven't , nor am I planning to. I like the comedy from it , romance not so much
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@PurplePants pov: you haven't read the manga
@filthyfrank8142 damn right I haven't , nor am I planning to. I like the comedy from it , romance not so much
Mar 31, 6:36 PM
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The only thing that "disappointed" me a little was that they didn't kiss and they even baited us with a kiss. But it was also a cute scene and Ichikawa got a kiss on the cheek.
Mar 31, 8:10 PM
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Absolutely fantastic. I binged my way through all the manga over the past two days.
Mar 31, 8:24 PM

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i would say disappointed but i didn't have any expectations, it was just nothing notable. yeah kaguya-sama is too clear of this.
Mar 31, 9:24 PM

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absolutely blew my expectations out of the water
Mar 31, 10:51 PM
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It is one of the very few romance anime I’ve watched where I feel 100% satisfied with how it ended
Mar 31, 11:31 PM

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It is one of the very few romance anime I’ve watched where I feel 100% satisfied with how it ended
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Yeah, because you didn't watch that many.
Apr 1, 12:07 AM
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In Kaguya sama they did something out of ordinary to confess, something would never happen in real life, so in comparison I prefer Boku no Kokoro to be honest, honest and simple, exactly what happened with me and my wife. Dont take me wrong, I LOVE Kaguya sama.
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Apr 1, 1:03 AM

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Jackson_rajkumar said:
So I think the ending was good but a little frustrating but I was a little disappointed cause kaguya sama season 3 has set the bar way too high for me and that's why I wasn't satisfied with the ending although it was great and feel more of a teenage confession why is more realistic and not over dramatic like kaguya so what do you guys think was all of you satisfied or a little bit disappointed cause your expectations were very high like me

There are no spoilers but sorry if I miss it :

for me in terms of romance, the best is dangers in my heart, not drama or random bullshit, and the think is , in next season this anime will change your mind, because the best part is yet to come , my favourite part of this series will be animated in season 3, and that's will definitely blow your mide away. this will definitely surpass kaguya because just by reading manga I felt that and for me that is better then kaguya.
@_otaku_man00 do you mind telling me what it is your so excited for? I don't mind spoilers
Apr 1, 1:06 AM
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@_otaku_man00 do you mind telling me what it is your so excited for? I don't mind spoilers

spoilers












ichikawa writes a song on Yamada and the way they presented is awesome.i hope you read manga , that was my favourite part of the series, peak romance.
Apr 1, 3:40 AM
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yh this anime was very sub par, I wouldn't even call it a romance with how little it had in it.
there's no relationship, excessively cringe scenes and no plot development unlike in love is war where it actually builds up the romance whilst also including elite level of comedy.

No way you are blind right ?
@NekoToChiru no I just have actual taste
Apr 1, 4:05 AM
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I personally have never felt more hyped from when yamada said "you are my everything and I love you" I think the thing that made this confession so good was that in the episode we had this mid ass confession from kyotaru and was a little disappointed but then we had in my opinion the best confession that I've seen especially with the tears and everything I personally was tearing up just by how emotionally attached this show has made me this season. I'm not really sure where they are going to go from here I'm sure it still will be super cute and everything but I don't know how they can have another moment as hype as the confession because they have had 2 season building this up especially this season. To be fair I have never seen kaguya Sama I've tried but at least for me binging it has been hard just bc the comedy seems a little over the top like it's forcing down your throat but I will eventually try to watch.
Apr 1, 4:28 AM
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@CorLeonis-_-
Yeah, because you didn't watch that many.

What’s the point of ur response? Of the romance anime I have watched, not matter now many, I feel 100% satisfied. People always gotta be starting stuff
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Do we really need to compare a satirical exaggerated show and a conventionally realistic romance? This reminds me of the debate where people argue that ReZero can't be a good dark fantasy because it doesn't look like Berserk.
Apr 1, 11:46 AM
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A really good end in my point of view, but little frustrating I agree with that point, because a good part of us wanted to see the final kiss, but the way it went was funny so it's okay. The declaration was sweet and the animation really matched with it. So yeah, It was a really good end.
Apr 2, 12:48 AM

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Absolutely satisfied. And I liked it more than Kaguya sama.

I liked Teasing Master Takagi as much as this show.
Apr 2, 12:56 AM
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I WANT a season 3, but I don't think it NEEDS a season 3. Ending with a confession is pretty much always satisfying, even more so if it's done well- and this one was beautiful. I managed to avoid spoilers, so I was actually very pleasantly surprised that we got the confession. I usually expect something of this magnitude to happen in a third season of a rom-com (ex. kaguya sama or what not)

I am very satisfied. Which is a good thing; because if season 3 does come, it will probably be a long, long time from now.


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Apr 2, 11:09 AM

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it was great and feel more of a teenage confession why is more realistic and not over dramatic like kaguya

Nah bro, both are too dramatic. I dont understand why they had to cry so much, as if the mc just met the girl that saved his and his family's life or something like that. id argue dangers in my heart is more dramatic in this sense
Apr 2, 12:06 PM
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I liked his graduation speech better than the confession.I liked s1 better

kaguya sama s3 was good but the kiss was underwhelming. I feel more emotion when ishigami tries to rizz the senpai than the main couple
Apr 2, 6:10 PM
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Why is there no middle option, like "met, but not exceeded my expectations", or "could be worse, could be better"? Why do we have to operate in outdated, inaccurate, binary terms just like in politics? Give us more of a spectrum next time.
Apr 3, 3:20 PM

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Had Ichikawa been 2cm taller, they'd have been able to kiss. Would've rated it 10/10 in that case. Nevertheless, one of the best romance anime.



9/10.
“𝖨𝖿 𝗅𝗂𝖿𝖾 𝗐𝖾𝗋𝖾 𝗉𝗋𝖾𝖽𝗂𝖼𝗍𝖺𝖻𝗅𝖾, 𝗂𝗍 π—π—ˆπ—Žπ—…π–½ π–Όπ–Ύπ–Ίπ—Œπ–Ύ π—π—ˆ 𝖻𝖾 𝗅𝗂𝖿𝖾 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖻𝖾 π—π—‚π—π—π—ˆπ—Žπ— π–Ώπ—…π–Ίπ—π—ˆπ—‹.” – π–€π—…π–Ύπ–Ίπ—‡π—ˆπ—‹ π–±π—ˆπ—ˆπ—Œπ–Ύπ—π–Ύπ—…π—
Apr 3, 3:47 PM
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DivinityV12 said:
@NekoToChiru no I just have actual taste

bro you even hate on the soundtrack of this show you're obviously just a troll hater
Apr 3, 3:48 PM
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MaroMangas623 said:
DivinityV12 said:
@NekoToChiru no I just have actual taste

bro you even hate on the soundtrack of this show you're obviously just a troll hater

what soundtrack? if I wouldn't listen to any of this stuff on my youtube playlist or even remember any of it, what quality is there?
it doesn't even make me go out of my way to search up its OST mate πŸ˜‚
Apr 3, 3:51 PM
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DivinityV12 said:
MaroMangas623 said:

bro you even hate on the soundtrack of this show you're obviously just a troll hater

what soundtrack? if I wouldn't listen to any of this stuff on my youtube playlist or even remember any of it, what quality is there?
it doesn't even make me go out of my way to search up its OST mate πŸ˜‚

lol that's just you then. One of the main praises for this show is the music by THE Kensuke Ushio. Easily one of the best osts last Season
Apr 3, 3:53 PM
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MaroMangas623 said:
DivinityV12 said:

what soundtrack? if I wouldn't listen to any of this stuff on my youtube playlist or even remember any of it, what quality is there?
it doesn't even make me go out of my way to search up its OST mate πŸ˜‚

lol that's just you then. One of the main praises for this show is the music by THE Kensuke Ushio. Easily one of the best osts last Season

Highly doubt that, I keep up with alot of anime news outlets and heard nothing about its ost.
nice going tho googling the composer of a mediocore soundtrack to a mediocre anime.
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DivinityV12 said:
MaroMangas623 said:

lol that's just you then. One of the main praises for this show is the music by THE Kensuke Ushio. Easily one of the best osts last Season

Highly doubt that, I keep up with alot of anime news outlets and heard nothing about its ost.
nice going tho googling the composer of a mediocore soundtrack to a mediocre anime.

Bro you're in such a tiny bubble lol. Kensuke Ushio did the ost of Silent Voice, Devilman Crybaby and Ping Pong the animation. He's one of the greats of the industry Any review site will easily say the ost is the best aspect of the anime. Literally just search Dangers in my heart ost or music on twitter and you'll see constant praise lol. Don't think this opinion you got on bokuyabas music is a general one😭
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MaroMangas623 said:
DivinityV12 said:

Highly doubt that, I keep up with alot of anime news outlets and heard nothing about its ost.
nice going tho googling the composer of a mediocore soundtrack to a mediocre anime.

Bro you're in such a tiny bubble lol. Kensuke Ushio did the ost of Silent Voice, Devilman Crybaby and Ping Pong the animation. He's one of the greats of the industry Any review site will easily say the ost is the best aspect of the anime. Literally just search Dangers in my heart ost or music on twitter and you'll see constant praise lol. Don't think this opinion you got on bokuyabas music is a general one😭

well obviously if im going to search up any composer I'll see fans specific to that composer.
not the smartest are you?
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DivinityV12 said:
MaroMangas623 said:

Bro you're in such a tiny bubble lol. Kensuke Ushio did the ost of Silent Voice, Devilman Crybaby and Ping Pong the animation. He's one of the greats of the industry Any review site will easily say the ost is the best aspect of the anime. Literally just search Dangers in my heart ost or music on twitter and you'll see constant praise lol. Don't think this opinion you got on bokuyabas music is a general one😭

well obviously if im going to search up any composer I'll see fans specific to that composer.
not the smartest are you?

You really are dumb aren't you. Calling Kensuke Ushio some composer and claiming to know alot about anime is pretty obtuse don't you think plus I never said you should search Ushio up just search any of the anime he performed in and put music next to them and you'll see endless praise. So you saying his ost sucks is just a you thing and practically nobody agrees with you
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MaroMangas623 said:
DivinityV12 said:

well obviously if im going to search up any composer I'll see fans specific to that composer.
not the smartest are you?

You really are dumb aren't you. Calling Kensuke Ushio some composer and claiming to know alot about anime is pretty obtuse don't you think plus I never said you should search Ushio up just search any of the anime he performed in and put music next to them and you'll see endless praise. So you saying his ost sucks is just a you thing and practically nobody agrees with you

Buddy just so I can further lay it on you I skimmed the ost and it furthers my point that none of the soundtrack is as exaggerated as you're saying.

if the soundtrack doesnt leave an impression on the viewer then it's really not even worth mentioning.
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DivinityV12 said:
MaroMangas623 said:

You really are dumb aren't you. Calling Kensuke Ushio some composer and claiming to know alot about anime is pretty obtuse don't you think plus I never said you should search Ushio up just search any of the anime he performed in and put music next to them and you'll see endless praise. So you saying his ost sucks is just a you thing and practically nobody agrees with you

Buddy just so I can further lay it on you I skimmed the ost and it furthers my point that none of the soundtrack is as exaggerated as you're saying.

if the soundtrack doesnt leave an impression on the viewer then it's really not even worth mentioning.

OK cool man but that ain't the general opinion since the soundtrack deadass makes people cry
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MaroMangas623 said:
DivinityV12 said:

Buddy just so I can further lay it on you I skimmed the ost and it furthers my point that none of the soundtrack is as exaggerated as you're saying.

if the soundtrack doesnt leave an impression on the viewer then it's really not even worth mentioning.

OK cool man but that ain't the general opinion since the soundtrack deadass makes people cry

Makes between 10k and 40k people listen to it on other platforms as apposed to other anime osts say even gushing magical girls that has even 10k to 500k+ people listen and relisten to its ost.

proofs all there buddy XD
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DivinityV12 said:
MaroMangas623 said:

OK cool man but that ain't the general opinion since the soundtrack deadass makes people cry

Makes between 10k and 40k people listen to it on other platforms as apposed to other anime osts say even gushing magical girls that has even 10k to 500k+ people listen and relisten to its ost.

proofs all there buddy XD

I just find it so funny how you're trying to downplay one of the most respected and iconic composers in the industry and who tf brought up magical girls lol. Bokuyabas ost is the one thing people will constantly praise the series for and that's a fact no matter how much you cry that it's nothing noteworthy lolll
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MaroMangas623 said:
DivinityV12 said:

Makes between 10k and 40k people listen to it on other platforms as apposed to other anime osts say even gushing magical girls that has even 10k to 500k+ people listen and relisten to its ost.

proofs all there buddy XD

I just find it so funny how you're trying to downplay one of the most respected and iconic composers in the industry and who tf brought up magical girls lol. Bokuyabas ost is the one thing people will constantly praise the series for and that's a fact no matter how much you cry that it's nothing noteworthy lolll

lool sure bud, you can keep imagining that all you want but ive seen no praise at all. sure for the movie he did but not for the mid garbage you're referring to.
you're sounding more and more delusional each time.
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DivinityV12 said:
MaroMangas623 said:

I just find it so funny how you're trying to downplay one of the most respected and iconic composers in the industry and who tf brought up magical girls lol. Bokuyabas ost is the one thing people will constantly praise the series for and that's a fact no matter how much you cry that it's nothing noteworthy lolll

lool sure bud, you can keep imagining that all you want but ive seen no praise at all. sure for the movie he did but not for the mid garbage you're referring to.
you're sounding more and more delusional each time.

Trying to downplay the praise for the ost is so funny cuz that's literally where most of the praise for the anime comes from. Just know you're in the minority bub cuz most people love Bokuyabas ost and judging by the reception of the show by both the west and Japan i say thats alot
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DivinityV12 said:

lool sure bud, you can keep imagining that all you want but ive seen no praise at all. sure for the movie he did but not for the mid garbage you're referring to.
you're sounding more and more delusional each time.

Trying to downplay the praise for the ost is so funny cuz that's literally where most of the praise for the anime comes from. Just know you're in the minority bub cuz most people love Bokuyabas ost and judging by the reception of the show by both the west and Japan i say thats alot

proceeds to give no actual examples...
you're really not proving anything but just coping a point thats obviously not true.

no ones said anything about the soundtrack and it's just people who like a boring slice of life with nearly no actual romance. aka another takagi san where there's only "cute" moments and an extremely cringey protagonist. only this one has homo erotic imaginations of himself.
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DivinityV12 said:
MaroMangas623 said:

Trying to downplay the praise for the ost is so funny cuz that's literally where most of the praise for the anime comes from. Just know you're in the minority bub cuz most people love Bokuyabas ost and judging by the reception of the show by both the west and Japan i say thats alot

proceeds to give no actual examples...
you're really not proving anything but just coping a point thats obviously not true.

no ones said anything about the soundtrack and it's just people who like a boring slice of life with nearly no actual romance. aka another takagi san where there's only "cute" moments and an extremely cringey protagonist. only this one has homo erotic imaginations of himself.

Anyways heres a tweet that's not even a week old praising Kensuke Ushio the composer who has 1 million streams monthly hitting almost 2k. Bokuyaba is a manga that won awards even before the anime aired and trended on Japan Twitter when season 2 eps were dropping. Saying there's no actual romance is incredibly stupid of you. You seem butthurt that the show has gotten so popular loll and even saying Takagi san has 0 romance is also extremely stupid
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DivinityV12 said:
MaroMangas623 said:

Trying to downplay the praise for the ost is so funny cuz that's literally where most of the praise for the anime comes from. Just know you're in the minority bub cuz most people love Bokuyabas ost and judging by the reception of the show by both the west and Japan i say thats alot

proceeds to give no actual examples...
you're really not proving anything but just coping a point thats obviously not true.

no ones said anything about the soundtrack and it's just people who like a boring slice of life with nearly no actual romance. aka another takagi san where there's only "cute" moments and an extremely cringey protagonist. only this one has homo erotic imaginations of himself.

extremely cringey protagonist someone didn't watch karte 18 lol. Hardly believe you watched the show at all
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MaroMangas623 said:
DivinityV12 said:

proceeds to give no actual examples...
you're really not proving anything but just coping a point thats obviously not true.

no ones said anything about the soundtrack and it's just people who like a boring slice of life with nearly no actual romance. aka another takagi san where there's only "cute" moments and an extremely cringey protagonist. only this one has homo erotic imaginations of himself.

Anyways heres a tweet that's not even a week old praising Kensuke Ushio the composer who has 1 million streams monthly hitting almost 2k. Bokuyaba is a manga that won awards even before the anime aired and trended on Japan Twitter when season 2 eps were dropping. Saying there's no actual romance is incredibly stupid of you. You seem butthurt that the show has gotten so popular loll and even saying Takagi san has 0 romance is also extremely stupid

nah you're trolling now πŸ˜‚ you think 2k is popular πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚.

im done youve proved my point bud goodnight
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DivinityV12 said:
MaroMangas623 said:

Anyways heres a tweet that's not even a week old praising Kensuke Ushio the composer who has 1 million streams monthly hitting almost 2k. Bokuyaba is a manga that won awards even before the anime aired and trended on Japan Twitter when season 2 eps were dropping. Saying there's no actual romance is incredibly stupid of you. You seem butthurt that the show has gotten so popular loll and even saying Takagi san has 0 romance is also extremely stupid

nah you're trolling now πŸ˜‚ you think 2k is popular πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚.

im done youve proved my point bud goodnight

Anyways here's Bokuyaba trending on Japan Twitter when the final episode dropped outrending wsj shows like mashle. Stay butthurt a show you despise keeps being so popular 😘
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nah you're trolling now πŸ˜‚ you think 2k is popular πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚.

im done youve proved my point bud goodnight

Anyways here's Bokuyaba trending on Japan Twitter when the final episode dropped outrending wsj shows like mashle. Stay butthurt a show you despise keeps being so popular 😘

yh the anime is trending, not the soundtrack bud πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚

as you can see theres alot of idiots that liked this mid crap which ive expalined adequately why its mediocre. and am yet to get any valid criticism because people either know its mid or cant orove why its not mid. like you πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚
keep crying im done
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DivinityV12 said:
MaroMangas623 said:

Anyways here's Bokuyaba trending on Japan Twitter when the final episode dropped outrending wsj shows like mashle. Stay butthurt a show you despise keeps being so popular 😘

yh the anime is trending, not the soundtrack bud πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚

as you can see theres alot of idiots that liked this mid crap which ive expalined adequately why its mediocre. and am yet to get any valid criticism because people either know its mid or cant orove why its not mid. like you πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚
keep crying im done

Calling people idiots for liking a show you rated a 5 out of spite cuz of its popularity is such loser elitism behaviour. Keep coping bud
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It was fine but kinda lame since a big theme of the show was the main character manning the fuck up and doing what he wants regardless of the outcome and asking her out was the clear end goal of that and then he doesn't do it and she asks him out instead. The confession also feels underwhelming when the scene before they were in bed together bodies fully touching and like 2 millimeters from kissing and then instead he just says "I like u" the next day. This is the same dude who wanted to murder and take advantage of her corpse btw.
Tldr: the previous intimate moments they've had felt more engaging than the lackluster confession we've already seen 100 times, would ever argue it was forced. If they didn't have more intimate moments already the confession would have been more impactful
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i think this question is wrong, because most are not disappointed, but are not satisfied either, we all want more of them
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It was fine but kinda lame since a big theme of the show was the main character manning the fuck up and doing what he wants regardless of the outcome and asking her out was the clear end goal of that and then he doesn't do it and she asks him out instead. The confession also feels underwhelming when the scene before they were in bed together bodies fully touching and like 2 millimeters from kissing and then instead he just says "I like u" the next day. This is the same dude who wanted to murder and take advantage of her corpse btw.
Tldr: the previous intimate moments they've had felt more engaging than the lackluster confession we've already seen 100 times, would ever argue it was forced. If they didn't have more intimate moments already the confession would have been more impactful
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and asking her out was the clear end goal of that

No, it wasn't. Telling Yamada his feelings for her, aka confessing to her, was, and he did.
"Suki da" can also be translated as "I love you" instead of just "I like you". If this isn't enough "manning the fuck up" for you, I don't want to know what is. ;-)
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Swiss_Bohemian said:
Antivist64 said:
and asking her out was the clear end goal of that

No, it wasn't. Telling Yamada his feelings for her, aka confessing to her, was, and he did.
"Suki da" can also be translated as "I love you" instead of just "I like you". If this isn't enough "manning the fuck up" for you, I don't want to know what is. ;-)

he 100% should have asked her out because as it stands the dynamic between them is exactly the same, there's no indication the main character grew from this, whereas if he asked her out it would imply he would finally stop trying to hide that they're together which has been his biggest hurdle in the series. I'm not saying the ending we got was shit but it clearly could have been so much better by actually giving yamada what she wants and letting ichikawa grow
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Antivist64 said:
and asking her out was the clear end goal of that

No, it wasn't. Telling Yamada his feelings for her, aka confessing to her, was, and he did.
"Suki da" can also be translated as "I love you" instead of just "I like you". If this isn't enough "manning the fuck up" for you, I don't want to know what is. ;-)

he 100% should have asked her out because as it stands the dynamic between them is exactly the same, there's no indication the main character grew from this, whereas if he asked her out it would imply he would finally stop trying to hide that they're together which has been his biggest hurdle in the series. I'm not saying the ending we got was shit but it clearly could have been so much better by actually giving yamada what she wants and letting ichikawa grow
@Antivist64

Well, let's agree to disagree then, but let me explain my pov: If Ichikawa had confessed first, that would have been out of character for him, or lets say 200% out of his confort zone and in my opinion rather unrealistic when considering how the story pushed the growing relationship forward. In the letter to Hanzawa, Yamada described Ichikawa as a shy cat. Him suddenly being a ferocious Tiger going all out and asking her out on top of confessing to her, nah, that would have been jumping the shark for me. I'm happy enough how the episode ended there and him grabbing Yamadas hand at the very end with self-confidence & her being surprized is enough proof for me how much he changed since the beginning.
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@Antivist64

Well, let's agree to disagree then, but let me explain my pov: If Ichikawa had confessed first, that would have been out of character for him, or lets say 200% out of his confort zone and in my opinion rather unrealistic when considering how the story pushed the growing relationship forward. In the letter to Hanzawa, Yamada described Ichikawa as a shy cat. Him suddenly being a ferocious Tiger going all out and asking her out on top of confessing to her, nah, that would have been jumping the shark for me. I'm happy enough how the episode ended there and him grabbing Yamadas hand at the very end with self-confidence & her being surprized is enough proof for me how much he changed since the beginning.

I agree with most of this, but I don't think him asking her out would consider him the opposite of his personality since it took him so much time to get to that point with internal dilemmas reoccurring from his own cowardice. ultimately I just don't like this idea where the main character basically had everything spoon fed to him (knowing with multiple sources of concrete evidence likes him for example) all while wanting to "be more of a man" and acting on "what he wants" yet at the end of the day he didn't ask her out. I'd also argue that yamada's little speech at the end would have had more emotional impact from the PoV of her being asked out by him, since it's obvious how badly she wanted that.

The needle can be threaded here since the source material doesn't end here and if he finished growing right now then there would be no point in continuing the story, but taking this season in isolation, the ending could have been stronger, especially when they've basically grinded on each other's bodies multiple times. and we all know the story beats from here. they want to kiss but due to haha funny moments and awkwardness it never happens until the perfect moment aka the end of the arc. (I haven't read the manga so forgive my ignorance if I'm mistaken)
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