Gimai Seikatsu Episode 9 Discussion

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Sep 6, 2:22 AM

#101

CarbonMD

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Not enough fan service. Short hair looks bad.

I'm ok with Ayase losing so senpai can win.

Sep 7, 2:10 AM

#102

KingNotSkilled

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Jul 2022

Poor thing, their love story is hindered because they are family. So, will their love story end here? Honestly, I feel like it's getting more and more like DomeKano's plot...

The day where they go to the pool has finally arrived! It doesn't stop there; we finally get to see where Saki can express herself freely and do whatever she wants.

Wow... quite surprising, huh. Saki cuts her hair back to how it used to be when she was little! Now her hair is no longer long, but short! The way she expresses herself also day by day is getting more and more like her childhood!

Sep 8, 10:53 AM

#103

LuisSV23

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yeah, all right...

Sep 8, 6:12 PM

#104

popa910

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Dec 2017

Ha! After she finished talking to him in the shade at the pool and it started showing how he sees her, I said "uh-oh", and then he said the same exact thing like ten seconds later! Things are heating up here! I lover their relationship, and how they truly respect each other and their strengths AND weaknesses. They have such a healthy relationship!

Sep 11, 1:38 PM

#105

Pre_Yum

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Peak fiction. I love this so much. Their feelings for each other while being wrong in their circumstances are pure. It was a great pool episode and then fireworks and her finally calling him 'Big Brother', it was cute. Saki's haircut looks nice on her. And, she will not write her feelings anymore on her diary.

Sep 12, 8:38 PM

#106

moonxu

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Oct 2023

Gimai seikatsu is one of the most pleasant surprises I've watched this year. This episode is also a major episode where the director himself takes on the storyboarding, and it's full of surprises, too.

The opening chapter sets up an foreshadow about hair. The girl cuts her hair for romantic reasons or because of a major change in relationship, and it becomes an important technique to express the character's emotions or to show the character's transformation.

Because of the enormous pressure of living at the lower social class, Saki, who is still a middle school student, has started to suppress her emotions for the sake of her family and for the sake of others, and this also explains why she didn't want to go to the pool in the last episode. (Going to the pool - delaying studies - studies are expected by the family - going to the pool would disappoint the family)

Following the film + small view frames, a high grayscale + leather texture is used as a memory staging. The same scene is also imaginary as Saki imagine a state where she and asamura are brother and sister. Awesome. That's exactly why I was pleasantly surprised and enjoyed the show.

Spots of light cascading through the broken holes in the fender. The spots of light are also one of the performance cues in this episode, representing some sort of emotion that is fleeting and impossible to catch. Here it is the warmth of memories. On the way to the pool, it refers to the joy for the brother's ability to care for her, and note that later in the pool dialog there is a close-up of the spot of light on the brother's hand, which is the complex and bitter sweet mutual attraction and taboo relation.

Many of the close-ups of the sister in the pool section are suspected to be the brother's subjective point-of-view shots.

The sister is proud to have discovered her brother's hidden strengths, and by this point the true nature of her feelings is self-evident. And the long buildup to the first eight episodes does nothing but emphasize the sister's discovery of and empathy for these hidden virtues, already in the diary's self-movement and self-strategizing.

The hair flutters, not the wind, but the heart. This is the intention when the wind is used as a performance prop several times in this episode.

Then follows the scene where thhe brother's heart is shaken. (That's so SHAFT) The low contrast, exaggerated composition, and single-point perspective all enhance the cool, inorganic quality. But the contrasting composition sets off the warmth of the brother's mood. The sound design, which is always in place, makes the “heartbeat” scene very impactful.

Fireworks: The sound design continues to be excellent, with the sound of the bicycle wheel spinning emphasizing the sense of anxiety, and at the moment when the brother is about to act on his impulse (how can he do it again?) the bursting of the fireworks breaks the previous impression of the sound and takes the audience to the next topic of conversation.
A small detail in the voice acting: the crying voice when making up her mind. Echoing the character of “not wanting to cause trouble for her family”, she must pour cold water on her feelings at the moment when both sides are about to break the windowpaper and when she realizes the true nature of her feelings.
This silences the sound of fireworks that should have been the second time around.

The diary component of the first part of the episode steals the show, with many episodes featuring dual perspectives and diary style narratives. And after the diary fails as a cage to hide emotions, continuing to keep a diary to supposedly reflect on oneself is no longer necessary. The feelings have become clear, I don't need the diary anymore, but I can't reach out for that either. What bitterness and loneliness.

Final scence: the intertwining of the sister in the photo with the sister in reality continues to reinforce this disconnect, rejection and regret.

Post ED Buffy moment, saying goodbye to naivety and taking on the pain and love.

この義妹生活に、もう日記はいいらない

I no longer need a diary in this righteous sister life.

A very well paced episode.

Sep 13, 11:22 AM

#107

Animillion

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Yea… terrible and unnecessary hair cut. Hate that idea that people have to cut their hair as a sign of moving on.

Episode otherwise was fine, but the haircut really is that bad

Sep 13, 11:27 AM

#108

Animillion

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Reply to Ugly11

@Sheol01 of course they are. A bunch of menaces the both of them.

Saki is gorgeous btw. No matter if it is long hair, short hair or up in a ponytail, she pulls them all off

@Ugly11 Couldn’t disagree more. She looks average at best with the short hair. Pretty bland even

Sep 13, 11:30 AM

#109

Animillion

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Reply to RudyMartin

I was about to complain but then I remember I watched The angel next door ... compared to that this is a masterpiece. A pity it's only a musical so far.

@RudyMartin The Angel Next Door had romantic progress and was sweet af. I have no idea what you mean

Sep 13, 11:32 AM

#110

Animillion

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Reply to MiaAyende

God, the worst trope claims another victim's hair...

@MiaAyende 3rd worst trope, behind yandere lesbians and abusive Tsunderes

Sep 20, 5:06 PM

#111

Ovler

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I just have a hard time buying Yuuta falling for her given everything we've seen so far. I'd buy him opportunistically wanting to do stuff with her, but this "I'm in love." stuff feels very off-base, and took me out of this episode. Saki has outwardly been a very boring character, she's pretty, and that's about it, that's all Yuuta can really be attracted to. As a viewer we see her differently, because we're being fed her diary entries, but from Yuuta's perspective, she's like a fuckable log. She's gloomy, has no interests, and doesn't even flirt with him like Shiori does.

Sep 22, 7:44 PM

#112

TechOtaku

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She cut her hair. Of course this was a "must" xD That means GG for animes/mangas standards xD

Sep 25, 9:28 AM

#113

dspr

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Great episode and music

Sep 27, 8:00 AM

#114

bakakisima

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i love her design so much .She is very photogenic

Oct 6, 12:25 PM

#115

PedroKarim64

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At this point, I'm not sure what I'm supposed to feel or think in real life xD

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Oct 9, 6:12 AM

#116

adbeaver

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Painnnn

That last remark by her mother really did it for me. 3 episodes left, wonder how they'll handle this.

Oct 12, 11:38 PM

#117

SenseiSempai-san

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They went out to the pool with Maaya and a bunch of school friends. They both had fun. Yuta realized that he likes Saki.

Oct 23, 9:04 AM

#118

EsieEyen

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Ah yes, he got nii-sanzoned.

Oct 24, 5:01 AM

#119

Shikkakku

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Saki was really beautiful today. One of the most beautiful characters I've ever seen in anime or manga. It really affected me. I don't know how to describe it.

I can't believe I almost skipped this anime last season. I'm glad I'm watching this. I love it so much. I hope it continues to be this good until the end. It really might be one of the contenders of AotS for me.

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