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Reply to animelovenow
Ofc Taiki chose the worst girl!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
| @animelovenow Hina isn't childhood friend. She knows him since middle-school. |
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| RIP Hinacchi, it sucks big time knowing no ammount of effort is gonna sway some things like love interests Bounce back strong in the next gymnist nationals girl! |
| It was nice that we got to see things from Hina's POV. Ah the bonfire events a staple of camps. Nice to see Hina be more pro active as well. If anything Taiki should had waited until much later to give his answer. Can't wait to see how this ends next week. |
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| Hina keeps telling herself she can wait for Taiki's answer. Just seeing Taiki look Chinatsu stings for her, though. Oh, she spotted them coming back late together! Ayame sees their interaction, thinking how nice it would be, but Kyo doesn't seem her as some expert behaviour since all her relationships are brief, this ticks her off. I can't unhear Suletta when Ayame speaks lol She keeps remembering what Kyo said and decides to use Taiki forgetting something in the gym to get Hina alone with him. Taiki was mature enough to say that, a weight had been lifted off his shoulders, no longer having to be distracted by Hina, he could pursue Chinatsu properly. Hina kept saying she'd wait for him to change his mind but when he feels pressured to give an actual answer it's too painful for Hina to hear it. The insert song really added to the scene. The Hina-centric ED hits different after this episode. |
Fortress_MaximusMar 20, 6:17 PM
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| wow, crazy good episode! |
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| As someone who's not really into Romance drama stuff, I very rarely sympathize with the losing end of a love triangle. But man, I'm really feeling bad for Hina Chouno. She's been handling the entire one-sided-love situation so maturely, open-mindedly, and considerately that it's quite sad to see that while she had an idea as to what Taiki's answer would be to her confession of love, she's still far from prepared to actually hear it. I appreciate the existence of Chiinatsu's character now; She's not necessarily a leading lady that the third wheel is competing against, but the embodiment of a very strong special admiration of someone- in this case, Taiki's- towards something that would often overcome even the more senseful, logical, and flawless feelings towards another. Simply put, Hina wasn't a wrong choice for Taiki-- he just has his heart already solidly set towards Chiinatsu. I also appreciate Taiki being honest about his own position as well. Aside from his concern of hurting Hina by keeping her hopes up even with him already knowing he's in love with Chiinatsu, he also admitted that he can't approach his feelings towards Chiinatsu as honest as he could while being considerate of Hina. Looking at the story this way instead of 'Chiinatsu vs Hina' makes me appreciate this show so much more. |
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| This was really sad |
| It's good this conversation finally took place. Poor Hina, but if it had gone on like that, she would have hurt herself even more. One of the better episodes and a very fitting title, it was indeed a rollercoaster lol |
| fuck sake that was painful to watch |
Reply to OtakuKun1
What are you talking about? Chii autistic? No way you said that.
Chinatsu is 100000000 better than Hina.
| @OtakuKun1 in what ways is chii better? Out of all the points you just said that she isnt autistic. What about other qualities? |
| I generally found Hina to have more chemistry with Taiki and largely more enjoyable to follow, so it says alot that I think the series conveyed very compellingly that she SHOULDNT be the one to win and make it one of the more memorable parts of the show. Hina works because shes the losing heroine and the melancholy of that makes the plotline work, this rejection was deeply satisfying and probably the highlight of the show, I felt horrible for her. Though i think the strength of the show as a whole is how this love triangle in general makes me feel bad for everyone. Hina cause she realized too late and kind of forced her way into the spotlight even knowing Taiki's feelings, I feel bad for Chi cause she basically spends the entirety of her realizing her feelings conflicted and thinking shes getting in the way of Taiki and Hina's percieved romance, and Taiki just got such a shitty deal cause he basically got a super lucky break with the girl he liked and was advancing in badminton only to pretty much be forced to be the bad guy to one of his best friends. I strongly dislike love triangles cause almost always it just feels like hinderances to progression or tailor made to make you hate 1 of the people involved, or worse deflate the entire show if you like the losing person more. This show pulled off a herculean task with making me think its as good as it is I should be hating this. Its mature, it weaponizes the melancholy of the event, and makes a pretty damn great case for why Hina regardless of ones personal thoughts on her really isn't the one. |
Immahnoob said: Jizzy, I know you have no idea how to argue for shit, tokiyashiro said: Jizzy as you would call yourself because youre a dick The most butthurt award goes to you And clearly you havent watched that many shows thats why you cant determine if a show is unique or not Or maybe you're just a child who likes common stuffs where hero saves the day and guys gets all the girls. Sad taste you have there kid you came up to me in the first place making you look more like a kid who got slapped without me even knowing it and start crying about it to me |
Reply to animelovenow
Ofc Taiki chose the worst girl!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
| @animelovenow I love the idea of defining Chi as autistic when she is one of the most normal characters you can be She's a sociable teenager that goes to events with friends and takes basketball seriously with a proper work life balance for it. |
Immahnoob said: Jizzy, I know you have no idea how to argue for shit, tokiyashiro said: Jizzy as you would call yourself because youre a dick The most butthurt award goes to you And clearly you havent watched that many shows thats why you cant determine if a show is unique or not Or maybe you're just a child who likes common stuffs where hero saves the day and guys gets all the girls. Sad taste you have there kid you came up to me in the first place making you look more like a kid who got slapped without me even knowing it and start crying about it to me |
| The rejection turned out to be more brutal than I would've imagined but I understand that it had to be done. Hina did have a point when she said that Chinatsu doesn't appear to like him like she does but that doesn't matter since Taiki doesn't see Hina like how she sees him /sigh. Ngl when I first started watching this I thought Hina was the main love interest but part way through I realized it was actually Chinatsu even though I prefer Hina. Anyways, hopefully the finale will show Hina start to recover... |
| I mean, she acted out of jealousy and decided to insert herself into this after seeing that Taiki was making progress himself. It was annoying watching Taiki let it drag out for so long in the first place and it wasn't fair to Hina that he didn't draw a line from the start, but she also decided to sit in the cuck chair while using their friendship as some sort of emotional leverage. It felt like manipulation at times tbh. It was just a mess allaround. I'm glad it's finally over. |
| Really liked this episode. If Taiki had just let her walk away, I woulda been pretty upset, but he handled it very well. There's not much else he could say either. Like "you're one of my best friends but it's not gonna work" kinda thing won't help much either. Might just make her feel worse. They realistically need a lot of time apart at this point because there's no way a normal friendship can continue after that. Now with only one episode left are they still gonna beat around the bush with the Chinatsu thing despite them both liking each other at this point... probably. Idk how long this manga is, but it could be the kinda thing that drags forever and then ends 1 chapter after they go out. |
| It's a bummer that Chinatsu is kind of a nothing character compared to Hina. She better get some serious development going forward. |
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| Episode that gives us something realistic, and what the strength of Taiki for doing this with her sincerity and without bad intentions, I like Hina, I want the best for her, but love is like this. You have nothing to do |
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Oh dear, poor Hina but it's better to set things straight and draw the line as soon as possible rather than letting Hina chasing for so long after someone which only sees her as friend from the beginning, especially when that person already likes someone else. It must hurt for Hina, but with this she could move on as early as possible and find another love. |
 (っ◔◡◔)っ 𝓘 𝔀𝓲𝓼𝓱 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓪𝓵𝓵 𝓱𝓪𝓿𝓮 𝓪 𝔀𝓸𝓷𝓭𝓮𝓻𝓯𝓾𝓵 𝓭𝓪𝔂 ♥ |
| Poor Hina, why do the authors always write a better girl and make her tragically lose. Its been like almost every show this season. |
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| Taiki flopped so hard lol, way to ruin a fucking night. |
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| i still think about this man... Hina you're the best of the best, i love you so much. well writing character. |
| This hurts more than I thought it would be. |
| Knew it would happen eventually but man this episode was heartbreaking, especially if you've gone through it before. An unexplainable pain that in the moment feels like you'll never come back from. Hoping Hina gets a happy ending, she deserves it <3 |
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| Felt bad for hina. |
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| Nooooooooooo poor Hina, this is just heartbreaking for her, the bonefire legend didn't work this time... |
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