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| If we come back next episode and she acts like the kiss was a dream and he doesn’t correct her, we riot. |
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| i need to know who directed this episode, it felt so much better than the rest of the season. |
| What did I even watch, this felt like an Evangelion mindfuck episode that also somehow got less budget than ep25/26. Kai's kiss was literally a moving PNG. |
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| Was this episode directed by someone else? The animation style was the same, but the direction seemed so different! The words that appeared on the floor mimicking a relay race, the color effects when the baton was passed, the unique framing of the characters - such as when Miura appeared tied up - were incredible. Uka's inner monologue, which served as a profound self-reflection. She wonders if it's okay to fall in love with Miura, not just because he helped her, but because she's really attracted to him. At the same time, she fears that someone as eccentric as Miura will not reciprocate her feelings. Throughout the episode, she keeps thinking about it until she realizes that if she doesn't express what she feels, her mind will never be at peace. More importantly, she now wants to help him, whether as a friend or something more. And well... we saw how it turned out FINALLY! YES! I screamed with excitement when I saw that kiss. P.S.: A big kudos to Uka's friends: Ayumi, Tao, Moka and Yuru. They were amazing, supporting her from the moment they found out she liked Miura and during the race. Also, their reactions were hilarious. I hope the story takes its time to delve deeper into them. |
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i need to know who directed this episode, it felt so much better than the rest of the season.
| @d2rkest Agreed! I immediately went to check after the episode ended, it's this guy! He also did the storyboard and was the episode director for episode 6, although I can't remember what that episode was like lol. Looks like he's been around for a long time! ------ Ngl, the writing in this feels rather juvenile imo, and it makes sense considering the manga is serialized in Ribon, which targets more of a younger female (elementary to middle school). For example, I can't imagine how desperate a high school girl would have to be to take off her shirt during a school event in order to look at the back of her shirt...even if she was wearing a camisole under, that's really not normal behavior ^^; But anyways, that's not to say that I haven't liked some manga from Ribon back in high school. The direction in this episode was really fun, which made it actually enjoyable to watch despite the fast story pacing, props to Oohata Kiyotaka! I'll be watching out for this guy's name from now on. |
I wish this episode's direction and style applies for the whole series. It'd make it much more enjoyable. |
Luminova_Mar 20, 3:29 AM
| For a few minutes, I thought I was watching Monogatari, but I had to remind myself that this was Honey Lemon Soda. It won't be to everyone's tastes, but the wacky animation style was pretty cool to see. It did make Marin's rejection scene funnier than it should've been! XD Once again, Uka's character development has been very impressive, especially when she stood up to the bullies who bound and gagged Kai and locked him in the storage room and attacked them with kind responses that left them feeling disturbed and confused. Not only that, but I never expected her to be a quick sprinter, which helped a lot during the sports day track relay. The best moment was saved for last, fittingly, as while she was recovering in the infirmary, Miura went in to kiss her on the lips while she kept on thinking, in a daze, that what was happening was simply a dream. It'll be very interesting to see what happens next between the two of them as the final episode beckons. |
| I just rewatched the episode to give it a proper shot, since I didn't expect this slow anime to suddenly drop an episode like this and watching it half asleep late at night is not fair so to say. The animation is awful, regardless of direction choices, there are tons of slideshows and some cheap cgi shots, lazy animation all around. The direciton itself is too out of place for this anime. Not gonna say that it's good or bad, I could see it working in another anime, preferably in a movie, but that's about it. The pace is way too fast, the content is good but it's just insanely butchered it's one of the most interesting shoujo episodes in recent times for sure, but that doesn't mean it's good, not even remotely, but it's cool that they decided to experiment with the direction @Sheol01 Sheol01 said: Man, what is with that airplane? It's like an intrusive thought! LOL there might be more to it, it seemed like the plane represents miura and the bird represents ishimori, but can't really put my finger on what it symbolizes exactly (if it's that deep at all) |
| Extremely fast paced episode, don't really know how to feel about it. |
| What the hell happened to the animation and pacing? I could barely keep up with this episode. They desperately trying to crunch it down to 12 eps at the end or something? |
| Way better episode director than the rest, it made this episode good |
| I can understand why a lot of people were put off by the episode; the direction had to be jarring after many episodes of largely languishing in Uka's headspace. However, like the airplane symbolism, she's taking off, to where she can be not only alongside Kai, but perhaps even surpass him. I'm sure she'll take a temporary regression while she feels out her place in Kai's universe, but she'll figure it out. |
| "Genki is Life, Genki is Love" |
| I really hated this episode. Too fast, too rushed. I felt like I was on LSD. |
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| I though ep 6 was a one time thing and that we were going to be okay after that. But here we go, they pulled the "episode 6-move" again, aka "out of budget episode" and in the most important episode as well.. The airplane from ep 6 is back, it passed like 4 times, but this time we also have a road filled with letters as well. They showed that like 10 times. Not to mention sloppy animation, trying to animate as little as possible by showing random stuff, or by coloring everything but the MC in a single color..  Way to ruin the most important episode. |
| Wtf is this garbage? Terrible pacing and animation, did anyone even direct this? Is the budget gone? Couldn't even get through half an episode with how disjointed and inconsistent it was. What the hell happened. This was one of my most looked forward to anime this season and this episode just shattered the expectations I had built up for it. Literal trash. Okay, it was a lot better and more on-pace/style in the second half. Still felt kind of rushed. But the end...did she say that out loud? Or did he just kiss her cause she started crying? I'm assuming it's clearer in the source material. |
SawronZXZMar 20, 2:28 PM
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I though ep 6 was a one time thing and that we were going to be okay after that. But here we go, they pulled the "episode 6-move" again, aka "out of budget episode" and in the most important episode as well..
The airplane from ep 6 is back, it passed like 4 times, but this time we also have a road filled with letters as well. They showed that like 10 times.
Not to mention sloppy animation, trying to animate as little as possible by showing random stuff, or by coloring everything but the MC in a single color..
Way to ruin the most important episode.
The airplane from ep 6 is back, it passed like 4 times, but this time we also have a road filled with letters as well. They showed that like 10 times.
Not to mention sloppy animation, trying to animate as little as possible by showing random stuff, or by coloring everything but the MC in a single color..
Way to ruin the most important episode.
| @S1CkDuD3 U don't get it lol. The pic u gave literally an artistic choice. Smth u don't understand doesn't mean it bad. Try to understand why they did it, it not just random stuff |
| This episode felt like it was on drugs...but...not in a bad way, I guess lol. |
| Yikes. This episode reminded me a bit of episode 6 - there was some interesting cinematography and creative directing, but the pacing and animation was god-awful. Kai didn't look like Kai in many of the scenes. Everything that happened this episode was breezed through and nothing was fleshed out. We started the episode with Kai being confessed to, to Uka being dragged into going to karaoke, to preparation for the school field day, to Uka finding Kai tied up, to Uka running in the race, to Uka waking up in a bed and confessing to Kai. And what's up with all these school bullies and messed up mob characters? |
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| Did she confess? Whatever, I don't wanna say anything about this anime man it just annoys me how cringe Kai is to me. Well Thankfully I am done with this anime until next week. Despite how much i dislike this anime i cant help but admit I do have some memories of being on call with friends while watching it and that redeems it even if only a little bit. |
| Holy cow, what an episode. The ep director and animator are absolute goats. I thought the adptation was pretty mid so far, so I didn't expect this level of quality. Mindblow. |
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| I liked the episode overall, but it felt oddly surreal and even fever dream-like at times. I mean, they literally threw in a Space Odyssey homage into Uka's running scene and directed the forsed karaoke club visit as a drug-fueled bad trip? |
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| This episode made me feel like I was tripping Felt so weird but unusually endearing |
| Uka witnessing Miura's popularity, but at the same time, also wanting to know what's he into. While Marin is quite the joke to take things literally, Uka always having Miura to save her, this is but only the extent of their relationship as caretaker and carer from the boy's POV, but Uka will not relent on chasing her love down, even if on normal days like field day. And others where she just does things that other people told her to and not to, so there's defintely a line needed to be drawn on this. Even on field day, Uka finding herself drawn to Miura all the more, no matter where he is, and having her heart now steeled and full of desires, her world is now made in stone that she cannot deny her feelings for Miura. And to him, he echoes her call that she's clearly in love, sealing her reality dream with a kiss. Be it past or new bullies, Uka now stands strong, because her protector is the love of her life. |
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| Late to watch this episode. LET'S F GO UKA-CHIN!!! It was a bit different from other episodes with its track theme, but overall, I liked it a lot. |
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| I have to say that I really like this anime because the main girl has matured throughout the series and was able to make a lot of friends. I also like that there isn’t much drama or complicated love triangles like in other shoujo anime :) |
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| I genuinely don’t like this anime, but this episode was bad on so many levels. It felt too rushed and too many things happened in a single episode—I hated it. |
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