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| THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE. ---------------------------------------- KajiKaji's character appearing outside. Going out with his cousin (Shimono-san), whose the reason that karuta cards were made... to decorate his room! About little kid (son of the woman in first story?) that appeared in last ep. who became popular poet, and the guy in first story in last ep. serves him since young. He's knowing a girl since young, but doesn't like to play with her because she's cute for smiling a lot. He tells the boy about the dance with the music. Midnight conversation between the boy and the girl. She describes frog's sound as singing because their life is shorter than human beings. He wants to get rid of the frogs, so he caught snakes. lol @ censoring the snake that was used to tease the girl. The guy serving him decided to teach poetry instead of sword. Expressing feeling through poets is easier than talking. The guy who served him died right after that. Then they met when grew up (Morikubo-san). He told her to get another guy, but she said even though she hates him, she will try to love him since they are now husband and wife. He wrote a poet about the girl, who he became in love. Another love story next ep. |
tsubasaloverJul 10, 2012 2:56 AM
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| Aww well that was a sweet story, its really interesting to hear these historical romances and the poems they write. Was really sad to hear that Narihira died at such as young age =/ I liked his character. Well looking forward to see more sentimental romance :3 p.s Why did they censor the snakes? lol -_- |
| Sadaahira was a lil s***head I see. He looked like one during what little screentime he had in the first ep. Just goes to show you that even rude men can be tamed by a woman. |
| That was actually really beautiful. I found it interesting, and I was sad to hear that Narihira died. Good episode, it's gotten me hooked a little more! And can anyone explain why they censored the snakes? I'm taking it as sarcasm, but it feels so off-hand to me. |
| Snakes were weird on the bright side they droped those strange facial expressions - and this episode looked way better. I also liked the story. Ok it was unrealistic a bit... but those stories are fairy tales so they are supposed to end well (or not as in real life). And I like this approach. It slowly becomes one of my favorite shows this season :) |
fishergirl16 said: And can anyone explain why they censored the snakes? I'm taking it as sarcasm, but it feels so off-hand to me. I believe it was done for comical effect. Sadaakira was acting out of spite as he realized soon that he solely became the Emperor to clear the way for the ones who seeked for power. A smart boy actually, thus it's unfortunate that he chose to deal with that the way he did. Instead of coping with the situation he isolated himself, being a coward as his wife called him. |
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The episode was beautiful. This show is just too sweat. Looking forward to next episode. |
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| i'm enjoying this show so much :3 it's so rare to find a girl like Yasuko <3 onzeedge said: Happiness comes from effort, not magical circumstances. exactly |
| Sadaakira is such a tsundere, isn't he? |
 "A Legend is but a tale of a beautiful lie." |
| I liked Narihira, so it was sad to learn he died shortly after becoming part of his love's family. This episode was very nice overall and the censored snakes gave me a laugh. Seemed weird to censor them, but i won't question their reasoning since i enjoyed it either way. |
| Oh my, that was a lovely episode. |
| >User since 2008 Please god help me quit this website. Such great community that doesn't even know how demographics work, AND gives """detailed"""" reviews after first episodes. |
| odd i actually teared up when they said Narihara died...only had one episode of him and a bit of the second and yet i got so attached. It's sad to die young :( |
Siva said: Sadaakira is such a tsundere, isn't he? YES. I was just thinking that... ahhaha. Such a Tsundere. |
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| Like river Minano, flowing down from the peak of Mt. Tsukuba, Love will deepen; Until it becomes an abyss. Pretty straightforward poem this time from what I see. But thanks goes to poppei: poppei said: The kanji for みなの川 ( Minano-gawa ) is originally 水無川 ( or 水無乃川 ), which literally means waterless river. The flow of the Minano river is actually quite low until the river meets the Sakura river. This puts things in a nice perspective :) And yeah, the kanji 男 and 女 mean "man" and "woman" respectively, so "男女川" means "river of a man and a woman" (lit. "man-woman river") |
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| I expected a "Satonaka". |
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| This was another lovely story behind the poem and was empathetic for both the deposed emperor and his wife--perhaps too empathetic The biography of the emperor Yozei paints him in an unflattering light--particularly his habit of murdering retainers both before and after his abdication. It is always a little difficult to sort out the truth when your enemies write the histories about you, but it certainly looks like he was rather more a yangire than a tsundere. Interesting to note that even though he wrote the poem to Yasuko, they did not have any children together while he fathered nine on a number of other wives and court ladies. |
Please don't feed the trolls! In my next life I want to collide at the corner with the cute transfer student carrying a piece of toast in her mouth...rodac |
| Another nice story. This show is really good so far. I hope they don't ruin it later on, though I don't see how they can do that. |
| Oh, this is so beautiful!! :') The romance is just too sweet.. And I LOVE the poems.. ah..! ^_^ |
| _____ _ _ ______ Within pain, there is desire. _____ _ _ ______ |
| I didn't really like this show when I first watched ep.1, but now I'm starting to like it :D |
| Hmm. I preferred the first episode over this. |
| This is really cute actually. Are these stories based off of fact, or are they completely made up? I'm pretty sure the characters are real right? |
| Today's story was better than the other ones. |
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Inugirlz said: odd i actually teared up when they said Narihara died...only had one episode of him and a bit of the second and yet i got so attached. It's sad to die young :( Same here. I was pretty shocked when I felt the waterworks coming on! XD I really did like this episode; I am now confident that I will watch the rest of the series! |
| Sadaakira is such a tsundere |
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| Narahira died, I tought that he's going to be main character in this show. |
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| I really liked this episode; both Sadaakira and Yasuko were interesting characters and I liked them both. Sadaakira was really a little shit but at least we got to know why and I just felt sympathy for him, tsundere indeed. And when Narihira died I was really sad, I didn't even expect to be so sad about his death, dammit :c I liked Yasuko's attitude, glad to see she'll be able to handle Sadaakira. |
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| Maybe this story is repetitive (a mischievous kid that doesn't know how to express his feelings) but I really Like this story |
mijuku-nii said: 'what tyrant, he's just a tsundere' I'll be over here completely ignoring historical context and sticking with this. Anyway, I really like this show so far, and I do admit I teared up when Narihira died. Did not expect that from such a short scene. |
| Love this show. It's so interesting and very different to watch compared to every other series that came out this summer. Episode 2 made me raise my rating for this show even higher. I still gotta catch up and watch episode 3 and 4. XD |
| Agg that was just so adorable~ i liked how they blured the snakes ..it was funny sad how he died tho |
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| The censored snakes reminded me of the centipede sketch from Daily Lives of High School Boys (which is certainly not a show I ever expected to compare to this one). As for the rest of the episode, it was nice to have it dedicated to just one story/couple this time around. Now this particular romance was not that interesting to me; but, on the whole, taking more time to develop a given relationship will allow it to have more impact - something I thought was missing in the first episode. Still, this series has been nice so far and I look forward to catching up on the next couple of episodes. |
marisou said: Well, censored snakes were... weird. Without knowing the context someone would think they were dildos :|. LOL! Comment from two years ago, you made my day XD |
"May those who accept their fate be granted happiness." "May those who defy their fate be granted glory." |
| These tales are so beautiful. |
| Wow this episode, holy shit. Sadaakira and the snakes for the lolz, his character was awesome in this. Was a jerk, rude, and could care less but he knew his situation and cared enough to show concern in his own way to Yasuko and the ppl he cared for. Could be just him being a tsundere but w/e lol would prob be the best ep of this series for me idk what can top this lol 10/10 edit: Yasuko seriously looks like the MeiMei art from PAD |
GenocyberJun 3, 2015 10:17 AM
 "For the sake of humankind, I forsake my humanity." - Cherry |
| This sure was a lovely second episode, quite like this story and looking forward to see what the next story will offer us! |
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| Noo, Narihira ;_; He became so tame from his earlier years. I'm glad his words still rang within Sadaakira, and Sadaakira wrote a poem for Yasuko to express the feelings he couldn't out loud. He was such an annoying brat though, ugh. I understand that he didn't want his position and everything, but still, that doesn't mean you should be a dick to other people. The way he spoke was so rude too. But overall, it was a very nice episode. onzeedge said: I enjoyed the episode's sentiments; especially Yasuko's view on smaller creatures singing for life and how one should try to love the one they're with instead of seeking temporary relief in others. In an age of arranged marriages that's both a mature and strong philosophy, and clearly not something anyone could do. Happiness comes from effort, not magical circumstances. I completely agree, this was a good take-away from this episode. Of course it could've ended badly and this wouldn't work if there was abuse in the relationship, but generally, both parties have put in the time and effort to love each other, if they have to spend the rest of the their lives together. I said a similar thing in another anime (can't remember which). It's true that when there were (and still are) arranged marriages, the couple end up falling for each other, or at least gain some level of affection. There was a quote I once found that said something like, "in our time, when things were broken, we tried to fix it." It's idealistic, but it's also better to try than to give up (again, not always, there are different circumstances). |
| Sadaakira sure was a brat but he was tsundere, he and Ysako can work on their relationship as Yusako says. oh and I thought Narhira will be in the series longer oh well he sure had a short life. |
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| A good episode. I liked especially the musings on the nature of poetry, how it can be serious precisely because it's uncertain whether it's serious or not. |
| I just realized that even though the song is pleasant to listen to, the OP and ED don't fit the atmosphere of the anime. Narihira died young? Why.. how come.. what caused it.. but I see, so he really dedicated his love to Takaiko by taking care of her and her family until he died. Sadaakira is a tsundere! I was a bit upset, but then I remembered that his mother was a tsundere too :'> Yasuko is a sweet and mature girl, thankfully Sadaakira can start to speak his mind and open his heart, it's thanks to Yasuko. What's both funny and crazy is, I can't imagine a little girl having to see a snake gobbled up a frog in front of her eyes. That's horrible. I totally expect her to slap him. |
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