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| THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE. ---------------------------------------- Well, this episode had mixed emotions. Yuki is trying to overcome his personal demons while Tohru tries to fit into the role of the evil sister for the Cinderella story. Kyo and Tohru's character chemistry is hilarious LOL. But on a serious note, you can also see Kyo's anger this episode. |
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| Yuki continues telling his true feelings about Tohru and he sees her as a mother but he was embarrassed that feeling that's why it took him this long to realize it. Also, we're shown Kyo's anger. Machi showed up a bit and said a few words about Yuki. Tohru is too pure to play the evil stepsister role. Kyo and Tohru both of them are really adorable together. The next episode sure is gonna be hilarious. |
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| aww baby don't cry, I'll be your mama seeing you cry makes me sad :( |
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| This episode continues with Yuki explaining why he sees Tohru as a motherly figure. Some good Tohru x Kyou moments. Will this ship actually sail. Mostly likely imo. |
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| Yuki realizing a lot in this episode. Mainly wanting Tohru's Happiness. I think that goes Hand in Hand with patching things up with Kyo. Yuki has always wanted to be Kyo's friend but being the Rat makes it difficult. So Yuki knowing that Kyo makes Tohru happy wants to keep pushing him towards that eventual confession. Second realization is that Machi doesn't see Yuki as a Prince. I found this interesting because 1. What is Machi's backstory. I think she has some sort of Issues with men due to her being anti-social. and 2. Yuki's reaction was interesting. He was almost shocked for the first time that a female didn't see him as a Prince. I think that will lead Yuki into finding out more about Machi. I feel like the transition of Tohru (Mother) into Machi (Romantic Interest?) is really well done Now we just have to get Kyo to overcome his fears as well. I actually felt bad for Yuki when Kyo was spurting all that non-sense towards Yuki but that Yuki face was rough. For him to put his hand through a window...man. The pain. Holy shit that end scene though. OMFG I screamed like a School Girl lol. Another great episode. I am looking forward to Prince Kyo and Yuki and Machi development. |
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Tellatez said: Yuki continues telling his true feelings about Tohru and he sees her as a mother but he was embarrassed that feeling that's why it took him this long to realize it. Also, we're shown Kyo's anger. Machi showed up a bit and said a few words about Yuki. Tohru is too pure to play the evil stepsister role. Kyo and Tohru both of them are really adorable together. The next episode sure is gonna be hilarious. |
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| Chapters 86 and 87 were adapted for this episode as the story transitions from exploring Yuki's past to the Cinderella play. Not much got changed for this episode beyond some slight extensions, changes, or removal of bits from key scenes. Here were changes I noticed in this episode: -Yuki reflecting on his feelings toward Tohru was extended a bit for the anime with additional dialogue added into the scene. -The bit where Kakeru passed off a soccer ball back to a soccer club member was added for the anime. -The anime shortened Tohru’s nervous ranting about playing a stepsister in the upcoming school play. -While walking up the stairs in the manga after Yuki arrived home, Kyo angrily muttered about being seen by Yuki in the manga. -While a nervous Tohru was apologizing for her performance for the play, Arisa was shown patting her on the head in the manga. -Tohru’s narration regarding developments in her school life outside of the play was shortened for the anime. -A brief bit is removed from Ayame and Mine’s scene at the school with Mine shown glancing at some nervous female students due to her “dress-up” obsession around cute girls. -When leaving the play rehearsal, Yuki was shown in the manga telling the class rep he was leaving. |
  Kyou Souma, you smooth motherf*cker. xDDDD |
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| I'm always so impressed by Yuki's emotional maturity. He's the best character in the series by a huge margin. |
| *Mourning the disappointment of The Promised Neverland season 2.* |
| Episode continues from last week with more explaining on why Yuki sees Tohru as a motherly figure! As much as I find the student council as wacky as they are, Kakeru was for once a great support for Yuki by listening to his struggles.. Eventho he did stay his wacky self. The hatred of Kyo towards Yuki known no bounds, I wonder if we ever going to see them getting along better in the end. I loved the Kyo x Tohru moment at the end, Tohru blushing was super adorable! Also those eyes of Yuki when Machi said that he's no prince... That's the sign of a new ship in the making, can't wait to see that progress!! |
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| Every time Machi shows up she just steals the scene. For being a very quiet character she has an immense presence, at least in my book. It seems like she said just the right thing to really intrigue Yuki. I'm excited to see further development of those emotions. |
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| And here we have chapters 86-87. There were some minor changes from the manga, nothing important. Yuki fully explaining to Kakeru what he meant by seeing Tohru as a mother. He wants to find someone who will be at the same level as him. To need and be needed. Not only receiving but he wants to give something which only he can give. He wants to find proof that's only his that he is alive. He needs that kind of partner in life. Some cute Kyou-Tooru moments in the house when he teases her with the script he took from her. Yuki saying it's "elementary school level of teasing" (he didn't say "Childish."). Yuki wants Tooru to be happy, so he wants Kyou to get his act together soon. Important Yuki-Kyou stairway scene where Yuki asks if he likes making Tooru worry and Kyou snaps and yells at Yuki but Yuki just quietly looks at him and then Kyou remembers someone telling him he just needs someone to hate, or rather, not having someone to hate is a problem for him. Since Kyou has so much anger inside of him and doesn't know what to do with all that anger. Then we have Machi saying that Yuki isn't prince-like like everyone else says and Yuki being surprised. At the end another cute Kyou-Tooru moment in the classroom. You playboy Kyou, kyaaa. XD And the next episode is the Cinderella play, that will be fun, can't wait! <3 |
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SailorVeki said: Some cute Kyou-Tooru moments in the house when he teases her with the script he took from her. Yuki saying it's "elementary school level of teasing" (he didn't say "Childish."). 3 Oh, he also says this in the anime too; they just subbed it wrong. I distinctly hear him say 'shougakusei'. I hate official subtitles sometimes...Crunchyroll screws them up TOO. >_> Netflix is the absolute worst though.  hehe tho  Kyou is embarrassed as hell. xD Look at his face...he KNOWS he's flirting with Tooru and can't stand that Yuki caught him. xD |
ChiibiAug 31, 2020 2:10 PM
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| 5/5 episode ofc, I absolutely love Yuki's monologue. His relationship with Kakeru really changed, I'm glad Yuki has found a friend he could talk about personal stuff with. Finally we have more Kyo x Tohru scenes though, usually I don't really care about couples in anime but damn these two together are so cute and their blushes are adorable xD |
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| I actually find it quite touching that Yuki has found a maternal figure in Tohru even though they're the same age; he cares for her and values her more than a friend but doesn't have romantic feelings for her and I think that's beautiful. She's filled a hole inside of him by providing him the kind of love he was missing. I feel like this episode showed how far Yuki has come, but how much further Kyo has to go on his journey. Yuki has grown enough to begin understanding himself, be able to face the past and reevaluate his relationships with the people around him but Kyo is still at a point where he is lashing out at others and stubbornly pushing away his past and feelings. |
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| God I love this show. I could listen to Yuki talk about how much Tohru means to him all day. It has been so well developed up to this point it's just such an amazing payoff. You can really empathize with how he feels towards her. Brilliant stuff. Kyou caving in for Tohru at the end further emphasizes how much she means to these boys. |
phantomfandom said: I like Kyou but he needs to treat Yuki better. as weve seen, part of his resentment is fueled by Akito... its all part of the curse apparently |
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| in the previous episode's forum discussion i said that yuki seeing tohru as a mother weirded me out, but with the full explanation it makes so much sense! i guess until now i was perceiving their relationship as solely romantic, but i like it so much more now that i know it's not like that. i mean, there's only so much one can do about the development of love triangles in media, especially bc it's very overdone, so i wasn't expecting much regarding that tbh, but as a exclusively anime re-adaptation viewer, i was really not expecting this turn. i really love this anime bc it speaks to me in an emotional level. it was never about the fantasy aspect of it, or even the romance itself, but about how one sees oneself and others, and learning how to deal with those feelings. just the fact that they approached a pretty liked ship in a platonic spectrum just adds a depth i didn't expect, even with how much i love this work. dude i'm so satisfied with this it's kinda crazy lol |
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CeddyyBearr said: Also those eyes of Yuki when Machi said that he's no prince... That's the sign of a new ship in the making, can't wait to see that progress!! So you noticed... xD He was like 'OMG A GIRL IN THIS SCHOOL WHO DOESN'T PUT ME UP ON A PEDESTAL, FOR REAL!?' Good stuff. |
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| Yuki's monologue admiration to Kakeru, of Tohru being a mother figure than a romantic partner, somehow it seems all warped from the outsiders POV, but given his traumatizing history, it's not hard to see why he adores her in that special unique way. Despite his playful personality, his mentality to understanding Yuki is nice, despite "being a burden" HEH. The upcoming Cinderella class play...sure is wacky. Tohru's nervousness to Ayame and Mina's sudden surprise and the improvisation of the play. Funny that the others wanted to see Kyo act to be their laughingstock. BUT OH BOY...the relationship between Kyo and Yuki seems irreparable the more Tohru is involved in this love triangle, or even less their true feelings towards one another. The one thing's for certain after this episode: the Tohru X Kyo ship is sailing. Like it or not, it's gonna be this way. |
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phantomfandom said: I like Kyou but he needs to treat Yuki better. Compared with how he treats everyone else I think he's quite nice to Tohru and she knows it. |
| welp now even Yuki has joined aboard the Kyo x Tooru ship lul. but I do hope we can move on to the other stories now, because this season has been filled quite a lot by Yuki (which isn't bad per se) |
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| This episode was really nice. We do get to see Yuki showing his vulnerable side to Kakeru which is very rare. Though Kakeru is such a jerk throwing the soccer ball to Yuki's face though. That scene towards the end with Kyo and Yuki. Though I think I can see why Kyo is being such an 'idiot' knowing he is showing his vulnerable side too, he needs 'someone' to hate. I am still waiting for his full back story to show. Even though we already got the pieces shown here and there. Still would like it to see it in all in one like Yuki. Though Kyo would not want it. I hope he make amends soon. This is something I to see even. Him having to say those things to Yuki and complain his problems like a child to Yuki is at least a first step in my eyes. I love Kyo and Yuki, but Kyo's got to find a way to move on and let go of this negativity. |
| As someone who read the manga fifteen years ago or so, simply seeing this animated makes me want to cry, I never thought it would happen. Yuki is one of my favorite characters ever, I'm so proud of my boy :') Kyoru also warms my heart a lot, I'm looking forward to seeing more of them together. I'm looking forward to it all actually, I hope S3 comes as soon as possible (hopefully without having the crew overwork themselves). |
| Not gonna lie, this has to be probably the smoothest way I have seen a love triangle getting solved. And also damn, Machi left Yuki speechless. She can read him way too well, it seems. All in all, a bit more calm episode thanks to the rehearsals for Cinderella and Ayame's fabulous (as always) intervention. As if it wasn't clear enough last week, we now got a double check on what Yuki sees in Tohru, which was still rather nice since this time, his monologue also explained all those "romantic" advances/details he had with her. In the end, he was forcing himself in trying to see her romantically because of the embarrassment he felt regarding seeking motherly comfort from someone of his same age. All pretty understandable if you ask me. As for Kyou... man, "tense" can't even describe the few interactions he and Yuki had this time. Him snapping at Yuki in the stairway was honestly sad to see and I don't really want to start comparing backstories but taking into account his background and fate as the Cat, the possible trauma of considering himself the reason as for why his mother killed herself and all the shit Akito has put into his head, I genuinely think it's gonna be a real challenge for him to finally take all that hatred out of his system. As someone else said here, this episode did a fantastic job at showing us how much Yuki has grown and in contrast, just how far Kyou is from getting that inner peace his soul has been yearning for all this time. And so... it seems we have the play next week. Honestly, I can't wait to see everyone's performance and particularly, I can't wait to see how Kyou and Hana-chan will interact in this new version of Cinderella. The thing I really wonder tho... is if this play will be relevant plot-wise. I mean, something like seeing some romantic development regarding Tohru's realization of feelings towards Kyou, maybe? |
| Ayyy so Yuki decided to become the wingman for Tohru. Kyo x Tohru moments were adorable, Tohru blushing was so cute. |
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| As a whole, Yuki's long monologue about Tohru was fascinating. It might seem weird at first to find a girl the same age as you as your "mother" figure, but one listen to to Yuki's explanation and what's he's been through during his whole life and you can't help but agree with him completely. It's another reason as to why Tohru is very precious to the Sohma's. =) Yuki really wants to be more friendly wth Kyo, but with the circumstances that has happened already, that's going to be a big hurdle for Yuki to clear, as we can see from his small talk with Kyo on the staircase, Kyo's path to becoming a more calm person is still a long one for him to conquer. Despite that, his moments with Tohru, both when he teased her with the book and the last cute scene in school, always makes me happy. His path to bettering himself might stil be long, but compared to when we first saw him, Kyo has improved himself and his interactions with Tohru does prove that. Can't wit for the "revised" Cinderella play next week! =D |
-Mae- said: Jocus_ said: Chihayafuru has the same issue with all the Arata worshippers, no wonder both Arata and yuki has less favorites on Mal than Taichi and Kyo.. (just mentioning not attacking) Also you shouldn't base a character's worth on their popularity. Some popular characters are typically liked for the most shallow reasons. It has nothing to do with their worth as a character. True, why you bring MAL favorites to judge the character's worth that's damn stupid. Now into the episode... I find it weird that he loves Tohru as "mother" when he's at her age, i find it more believable with Kakeru said he's simply feels inferior for his feeling to Tohru isn't as strong as Kyo, Yuki's feeling for Tohru is just simply isn't romantic. The hate from Kyo after saw Yuki's monologue is now feels like an outlet. I hope Kyo can get mature as soon as possible. Kyo is so smooth tho when it comes to seduce Tohru. |
| On the kyo and Yuki thing I would also like to add my two sents. From the start of the series I've seen quite a few people disliking how mean and how superior and even arrogant (some say) Yuki acts towards Kyo.That is actually true to some extend but after everything we've seen lately can you blame him? Kyo has projected nothing but hatred towards him from the start so I understand why he wouldn't wonna take the moral high ground But at the same time on Kyo's behalf the rivalry is not as one sided as some Yuki fans claim it to be. Yuki's hatred towards kyo is not just him reacting to kyo, it was additionally created by the envy he always felt for him... Not to mention he is the one that starts a lot of their fights Kyo is not just hating on Yuki for the sake of being mean and tsundere, there is a lot of unresolved trauma involved and we'll just have to see how everything unfolds... On a side note I'm happy for how positive (for the most part) the reaction to Yuki's feelings for tohru have been so far.. I remember it being such a sock in the manga for a lot of people... But I've even been seeing people guessing it episodes before the reveal.. I think the anime handled it very good And lastly kyo x Tohru was GOLD this week |
| I love how Machi straight up said that Yuki was not a prince in her eyes. She doesn't fawn over him like the other girls. Also, that Kyoru moment at the end. I won't deny it, I squealed lol |
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