Konohana Kitan Episode 8 Discussion

Whateverlife said:
doll can grow hair?

Hiina said:
Beautiful episode. And pretty light-hearted even though the daughter tried to drown herself and the father didn't want to wake up from his coma. It really shows that sometimes all you need is someone to help you accept what life throws at you, and that things might not be as bad or inescapable as they appear to be.

I loved the development of finding out that Kaito grew up to be a sight-seeing dog, to that father no less. Then again I've always been extremely weak against dogs. Call me simple but it brought me to (happy) tears

Here's to hoping next week's episode will be just as lovely!

9jaotaku3S said:
That was a wonderful episode

1.It was mentioned in the first episode that konohantei is located 'at the intersection of worlds'. Today's episode kind of reinforces it.

2.I liked today's theme...that of finding your purpose in life, and not allowing circumstances to prevent you from finding your purpose.

3.Problem with that smoking guy...he seems to think that he would be a burden to everyone if he went back...when in reality..his wife deeply loved him, and his daughter too

4.Liked the way that we start with three stories....and ended with one.

5.This was, for me, a wonderful and soothing episode. As usual.

6.Quote of the day...'We are all dancing in the palm of God's hand'. And it may seem that God is unfair...but at the end..He isn't.

Swagernator said:
So basically there are two worlds.


Also i love when simple show hits me with something unexpectedly deep, the ending was great.

HiddenArmy said:
Actually there are at least 3, "Real" World, Yuzu's World, and The world of the dead according to the prev. eps. Yuzu's world maybe just like border / middle-world / barrier that separate the other world. Since I didn't read the real source of the anime so this is just a hypothesis based on what the anime tell us.

ZBlastHistory said:
So both world don't share same time well thats how it should be.


But then again there is a MALE (non guest) to get close to anyone from Inn i don't expect that

ridley388 said:


Remember that a dog ages faster.
11/10 episode. The end caught me off guard.
Guide dogs spend one year with a "socializing" family before getting back to training so they can get used to being with people. In the end all the other kids were guide dogs too.

tourke said:
this episode was pretty meta (thats what meta means right). that was a really interesting twist at the end, how the boy was a dog and the old guy was blind. i liked how they connected it all together.

fatalystic said:

There has to be something time-related going on though; Matsumoto was still in high school when she wandered in and met Yuzu. Meanwhile, the man (her father in the anime) said that she had was living on her own, and we see by the end (Kaito's final visit) that she had published a picture book. Typically, you would expect a Japanese person to live on their own when they enter university or join the workforce. While it is possible to write and release a book while schooling, it's probably not the best idea. On the man's end, while he looks fairly young for some reason, his wife looks to be in her forties at least so we can reasonably expect him to be about her age as well. So my conclusion is that there was at least a gap of a few years between Matsumoto's timeline and the man's timeline. As for Kaito, whether or not there's any gap between his and the man's timeline depends on how long the man had to spend in the hospital between his departure (i.e. awakening) and his being discharged from the hospital. The shorter this period of time, the larger the gap in time between Kaito's and the man's timelines.

ridley388 said:
I just thought one year has passed or something like that, but the "time-goes-faster-in-real-world" theory might be right.

ridley388 said:


Guide dogs spend one year with a "socializing" family before getting back to training so they can get used to being with people. In the end all the other kids were guide dogs too.

tourke said:
this episode was pretty meta (thats what meta means right). that was a really interesting twist at the end, how the boy was a dog and the old guy was blind. i liked how they connected it all together.

MonogatariLSD said:
A suicidal daughter, a strange family connection and... A DOG?!

Totally caught me by surprise. I have no idea what this show is doing anymore, but that was certainly interesting. So basically, all the fox girls at Konohanatei first of all don't age, but apparently also experience time differently? Because it seems like only a little while has passed for them, unless it really had been like 10 years since Kaito returned? His "mom" was like a grandma back in the real world, she was only like... probably 40 at the beginning of the episode?

Very strange. Seems to me that Konohanatei is a place where souls, not limited to human ones, shed off regrets/sadness, though the "mechanics" of how it all works doesn't yet make complete sense.

mjk321 said:

since Kaito's a dog, then he ages faster than humans (the whole 1 human year = 7 dog years thing). so it might have been a few months to a year.
... maybe

MonogatariLSD said:


I thought about that, but like I said the "mom" was like 40 before so unless she gets wrinkly and cracked voice in like a year, no way dood lol