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| i didn't like this episode at all |
| LOL come on Naho; it was so blatantly obvious. But geez Kakeru, you need to man up as well |
| is she really that stupid? just hold his hand yu stupid bitch! and they all got a letter? seriously? where's the fun in that |
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| Not sure how to feel about this. The setup for the episode was pretty simple for the reveal. I gotta wonder though, why would none of them come out to tell the others when they received the letters? Or was it that those three had only JUST received them? And given that they all know what happened 10 years in the future, why did they all insist on inviting Kakeru to join them on the first day of school? |
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| I've been pretty tolerant with Naho but damn, could she be any more dense? Besides that it was a pretty good episode. Not necessarily surprised that everyone got a letter but now that it's out there in the open, I feel there's quite some flaws with some of the characters ways of acting because of it. |
| well everyone got a letter..... Am I the only one who wonders how were letters sent back in time..... |
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| Wow, Naho is so dumb.. why she didn't take his hand >.< poor Kakeru.. it was hard looking at his sad face ;-; So everyone really got letters.. And Hagita is so adorable.. I really thought he would confess to Azu.. hoping for that one in future episodes :D |
| Stop saying that Naho is stupid. Have you never been teenagers? There's shy people in the world too, huh? |
BooMChapow said: a lot of people are irritated ehh, mostly because of naho :D anyways, people tend to forget that its not just to erase their regrets, they maybe feel idk, guilt? or somewhat involve because they invited kakeru in that opening day.. also that feeling of person youre so close with commit suicide and you could possibly tried to help him if you just knew.... phew, i got a little triggered by opheliakc's comment :D so yeah, that is how i view it... my english is not that good, i hope i made sense urghh and i said i will never post in discussions... mah whatever, gonna delete this in the next few days anyway.... its just that many are so critical here, well, after all its a forum..... but actually the story is really just simple, i have read the manga.... the content of the letters are in some way, a loophole? the vagueness of it, like, it could be written a lot better, but all of those are just another possibilities and besides, we really cant do anything about that.. thats what the author said so, so thats it!! i'll just think in a way that, its a pure plot device ........ hey, me too dont like naho, worst shoujo mc i watched so far.... she will mess up more later on :D also i hear a lot of bs the past ep disscusions here, about the romance... like ''naho basically rejecting her baby'' bla bla bla and ''suwa getting cuck'' wth ~_~ as far as i can understand naho likes kakeru first, though they were never develop because apparently naho is an idiot and kakeru is such an emo kid.. future naho and suwa are married because certain things happen and that will come next episodes, one of them is ofc kakeru dying.... thats how i view it, idk about yours :) I agree with you. The most important thing in this anime is saving a friend from committing suicide. People are so involved with the romance aspect that they forgot that some young kid is about to kill himself because he is depressed about the untimely death of his mother that he blames on himself. All of his friends care about him and want to save him, that is so endearing to me. I don't care who Kakeru ends up with, I just hope he will live to see a brighter and better future. |
| So Kakeru overworks himself and passes out during his match. Suwa starts to believe that it was because Kakeru joined the football club and is working extra hard. They start to question whether it really is the best decision to follow the letters word by word. The letters only mention which events will effect Kakeru's emotional state and tells how to fix it. The letters don't mention what effects they might have on Kakeru's physical state or on others around him. The purpose of the letters is to give the recipient one way to make Kakeru happy. There are more ways to handle each situation than just the ones mentioned in the letters. Naho is now starting to think that following the letters would have the benefit of saving Kakeru, but it may have adverse effects in other areas like his physical health. She knows the purpose of the letters – making Kakeru happy and saving him from depression – and she can do that on her own too, is what she believes. Following the letters gives the impression that she's doing it because someone says so – that someone being herself lol – and if she tries to save Kakeru without following the letters, it would be like she's doing it out of her own volition for Kakeru and not for someone else. She's going to be doing the same thing, except she won't be taking orders from someone. She'll be handling each situation as it comes like your average person who doesn't get to know the future. Now is this the best decision? That will be clear during the athletics meet. Naho and friends have asked to participate in the relay with Kakeru. Even if Kakeru falls and they lose the race, it wouldn't be only his fault because they didn't even have a chance to begin with with the likes of Hagita on board. Everyone joining in will make the race fun and the result wouldn't matter. There would be no pressure and Kakeru wouldn't have to work extra hard. Of course they would prefer it if they win but the result wouldn't matter much if they have fun. The decision to let Kakeru race even though the letters forbade them from doing that was made because there was a possibility that not participating in the race and then them losing could have another effect on Kakeru because he was the fastest in class and could have won the race for them, another reason was that Kakeru was looking forward to the race and not letting him participate is like not letting him do something he could have enjoyed which could have pushed him farther from depression. Suwa's own feelings are getting in his way as he didn't push Naho and Kakeru together in the nurse's office. He knows that's what is probably best for Kakeru, but deep inside he doesn't want his crush to date someone else. This is exactly what future Suwa did which he ended up regretting. And Kakeru holding out his hand with a sad look is probably not just him wanting to hold hands with Naho. If that were the case then he should be blushing, stuttering and looking away, or he should be have a smile on his face. I don't think he would be asking out Naho with that sad look on his face. He wants to say something to Naho but then feels that it's either not really necessary to tell her right now or he can't muster the courage to say it. Kakeru must be a weird guy if he is asking Naho to hold hands with that dejected look on his face. And the rest of the gang also got letters. It wasn't that big a surprise since Suwa got one after all. Suwa's letter was surprising since it happened earlier, but the rest getting it was a very likely scenario. Why didn't they tell each other about their letters even though they are the best of friends? I'm not too sure. Could be that they didn't want to worry anyone about a future only they supposedly know. It could lead to excessive worrying and they could be focusing less on having fun and more on how to save Kakeru. They all probably thought that they should keep things as they are and act subtlety without being too suspicious. Naho had her worries written all over her face, Suwa gave into the girl's interrogation, the other two girls were good at putting up acts and keeping secrets, and I'm not sure what Hagita was even doing for Kakeru and Naho. Now they're all on the same page and there will be 5 minds working together to save Kakeru. It wouldn't be nice though if Kakeru finds out. Could be that he might come to believe that they're deciding his future for him and he probably won't be liking that. The ending sequence changed with them showing the gang facing each other, all smiles, and then them having their backs towards each other with sad looks. Wonder what it could be hinting towards, if it is hinting at all. Naho's decision to not rely on the letter anymore is interesting. Now to see if not doing what the letters said will have the same effect as obeying the letters i.e will they change the outcome of different events or not. |
few seconds before she's wearing a red jacket. then a few seconds later, she's not wearing one.  lol, animation error :P. besides that, a beautiful episode. SHE WAS SO DENSE holy sh*t. HOLD HIS FREAKING HAND ALREADY. |
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| Not as good as last week, but it was still very enjoyable. =) It's nice to see how tightly-knit the six of them are, wanting to take part in the relay race together. Poor Hagita does get treated as the butt-monkey at times, and his slow pace and funny-looking running style only goes to cement that title on him further. Shame that Naho twice failed to realise the intention of Kakeru holding out his hand to her, although his expression was far from an inviting and happy one. Sure, Naho is dense and shy, but Kakeru wasn't perfect with his actions in this instance either. =/ At least the whole group, minus Kakeru, have a letter each, so now they can put the awkwardness behind them and fully commit to saving Kakeru now. Nice ending sequence with the six of them too. =) |
| Nice reveal. Kinda obvious, but gets the plot going. I know that the main purpose of their letters was to somehow save their friend from certain death, but it was also to encourage them to do the things they regretted not doing in the past. Like Naho and the softball match. Since everyone got their own letters from their future selves, what different things do you think were written in each of them? I'm really curious to know. I was hoping that it would be something to bring the group closer...small things, like maybe Hagita asking Azu out. That would've been a start. Cause they admitted that their group hardly kept in contact after graduation. Also, why OH WHY, Naho, didn't you at least hold out your hand when Kakeru offered his?? I facepalmed so hard... |
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| The animation looked different in this episode. It looked weird in some places. I hope it gets better. I should have expected everyone have gotten letters since Suwa got one as well, but I was still surprised. Naho not taking a hint is getting irritating for me. She is being denser each episode. |
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| Another wonderful episode...Great friends |
| EG99 |
| Omg they all received letters from their future selves 😭😭😭😭 |
| Naho is almost as dense as a harem MC. |
| I almost thought Hagita will gonna ask a date to Azusa, too bad it about the letter. This episode tested Naho's decision of not relying to the letter but insted through her own will and the help of her friends. Which is a good thing for her development. Looking forward for the next episode. |
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| Nice episode, Naho was really stupid when Kakeru want to hold hand with her xD but that's a part of her lovely character lol, btw the last scene takes all my feelings ;_; |
| My gosh Naho is so clueless. :D |
| "The future is always blank. Only your willpower can leave footsteps there." "Ruling over death means ruling over life. Death is the climax of life. To have the best death, you must honor life." |
ridley388 said: Stop saying that Naho is stupid. Have you never been teenagers? There's shy people in the world too, huh? I am both of those things by definition. It's still apparent that she's clueless. I wouldn't say she's stupid, though. |
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| The letter scene was a bit to cliche for me specially with the putting hands together and stuff. But I guess it was ok. Also Naho even if naho didn't realize the first time she should have the following day. Anyways after last episode I would find it very hard to believe that kakeru still commits suicide so I'm not sure about the whole "we still need to save him!" attitude. Just have fun with the guy and keep an eye for weird behavior. |
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BlackstarFallen said: The animation looked different in this episode. It looked weird in some places. I hope it gets better. I should have expected everyone have gotten letters since Suwa got one as well, but I was still surprised. Naho not taking a hint is getting irritating for me. She is being denser each episode. Animation and characters look different in episode 7 and 8 in some places, I've noticed the same. It's like worse quality in some parts lol. |
| God dang these two are freaking adorable, I love this anime. Naho's friends really added the creepiness talking in sync in the beginning, but I found it funny. The letter has finally been put away with the changes in the future, and the others revealed their letters, and I figured they had them too, was kind of just wondering when it was gonna be revealed. Now if Naho could stop BEING SO FREAKING DENSE AND GRAB THE DUDE'S HAND ALREADY we could get even further into that relationship. Glad the others could explain that to her. All I was thinking when they all said they wanted to be in the relay was "Their so gonna lose". |
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| Apart from how dense Naho is, isn't it the worst and the most stupid decision to NOT read the letter? I mean, yes, some events changed, but how can you be so sure that the guy would stop suicide? How can you be so sure that none of those events would happen again? How can be so sure that you wouldn't repeat the same mistake? Gosh, this episode shattered my suspension of disbelief into pieces. |
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| Again another emotional episode, aaww... Who else thought that Hagita would confess to Azu? Damn it. I still believed that only Suwa and Naho got letters and that it has a meaning behind, but when the others showed their letters, it made sense, too. What I do not unterstand is that Naho confessed to Kakeru, and he did the same. Why do they not date each other? Something must go on in Kakerus' head, even though he wants to hold hands with her, because if two people love each other, they move forward, not stagnate. And I am someone that can't see people NOT acting when they know they love each other, generally speaking. It's like a love story going to waste. Did I miss a psychological point in the episode? I mean he also likes to just hang out with Naho as it is, he sorta wants the status quo and not changing the situation and go deeper. The fear that the changes of the relationship may be hurt someone of them is bigger than just be together and knew each other (date). But why? There must be something bothering Kakeru... How can Naho not see that he wanted to hold his hands haha... In a sorta way also a WTF? moment, but she is just too shy and her inexperience with relationsships and love is very sweet. |
| "If the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace." - Jimi Hendrix |
| Naho is really getting on my nerves. How dense can you be? She has to be one of the most dumbest female main characters I've seen in ages. I'm not really a big fan of Orange, it feels the like the standard romance/shoujo anime. Nothing about it really stands out but i still enjoy it for the most part. Although Naho is so annoying that it's starting to ruin it for me. I think I could handle her stupidity if she was at least an interesting character but she's not. She's so dull and boring, and when combined with how dense she is, makes her impossible to like. |
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| Eh, I don't really understand why everyone keep bashing poor Naho - I was once in almost exact same position and situation, and I can completely relate to her. Being insecure, shy and clueless teenage girl. Except my future boyfriend was more like Suwa and grabbed my hand, wasn't just standing there like Kakeru >:D Hagita continues being my second favourite character in this series - he's one of my all time favourite boke. Too bad he doesn't get more screentime, he was always cracking me up :D Btw, top faces of this episode:  Pretty terrible, yup. |
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| Man, I don't mind dense characters, but Naho is so dense that its hard to follow, and her dense'ness is clearly a plot device to advance the story in certain a expecific direction...For example, in this episode her dense'ness was there so that she would rely on her friends more and set the whole "everyone got a letter" reveal in the end... |
| You are not your body, you are your brain, the "self" that emerges from within it. |
| Naho you stupid cunt. Called it yooo. |
| *insert cringey anime reference here* |
LMA said: I'll bet Kakeru got a letter also, and it tells him to make sure Naho and Suwa get together. Otherwise it makes no sense that a red-blooded teenager would not want to date the girl he loves. Unless he was gay, but I don't see any suggestion of that in the anime. (Haven't read the manga). How could Kakeru get a letter also, if his self, ten years in the future never existed because of him committing suicide. Your theory makes no sense, lol. And yes, Kakeru's not wanting to go out with Naho does make sense, because Kakeru thinks going out with Naho would burden her, which reflects what Naruse really feels about himself, not good at all. He even said it in the ep man lol. Wait, are we even watching the same show? xd |
SneakoAug 22, 2016 9:38 PM
| *insert cringey anime reference here* |
| Naho is so stupid omg, i feel so bad about Kakeru when he is talking to her, she is like a 2 y.o baby. So they all received those letters, if that wasn't obvious enough xD |
"There is no such thing as an Anime elitist. You watch Anime, therefore, you are trash by society's standards." |
| Really don't care much about main couple. What I really want is to see Hagita confession to Azusa =x |
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| Wow, another great episode! I'm pretty sad that they didn't get to hold hands, though. |
| Naho and Kakeru at times make me want to rip my hair out. In the nurses office Kakeru refusing to date Naho and the pathetic excuse had me so pissed. Her falling into him (facepalm) and her reaction; what are you 6 years old?? Being dense as a pile of frozen shit with the hand holding (twice!!) yet at the same time didnt he just tell her he just wants to remain friends and nothing more? I feel like the whole suicide and letter storyline could've had the potential to be incredibly powerful but these two main characters are just ruining it for me. Suwa and the other two are the only ones with common sense it seems. |
| Naho is so fucking dense. She sorely needs to get hit by that sports bag upside the fucking head. She needs to snap out of it. I have never met anyone in my entire life who is that fucking dense. So they all have letters, I somehow suspected it. I wonder if Kakeru also wrote to himself something along the lines of "I think I might kill myself" but he's still so depressed he ignored it or something. |
| 臭い- |
| so liek Kakeru holds out his hand and omg i rlly don't know what he wants! Also notice Suwa's face when she's saying that. He's done. Naho seemed offensive in the manga, probably because I didn't have to hear her voice, but here i'm just wishing for someone to slap her. (Which sadly won't happen.) |
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