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| Wait... WAIT A SECOND. HOLD ON. Is this a love square now? Oh... nah, he's just here to be an ass. Okay... |
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So many beautiful scenes in this episode! |
Ysad_Ziwezhan said: Allografter said: She kissed him for real in the manga. Such a disappointment they didn't in the anime She did not. It was not as clear in the manga as in the anime but I suppose they spoke with the mangaka to clear any doubt. That's why they're doing a great job with the adaptation. Instead of two panel in the manga to understand she's "dreaming" we got a whole animation with her running, the clock as a starter, change of color, change of background sound, the kiss, and back to reality, with the noise, the normal color and kondou still going away, as nothing happened ... because nothing happened. I've reread the chapter again and see your point. It looks like as it was in the anime. It's been a very long time since I last looked forward to the next episode of an anime. This is a brilliant adaptation. |
| Was gonna watch this anime when it was completed but wanna let you know that this ep just killed off the disk sales, tons of of preorders were cancelled and it's pretty much dead. |
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| This is the first time I've ever genuinely liked a female protagonist in anime. Seriously, this girl is basically me: anti-social, stoic to others, but actually really emotional and dense. Holy shit...I never realized: a tv anime with actual f*cking animation! |
| Tis true that Kase is a rat-bastard, but his character design is tops. They truly captured the essence of an urbanite bugman hipster douche. His dialogue and voice were also excellent. The scene where Tachibana imagines chasing after Kondo for a kiss goodbye was magical. It felt disappointing when you realize she only fantasized about it. Kondo's inner dialogue on his feelings for Tachibana is superb. One can see that he is conflicted. Akira offers a chance at happiness for an older fellow like himself, but he correctly surmises that she could be a source of terrible heartache. |
| "sure ill keep it a secret. but you have to go on a date with me" -- damn this Kase-san is shrewd dude. |
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| damn kase was a jerk while kondou was so likeable! |
| This was so beautiful I mean the second date of course and Tachibana looks so adorable when she giggled. |
| I wanted her to knock Kase's lights out seriously. What an asshole. The second half of the episode was absolutely beautiful though. |
thebrentinator24 said: Yeah, I'm not the biggest fan of Kase. I guess he was trying to get Tachibana to realize the problem regarding her crush on Kondo, but he did it in a way that made him come off like a dick. I don't think he was doing her a service. He took advantage of his position and blackmailed her. Akira's lucky he didn't press further. |
| The cook blackmailed Tachibana into a date, physically coerced her into continuing the date when she wanted to go home, and then tried to poison her budding relationship. That boy needs some classic wall to wall counselling. Aside from that the animation and characters are superb as always! :) |
| The sword that takes life gives life |
| That chef dude was kind of an asshole. But in a way she's equally as pushy as him. |
 Three things cannot be long hidden.. ...the s u n, the m oo n, and the tr u th. |
| Youth at times like this.. can be wild and times that can be vicious And Yet, All those Emotions From every age become an irreplaceable treasure Although you may not see that every second since the day you met her.. It would be kinda nonsense to know what are those genuine feelings are.. Even so, Right now He want to unburden her of her suffering. He wanted to secure the fact.. that she deepenly hurt.. Even he's not worth enough.. Possible That Mutual Affection wouldn't call "Love" 5/5 |
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| Yep. I agree that Kase is the official douchebag slash bastard of this anime. Talk about blackmailing with Tachibana just to get a date with her. Seriously, what a effing bastard (Sorry for the curse). Anyways, if that kiss is real, they would have to deal with everybody in that station. I wonder what will Kondo do in that situation. Overall, it was a good episode. Note: That businessman guy though. |
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| Asshole kun makes an appearance huh. Also LMAO at the cinema guy getting scared twice in the same moment. |
| I'd like it to be a normal slice of life without dark vibes, but deep down inside myself, I'd like a hentai version where Kase rape Tachibana... What is wrong with me. |
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| I almost cheered for her when she dropped her bag to run towards Kondo in the train station. Turned out to be her imagination. Damn. I've a feeling it's about to take a dark turn next episode. Hope no rape. That would suck. She could have just told Kondo about it. Her actions don't match her strong character in this case. |
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Phaetons_Folly said: The ending of the episode shows that Akira isn't willing to cross the line, and I guess the major tension in this anime will be if she ever crosses the line. It was really interesting to see the juxtaposition of the two dates. They both do the same thing and have similar results. While its clear Akira is happier in the second date, both dates fail because both people weren't fully committed to it. I feel this episode would have been much more interesting if Akira was the one who planned it, and ended up just doing the same things she did on the first date. However, the story didn't take that route. Very interesting comment. Feel the same about it. There was a period in this episode which starts when Kondo is looking at Tachibana on the bridge. And it ends when Akira imagines to run after him and kiss him. This minutes with that music had me completely, as I have never felt in long time like this in an anime. Can't wait to see how it developes. Kase's role change is kinda sad, at least is true personality is revealed. |
| "If the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace." - Jimi Hendrix |
| So correct me if I'm won't, but in the manga didn't she actually kiss him on the check in the end and not just daydream it??? |
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ichii_1 said: what does this even mean? Are you going to explain yourself at all?Was gonna watch this anime when it was completed but wanna let you know that this ep just killed off the disk sales, tons of of preorders were cancelled and it's pretty much dead. |
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plutomutt said: ichii_1 said: what does this even mean? Are you going to explain yourself at all?Was gonna watch this anime when it was completed but wanna let you know that this ep just killed off the disk sales, tons of of preorders were cancelled and it's pretty much dead. The japanese really hated the the ntr bait this ep. |
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| I didn't really like this episode quite as much as the other ones, Kase just made me feel super uncomfortable with what he did, however I do think that this episode was still quite strong writing wise as the parallels of the two dates were pretty telling. Both dates have one (mostly) willing and unwilling participant, and man they even went to the same movie and cafe XD Akira's attitudes in each were pretty interesting, with her being super cold with Kase and then dressing up and everything with Kondou. While the sequence at the end with her chasing after Kondou and giving him a kiss, I think it's good she didn't, especially since Kase did the same thing to her basically. Not really where I thought this would go, but still, decent development at least :O |
| so the classic douchebag character has already entered the story. I liked this episode, I think it would be more realistic to be as complicated instead of the perfect date. |
| Among everything I'm loving about this show and this particular episode, I was kindof impressed by the subtle uncomfortably of that first date with Kase. In still frames most of it looked normal, and a lot of the times it wasn't even clear how conniving He was. Which is what I sortof applaud. Another scene where it isn't hammed up in the typical anime way but felt realistic and still places that tiny seed of dread in your belly. Which of course made it an interesting parallel with the second date and Mr. Kondo. Putting her on that side but with better intentions. |
| Oh, damn, it only took me seeing the very start of the episode to remember where it would go from there and what kind of a bastard Kase was at this point of the story. Can't quite say whether it was still painful to watch it despite or because of remembering already reading this. Good thing the much more nice date with the manager was in the same episode as well. |
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| That blonde cunt needs to DIE |
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| Dunno if we really needed antagonist like that (cliche one at that) but it was still pretty funny how she took inspiration in everything he did (almost). Still, if she didn't want it she didn't have to go with him to a date. Wonder if such annoying cooks even exist (not to mention his flirting technique was so stupid I was almost thinking he was desperate). |
shanimebib said: Oh, boy! Namba Mutta is back with his monologues! And boy, I love Kondou. Like I always said, he is such a harmless hamster. <3 I actually associated him more with Kotetsu T. Kaburagi, which is a hilarious character role comparison. XD I actually do find it rather amusing that the age gap here and in Tiger & Bunny are actually not that far off, but I don't remember much fuss about Blue Rose. |
deadman80Feb 6, 2018 6:49 PM
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deadman80 said: shanimebib said: Oh, boy! Namba Mutta is back with his monologues! And boy, I love Kondou. Like I always said, he is such a harmless hamster. <3 I actually associated him more with Kotetsu T. Kaburagi, which is a hilarious character role comparison. XD I actually do find it rather amusing that the age gap here and in Tiger & Bunny are actually not that far off, but I don't remember much fuss about Blue Rose. Never saw T&B so cannot associate with that character. The monologues are very close to those of Namba Mutta for me, haha! |
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| Wow, that Kase guy is a complete scumbag. Felt bad that she had 2 bad dates. |
shanimebib said: deadman80 said: I actually associated him more with Kotetsu T. Kaburagi, which is a hilarious character role comparison. XD I actually do find it rather amusing that the age gap here and in Tiger & Bunny are actually not that far off, but I don't remember much fuss about Blue Rose. Never saw T&B so cannot associate with that character. The monologues are very close to those of Namba Mutta for me, haha! Same voice actor for all three roles, but the parallels between Tiger and Kondou are very strong. lol Dirty spoiler rundown: I also highly recommend watching T&B, the franchise is awesome in general. :D |
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| okay! we have a scumbag character here! and that fuckin-Kase-san! LOL that man on the lower row watched the movie 2 times as well! is it coincidence? The whole date with Kase-san was very unsettling and unconfortable to see... The VA of Tachibana sounded exactly like HanaKana on ep4 of Koi wa, when she said "Let go of me!" (hanashite kudasai!) [11:47 frame] Tachibana's white dress made her so pretty! Tachibana is keeping all of the things related to Tenchou like the recepit, does it mean it has a lot of sentimental value? I really thought that time stop kiss to the cheek was real, but it was just Tachibana's imagination! LOL the Pamphlet is exactly the same for Tachibana its completely different! omg! can't understand girls! lolz 5/5. |
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Thank you for these! I loved that little happy dance she did. :D deadman80 said: shanimebib said: Never saw T&B so cannot associate with that character. The monologues are very close to those of Namba Mutta for me, haha! Same voice actor for all three roles, but the parallels between Tiger and Kondou are very strong. lol Dirty spoiler rundown: I also highly recommend watching T&B, the franchise is awesome in general. :D Wow, you're right. He's good at these type of roles. And funnily enough, even though it wasn't the same character, Mutta's brother in Space Brothers had that very young Russian girl who was into him. |
| Next time, and better if they avoid letting me see that Ryousuke worm, otherwise it ends up splitting the laptop because of the nervous that takes me. I also enjoyed this episode, not because this series has so many detractors, I do not find it so boring or predictable, even so far makes me surprised with his narrative. I hope that Akira takes a slap, that miserable cook. Kaiser_Senpai said: LittleStar said:   I'm sorry, but I couldn't ignore this guy xD Before movie, during movie he was like this... whole time and get scared two times in the same moment xD Good thing I wasn't the only one who noticed that ahahaha. That guy was fun watching him, the scene thanks to him has earned a lot more points. XD |
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| For a moment there I though I was watching a NTR hentai but I was too overwhelmed, the episode was good. |
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| Watched this episode now. Dropped this show. |
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| That last scene is so painfully real - not in that I can relate to that situation personally, but it drives me up the wall when people say "It's the same thing" so casually. There are also many reasons for seeing a boring movie twice, especially with different groups of friends. I'm still not really buying this series, but I can't say I'm hating the ride. |
| Well, it turns out Kase is an asshole. Watching the date with him made me uncomfortable... I thought he might be a cool dude, but it turns out I was wrong! |
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eliteman1924 said: I wonder how this will end? Do you guys think they’ll get together? I'd love for them to get together and have a fairy tale ending, but I think it will go something like this. Even though he's afraid, Kondo will slowly open up his heart to Akira but she will lose interest eventually. As with most young people, their love feels strong but it's mostly feeling with very little else to keep it strong. I hope I'm wrong though and they share a lifelong sweet relationship together. :) |
| Really good episode, some solid drama and inner monologue. |
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| It was a nice juxtaposition of two dates with two guys and ending with the same program and her throwing a fit cuz her mom combined the two. xD That white dress. =) It's sad though if you really think that Kondo just doesn't wanna get hurt again. =( |
| Akira was so cute this episode especially with the manager :) and that imagined kiss scene though :O ichii_1 said: I hated that as well as I was reading the manga(partly the reason why I stopped enjoying it) but the anime is doing a pretty good job showing off the manga's appeal even adding to it more than the manga ever didplutomutt said: what does this even mean? Are you going to explain yourself at all? The japanese really hated the the ntr bait this ep. |
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