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| THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE. ---------------------------------------- I think Nitta does like Minami but he realizes her feelings for Tatsuya. |
| lol Nishimura, he's overtaken Harada as the best character in the show as he hasn't really done much lately. Also whatever happened to Kotarou and that girl being a couple? They hardly focus on other couples anymore :/ |
saintcross said: lol Nishimura, he's overtaken Harada as the best character in the show as he hasn't really done much lately. Also whatever happened to Kotarou and that girl being a couple? They hardly focus on other couples anymore :/ Nishimura's character hasn't amused me. If anything, he's made me think of Tatsuya as even more of a coward for not defending/helping her - even when she pleaded with him. The reasoning Tatsuya gave later for doing nothing to save his love from a creepy stalker basically came down to him not having the balls to commit. And, in the next episode, it looks like Minami will have to be saved from her stalker by Nitta. In the first section of the story, Tatsuya not making a move, even when Minami made her feelings crystal clear to him, was understandable because of how complicated the love triangle was. He had to worry about destroying Kazuya's drive to play baseball, ruining a three-way childhood friendship, hurting his little brother, AND not being as good for Minami as Kazuya. Of course, he was still cowardly for not being as brave as Minami was, but you could have also described him as being very considerate... ...BUT, after Kazuya went out of the picture, there was no reason for him not to make a move, other than the author wanting to drag out the romance as long as humanly possible in order to draw about baseball. The biggest, almost series destroying flaw Touch has is that the best section of the story, and the only part with any relationship progression, was only the set-up for a vastly inferior last three-thirds, where Touch turned into a decent romantic drama/comedy, with a hell of a lot of baseball. Even though in episode 51 Minami hiding in Nitta's room highlighted that she knew she was doing wrong by Tatsuya (she did make up for it by not denying she loves Tatsuya, though...), I truly feel sorry for Minami. She's been honest with her feelings, stayed loyal to him, has always supported/helped him (even getting visibly angry when he was replaced as the pitcher; arguing for him)... and what, exactly, has Tatsuya done to be worthy of her love in return? He's never complimented her; even going as far as insulting her for getting involved in gymnastics, and he STILL won't make a move for her, even though he's well aware he just needs to say the 'L' word to make her his woman. To be able to put up with such a cowardly guy, she must have the patience of a saint - that's all I can say. I'm still going to get frustrated if Minami runs to Nitta for support, instead of Tatsuya, and comes close to getting together with him as a result... but it's hard to blame her when Tatsuya has done next to nothing in the 16 years of his life to warrant her affections. I know love is blind and all that, and that Tatsuya does love Minami back, but there has to be a limit to what someone should put up with to be with the one they love. ...Bah, this is what an author extending a story to such an extent does to its characters. Usually I wouldn't mind since it's normal for romantic dramas to go on and on forever, just to milk money, but the first 26 episodes had consistent, emotionally absorbing developments that went against the norm... followed by nothing happening after that, for no reason whatsoever. There have been some cute TxM moments, and I am - for the time being - still enjoying the series, in spite of my negative thoughts, but there's no escaping the fact that the main two should have gotten together shortly after the time-skip following Kazuya's death. Right now, I should be enjoying some baseball whilst watching two young lovers edge closer to marriage as they support each other... but, instead, I'm seeing typical romantic comedy/drama situations get thrown in - such as a girl being scared of something and jumping into the arms of a guy... followed by nothing advancing and it being pointless (36). It's the total opposite of the natural intimacy on show earlier on that resulted from them being childhood friends. Going on what I've read, coming next is lots of baseball filler, as well as Minami edging closer to Nitta. Here's hoping I get to be amused by seeing the CUUUTE (old school art + female character + anger = <3) face of an angry Minami (due to Yuko), rather than having to resist the urge to punch my own face over Nitta moving far too close for comfort to Minami! |
| Oh Poppo <3 Poor Nishimura. I wonder why Minami was hiding. Doesn't make much sense. saintcross said: Mmhmm, this show has a really bad habit of completely sidelining characters when they've fulfilled their purpose. Not much Harada, absolutely no Tomoko, and no Sachiko/Kuroki either.Also whatever happened to Kotarou and that girl being a couple? They hardly focus on other couples anymore :/ Not to mention that Yoshida "transferred" riight on time. |
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| Oh Minami you tease... |
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| Progress is slllllllllllllllooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooowwwwwwwwwww, It's been around 30 episodes since the kiss, there won't be another one for like 40 more. |
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| Nishimura slowly becoming a comic relief. |
| And to no one's surprise, Nishimura continues to be an insufferable, lecherous, and obnoxious guy. I guess his existence is just a way to show that Tacchan could be worse, even though he is already pretty bad. Then there's Yuka with good observational skills, and Minami visiting Nitta almost every day for pretty much no reason. I mean, she is Tacchan's "girlfriend" so it's pretty pointless. I guess that Poppo being fond of trying to kill people was funny in a way though. |
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| Why is everyone hating on Nishimura? He's just there for the laughs. And lol, you can't really look into Minamis mind. |
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| Poppo is quite injury bringer still nice of him to bring Tacchan to the hospital to visit Nittan. Man nishimura really became a joke character, I kinda miss Harada a lot who could make things funnier by also messing with him. I really wonder what the point was of Minami visiting everyday if she really loves Tatsuya. |
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| Officially (more than) halfway through Touch now. 50 more episodes to go. I've heard the series suffer from pacing issues in the 3rd quarter due to more fillers but I wouldn't mind if they were just entertaining. But after reading the posts here it seems like they aren't. Damn the baseball club is full of simps. Only two people who's against Yuka becoming a manager are Tacchan and Koutarou. Makes sense for those two not simping as they already have girlfriends. I have a feeling that Kazuya wouldn't be against Yuka joining them as manager. And in this episode Minami didn't deny being a 'girlfriend' of Tatsuya in front of Nitta. Nitta was humble. This makes me respect him more. At least he got to see his crush everyday when he was in hospital... On the other hand Tacchan took his practice more seriously in frustration of the possibility of getting NTR'd. So both sides win. Yuka is kind of a creep. She seems to have an obsession towards Tacchan. She reminds me of Ibuki Yagami from Maison Ikkoku but she didn't really cross that line of annoyance yet. Nishimura got admitted to room 305... unfortunately it doesn't seem like he'll get regular visits from Minami despite the fact it was the same dog causing it. Poppo might be cursed. CoreFinder said: You're not wrong.Well I don't know why everyone is angry with Minami.She has been quite clear with Tatsuya that she likes him.If Tatsuya has not made any further move then what is she supposed to do??She can't beg to him to love her or something.The people angry about Minami's behaviour have probably not dealt with the girls in real world.That is all I can say. |
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| Poor Nitta and Nishimura, if only they were the ones behind the wheel of that damned truck back in ep 25. |
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