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Jan 30, 2024 9:44 AM
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Vague title to avoid spoilers for episode 4.

In ep 4, Itsuomi uses his arm to block Yuki’s face so that she couldn’t see Oushi’s reactions or words to what Itsuomi said to him. Did anyone else think that’s terrible? Reading weekly discussions, I’m getting that some things get exaggerated in this genre, but preventing someone who needs to read lips to understand anything from following a conversation just came across as controlling and exploiting her disability. It just leaves a really sour taste in my mouth about his character.

I’m curious to hear differing opinions. Am I overthinking this scene?
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Jan 30, 2024 9:49 AM
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well, the friend is shit anyways xd, she has to notice that
Jan 30, 2024 9:50 AM
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No, I thought the same thing, if she wasn‘t disabled he couldn‘t have pulled such a move. All that to prevent her from being able to communicate with another dude. Red flag.
Jan 30, 2024 9:50 AM
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I mean yuki did have the choice to duck or move itsuomi's hand if she really wanted to read oushi's lips
Jan 30, 2024 10:16 AM
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Often in shoujo possessiveness is framed as romantic. I don’t particularly love it either, but I understand it comes with the genre.
Jan 30, 2024 10:45 AM
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I took it more as an aggressive stance against Oushi. Like, "See? Your words don't reach her, you can try but she doesn't want to listen to you." and not against her to prevent from seeing him speak. As someone else pointed out, she could have ducked underneath and see everything but wasn’t interested enough or too focused on Itsuomi, which only added to his point that she chose him and not Oushi.

But I can see what you mean. Tbh, Itsuomi didn't have all that wholesome romantic vibes from the start, like touching her head at the first meeting and generally looking somewhat intimidating. I don't think it's inherently bad, maybe he's just a bit touchy and means only well, but I'd like to see his character explored more, whether it's just vibes or there's something else to it.
Jan 30, 2024 10:47 AM
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josepiza24 said:
well, the friend is shit anyways xd, she has to notice that

I agree with this (character limit)
Jan 30, 2024 11:46 AM
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I agree, Itsuomi gives off a weird vibe overall. I mean, even during his first meeting with Yuki he was already completely ignoring her personal space and touching her face. Ik that he's just an anime boy, but if he was an actual person irl then it would be just a pure creep behavior.
Jan 30, 2024 12:26 PM
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Ruble_Solanki said:
I mean yuki did have the choice to duck or move itsuomi's hand if she really wanted to read oushi's lips

Yeah and i think he would have stopped if she really wanted to see aswell.
Jan 30, 2024 12:28 PM
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It's incredible how so many shit on Itsoumi but completely ignore what an ass Oushi is.

"oh no, he hold his arm infront of her face, so terrible" while Oushi throws tissues at her twice, and hits her head while Itsoumi just giving head pets.

"oh no Itsoumi touched her face, doesn't respect her personal space!" Oushi playing with her hair and laying his head on her shoulder.

It feels like people being against Itsoumi on purpose, ignoring what Oushi does to Yuki and what positive aspects Yuki notices about Itsoumi.
Jan 30, 2024 12:47 PM

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Definitely toxic on his part but apparently Yuki is okay with it so~
Jan 30, 2024 2:10 PM
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Amikko_ said:
Definitely toxic on his part but apparently Yuki is okay with it so~

what? didn't Yuki already said to itsuomi "it's okay if it's you itsuomi" so Yuki doesn't mind it if it's itsuomi do it something to her! That's Yuki choice ok?!
itsuomi also know that Yuki don't mind it if it's him.
Here as you can see she said it to itsuomi from the manga!!!
This scene is from episode 3.



here is the scene from episode 3!
Understand? That's yuki choice.You can't do anything about it.

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Reply to karemi_
I agree, Itsuomi gives off a weird vibe overall. I mean, even during his first meeting with Yuki he was already completely ignoring her personal space and touching her face. Ik that he's just an anime boy, but if he was an actual person irl then it would be just a pure creep behavior.
@karemi_ so what? Yuki find oushi annoying anyways 🤷🏻‍♂️
Jan 30, 2024 2:34 PM
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No, I thought the same thing, if she wasn‘t disabled he couldn‘t have pulled such a move. All that to prevent her from being able to communicate with another dude. Red flag.
@sandrashw huh? Who is red flag? Itsuomi? Huh~ you're wrong.Itsuomi is the most green flag guy you've ever seen in Shoujo/romance genre.
Red flag? It's oushi.
Jan 30, 2024 2:35 PM

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Amikko_ said:
Definitely toxic on his part but apparently Yuki is okay with it so~

what? didn't Yuki already said to itsuomi "it's okay if it's you itsuomi" so Yuki doesn't mind it if it's itsuomi do it something to her! That's Yuki choice ok?!
itsuomi also know that Yuki don't mind it if it's him.
Here as you can see she said it to itsuomi from the manga!!!
This scene is from episode 3.



here is the scene from episode 3!
Understand? That's yuki choice.You can't do anything about it.

@kisaragi_eki
I mean being okay with and giving him permission to touch her and blocking her only form of communication are two totally different things imo but you’re totally right she was obviously okay with it since she didn’t move away so I don't think anyone will argue with you there lol
Jan 30, 2024 2:39 PM
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ugh..wtf everyone keep hating on itsuomi for no reason?Are you guys hating him on purpose? You guys will never find someone like him in any anime/manga/series
Go attack oushi.He's the most annoying one.
His personality is not that bad and he didn't really do anything bad in the manga but still he's annoying and childish.
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Jan 30, 2024 3:32 PM

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kisaragi_eki said:
@karemi_ so what? Yuki find oushi annoying anyways 🤷🏻‍♂️

I'm not saying that Oushi is good and Itsuomi is bad, I just don't like both of them for different reasons
Jan 30, 2024 3:41 PM

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It bothered me only at first moment but then I figured he is just trying to shield Yuki from Oushi being mean to her. Watch it again and watch how Yuki reacts to Oushi. She turns her head away from Oushi in mad at him and then closes her eyes a long moment with her head down trying to block him out. Only then did Itsuomi helped her do what she was already herself doing. Plus like others said he made no effort to prevent Yuki from just moving around his arm. Though i think it would have been interpreted better of Itsu said to Oushi not to worry about her. She only cared about what Oushi was saying because she knew the two were talking to eachother and Itsuomi kept doing it because he was looking at Oushi didnt see what she was doing. She wanted nothing to do with Oushi only moments before. Even before Oushi shouted out to Yuki he saw that look on his face that probably had him aware of what might have been going on and the yelling cemented it in.

karemi_ said:
I agree, Itsuomi gives off a weird vibe overall. I mean, even during his first meeting with Yuki he was already completely ignoring her personal space and touching her face. Ik that he's just an anime boy, but if he was an actual person irl then it would be just a pure creep behavior.

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But I can see what you mean. Tbh, Itsuomi didn't have all that wholesome romantic vibes from the start, like touching her head at the first meeting and generally looking somewhat intimidating. I don't think it's inherently bad, maybe he's just a bit touchy and means only well, but I'd like to see his character explored more, whether it's just vibes or there's something else to it.

I cant seem to find writing on the social rules of headpats in Japan yet. I can see it is one of the fav romantic gestures not an anime/manga only thing. Of course it isnt solely romantic it is done to kids too afterall so it may have many use cases we may not be fully aware of maybe
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2015-07-03/japanese-women-rank-their-favorite-romantic-gestures/.89939

It is difficult to get how the audience is expected to interpret that. If they (I more mean Japanese readers/viewers particularly) are expected to not think about it and just self insert as Yuki under presumption that Itsuomi is a future lover and thus see him as one already and just ignore norms or is it actually acceptable norm in some circumstances for a stranger to do that or if it is just his touchiness from other cultures rubbing off on him or what.
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Jan 30, 2024 4:40 PM
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I view it as him protecting Yuki from Oushi’s bullying, and if she wasn’t deaf, he’d probably have escorted her away rather than staying to stare him down
Jan 30, 2024 4:42 PM
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I mean. It’s a dominant guy thing showing off to someone he sees as a possible rival and saying “she trusts me more than you”. It would be like if a guy covered his girl’s ears and whispered words to another guy clearly crushing on her that she likes him more or something. Itsuomi also can tell that Oushi does not approve of him hanging with Yuki and wants to rub in that Yuki likes him without having her seeing what he is actually doing. It’s like a stereotypical romance drama thing. I don’t actually like that kind of attitude or anything in real life. But it’s pretty normal. I think.
Jan 30, 2024 5:22 PM
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Honestly I had the same thought. Itsuomi using her disability as a tool to control the information she is interpreting sucks
Jan 30, 2024 5:39 PM
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I invite you all to make a mental exercise and just for a brief moment switch the gender roles and notice how it suddenly becomes less creepy. This is an anime, it will have a few moments of unrealistic sillyness that will play out different to each person depending on their own filters.
Jan 30, 2024 7:38 PM

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ray_exe said:
Honestly I had the same thought. Itsuomi using her disability as a tool to control the information she is interpreting sucks

It's not really that different than bilingual people speaking in another language in front of others things they don't want them to catch what it is that is being said. Just because it's considered a disability doesnt make it wrong to have a private conversation in front of someone. As I stated in my post before Yuki was intentionally looking away from Oushi herself first.
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ray_exe said:
Honestly I had the same thought. Itsuomi using her disability as a tool to control the information she is interpreting sucks

It's not really different than bilingual people speaking in another language in front of others things they don't want them to catch what it is that is being said. Just because it's considered a disability doesnt make it wrong to have a private conversation in front of someone. As I stated in my post before Yuki was intentionally looking away from Oushi herself first.

I didn’t read your post but I think these are the same levels of rude. The more I see Itsuomi though I think he’s just not the kind of love interest I enjoy, so maybe I’m a little bias
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I didn’t read your post but I think these are the same levels of rude. The more I see Itsuomi though I think he’s just not the kind of love interest I enjoy, so maybe I’m a little bias

How rude depends what someone is saying about the person left out or if they are leaving them out from something they would enjoy being a part of rather than the act of leaving someone out in itself.
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nah wasn't that deep. can be rude depending on the context but in this situation, she was already trying to get rid of oushi. if she cared enough then she could've just moved away into full view.
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@karemi_ so what? Yuki find oushi annoying anyways 🤷🏻‍♂️

I'm not saying that Oushi is good and Itsuomi is bad, I just don't like both of them for different reasons
@karemi_ oh you will definitely going to love itsuomi in the later eps!
and maybe you don't like oushi more.
Like there is no reason for you to don't like itsuomi unlike oushi.
So please look forward to it!
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You should rewatch that scene, he blocked her view to not let her know that he has beef going on with her friend. He said “If it's me she’ll let me do it” and the friend reacted to that, so he was simply keeping her from trouble, it was beef between two man that he didn't want her to see, not what the other guy was saying.
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Yuki already looked away from Oushi herself to ignore him. Later in the scene she does duck under to see Oushi but isn't very interested in him. Oushi treats her like being deaf means she is unable to function, I get the feeling he wants her locked up at home because it would be 'safer'. And Yuki said he mostly uses sign language to be mean, it's giving boys bully you bc they don't know how to show interest otherwise 😒 Him leaning on her shoulder was so sudden and weird to me compared to the way Yuki and Itsuomi interact.
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well, the friend is shit anyways xd, she has to notice that
@josepiza24 Oushi is better than Itsuomi imo.
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@josepiza24 Oushi is better than Itsuomi imo.
@ZXEAN thats your opinion (copium)
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ZXEAN said:
@josepiza24 Oushi is better than Itsuomi imo.

@ZXEAN huh- what? Did you read the manga? no right? I guess you like immature guy that's try to steal someone girlfriend even tho he already know that Yuki is in a relationship with itsuomi. Just look at Yuki being uncomfortable..because of oushi making a really immature move to Yuki.
Yuki also immediately talk about what just happen between her and oushi to itsuomi because if she didn't tell him that will make her not honest with itsuomi.. and that's because of oushi hugged her and said "I want to treasure you Yuki" randomly when Yuki just trying to help him to not get wet from the rain.
As you can see itsuomi deal with oushi immediately :)
Want proof??
Here is some of the scene from the manga
oh well..i can't do anything about it that you like immature and childish guy🤷🏻‍♂️














oh and there is a lot of questionable action that oushi do whenever he meet yuki.
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@josepiza24 Oushi is better than Itsuomi imo.
@ZXEAN huh sure...
but itsuomi is way more mature unlike oushi.
It's your choice to like him so 🤷🏻‍♂️
Oh and i don't really like oushi nor hate him. He's not really that bad.
He's cute.
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childhood friends can behave roughly, it isn't described as red flag for ouji and about itsuomi Idk why he hide yuki eyes, like he can't understand what ouji was saying, right😅
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There are several issues here (for me anyway). First, with the childhood friend in play, I’ve pretty much thought from the start that she’s going to end up with him so that would mean Itso will probably end up being the bad guy or at least not being the one she ends up with. Second, Itso seems to be the only one who acts like a college age person should. Meaning he acts like he’s been in other relationships, he’s not a virgin, and hanging out with girls is no big deal. Where as Yuki and Rin (I can understand with Yuki a little more given her circumstances) appear to be in love for the first time in their lives.. these are people who are more than likely in their 20’s.you shouldn’t be going on your first dates in your damn 20’s.. For me anyway, this show is starting to take some turns into realms I don’t want it to.. that first episode where Yuki did her little jump dance thing at the end was so heartwarming. Now this going to go off the rails into crazy town with the last stop being at her childhood friend.. you know it and I know it lol.. I truly hope I’m wrong. I wanted the diabetes causing sweet overload but ya can’t always get what ya want I guess.. lol
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Chayasri said:
childhood friends can behave roughly, it isn't described as red flag for ouji and about itsuomi Idk why he hide yuki eyes, like he can't understand what ouji was saying, right😅

it's a talk between guy...Yuki also don't want to know about it cause she know it's not something good 🤷🏻‍♂️ so why did you care?
Oh and itsuomi did that because he don't want Yuki to see oushi being angry and him for no reason.
want proof??
Here is the scene from episode 4
Yuki also don't really care about what just happened she is more worried about itsuomi.
Here is the scene from the manga




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@josepiza24 Oushi is better than Itsuomi imo.

@ZXEAN huh- what? Did you read the manga? no right? I guess you like immature guy that's try to steal someone girlfriend even tho he already know that Yuki is in a relationship with itsuomi. Just look at Yuki being uncomfortable..because of oushi making a really immature move to Yuki.
Yuki also immediately talk about what just happen between her and oushi to itsuomi because if she didn't tell him that will make her not honest with itsuomi.. and that's because of oushi hugged her and said "I want to treasure you Yuki" randomly when Yuki just trying to help him to not get wet from the rain.
As you can see itsuomi deal with oushi immediately :)
Want proof??
Here is some of the scene from the manga
oh well..i can't do anything about it that you like immature and childish guy🤷🏻‍♂️














oh and there is a lot of questionable action that oushi do whenever he meet yuki.
@kisaragi_eki He didn't do any questionable staff. He care about Yuki a lot. I resonate with his character more, he more realistic unlike Itsuomi who is nothing but a pritty face.
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ZXEAN said:
@kisaragi_eki He didn't do any questionable staff. He care about Yuki a lot. I resonate with his character more, he more realistic unlike Itsuomi who is nothing but a pritty face.

@ZXEAN Ok..then wtf is he even doing for the past couple of years??
He know that he like Yuki but still choose to do nothing about it? He's too late and that's his fault.
He care about Yuki but the way he do it is a bit rough and will make Yuki misunderstand about him.
Oh and itsuomi is WAY BETTER.
He is caring, straightforward, has a really nice personality,respect Yuki, friendly,a gentleman and knows how to deal with important things.He's the most green flag guy you will ever seen in any romance genre.
The way itsuomi handle things is very mature at his age! He's a nice guy!what are the things that you don't like about him?There is no reason to hate on itsuomi.
he's not just nothing but a pretty face! if you don't like him then there is something wrong with you.
He's the standard.You will never find someone like him.So dont talk that way about itsuomi. You dont even know anything about him.
unlike oushi,he's immature, childish and doesn't respect yuki.All he knows is just keep being overprotective to yuki,keep lecturing Yuki and do a childish attempt to make Yuki like him.That's why Yuki find oushi annoying, immature and childish.
He even touch Yuki hair and lend his head on Yuki shoulder just as he like without Yuki permission. (episode 4)
there is a lot of reason to criticise about oushi.
But I don't hate him.
He's cute.
Yeah he is realistic but it doesn't mean that he is better.
Oh well what can I say..
that you like oushi more 🤷🏻‍♂️
I guess you like that kind of realistic guy..
just by looking at oushi move... you will get it why most of his action is negative.
Just wait and see you will like itsuomi more as the episode goes on.
Oh and you probably didn't even read the manga .
If you don't know anything about it just don't make your own assumption.
After you watching this anime until the last episode than you can decide if you like oushi more. So far it's only episode 4. So don't try to make a fast assumption about it.
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Male MC would be a terrible person to develop any sort of meaningful relationship with in general due to his seemingly lack of ties to anything or questionable views on people where it seems like he sees everyone as an experience and not actual people, but this is a romance anime where terrible love interests are par for the course.

I wouldn't think about it too much if you just want to enjoy a cute romance story.
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@kisaragi_eki : If you're gonna post manga panels, can you please use a spoiler button? Most people aren't manga readers here.


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@kisaragi_eki : If you're gonna post manga panels, can you please use a spoiler button? Most people aren't manga readers here.
@Esmera sorry I don't really know how to do that I'm using my phone and I already try it a couple of time it doesn't work 😌
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Yup you're overthinking it.
This anime is a lighthearted romance not a heavy topic anime that you want to over exaggerated every single things.
This anime is just a cute/fluffy romance.
Just enjoyed watching it..don't you like wholesome romance without any heavy drama and unnecessary drama going on for no reason? 🤨
So just enjoyed watching it ok? without over exaggerated every single things
This is a lighthearted romance anime.
It's also a rare shoujo/romance it doesn't have any misunderstanding for no reason,heavy drama and unnecessary drama going on.
This anime is just so cute,wholesome and sweet that if you keep see it you get diabetes because of how wholesome and sweet this anime is.
Oh and the communication in this anime is just top tier.You will never find other romance anime that have better communication than a sign of affection.
I know cause I read the manga.So please stop over exaggerated things.The author knows what they're doing.
Anyways here is some of the comment from the website that I'm reading it.


















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@Esmera sorry I don't really know how to do that I'm using my phone and I already try it a couple of time it doesn't work 😌
@kisaragi_eki Just type [ spoiler] [/spoiler] , without the space in the first bracket, between whatever images you want to hide.

@yuzukoikotaro Sorry if I'm misunderstanding cause of google mistranslation, but - I mean cool if you want to let everyone know, but it should still be at the choice of the people scrolling through this discussion post whether they want to see the manga panels, no? Also normally I wouldn't say anything if it's just one or two posts, but all the images are making it take too long to scroll, especially when you're on the phone.


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@kisaragi_eki Just type [ spoiler] [/spoiler] , without the space in the first bracket, between whatever images you want to hide.

@yuzukoikotaro Sorry if I'm misunderstanding cause of google mistranslation, but - I mean cool if you want to let everyone know, but it should still be at the choice of the people scrolling through this discussion post whether they want to see the manga panels, no? Also normally I wouldn't say anything if it's just one or two posts, but all the images are making it take too long to scroll, especially when you're on the phone.
@Esmera thanks! 😭♥️
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julesvr5 said:
It's incredible how so many shit on Itsoumi but completely ignore what an ass Oushi is.

"oh no, he hold his arm infront of her face, so terrible" while Oushi throws tissues at her twice, and hits her head while Itsoumi just giving head pets.

"oh no Itsoumi touched her face, doesn't respect her personal space!" Oushi playing with her hair and laying his head on her shoulder.

It feels like people being against Itsoumi on purpose, ignoring what Oushi does to Yuki and what positive aspects Yuki notices about Itsoumi.

I mean I haven’t met anyone genuinely on Oushi’s team. He’s such a red flag loser that it’s more annoying to have him on screen. Oushi being a creep doesn’t mean Itsuomi can’t also do things that are off-putting.
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Animaticide said:
I invite you all to make a mental exercise and just for a brief moment switch the gender roles and notice how it suddenly becomes less creepy. This is an anime, it will have a few moments of unrealistic sillyness that will play out different to each person depending on their own filters.

No, it’s definitely creepy regardless of gender roles. Taking advantage of someone’s disability is the weird thing here.
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Anyway to reply generally since this got some of y’all heated lol: I don’t hate Itsuomi. I think he’s a good character generally but there are things I don’t like about him. They’re just starting to snowball for me and making this more like a 9/10 show than a 10/10 show for me thus far.
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BrettWatchesTV said:
Animaticide said:
I invite you all to make a mental exercise and just for a brief moment switch the gender roles and notice how it suddenly becomes less creepy. This is an anime, it will have a few moments of unrealistic sillyness that will play out different to each person depending on their own filters.

No, it’s definitely creepy regardless of gender roles. Taking advantage of someone’s disability is the weird thing here.

nah ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎
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julesvr5 said:
It's incredible how so many shit on Itsoumi but completely ignore what an ass Oushi is.

"oh no, he hold his arm infront of her face, so terrible" while Oushi throws tissues at her twice, and hits her head while Itsoumi just giving head pets.

"oh no Itsoumi touched her face, doesn't respect her personal space!" Oushi playing with her hair and laying his head on her shoulder.

It feels like people being against Itsoumi on purpose, ignoring what Oushi does to Yuki and what positive aspects Yuki notices about Itsoumi.

I mean I haven’t met anyone genuinely on Oushi’s team. He’s such a red flag loser that it’s more annoying to have him on screen. Oushi being a creep doesn’t mean Itsuomi can’t also do things that are off-putting.
@BrettWatchesTV huh? Wtf is wrong with you?? 😧Itsuomi never do something off putting in the manga.
As Yuki said "its fine if it's you itsuomi" THAT'S YUKI CHOICE! AND ITSUOMI RESPECT YUKI.YUKI ALSO RESPECT ITSUOMI.
UNDERSTAND?!
...
Like!?? 😦 did you have a problem with itsuomi?What do you not like about him? There is no reason for you to hate on itsuomi.
All he do is being a gentleman!
Itsuomi is the standard.
Itsuomi is the most green flag guy you will ever find.
YOU WILL NEVER FIND SOMEONE LIKE HIM IN ANY OTHER ROMANCE/ANIME.
Anyways,i agree with the stuff that you said about oushi.
There is a lot of things to criticise about him.
But still he's not that bad.
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Anyway to reply generally since this got some of y’all heated lol: I don’t hate Itsuomi. I think he’s a good character generally but there are things I don’t like about him. They’re just starting to snowball for me and making this more like a 9/10 show than a 10/10 show for me thus far.
@BrettWatchesTV what do you not like about itsuomi??? 🤨
All manga reader like him soo much that they wish he is real including me!
HE IS THE MOST GREEN FLAG GUY YOU WILL EVER FIND.
YOU WILL NEVER FIND SOMEONE LIKE HIM IN ANY OTHER ROMANCE/ANIME.
AND MANGA READER KNOWS THAT THEY WILL NEVER FIND SOMEONE LIKE HIM IN REAL LIFE.
ALL MANGA READER LIKE HIM SO MUCH!
THERE IS NO REASON FOR YOU TO DONT LIKE ITSUOMI.

Here is itsuomi when he have a conversation with


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