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| THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE. ---------------------------------------- This episode was kind of confusing. If I hadn't read the manga up to the Miki arc, I'd have no clue what was going on. It seems like they chopped up the manga and pieced different parts into this ep. I'll have to go back and check. What really annoyed me was "the weapon." I don't know if it's just the sub I watched, but the chain is totally bathed in light every time it's shown, making it too shiny to identify. And the way Miki holds it at first, it seems as though she is holding a knife. In the manga, I know it was a knife that she had. I'm not sure why, but for whatever reason it seems like the knife got edited out. The weapon is constantly referred to as "that thing" instead of what it actually is (whatever it may be, chain or knife). Any insights to this? |
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| I thought for a moment that the series switched genres and we go into some magical weapons show, but then luckily it turned out to be a normal chain with weird scenery. |
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| SO MUCH DRAMA!!! |
| “It’s not so much that I care about what you’re doing, but the idiotic way you’re doing it.” Vincent Valentine |
| awee seriously this show neeeds more kipei and kokoro developement |
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| So wait, this girl is getting raped at home or what? And she wants Yuzuyu to take her place? Cool story. This show really has its ups and downs. Pool episode? Golden. This one? What the fuckery. |
Fleiya said: awee seriously this show neeeds more kipei and kokoro developement True dat. >_>" |
| As I expected Miki has hijacked the plot for an episode or two. I would also like to see more Kippei and Kokoro but I think we'll have to deal with Miki's problems first. So a knife will cost you a PG rating, but cigarette burns (and probably slash marks beneath the wristband) won't? The knife does make more sense in terms of Miki's persona. |
Please don't feed the trolls! In my next life I want to collide at the corner with the cute transfer student carrying a piece of toast in her mouth...rodac |
| Well, this new girl...what can I say. Dangerous is one word when I look at her. |
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| ... She is SOOO a rape victim... possibly family however I feel it also might be somebody else and when the truth came out she became a shame to her family just because she was the victim. Honestly don't think that is what happened but all signs are pointing in that direction. |
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| Another side problem!? GIVE ME MY KOKORO X KIPPEI DEVELOPMENT! |
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| At the end of the prior episode I had an itch that there was much more to Miki than appeared, but how it turned out really gave me a whiplash. OriginANIME said: Well, I've actually just undergone a total shift in how I see this show. I think the point of this show is the rough spots in the life of an extended family. As such, this not a 'side problem' but instead another installment in a series of features on how life for many people is far from sunny fields of flowers and butterflies.Another side problem!? GIVE ME MY KOKORO X KIPPEI DEVELOPMENT! rodac said: Though certainly not nearly as dangerous as a knife, a bicycle chain can do some nasty things. It's actually a fairly good choice if your intent is to intimidate without risk of the really serious consequences using a knife would have.The knife does make more sense in terms of Miki's persona. |
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Flaecy said: awee seriously this show neeeds more kipei and kokoro developement I was hoping that would happen, coz now Yuzu is more open about Kipper and Kokoro 'thing' but now Miki is gonna have screen time =/ also saying to Yuzu that she wants to die it's evil, Yuzu it's just a kid! |
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| There sure is a lot of child abuse for a show about raising a child. |
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| Someone that wants to take Yuzuyu away, good that they won't take her away just yet! And well another scene of child abuse... Lets see what's next! |
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Boba_Fett said: Oh. Just wait till you see where this particular little story is going!Someone that wants to take Yuzuyu away, good that they won't take her away just yet! And well another scene of child abuse... Lets see what's next! |
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| I was a bit confused about the burn marks. Is that something she did to herself to cope with whatever problem she's facing or is that part of the abuse? I'm a bit mixed on Miki's appearance because although I'm now interested in her story, I wish this show had stuck more to Yuzuyu, Kokoro, and Kippei. Or even Marika and Shouta. Or hell just rename this Aishiteruze Marika because she's hilarious. |
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| So the marks were cigarettes burns? I couldn't figure out what they were. At first I didn't understand why Kippei's family even let Miki in in their house, she was basically a nobody. It seemed like the producers needed her there and there she went. But it got better when Miki's parents showed up. |
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| Man I'm really gonna have to pick up the manga to understand this girls backstory aren't I? Also I can't say the whole hitting thing isn't unfounded in Japanese families but holy hell this is the most I've seen in one series. She and her parents need desperate amount of help that's for sure. |
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| this weird ass subplot about miki just feels unnecessary, if anything. if we're going to develop a subplot, can they at least execute it well enough? |
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