Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Comedy wa Machigatteiru. Kan Episode 8 Discussion

cchigu said:
I mean, the student council election (Zoku) was also almost the same length (~3 LN volumes), but the difference was that they had more material left to adapt for Zoku and hence Zoku ended up adapting 5 volumes. Whereas, this season, Kan, only has 3 volumes left to adapt. Maybe that is why it feels dragged out, to you.

Meta_Yoshi said:
I've forgotten how amusing Ebina can be when Hachiman and the others were by the beach, getting the pictures for their prom plan. I do hope this isn't the only time that we'll see her... =(

That aside, it seems like the prom will be going ahead. Honestly, I'm happy that Hachiman's plans wasn't in vain and the way that he played his nuclear trump card at Yukino's mother was excellent, as Hachiman himself knows how good he can be when he resorts to tactics like this. Despite that, it doesn't feel like a victory that everyone can super happy about, but more of a sigh of relief that they got their plan to work, considering the opponents that they had this time.

Not just that, I'm glad that Yui was more vocal and was more willing to voice her opinion when Haruno, unsurprisingly, talked down on her and Hachiman about the whole "codependency" once again. In this case, for me at least, Hachiman's plan worked out in terms of the prom as well as making their case and defending their plan more willingly against Haruno's pessimistic opinion.

The last scene with Yukino and Hachiman as they talked together in the clubroom after their battle was bittersweet. Yukino wants Hachiman to grant Yui's wish, which for me, just clarifies that whatever choice that any of them wants for their ending, someone, or all of them, will get hurt in the process. It'll be a valuable lesson that life can be just as cruel as it can be generous and happy.

Overall, I really liked this episode and how well it can make me feel all of these emotions so effectively. On a personal note, I'm glad that I'm an anime-only, as this discussion thread is littered with too many LN readers complaining about the parts that got cut out. It's a cliche that's very old and my response to it is just as cliched, too, but adaptations like this is going to trim parts out regardless, as getting it to work as an anime means that going for a 1:1 adaptation would be pretty unwise and would really screw over the pacing.

Don't let your love and passion of the LN version get the better of your judgement, as I feel like a few users here have already gone down that dead-end road already. ^_^;

yushuf said:
For me, this show is less and less enjoyable because Hachiman is trying to be too nice rather than just deciding on what he likes. It’s painful to see everyone ignore all the obvious cues and Hachiman letting Yukino take responsibility for ending the love triangle than doing it himself. It’s really annoying and completely different from the first season where he didn’t give a crap about being hated but did what he felt was right.

Also if this is the “point”, then the series is going about it in such a circuitous manner. Verbose writing doesn’t mean good writing. And Oregairu is an anime that thinks it’s rly doing something different just because it uses fancier language like codepedency and nihilistic characters. Being different doesn’t mean being good.