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| Well... Hina is just heartbroken in this episode. If she had that chance, she would be happy to have a relationship with Taiki. She knows it very well, but he doesn't want to. Taiki just broke her heart. ๐ข๐ข |
VickyAlexMar 14, 2025 12:49 AM
| hina's rejection genuinely pained me, didn't know which girl i was rooting for a while, fk you @ninka22 for spoiling it on every episode forum, consider finding employment you bum. ruining it for a lot of people, great episode, the studio locked the fuck in for the art 10x more for this episode alone. Absolute Chii-nima โ๐๐ค  |
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luka_k said:
Man this was a sad episode and a really beautiful episode at that. I can't remember when was the last time I watched such a high quality romance anime that I won't forget after 2 days. Characters are not one dimensional, they have personality and are likeable. I love every side character too. It's just a beautiful, by the book romance anime with a bit of sports mixed in and I love it. 9/10 from me and I'm very sad it has only one episode left.
And I forgot to ask if there will be possibly more seasons or is this story completed after 25th episode if any manga reader would be kind enough to answer without spoiling anything.
Man this was a sad episode and a really beautiful episode at that. I can't remember when was the last time I watched such a high quality romance anime that I won't forget after 2 days. Characters are not one dimensional, they have personality and are likeable. I love every side character too. It's just a beautiful, by the book romance anime with a bit of sports mixed in and I love it. 9/10 from me and I'm very sad it has only one episode left.
And I forgot to ask if there will be possibly more seasons or is this story completed after 25th episode if any manga reader would be kind enough to answer without spoiling anything.
there's enough material for a season 2, they'll most likely just make only 12 episodes of it though. not 25 like this one
| @hypexleaks there is enough material to do another 25 episode season. |
| Oh men, Hina pain, Hina tears, it was hard men!! The truth hurts!!! kekeke |
| UGHHHH NOOOO HINA IM BROKEN ๐ญ๐ |
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| Every childhood friends lose in romance Anime although Hina was better than chi-chan.Hina deserves more in this anime, I hope they don't make a season 2 of this anime. I can't imagine to watch Taiki x chi chan episodes in the S2. HINA IS THE BEST GIRL IN THIS SHOW SHE DESERVES MORE. |
| Well since Hina is out, this is a 5/10 for me and im not really interested in a second season. |
| I knew what was going to happen thanks to all the untagged spoilers in the unmoderated episode discussion forums on this stupid site but this was still brutal to watch. I have always supported Chinatsu and that was never gonna change, but I still feel bad for Hina—poor girl. Taiki really did the best thing here. Instead of dragging things further and keeping lying to himself, he chose the direct way and rejected Hina. Tbh it probably should've happened way sooner. Any later and it probably would've hurt Hina even more. Thanks to Moriya for making all this happen. I wonder how she feels now that she knows her push got Hina rejected lol. Also, Kyo had a point. Moriya jumped from one guy to another so she has no idea what Hina and all the others feel. Only one episode left. Wonder how it's gonna end. |
| i knew it was coming but it still hurts, it was pretty intense and my heart breaks for her. i hope she finds happiness with someone else |
| Ayame I kinda thought was a pointless character but I never hated her. But now I'm seeing really her purpose is just to progress this endless love triangle forward and for that I'm so happy she exists, but it would have been nice if she showed up maybe like 5-8 episodes earlier. Once again I can't really draw anything from this show which makes it unique, I thought the sports element was actually handled very well but its been really pushed to the side to focus on this dragged out love triangle. and as per usual the show will more or likely end on a confession. We hardly ever get a anime which has a perfect balance between being friends, being in love, confession, dating and so on. Obviously cause most shows don't go past 1 season. But seriously this show has dragged tf out with this Even shows like Bloom into you for example they may not be dating properly in the anime but it poses a very interesting dynamic between the two main characters and handles a love triangle just fine. Hell even fruits basket does it well with having an interesting story to back up the romance. But blue box just doesn't have that in my opinion. It could have with the sports but I feel like their not bringing that element out enough |
Reply to VMPrecoma
@Miragee agreed, bro. I personally don't mind the dragging in these past few eps, though. But yeah, takes a lot of courage on both ands, but giving this kind of response for a person you really like and admire is tough as hell. But up until this point Taiki has always been a direct guy, and I can only wait to see the growth this situation brings to our trio
Sklardrog said: @Miragee Your take is spot on - the delays and bait & switches of the past 4-6 episodes distracted from the show's more mature elements and got too predictable. I wish the rejection happened ep. 18ish, allowing viewers to spend more time developing Chinatsu's character - which has been neglected among all the love-triangle drama. I do hope we see more of Hina though, especially to see her reflect and learn. Though I was genuinely rooting for Hina (rip), Taiki was right about the status quo being unhealthy for both of them. Though Hina's campaign was fun in the moment, it sounded like by the end that she was too caught up in her head and was enjoying the high of catching Taiki off guard more than really enjoying him. @Sklardrog Absolutely feel the same way about "I wish the rejection would have happened around ep18". As you said, this would have left space to develop Chinatsu's character _and_ deal with Hina's internal processes after her being rejected. I hope there will be some of that in a second season someday. To your last point: To me it felt like she was starting to cope hard at that point; trying to convince herself she was enjoying it, feeling good about it and that it was the right thing to do. This type of thinking can be devastating because it gets harder and harder to break out of it by yourself (and even with help) since the sunken cost fallacy becomes stronger everyday, nurturing the voice telling you it's the only way. VMPrecoma said: @Miragee agreed, bro. I personally don't mind the dragging in these past few eps, though. But yeah, takes a lot of courage on both ands, but giving this kind of response for a person you really like and admire is tough as hell. But up until this point Taiki has always been a direct guy, and I can only wait to see the growth this situation brings to our trio @VMPrecoma Taiki has been as direct as you can ask of an emotionally confused teenager for sure. I feel like a big reason for that are Hina and especially Kyou he can talk to fairly freely about his feelings. It's so important to have friends like that to break the thought cycle inside your head. |
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| Never had a doubt on my man. People were shipping Hina with MC and I was like hold your boats cuz that ship wil sink. Chinatsu for the W let's go. |
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| Calm down man, its just manga panels ๐ |
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| facts, delicious tears ๐๐น |
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ninka22 said: finally. Good riddance. That selfish and ignorant brat got what she deserved. cry me a river   I'm gonna have a lot of fun with salty Hina Fans. very funny ๐๐ |
| LOL Kyou, burnt Ayame to a crisp there ah poor Hina, i was really starting to root for her too |
| Shit happens Hina! |
| It was so painful to watch Hina crying like that :( On one hand, Taiki was right to refuse her because she never had a chance with him, but on the other hand, he could have been softer, IMHO. Now I wonder if they will stay friends or completely become strangers to each other. I would want Taiki × Hina as a couple too, but unfortunately, it has been foreshadowed from the beginning who Taiki is going to end up with. |
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ninka22 said:
finally. Good riddance. That selfish and ignorant brat got what she deserved.
cry me a river
I'm gonna have a lot of fun with salty Hina Fans.
finally. Good riddance. That selfish and ignorant brat got what she deserved.
cry me a river
I'm gonna have a lot of fun with salty Hina Fans.
subarashi ๐ค๐ค ๐ค
| @Aragorn_0 I like your reply ๐ Really ABSOLUTE CHII-NEMA |
| man, this episode was a tear jerker LMAO, the story really progressed so much. |
| bro wth was the animation this ep ๐๐ |
| It was a well executed episode, but when the scenario itself is underwhelming there is only so much you can accomplish. I honestly didn't feel much this episode because of how emotionally manipulative the series feels forcing this love triangle. Everyone knew Hina would eventually get rejected and they dragged it out wayyy too long to try to build some emotional stakes that were just never present. Will be interesting to see what happens with Hina's character going forward as she's easily the best character in the show. Ayame may also become more interesting if she starts growing up some as a result of the events of the episode too. This reminds me of season 2 of Tomozaki-kun except that series has a lot more other things going on for the story and characters. I also find Chinatsu much less interesting than her comparable "boring girl" option in Fuuka too. Honestly, most of the characters in Blue Box feel underwhelming overall except for Hina, even Taiki. They lack enough personality to be interesting to follow on their own as a viewer. We're mostly just watching for the situations the characters get put into compared to other romance series with better developed/more interesting characters. That's pretty damning 2 dozen episodes into a series. Hopefully that changes with a second season since they've laid some groundwork to expand on other characters like Ayame and Kyou, but when you focus so much time on 3 characters and neither of your 2 main leads really stand out compared to the losing heroine with much less screen time that's a pretty major problem. |
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