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| Ruka is a real dick, trying to force himself on Juri and playing with both her and Shiori's emotions. I kinda get it was to help her move on from Shiori, but...come on, there are better ways of doing that. I'd really like to know what on earth Anthy is trying to tell Utena already. I'm going to agree with others in that I'm going to choose to believe that the shadow girls' story should be taken literally and that Ruka died at the end. Makes it more powerful. |
| "No, son, you may not have your body pillow at the dinner table!" |
| I don't really get why anyone would be surprised about Ruka having feelings for Jury. From the start, Shiori has been saying that he had only had eyes for Jury. I was also fooled into thinking that Ruka was as sociopathic as Touga and Akio, but you gotta admit this reveal wasn't really all that shocking. I appreciate Ruka much more as a character now; his motivations make a reasonable amount of sense, unlike Touga and Akio, where I don't really have a grasp on what they want, or rather, why each of them wants the power of revolution. This one is a nice little scummy love triangle. I get that Ruka was trying to help Jury, that's cool and all, but maybe he could have done that without forcing his tongue down her throat... Still, it would be tragic if he were really dead. I can only hope Jury can start climbing out of her rut now. Well, I even wish Shiori good luck. She may be a vindictive, petty person, but maybe there's hope for her, too. Watching some of the scenes again, the way Ruka behaves makes more sense with this knowledge in mind. For example, when Jury slaps him, right before protecting her locket, his face is more stoic in a sad way, rather than in a cruel way. I don't know if that makes sense, but I like the attention to detail. |
LeeTailorSep 10, 2017 9:25 AM
| Shiori following Juri... please, leave her alone already! Some other girl would make Juri happier ;( Touga words start to get my nerves... ugh |
"A half moon, it has a dark half and a bright half, just like me…", Yuno Gasai |
| Damn. Amazing episode. Juri's episodes are way too strong...while Touga and Saionji (the episode aroudn Touga with Saionji just being a pawn, at least) are my favorite 'arcs' still, Juri's arc is heartbreaking and well done. Glad to see Ruka had a purpose too... the shadows girls at the end really hit home that he's not just the same breed of character as Touga, but much different. |
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| Wow, Ruka that sure isn't the way to get closer to the girl you like. Juri is great and all the developement she's getting isn't enough tbh. I have to mention the lightning looks fantastic at some points, I love how everything looks when it's about to rain. Anthy and Utena kissing under a tree <3 |
| Around the gif~ "It's a big mistake to think you're the only one who can turn into a car" - Shiori Takatsuki |
| This episode was way too sad. Can't believe my girl Juri has such a bad luck with love, and that ending with Shiori following her..what a curse :( |
 SEIZON SENRYAKU: Hungry 100% of the time.Vzla-IT |
| It strikes me that Ruka is a mirror of Jury. Like Jury, his motivation is a reaction to unrequited love and like her, he receives hatred from the person he loves. Unlike her, who we see aloofly angst about her problem endlessly, he attempted an (ill-advised, failed) gambit to benefit the one he loved. It almost seems like a rebuke to Jury for feeling so sorry for herself. Unrequited love is a pain many experience, after all. |
| Wow, isn't this the first complete story-arc in this series, which wasn't all about symbolism and supernatural stuff? I loved it SO MUCH! Did not expect Ruka doing these cruel things to Jury, so she can be freed from her unhealthy obsession, and he does it despite being seriously ill, just before ending up dead in the hospital... Okay after that ending scene I feel just broken T^T |
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| This as such a beautiful and sad episode ;_; It's heavily implied that Ruka died, and I don't think that it's reasonable to think otherwise (that he just changed schools). The story is complete with him being dead, and I guess it's better this way, although very sad, too. |
| Felt many kinds of emotions this episode.. Unrequited love and death from serious illness at the end, just sad.. Thus far I'm very fond of Jury the most. Well, 10 episodes to go, I have no idea how this might end, can't wait to see. |
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| Good episode. I simply love how the duel scene in this ep was mixed up with a flashback. Also, it becomes more and more obvious to me how etherial all the locations are (car in the school hallway :D). |
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| Shiori's sudden infatuation with Ruka must be the most forced thing this show has offered so far. So in the end it was revealed that Ruka's actual final goal was to free Juri from the jail of feelings that was her blind love for Shiori, huh? Noble but his approach to the matter at hand couldn't have been worse. In the end, I can't blame Juri for disliking the dude when all his actions were more than misleading. And that final sequence... seriously, Shiori is such a damn plague. A guy had to die for Juri to finally move on and now it seems Shiori started looking her way. Give me a break... |
SouthRzVaApr 30, 2021 11:49 PM
| What's with all the guys in this anime being creeps?.. The only one who wasn't is Miki and he's still not that likeable.. I'm not sure if he actually is but I can't say I'd be sad if Ruka was dead. He just felt like a carbon copy of the other freaks Other than that not a fan of Shiori either, Jury deserves better too |
| It was (obligatory) Juri turn this time to duel a second time. I'm so sick of this car scene already, so annoying and repetitive. :/ |
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Reply to witchwings
Why didn't they just have a threesome.
| @witchwings Because they hate the other's love interest. Ruka hates Shiori and is disgusted by him. Shiori was too jealous of Juri to want a relationship with her. |
Reply to LuxuriousHeart
@witchwings Because they hate the other's love interest. Ruka hates Shiori and is disgusted by him. Shiori was too jealous of Juri to want a relationship with her.
| @LuxuriousHeart It's been 10 years since I said that 😂 And funnily enough I am rewatching the show right now! It's been too long so I don't remember why I said that but I think it was just a bad joke. Right now, there is no way I think the three of them should get together. Shiori used to really confuse me when I first watched the show, because I couldn't really understand her reasons for behaving the way she does. Now I understand that she has some really deep rooted self esteem issues. |
| So shirori sucks, juri is so stupid she sucks, and ruka mega sucks for I guess the reason of helping out juri?? Though I liked how ruka was such a terrible person that it shook the other two to its core. RIP |
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