Gangler said:Yumekichi11 said:Indeed it was but it's just too bad she did not find out that Kinji needs sexual stimulation for his condition. She got the basics but not the key.
True, she didn't quite get it, but there are a hundred and one reasons why you wouldn't necessarily come to the conclusion about sexual stimulation. In addition to that, apparently Aria is excessively lacking in knowledge on sexual matter, to the point that she doesn't even know how reproduction occurs. It seems more than likely that she doesn't actually even know what sexual stimulation is. I mean, lacking knowledge of even how the parts fit together, or that they can at all, seems to follow that she wouldn't know that there is pleasure and/or excitement associated with an act she's never even heard of.
But the other thing is that despite the fact that she missed a couple key facts, it is a testament to how she well works that her conclusion is still completely functional for her intended purposes. At the end of the day, kinji is gonna make sure he gets the trigger taken care of when the battle starts, so from aria's end she can pretty much take him into battle with a surety that Kinji will shift once it gets started.
I'd hope for Kinji to explain the situation to her just in order to avoid mixed signals from his battlefield interactions (I would bet money that Aria thinks Kinji loves her because of the kiss, but that's not even really a bet), but I sincerely doubt that's gonna happen. I'm all for the main accidentally leading on some harem member when it's a legitimate misunderstanding or the harem member is reading far too much into way too little and the main isn't cluing in. It's a tried and true means of creating comedy through their misunderstandings and the discrepancies in their interactions from each perspective, but in this situation Kinji pretty much has to know what it looks like when he does this. If he keeps it a secret anyway that's pretty skeevy. He hasn't told aria yet, and he's already joined into a partnership and essentially committed to do this again, so even outside of just expectations of the genre I don't feel I'm unjustified in thinking this is going into a scummy and not entirely relatable direction.
Yumekichi11 said:
Tactician in normal mode perhaps but i Hysteria I would say he might be what Aria is in this episode based on your glorious well description of Aria's improvement whom BTW I was right last episode, she did develop abilities except I made the fatal mistake that they were reserved to be shown at proper times. Can't exactly expand all ammo before the show is over. Anyway Kinji is just so much more in hysteria mode, too bad it has a cool down.
Hmm... You're right. He is a much quicker thinker when he's in hysteria mode. Hadn't thought of that. Between his split personalities and the contradictions even within them individually, it's kind of no wonder I'm having trouble figuring out where he fits in everything.
Really, I frankly think this entire show would work better without the hysteria mode. It kind of bugs the shit out of me. Everyone else seems to like it though, so it was probably a good move for the author. Just not to my taste. It feels out of place, seems to cheapen a lot of what would otherwise be really cool moments, and as a whole hysteria kinji just isn't really fun to watch. Oh well, I'm still having fun with all this, and he spends relatively little time in hysteria mode, so it's not like it's breaking the show for me or anything. Obviously I'm still here at episode six;)
pokaku1 said:
Oh my GOD
This episode was a real let down...seriously.
The story is meant to revolve around the relationship between Aria and Kinji so what on EARTH is this shirayuki doing here? This episode was nothing but mere fanservice for Shirayuki x Kinji supporters. It used to be good when it was only Aria and Kinji but now, Shirayuki is joining Kinji's house!
I do not only dislike Shirayuki for interfering the relationship between Aria and Kinji but i hate her personality too. Look, she shows NO gratitude. After getting in a fight with Aria, she pulls all sorts of pranks like putting a scroll in her locker saying "thief cat". WHY? Because Aria "stole" KInji from her? I mean, I would not do that if I were her. Despite all this, Aria actually volunteers to be Shirayuki's bodyguard. How nice! But, how does Shirayuki thank her? By calling her a b*tch and saying how she doesn't want her near her. Also, when she cooked dinner, she says the food was all for Kinji. SERIOUSLY!! I hate you shirayuki!! And, she talks about ARia invading her little world with Kinji and stealing him. But no. It is the opposite way round. SHirayuki had to interfere with Kinji and Aria's relationship and live in Kinji's house, too. Don't be a hypocrite Shirayuki!
I am sorry if a have offended Shirayuki fans but I am really pissed right now because this episode had made my respect for this show drop down. I hope the relationship between Aria and Kinji strengthens later on and more importantly, the annoying yandere to stop living with Kinji as he is already with someone.
I'm pretty sure this is a harem anime rather than a straightforward romance, so there will probably be more intrusions on the Kinji/Aria ship to come. Just a heads up. Sounds like that might be a big deal to you. Might be worth finding a novel reader to ask about that.
Shirayuki's problem is that forbasicallly her entire life, she has been socially isolated. This is due to her position a Hotogi Shrine Maiden. Kinji was basically not only the one to show her the outside world, but also probably the only one she could relate to on an equal footing. (It is revealed in the novels that her family and his have a long standing connection, hence why he was able to visit her as a kid.) Her Yandere personalities are a reflection of this, not only does Kniji represent a normal life to her, but also the only Normailty she would be allowed, hence why she hangs on to him so desperately. Remember her being called a "caged bird"? That is because she pretty much spent her whole life, minus butei academy on the Hotogi Shrine performing her duties. I didn't care for her much at first either, but upon learning about her past I just wanted to give her a hug. Also I forget if thee Novels had mentioned it by this point or not, but before Kinji went to Butei high he was in a normal school. While there all the girls found out about his hysteria mode and would intentionally trigger it, and then force him to do whatever they asked him to since he can't hurt girls in hysteria mode. That's is why he so reluctant to use it. At the same time he feels like he is nothing without it. So Kinji's seems to have a case of always someone better, when the someone better is himself.