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| THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE. ---------------------------------------- Whoa, even Haruka dressed up with yutaka. She looks pretty. These tears though...  Personally, I thought this episode was a nice way for the characters to relax from their usual workplace and school. Kondou also seemed more relaxed than usual and it's nice to see Haruka catch up a bit with Akira. |
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| Great episode, as usual. Can't believe we've only got 3 episodes left, I really hope for a second season. |
 "Le vent se lève!... Il faut tenter de vivre!" - Paul Valéry, Le Cimetière Marin - |
| I get the feeling that eventually that the romance will end up shipping Akira and Haruka in the end instead of Akira being with Masami. The way the love triangles are handled, it reminds me of Cardcaptor Sakura when: That is just speculation from me though. |
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| And here i thought this would be a cute festival episode, but no Tachibana is a party crasher for everyone. |
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| A tale of two friendships at different stages: Akira and Haruka entering the drama mode and Kondo and Chihiro catching up after years apart. I was wondering when Chihiro would finally appear. It was very lovely seeing Kondo give Akira some sage advice under the beautifully depicted full moon. Friendships that withstand the test of time are certainly nice to think about. |
| Aside from the Kase episode that pissed me off, After the Rain has been so consistently good. Kyan is upset with Tachibana for not being open with her, and they essentially blame each other for not providing an opening to communicate. I've had this almost exact problem with a friend before. Tachibana handled the whole thing somewhat coldly. Kyan seems really sweet, though she was perhaps too blunt in calling out Tachibana's crush on Kondou. On Kondou's side of the story, we see him meet up with an old friend/classmate, Chihiro. We get some hints about Kondou's personal life. Indeed, he is a writer. All that blushing between them, though. I was bracing for this to go full yaoi, which would've been an interesting plot twist. Apparently, they were just drunk. The two stories meet up at the end with a wish upon the moon. Just beautiful. 5/5 |
| Really nice episode dedicated to friendship. Hope Akira and Haruka can patch things up again. |
One Piece episode 914 & 915 & 1027 were a mistake and 957 brought the salvation - FMmatron |
| Things got rough between Tachibana and Haruka. I hope they fix things. So the author of the book is Kondou's friend. It was fun to watch them hang out. Even after being 10 years apart, they're still great friends. The Russian came out of nowhere. |
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| Haruka is an annoying drama queen as always, so I don't really care about her anymore. I get what she wants to do but she's going for it in a wrong way. Haruka wanted to talk to Akira, Akira saw manager, Haruka started saying mean things about him, Akira didn't want to listen to that so she tried to change subject, Haruka started crying. Really, what's wrong with you, Haruka?! Chihiro finally appeared. And, what a surprise, he's not Kondou-san's ex-wife! Besides, his and Kondou-san's friendship is just priceless. Even after 10 years they are still best buddies! 3 more episodes and 1 chapter of manga left... I'm not sure if I'm going to survive that. I love KoiAme way too much. |
| Lol. That's all it was? I thought she was in love with her or something. Yeah, friendships in general don't last. Sorry. No point in crying about it. Akira just kept it real, and (per usual) people can't handle the truth. You should honestly be happy if it fades without things getting messy. This is what happens when you try to force the bond into submission. |
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| Ah, such a very interesting episode. Kondo-san's Speech at the end was really great, what a great advice for Akira he did. And not only for her, that speech is very real, there are times you get apart from your friends, but the link remains and no matter how many time it passes, you'll always cherish the great moments you spent with your friends. Hope Akira and Haruka make up later. Well I understand how Haruka feels, they might have been really close as friends. I would act the same if someday I end up being distant with an all time friend. That's were Kondou-san outstanding speech comes in. |
| "We could make the world better, but it's easier to just shut our eyes." ~Blackwall |
| I like how the romance is slowly disappearing more and more with each episode and it goes into exploring youth and maturity. That's such an interesting way to go for a show but i really, really like it. |
| Yay! Finally I am gonna see some new content next episode. The anime has finally caught up with where I had the manga on hold since the anime announcement! Yay! |
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| Damn Haruka is just a distraction to me honestly She is just so annoying. Like can we erase her character? or at least focus on Yui instead |
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| I really loved the parallels between the Akira/Haruka and Kondo/Chihiro situation. Both together and apart, Kondo and Akira are doing a lot of growing and it just goes to show that growth comes in all shapes and sizes, and at all ages. But wow, that awkward moment when you've spent the entire series thinking Chihiro was a bloody woman and it turns out to be a male classmate. Once again I'm both surprised and impressed at how this series tactfully avoids the overdramatic pitfalls of so many other drama and romance anime! |
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| Great episode. It's pretty interesting to watch two different friendships at two different stages of life. I felt really bad for Haruka when she started crying, that was honestly Akira's fault. :( It was a lot of fun to see Kondo catching up with Chihiro. Their interactions were both interesting and entertaining especially the dialogue about the water reflecting the moon, I laughed along with those two. XD Nice of Kondo to give Akira some good advice and I really hope she takes it to heart and makes up with Haruka. |
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| Another episode goes by in a flash. This show does not waste a minute each episode. Too bad that Haruka and Akira had their festival ruined, along with younger brother and the twins. Both Akira and Haruka are a little too blunt at times. Ah! So Chihiro is Kondo's classmate from his college days. Chihiro even kept an issue of their self-published journal. We even find out that Kondo's ex is named Megumi. Hmmm, maybe we will meet her at some point. The final part where Kondo and Akira have their brief talk under the supermoon was enchanting. He gave her an inspirational talk, without seeming like an overbearing adult lecturing a youth. |
| not much happened in the episode just festival and all... manger old friend hangout |
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| I'm looking forward to Kondo sharing his novels in the future, maybe with akira. I just want to know more about him, he is Best boy this year easy. The use of colors and shapes for everyone emotions still intrigue me, i wonder what philosophy they are using to incorporate those in? Simple color theory doesn't always seem to apply so easily but it's kind of a nebulous thing anyway... I would love some insight there because it always seems to convey the characters feelings pretty smoothly. Which makes this show so pretty to look at, probably the best directing in a show this season. |
Major_Gilbert said: Great episode, as usual. Can't believe we've only got 3 episodes left, I really hope for a second season. Totally want the second season of KoiAme is definitely one of my top favorite. So sweet in how Kondo really concern about Tachibana and really cheered her up, their moment always bring a warm smile on my face: together bring the best towards one another, truly love Tachibana x Kondo chemistry: Kondo's kindness is what I really love about his character. <3 |
| The moment Chihiro told about the point in their life where they went apart quite resonate with me, since I always asked me this question : "how many amazing artists just never became artists in the first place only because they got a wife/man and kids ?" I'm sure many people (men and women) gave up their dreams as soon as they decided to have a family and it's just here, illustrated in this episode. In the end I enjoyed the second half of the episode the most, Kyan overreaction wasn't my cup of tea. Not surprised Tachibana reacted coldly. I like Kyan's brother and sisters. It wouldn't be bad to see more of them. rand note : Pretty pessimistic there'll be a second season to be honest. |
Ysad_ZiwezhanMar 9, 2018 12:58 AM
| What a great episode. I loved the interactions between Chihiro and Kondo. Seeing Haruka hurt was pretty sad, I think she was bound to have some sort of outburst since she has been bottling up her feelings. I hope they are able to make up and have an honest conversation together. A few days ago I was thinking the exact same thing that Kondo advised Akira, so I was positively surprised to hear that here as well. |
| I get why Haruka's in the show and all, but her presence is tedious and brought the episode down: while her argument with Akira served as a decent contrast with the relationship between Chihiro and Kondo, it doesn't feel like something worth caring about, and it's probably for the best if they both move on with their lives at this point. That aside, now that we've got an idea of the relationship between Chihiro and Kondo, his reaction to the book in a previous doesn't really make much sense at all, but I digress. |
| Interesting how genetics work in the Haruka family with the hair and skin color . We learned that the ex wife was someone from college, and that he is not in completely good terms with her, probably... What can we do/imply with that information? After all that time and seems like Kondou stil had a good friend, good to know. |
| best episode yet. i really loved chihiro, he seemed like a cool dude |
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| Seeing Tachibana finally hanging out with Haruka, I thought they will rekindle their friendship, but seems not. I hope they fix things between them. Ah so Chihiro is a college friend of his, I like their friendship, it's nice seeing them having fun while also talking about their youth & It was interesting to know a little about Kondo's past. I do hope that one day he'll get the courage to publish his novels. |
  :: Sʏᴍᴘʜᴏɴɪᴀ  Fly me to the moon Let me play among the stars Let me see what spring is like On jupiter and mars ☆ ★ ☆ ★ |
| Amazing episode I really got some warm emotions here. |
| Such a wholesome episode :'), I love how poetic the conversation between Kondou and Tachibana got. |
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| - Haru nee... - Oshiko - Oshiko - Eh? IMA?! KOKO DE?! |
| I missed more conversation between Akira and Haruka before their dispute, if I have a friend who is in love with an adult like Kondou, I will do a lot of questions uwu |
| Wtf, I am only 17 years old and how Kondou feels nostalgic it does make me to not get older and to be forever in highschool. hahahah |
Ryutai said: Atavistic said: I get why Haruka's in the show and all, but her presence is tedious and brought the episode down: while her argument with Akira served as a decent contrast with the relationship between Chihiro and Kondo, it doesn't feel like something worth caring about, and it's probably for the best if they both move on with their lives at this point. That aside, now that we've got an idea of the relationship between Chihiro and Kondo, his reaction to the book in a previous doesn't really make much sense at all, but I digress. I guess you are missing the whole point of both the relationships, here. Haruka is a key character in the story, and while you could find her annoying, her presence is very important. The reason why Akira is ignoring her, is basically the same reason why she fell for Kondo. After her injury, Akira gave up on her biggest dream: running. She hasn't the courage to try anymore. So, despite the fact Haruka is her closest friend, she started to ignore her, because she wants to erase from her life everything that reminds her of her lost dream. She started to avoid Haruka and all the rest of her track team friends. She is deeply depressed, and she found a shelter from the "rain" (her depression) in her obsessive love for Kondo. She is trying to replace her passion for running, with another passion. Kase (the blond cook) wasn't wrong, when during their "date" he told her "so, since you can't run anymore, you are trying to fill that gap in your heart with a man". We saw why she fell for Kondo: he has been very kind to her, when she was completely emotionally broken. Around him, working at the Garden, she can also avoid any contact with her friends, whose presence reminds her of her personal failure. It's also for this reason she doesn't want her friends can discover where she is working, or they could go there, and ruin her comfort zone. When Kondo was young, he lived a very similar situation. He wanted to become a successful writer, and he shared this dream with his friend Chihiro, but he fell for Midori, he married with her, while Chihiro pursued his dream, becoming a popular writer. So, Kondo basically behaved with Chihiro like Akira is doing with Haruka: since Chihiro reminds him of his lost dream as a writer, he preferred to give up on their friendship too. Only recently, thanks also to his interactions with Akira, that are reviving in him his past memories and ambitions, he found the courage to meet Chihiro after 10 years, even if for him it's still painful to see how, unlike him, Chihiro was able to become a successful writer. Well spoken sir, I kind of got the idea, but this has definitely cleared things up more so thank you for sharing your knowledge on this anime. |
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| Chihiro Kujo... is that a JoJo reference? Anyways, what a nice episode this was. |
| “Humankind cannot gain anything without first giving something in return. To obtain, something of equal value must be lost. That is alchemy's first law of Equivalent Exchange. In those days, we really believed that to be the world's one, and only, truth. But the world isn't perfect, and the law is incomplete..." -Alphonse Elric "Then and now, what I protect has never changed!" -Sakata Gintoki I'll take anything like The Pet Girl of Sakurasou. Anything as good as that. |
| Seeing Kondo getting drunk and talking and laughing with his friend was nice considering we usually see a somewhat awkward Kondo in most episodes lol |
| “I love heroes, but I don't want to be one. Do you even know what a hero is!? For example, you have some meat. Pirates will feast on the meat, but the hero will distribute it among the people! I want to eat the meat!” - Monkey D. Luffy |
| This episode was a piece of art, wow. Genuinely the best episode of this series. The friendship of Kondo and Chihiro is so beautiful T_T |
| Best episode so far, I knew Kondou-san was a writer! I guess a writer recognizes another... But they messed up the gratuitous Russian: посмотреть is the infinitive form, "to look", not "look!"; the imperative form would be "посмотри!"; and месяц means "month", not "moon"! It must've happened because in japanese "month" and "moon" are the same word, lol |
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Z_Tetriminos said: Best episode so far, I knew Kondou-san was a writer! I guess a writer recognizes another... But they messed up the gratuitous Russian: посмотреть is the infinitive form, "to look", not "look!"; the imperative form would be "посмотри!"; and месяц means "month", not "moon"! It must've happened because in japanese "month" and "moon" are the same word, lol You are right on посмотри but месяц does mean moon as well. At least I think. I am learning Russian for just a half a year but in Slovak (related language) Mesiac does mean both moon and month. Russian dictionary also confirms this. Completely agree on the best episode part. As a fan of Russian/Japanese literature and as someone who dabbles in writing (while a friend was already published) this was really a treat. |
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