Henjin no Salad Bowl Episode 12 Discussion

so who's the girl in the wheelchair? is it like a sneak peak for S2?

Very good ending episode of a very good series! Rooting for more seasons!

That graduation was amazing.

And of course they had to sneak in that romantic tease right at the end, lol. I ship it.

Wanted to mention too that the highlight of this last episode was as least there was a little hint and move forward toward the potential advancement of the Sousuke and Sara relationship in the romantic direction in the future, which was/is the emotional core and bedrock of this show for me. Hopefully they manage to continue to have a complex and beautiful relationship and eventually become a "thing" in that sense too, even if it's only left in written form in the light novels and/or manga, and that content doesn't make it into anime form (if there is never a second season or there is, but it still doesn't cover that). Just knowing the romantic candle burns fiercely underneath it all and that's a possibility to be revisited and followed up on is enough!

As far as other events, not that it made the episode in itself bad, but the only thing I was disappointed on in terms of a plot development (kind of close to the exact opposite of my feelings toward the subtle advancement of the Sousuke-Sara ship) was Noa being apprehended. Hopefully she can be liberated from confinement soon, even if it entails the lawyer and/or private investigator (Sousuke) pulling every trick in the book including anything underhanded. Pains me to see someone like Noa in captivity and not free. A beautiful dynamic creature whose wings must spread. On the outside (outside of prison) the possibilities are limitless for someone like her. She probably just got sloppy in covering her tracks.

I enjoy everything Livia, who's now the best girl in all of anime. Perfect body, perfect breasts, perfect personality.

But man did they run out of money for this episode lol. So many slideshow scenes, screen shaking on a still image, repeated animation, etc. Not that this show really needs stellar animation or anything, but this episode was particularly bad.

Why did they have to make it official with Sara liking Sosuke... Like I know they didn't actually get together like in some manga, but like... a 12 year old liking her 29 year old foster father is all sorts of messed up.

@stevejawbs she likes her as a parent figure that other girl asked about her type she replied with the qualities of the person who helped her and loved her so much unconditionally so what's wrong there.

Wanted to mention too that the highlight of this last episode was as least there was a little hint and move forward toward the potential advancement of the Sousuke and Sara relationship in the romantic direction in the future, which was/is the emotional core and bedrock of this show for me. Hopefully they manage to continue to have a complex and beautiful relationship and eventually become a "thing" in that sense too, even if it's only left in written form in the light novels and/or manga, and that content doesn't make it into anime form (if there is never a second season or there is, but it still doesn't cover that). Just knowing the romantic candle burns fiercely underneath it all and that's a possibility to be revisited and followed up on is enough!

As far as other events, not that it made the episode in itself bad, but the only thing I was disappointed on in terms of a plot development (kind of close to the exact opposite of my feelings toward the subtle advancement of the Sousuke-Sara ship) was Noa being apprehended. Hopefully she can be liberated from confinement soon, even if it entails the lawyer and/or private investigator (Sousuke) pulling every trick in the book including anything underhanded. Pains me to see someone like Noa in captivity and not free. A beautiful dynamic creature whose wings must spread. On the outside (outside of prison) the possibilities are limitless for someone like her. She probably just got sloppy in covering her tracks.

@WaterMage_658 No, the scene was clearly hinting at her liking Sosuke in a romantic way, not just as a parental figure, and also liking Sosuke specifically, not someone else with the same personality.

@stevejawbs she told about her type, not wanting to be liking that specific person.
Theres nothing wrong on looking for a person who resembles your parent figure who you adores so much.

@WaterMage_658 You missed the part where after she described her type (which you could say just resembled Sosuke), the girl asks "that's very specific; are you talking about an actual person?" and she responds with a "well, who knows" and a knowing smile. This was a very obvious hint that she meant Sosuke specifically, not just someone who has his personality.

Also completely unrelated but I responded to your other comment; yeah Rimuru was so hot in the latest episode, and now I have the weirdest boner

Sousuke, worst type of trash. An adult who knows how this world works. See how innocent and dumb Livia can be but expels her from his house instead of finding something for her to do for work (she is strong so could work in lots of places). Keeping her out of trouble could be a nice comedy point and become romance as well. But he leaves her vulnerable to exploitation and abuse. Later he knows that she is suffering abuse and exploitation from the cult leader, but leaves her like that.

Sara, not an adult but didn't care for what happened to Livia.

Noa, lesbian, rapist and cult leader.

Brenda, trash. Creating fake proof of cheating when she doesn't find one. Will now leave Noa out of prison.

Haruka, also trash. cause the fake proof when she finds none.

Takeo, abusing how dumb Livia is.

The contrast: Akira. Imeddiately tried to help Livia when he became aware of what was happening.


Bascally from the main cast there only Livia and Akira are good people. The rest are a bunch of scumbags shown as good people. No idea why anyone would like any of them.
The anime had its funny moments but these details made it a bit repulsive

@Penteano The only lucid take on this comment chain save for Noa? Dunno where you get the r*pist from, since no acts worthy of the label were committed on the show. As for her being a cult leader she was put into that position from young age so she was fulfilling that role. Finally her sexuality shouldn't be an issue. I'd extend her to somewhat likable cast.

All in all a disconnected show both in terms of storytelling (out the window went any resemblance of a plot) and as a device for portraying interpersonal connections. The characters were mostly empty shells lacking will and intent and as such quite horrible in many ways. At best 5/10 but the more I think about it, the worse it gets so best to forget about it and move on.

@Condition_Chaos if it was man using Livia dumbness/innocence to see her naked and touch her freely how would you call it? That's rape in my book. Just because it's made by another woman the name doesn't change.

Sousuke, worst type of trash. An adult who knows how this world works. See how innocent and dumb Livia can be but expels her from his house instead of finding something for her to do for work (she is strong so could work in lots of places). Keeping her out of trouble could be a nice comedy point and become romance as well. But he leaves her vulnerable to exploitation and abuse. Later he knows that she is suffering abuse and exploitation from the cult leader, but leaves her like that.

Sara, not an adult but didn't care for what happened to Livia.

Noa, lesbian, rapist and cult leader.

Brenda, trash. Creating fake proof of cheating when she doesn't find one. Will now leave Noa out of prison.

Haruka, also trash. cause the fake proof when she finds none.

Takeo, abusing how dumb Livia is.

The contrast: Akira. Imeddiately tried to help Livia when he became aware of what was happening.


Bascally from the main cast there only Livia and Akira are good people. The rest are a bunch of scumbags shown as good people. No idea why anyone would like any of them.
The anime had its funny moments but these details made it a bit repulsive

@Penteano

Hahaha

This is probably one of the most absurd comments I have ever read about an anime like this one xD

Totally missing the point and taking it to another whole level. You won´t last much in this anime world like that xD