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| More of a personal episode again between Saki and Yuuta. It's interesting to note that Akiko is someone he turns to advice. Interesting enough, it seems Saki is more open to letting him know more about her with her own problems. Imo, this is a personal development for both characters. Also gotta give credit to Saki's VA for protraying her character so well with her emotions. |
Stark700Aug 22, 5:41 AM
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| Saki may be an indecisive young girl who follows her mother's whims, but this is the first time that she needs to decide for herself. Still within the Summer heat, Yuta questions Saki's mother Akiko about how her daughter naturally acts, and it fits in line with what he's already expected her to be. And the overly hardworking girl definitely needs a break at times, though Yuta changes his mind to want to follow Narasaka to the pool...and asking Saki for her contact, it's definitely jealousy setting in amidst being polite about a simple matter. Otherwise, the daily life's grind continues like the norm, though Saki is clearly filtering him out of her own burdens as much as possible. But it becomes clear that Yuta asking Saki out to the pool, it's not the pool being the objective, but of the latter coming to terms with her jealousy and making excuses to him, which is contradictory to the rest that she desperately needs. Unsurprisingly, Yuta asserts what both him and Saki split in their duties when they first become stepsiblings, but this time, he's going to take control and switch gears to do the work that she has done for him prior. A slice of toast, along with crispy slices of ham and some hot milk, Saki smiles for the first time in awhile, and changes her mind to go to the pool. By learning of him better when it comes to the relationship phase, Saki slowly opens herself and expects a good time coming. Saki's slowly opening herself up to Yuta, which is good to see. |
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| Looks like Saki made up her mind about a few things but she still needs to open up a bit more. Ayase is also trying to help her out in her own way but Saki needs a bit more push. At least things as siblings are going a bit better even tho both the main and Sauki still seem hesitant to each other. I also wonder about the tapes Saki has she was watching one at the end but tapes like that have been out of use for a long time making me wonder where she even got the tape player from. |
Good siblings right there, Yuuta forced himself to got pool because Saki wanted to. Then Saki forced herself to go because she heard Yuuta liked pools. W scene |
| Uses chop sticks to pick up ham and place it on bread...then picks up bread with hands to eat it....what was the point of the chop sticks exactly? |
| Another very well directed episode. Saki is in her jealous phase and I think the pool trip will do both she and Yuta a world of justice. It’s hot, they’ve been working hard and they both have a thing for water so get out there and have fun. Saki for the first time in her life is experiencing jealousy and trying to deal with it without making things too awkward between she and Yuta.. wasn’t working out that’s for sure. I thought she was gonna faint when she saw him walking with Shiori there lol. I’m glad he told her they’re not dating so hopefully that just puts an end to things. Of course it takes Yuta making food for saki to really reach her and get her to go to the pool party lol. I guess the old family tapes at the end of the episode also gave her a little push too. Yuta loved the water growing up and based on his dad’s tone I’m guessing his mom was probably sick at the time? Poor thing |
Marinate1016Aug 22, 9:20 AM
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| It took some convincing before Saki agreed to go to the beach. It's kind of a defence mechanism to promote sempai when she feels the opposite. Looks like Yuuta had some bad experience in the beach. |
patkarununganAug 22, 2:25 PM
| Yuuta has succeeded in luring Saki into the pool. And he doesn't need to force Saki, but in his own way that's what makes me admire him. What a sincere older brother figure Yuuta showed this time. Another great episode.  |
RafaBryanAug 22, 9:36 AM
| If they make a powerpoint presentation, they could atleast draw the faces every time :3 |
| “Do what feels right in your heart. You will be criticized either way.” (Eleanor Roosevelt) |
| Been forgetting to post in this one but oh wells ;p The pool seems really important to them after this episode. It reminds them of when they were happy kids before things changed. Good job to Yuta for helping Saki out; hopefully, they both enjoy it |
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| actually really liked this episode, My opinion on Saki has been doing backflips all season but this episode made me really like her. Yuuta should have backed down though like I understand he cares about her but dam give her a bit of space. But I guess it worked out in the end |
| wonderful. saki slowly opening up more and more, really wholesome to see. ep felt v cozy as usual. also, she knows that she is indeed, jealous. direction is great like always.   cute |
bad bruh
so she just chillin and listening to their tapes damn 
| I couldn't believe when Yuta went to Saki and asked for Maaya's number, he must've not realized the blunder that was and Saki's response of "no way" confirmed it lol. Also when Shiori leaned onto Yuta's bike and Saki saw that I just knew she would get more jealous vibes but at least she asked him if they were going out (didn't she previously ask that before?) and Yuta confirmed they weren't. While seeing Saki in a funk was no fun I'm glad that the food and milk that Yuta heated up brightened up her mood enough to want to go to the pool. I think she's realizing that Yuta cares for her and her wellbeing. Side note, it was surprising to see Saki's mom ship them even if she clamed she was just kidding. One last thing, what's up with the ending scene with Saki listening to some tapes of Yuta and his dad at the beach? I didn't even know people made audio tapes like that and I wonder if she went through some boxes to find them... |
| Super DREARY show. SENPAI is the best character. Can we at least get some hot fan service of the blond Gyaru soon? |
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| peaceful episode like the others, i like very much this serie it's smell the "Beach episode" next week ^^ |
| love this episode, but seems she's currently in confusion-mode - either want to be lover or little-sister... we will see how next episode it is |
こんにちは！私の名前はマルハザクです！  こんにちは！私の名前はマルハザクです！ |
| This may have been the most laid back episode so far, I’m ngl I was feeling a little sleepy watching it but this is not a complaint lol, I was very relaxed. And I gotta say, I wasn’t expecting the pool to not happen this episode, when it was mentioned in the previous one I was thinking “okay, pool episode next week” but then we spent a whole episode convincing Saki to go to the pool lol, but once again that’s not a complaint because I liked this episode a lot. I especially loved the breakfast scene, Saki finally taking that break she deserves and letting Yuuta cook for her was really sweet, and I’m not really a fan of ham but that looked scrumptious even to me lol. And looks like Saki has been listening to some old tapes from Yuuta and his dad, I’m guessing that played a role in Saki agreeing to go to the pool but it’s also relevant to Yuuta’s past, we’ll probably get more on that eventually, but I’m just wondering where she got the tape lol. And lastly, that glasses babe Yuuta talked to at his cram school surprised me with her cuteness, hope she reappears sometime! |
| A relaxing episode like usual. It'll be interesting where they go from here since they seem to be showing more emotion with each other |
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| Unlike what the last episode preview suggested, turns out this episode wasn't about Saki's childhood at all. Instead, the episode focuses on Yuuta's attempts to get Saki to unwind and relax. - Kid Saki's favorite food wasn't just ice cream, but her mom's homemade beef stew. - Where was Saki studying this whole time when the apartment's air conditioning unit wasn't working? - I wonder if Yuuta got to find out from his stepmom what is Saki's absolute favorite thing.... - Oof. Shiori got busted fooling around with Yuuta in public. With how Saki treats Yuuta at work in the next scene, she did not take that little incident lightly. - We are once again graced with ponytail Saki... though not for long sadly. - Yuuta's plan to indirectly invite Saki to the pool by having Maaya act as an intermediary fell apart. - Whatever was on Saki's mind that night, it must have been so heavy that she couldn't sleep until it was morning the next day. - I'm glad Saki gave Yuuta a chance to cook. - Yuuta liked his own cooking so much he just ate the meal with his hands directly touching the ham. - I'm curious to know if any of the food Yuuta prepared became the secret sauce that finally convinces Saki to go have fun at the pool. If so, was it the warm milk? The toast? The grilled ham? The butter? - "If you two are going out, I want you to come out and tell me." Saki, you already expressed this concern since Episode 5. Saki must really be possessive towards Yuuta. I can only imagine how possessive she'll be once Yuuta becomes her boyfriend. - Turns out that Saki's study session involves listening to tapes of Yuuta's childhood. |
| That post-credit scene is pretty mysterious.... Is Saki really listening to Yuta's childhood? Best parts are clearly the Yukki acting and Saki ponytail and eating scenes Looks like we also get a new girl on the scene. I wonder how she will impact the dynamics of the duo. Author's post on ep 8. Really interesting read to know why they cut parts and add stuff not from the novel. https://x.com/mikawaghost/status/1826619981985185932 |
booyah10Aug 22, 7:16 PM
| Nice little episode again after the last one with nice interactions with Saki and her getting jealous. Senpai's still the best and most fun to have around but it's been fun watching Saki this episode. Nice interaction with Yuta and saki's mom too. That short flashback with Saki and her mother was very sad though, must have been so hard raising her alone. |
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| I'm just curious, why do they used chopsticks to grab the ham to put it on the bread when they used their hand to eat it anyway. Maybe it just Japanese thing? lol But next week we got the Obligatory Pool episode in Anime. |
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| The animation of him eating the toast was so stupid.. if the animation is the only appeal of this boring show then they should do better.. first he was not even touching the toast with mouth then he was taking bites but the toast was the same size :D same for her toast but she at least looked like she is biting it ;d also never seen wireless headphones working with old tape player.. where is the cable?.. its not iphone or such... |
| (づ￣ ³￣)づ ちゅっ ちゅっ キス (´｡✪ω✪｡｀) I hate it when anime/manga that I enjoyed ends, especially when there could be much longer plot and when I love main heroine :P I wish I had magic glasses that let me see real world in anime colors ;) |
| this show has such an incredible mellow atmosphere. I think this is turning out to be my favorite romance of the season, even outshining Alya |
| Saki's mother did not spend much time with Saki, which is why Saki really changed into a more mature person. it's good to see Yuuta can make Saki not to push herself too much and Yuuta managed to make Saki more open than now, finally the relationship between the two of them looks healthier and more open. and at the end, they talked about habits. when you realize that you're doing something out of habit on a day you shouldn't be doing it, it suggests that that day is "different" and hints that maybe "things are changing". another example of what makes this show so good.  |
| i really love saki !! she is cool |
| Not the mom trauma dumping on Yuta lol Why didn't Yuta go to the grocery store with her? I will say that it wasn't cool of Saki to not tell Yuta that he was invited to a pool party and instead he found out through someone else. Why did she go to the store if she wasn't going to buy anything? Why aren't any of the parents awake when they get home? I know the mom works late but when was the last time Saki and her mom saw each other? Idk how people keep saying the animation is good when more than half of the time, its just slow shots or shots of people without faces/defining features while there's a conversation played over it. Imo its lazy. I mean what is the shot at 9:40? Yuta looks stupid as hell, same with 9:43 with Saki AND Yuta looking stupid. I don't understand all the feet and floor shots. Yuta looks dead inside with all the little twinkles and details in his eyes like Saki. All of this is lazy animation!! I don't care what anyone says. People keep saying this is realistic but its not, why did Saki flinch like that when Yuta passed the butter to her? How many times can she say "let's leave it at that" within 3 minutes. As for the person who compared this to Domestic Girlfriend...do not disrespect DG like that ever again. This trash will never compare to the juicy drama in DG. How is Saki cool when she says like 5 words per episode??? She has no personality lol maybe seeing a psychiatrist would be beneficial to her... Another thing, why do people keep saying this is a personality turning point? HOW??? There's been absolutely no progression whatsoever. |
cooldogmomAug 23, 6:22 PM
As a wise man once said, "No one hates anime more than anime fans"  |
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this show started well and just a whole lot of nothing.
its so mid its insane. i'm just reading the comments and seeing like "well directed" "that was entertaining" "i love saki"
BRUH HOW
someone legit enlight me i want to appreciate this show but its so painfully mid...
nothing happens
its all art and landscape
saki is the most akwardly anti social character i've ever seen like holy crap shes beyond saving its like im watching a toddler grow and im some random bloke across the street that should give 0 fuck about the kid.
at this point i just watch in hope something happens at some point. but atm we just watching a lad and his laddie just painfully living the most boring life on existance. Another episode 70% at home taking like 4 mins between sentences
"yes sorry" "my bad" "sorry" like god idk how she so bland flat chest flat brain flat personality is fucking wild she's a menace...
i loved the yamada anime and the guy was bland too but it was offset not only by the girl being bright, but the dude still had some personality in him.
the brother, ion even remember his name at this point dude more flavourless than a water popsicle, is legit explaining to her how hes trying to make her jealous and she just shows 0 emotions. LIKE PLEASE also give me 1 episode where they aren't walking on the side of the road with his fucking bike JUST ONE
the way they try to portray her being overworked/stressed or whatever is just so bad ... Like idk if its the acting or just the shoe but holy if you're tired at least show it a little. she just sleep a little more than usual and bro is like "you should take a break you're really tired" i want to rip my eyes the fucj am i watching like im just baffled theres more spice on that whole piece of bread than her whole character.
its so mid its insane. i'm just reading the comments and seeing like "well directed" "that was entertaining" "i love saki"
BRUH HOW
someone legit enlight me i want to appreciate this show but its so painfully mid...
nothing happens
its all art and landscape
saki is the most akwardly anti social character i've ever seen like holy crap shes beyond saving its like im watching a toddler grow and im some random bloke across the street that should give 0 fuck about the kid.
at this point i just watch in hope something happens at some point. but atm we just watching a lad and his laddie just painfully living the most boring life on existance. Another episode 70% at home taking like 4 mins between sentences
"yes sorry" "my bad" "sorry" like god idk how she so bland flat chest flat brain flat personality is fucking wild she's a menace...
i loved the yamada anime and the guy was bland too but it was offset not only by the girl being bright, but the dude still had some personality in him.
the brother, ion even remember his name at this point dude more flavourless than a water popsicle, is legit explaining to her how hes trying to make her jealous and she just shows 0 emotions. LIKE PLEASE also give me 1 episode where they aren't walking on the side of the road with his fucking bike JUST ONE
the way they try to portray her being overworked/stressed or whatever is just so bad ... Like idk if its the acting or just the shoe but holy if you're tired at least show it a little. she just sleep a little more than usual and bro is like "you should take a break you're really tired" i want to rip my eyes the fucj am i watching like im just baffled theres more spice on that whole piece of bread than her whole character.
| @xPhellt Yamada develops a better personality in the manga unlike this shit 😭 |
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