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Nov 21, 5:28 AM
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Machida, eager to impress his estranged son during a rare reunion, takes him out for goby fishing. Tsunehiro and the others warmly watch over them.

However, news of a giant black sea bream sighting takes events in an unexpected direction.


Nov 21, 5:47 AM
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Manager-kun was so worried about what to do with his son during that little of free time they had together that he forgot that at the end of the day the kid just wanted to be with his dad, just like the old times.
Nov 21, 5:55 AM
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I like (but not love) how this episode doesn't sugarcoat the very soul of the man. Yes, he would love to live with his son again, but his life is dedicated to fishing, that's probably why divorce happen in the first place, it might not be because his wife leave him, it's probably because he leaves his wife and his son so that he can enjoy fishing to the fullest. He immediately becomes happy again when he think about fishing plan tomorrow.
Nov 21, 7:14 AM
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You can tell Manager-kun really loves his son and just wants to be apart of his life.
Nov 21, 7:46 AM
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Although Machida has become closer to his son, I still think that if he wants things to get better, he should focus more on him than on fishing. I relate more to his son because of my own experience. No matter how difficult things get, all you want is for everyone to get back to spending time together as a family, and gifts or money mean very little, they just use it as a way to forget about that problem.
Nov 21, 8:14 AM
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The manager gets his episode now. I can see why this guy's marriage failed. I assume he cared more about fish than his wife. His son Yuu-kun, on the other hand, kicks ass. The divorce probably put him through hell, so he comes out on the other end being incredibly mature and independent for a 9 year old. Keep going, little guy.

-Sasaki actually earns a feat here by being the one to suggest goby fishing.
-Ice shapeshifts into her cosplayer proportions.
-Manager will fish more with Arua and/or Sasaki in the future and probably end up seeing them as replacement sons.
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Nov 21, 9:09 AM
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it was a lovely ep

i like how they manage to show us the relationship between the dad and his son, i was not expecting him to not keep the fish...
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Nov 21, 9:35 AM
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Very rare that an anime portrays a situation where a kid gets to see the parent without custody after divorce. There are a few shows this year where the kid hasn't seen the parent for YEARS, one where the kid thinks the dad may be dead, one where the daughter doesn't even know the identity of her father.
Nov 21, 10:02 AM
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Damn this episode had me in feels. There are often things that you want to say but are left unsaid in real world which you just let go of. This was one of the most realistic portrayals of that. Even though you don't like it life must go on, shown as Machida goes back fishing tomorrow because it's his way of coping with it.

Nov 21, 1:15 PM

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Man what’s up with these emotional ass slice of life show episodes today. First Kekkon suru tte and now this? Really beautiful story with Machida and his son and just goes to show you, kids don’t care about the bs excuses for why you haven’t been there in the past, they still just want their parents.

Obviously Machida isn’t a deadbeat dad, it’s clear he loves his son, but I think he’d agree he hasn’t done as much as he probably should have in terms of being there for his son’s big milestones. The fishing trip was a nice way for them to bond and start off a new foot and actually really realistic because a lot of dads take their boys fishing. Few things encourage positive male relationships better than a good old fishing trip, so wholesome to see both of them do anything to avoid the outing ending 😩

Idk if there’s a happy ending in sight with the ex wife, but certainly hope Machida is able to spend more quality with his son like this
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Nov 21, 6:31 PM

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Not directly related to Tsunehiro

A father and son activity. Initially, it felt that there is some gap between them due to the divorce but their relationship improved a bit as the episode went on.
Nov 21, 8:36 PM
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First episode where I've actually REALLY REALLY liked this show. Fishing isn't all that exciting to watch, but this was a really great episode.
Nov 22, 6:22 AM

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Heavier subject matter handled with maturity, elegance, and fishy finesse! Glorious episode but god damn was jii-san simpin hard for his kid
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Nov 22, 7:47 AM
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I can finally say it, that OP has grown on me lol, I still think there’s a bit too much going on in the chorus but it is catchy af and a bop overall.

And this was a bit of a heavy episode focused on the manager Machida and his son Yuu. First half of the episode was kinda painful lol, poor Machida just couldn’t say the right things to his son and was fumbling hard, you could tell he meant well but it wasn’t what Yuu wanted. Things got a lot better as the episode went on tho thanks to Tsunehiro, Hana and Takaaki getting involved, ngl tho Hana shouldn’t have agreed for Machida to Yuu’s proposal, okay maybe catching a large Sea Bream at the location they were at (which was very beautiful btw) would have taken a miracle, but Hana doesn’t know Machida’s situation so she probably shouldn’t have jumped the gun like that lol, it did thankfully work out tho as Yuu had a much better time being invested in fishing because of it, and he actually ended up getting his big catch but sadly let it go, I get why he did tho.

And the goodbye was kinda upsetting after the great time they had, it’s just a shame because no matter how much Yuu or Machida wants it, you can’t just make the love happen again like that, not sure if we’ll ever get all the details on why the divorce happened but it’s looking like it sadly won’t work out, at least Machida can still be a good dad, Yuu is a real one too, very respectable and mature for his age. And I see some folks thought that Machida got divorced over fishing, that’s not the way I see it, that very last scene of the episode makes me think he gets so into fishing as a coping mechanism, doing what he loves helps him take his mind off things, of course I could be wrong but that’s what I got from it, no matter what tho I’m rooting for the man.

Oh and also, wtf did Ice just become hot like an on and off switch lol, didn’t realize that was how her cosplay mode worked
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Nov 22, 8:04 AM

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Lmao Ice was so pissed her artstyle became normal. Damn is she hot though.

Tsunehiro was also hilarious this episode, bro just wanted to catch some gobies and he was really referring to Yuu with honorifics lmao.

Loved the focus of the episode though on Machida and Yuu, was really sad too. Yuu just wants his dad back, but Machida is too obsessed with fishing, not that he's a bad person. Reminds me of Aoi's dad from Senpai is an Otokonoko.
Nov 22, 9:40 AM
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simple episode between the bond of a dad and his kid, typ shi
Nov 22, 4:41 PM
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I am sad for the kid, and he's such a good kid..
Nov 22, 9:45 PM
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As someone who lost their father back in February, this one really tugged at the heartstrings for me.

I've always been a sap for stories where a kid wants their divorced parents to get back together so they can be a family again, being too naive to understand the complexities behind that stuff. Or perhaps feeling unloved due to one of your parents leaving.

That was my childhood as well, so this episode resonated with me on a personal level.

I swear family stuff always hits the hardest, especially father-son plots.
Nov 22, 11:51 PM

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Lmao Ice was so pissed her artstyle became normal. Damn is she hot though.

Tsunehiro was also hilarious this episode, bro just wanted to catch some gobies and he was really referring to Yuu with honorifics lmao.

Loved the focus of the episode though on Machida and Yuu, was really sad too. Yuu just wants his dad back, but Machida is too obsessed with fishing, not that he's a bad person. Reminds me of Aoi's dad from Senpai is an Otokonoko.
sKyBlazer08 said:
Lmao Ice was so pissed her artstyle became normal. Damn is she hot though.


she took off her cosplay :P
Nov 23, 6:53 AM

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So he immediately called some fishing friend at the end? what an asshole. Shit father.
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Nov 23, 2:12 PM

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Yuu was quite a good angler. Was happy to see the son-daddy moments.
Nov 23, 2:13 PM

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So he immediately called some fishing friend at the end? what an asshole. Shit father.
@MyllerPhiem Hahaha. Yo, we all are some colored shits. Chill dude.
Nov 23, 8:07 PM

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sKyBlazer08 said:
Lmao Ice was so pissed her artstyle became normal. Damn is she hot though.
Gotta love how the other two go into a deformed style while for her it's the reverse.
Nov 26, 12:17 AM
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So he immediately called some fishing friend at the end? what an asshole. Shit father.
@MyllerPhiem what's he meant to do? Go sulk in his house all day and night? It's obvious that the situation is taking its toll on him, which is why he had to wash up in the bathroom. He's obviously using the fishing trip as a way to get his mind off the hurt he feels by not being able to be with his son. Just the tiniest bit of media literacy, my guy.
Nov 26, 7:13 AM
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ain't no way I can think of my dad leaving us just because he loves something
like guys u people crazy
just imagine what will happen to you and your family, it's no joke.you can do a lot of things together with your family and thats makes it better life ain't about choosing your hobby over your family it's about the struggle to keep up with both
Nov 26, 7:34 AM
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Honestly really good handling of such a heavy topic even though it was just brought up for the episode

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