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| Serina deserves better. Just because she's popular, she gets harassed. An important episode though as the episode reveals Kai and her past relationship. Even back then, Kai is protective towards his friends. On another note, congrats to Uka and her class' success at the festival. Maybe they could do something similar next year. |
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| It isn't really a this show problem, but a problem I have with shoujo in general, and that's the stupid "Oh Boy A that's dating Girl A likes Girl B, and so it's automatically the fault of Girl B".... like what? So yeah, just skim past the fact that it's the boy who HAS A GIRLFRIEND'S fault that he's looking at other girls like that. Like yeah, if they break up it's YOUR fault... like what... Break up with him NOW???? But yeah, at least we have Uka on the other side of the spectrum who like a boy who doesn't have a girlfriend. She just doesn't have the courage to say it. And Kai, as usual, gives her that push and the courage to finally cut off and stop the lies and say it straight to Serina's face that indeed, yes, she likes Kai. Nice to hear her finally admit it and say it. Now the next step is to actually say it to Kai. |
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| Beautiful episode. The best yet. To me, Uka and Serina represent two opposite ends of the bullying victim spectrum. You can be someone who has everything going for you, pretty, smart and popular and people will still hate and be nasty out of jealousy. You can also be quiet, introverted and bother no one and people still mess with you! People will hate no matter what so you might as well be yourself. I swear every week there’s a scenario in this show that makes me wanna come thru the screen and slap some sense into several people. How the fuck are you gonna blame Serina for someone else’s bf thinking she’s cute and flirting with her? So glad Kai and them showed up to get those girls to fuck off and respect to Kai for directly confronting the dude. Serina backstory annoyed me too because again, literally getting picked on for nothing all because she stopped a bullying situation. Even back in middle school Kai had to play the hero role and step-in to help. I’m really curious to see his backstory and understand what made him like this. I say it every week, but every week we see her growing more, I’m so proud of how far Uka’s come. She’s understanding social cues more, being way more expressive, etc. The scene where she told Serina she was a bad liar was so good. But it also broke my heart seeing Uka try to run from her feelings and live a lie out of respect for Serina’s lingering feeling towards Kai. She and Serina both have an awful habit of putting other people ahead of themselves to their own detriment. THAT ENDING! Kai getting upset because Uka didn’t give him her number was so sweet and then Uka straight up telling Serina how she feels about Kai. Other romance stories use fireworks for the leads to confess to each other, honeylemon uses it for best friends to tell each other how they feel about the guy 😂 |
Marinate1016Feb 19, 11:43 AM
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| So happy that Uka found the courage to tell Serina how she feels about Miura so as too avoid a messy situation. |
| Well looks like Serina didn't have it easy either in junior high. And the main realised her feelings the question now is what is she going to do about it. |
| Ayumi is theMVP, man. Uka really is just as blessed to have befriended her as she is to have met Kai. It's so sweet how Uka was and remained being on good terms with Serina both before and after they confronted their feelings. Hope having grown closer with everyone motivates her enough to get a phone though (I mean seriously, the curfew was already much but finding out about that was lowkey depressing) |
| Yep, Ayumi best girl. I will have to steal her from Satoru. I like how Kai is staring to open up. His development is slower that Uka's but he does not have as far to go. But, damn, they both have to go to given name status soon. |
| Lord Cruelty V "But my Dreams they're not as empty, as my conscience seems to be" |
| Cute episode as always. Glad we got to know the reason Kai & Serina broke up. Thought it was something like that as well, cuz although Kai likes to act is if he don't care, he don't like the type to initiate a break up, since he don't look like the type to just get into a relationship on a whim, so thought that Serina was the initiator to be honest, and this episode just proved it to me. It's interesting that a rivalry has just been formed, although it's obvious Uka's the one winning it since she's the heroine, yet i'm still excited to see how their rivalry is gonna be. |
| Am I the only one who feels weird with the whole male MC -coming to the rescue for the bullied girl- pattern in this anime? Regardless, the characters are starting to grow on me a little. |
| sweet episode,they cry every episode. But shoujo, so yeah xD |
| “Do what feels right in your heart. You will be criticized either way.” (Eleanor Roosevelt) |
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Am I the only one who feels weird with the whole male MC -coming to the rescue for the bullied girl- pattern in this anime? Regardless, the characters are starting to grow on me a little.
| @Damichan I suspect a cultural difference, that in Japan bullying is more focused against girls, and that generally girls are perceived as more weak than they are in the west |
| Lord Cruelty V "But my Dreams they're not as empty, as my conscience seems to be" |
Damichan said: Am I the only one who feels weird with the whole male MC -coming to the rescue for the bullied girl- pattern in this anime? Regardless, the characters are starting to grow on me a little. yeah to create drama :D |
| “Do what feels right in your heart. You will be criticized either way.” (Eleanor Roosevelt) |
Reply to LordCrueltyV
@Damichan I suspect a cultural difference, that in Japan bullying is more focused against girls, and that generally girls are perceived as more weak than they are in the west
| @LordCrueltyV Hmmm, more so that this MC goes for the 'lonely, bullied, insecure' girl, maybe to be portrayed as some sort of protector? The theme of dependance was brought up with both Serina and Uka. I hope more romance layers are added later on, because it'd be weird if this was the only source of attraction in both cases. |
| Cool, Japan. It wasn't enough to bully Uka, it was also needed to bully Serina... Again, let's use the knight in shining armor Kai as much as possible. No worries though, the teacher will also save the day:  I've also found the best way to say some things that aren't that important for many, but maybe they are for me:  |
| What is up with the music 😭 why is it always so anxiety inducing. The whole time uka and serina were talking i was literally expecting some axe swinging maniac to show up, there's rly no need for the music to be like that 😭😭 |
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| The main 3 are too kind for their own good but Ayumi is an angel, I love her, I just want to see her happy with Satoru. |
| It definitely does feel like Kai is just trying to specifically coddle the lonely girls who get picked on aka Uka and Serina but obviously Serina has more or less picked herself back up so she don't really need him anymore. Kai is a very weird character to say the least but I guess he likes Uka over Serina based off how the last 2 episodes went. That and I mean Uka is the mc not Serina |
| Here's something I just realized... Kai has a bit of a hero complex. He really wants to help both Serina and Uka. But my question is: does he only help people he cares about? Because Kai is kind of "cold" and we haven't really seen him make a special effort for others. So, I'm not sure if he helped Serina because he liked her back then or just because he wanted to. His relationship with Serina feels very similar to the one he has with Uka. Still, he's a great guy. Finally, Uka and Serina were honest about their feelings for Kai. But special mention for Ayumi - what an amazing friend! |
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| This might be the most wholesome love rivalry I’ve seen, Serina is like “I don’t love him anymore so go off queen” and Uka is like “no I don’t like him romantically, you go off queen!”, it’s pretty funny lol, but I love it, they have a sweet relationship and it stemmed from such a great fella. I also liked getting to see Serina’s backstory with Kai, so he used to have black hair huh, kinda reminds me of Murai from “Murai in Love”, he did the same exact thing going from black to blonde. And it was here we saw the relationship Kai and Serina used to have, it wasn’t unlike what Kai has with Uka right now, except Serina was a popular girl before becoming bullied herself, I guess anyone can be bullied no matter their social standing lol. And the 2nd half of the episode was a summer festival bit, it definitely hits different as I look outside and there’s snow on the ground lol, it does have me looking forward to the warmer weather. And this was where we had that great Kai and Uka moment, I was wondering if Kai would make an effort to see Uka over the summer break so I’m really glad he got her number there, and then that moment at the very end between Uka and Serina was the cherry on top, in the same episode they were denying their feelings they decided to be open about them instead, very nice to see, let’s hope Uka doesn’t doubt herself over loving Kai any longer from here on out. |
| This anime looks like its one of those Kim Kardashian show. |
| Ayumi is literally the sweetest girl!!! |
| "Do you want me to take you away... to a place in this city where wishes come true?" |
| Self deprecating and inferiority complex are the stupidest traits in shuojo anime, I hate them so much. |
| What left the biggest impression to me is that Ayumi is such a good friend, passing on the opportunity to date Satoru to support Uka. Top 10 MC friend right there. |
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| another great ep now we know what really happened with Serina... but if Kai was really loving her, was it easy for him to accept the break up and move on but still feel emotional for her... |
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| Nice episode, i hoped at the end that Uka will tell Serina that "they should love kai and be friends because they both have feelings for the same guy and have no hard feelings when he chooses (Uka obviously), even tho they will, but regardless how it ends they'll stay friends forever", idk why but Serina giving me that feeling that she's gonna be Uka's BFF. The other thing that bothers me, idk how exactly Kai and Serina broke up, she told him that she can't be good without him, but he'll be fine alone and then they broke up and Kai just accepted it without saying a word? that's very weird and out of character for him, i thought kai liked her, otherwise he wouldn't have kissed her to start the relationship. I don't get it. Also, before all the "she cries all the time" comments, this time she has a good reason, she felt like coming out with her feelings will hurt her friends and she didn't want to mess it. @IzanaSolos I don't understand what you mean Shoujo, this happens irl, it doesn't even have to be a girl with her boyfriend. You can have a nasty girl that likes a guy, but that guy pay attention to other less popular girl, then the nasty girl will group her friends and gang boycott that girl to the point she either stop coming to school due to bullying or transfer other school due to bullying. @Marinate1016 yeah, they say kids grant you happiness, but in truth it's a double edge sword, Kids in school can be brutal animals. @phantomfandom i think you overreacting, Kai isn't that type of character, he just wants to help others. In serina case he fall in love with her and started the relationship by kissing her, In Ishimori case, he really just wanted to help her grow, he even said that she's not an interest of love to him, until something changed and he took those words back per the previous episode. @ajw215799 hmm, not for me, never liked someone being close their ex. @SenpaiTM to be honest she had a good reason to cry this time, she felt like coming and saying the truth will hurt her new friends and didn't want to mess it. @LaczPro19 lol :D @spacewannabe lmao what are you talking about? the music was fine, it only peaked when she confessed her feelings, it's suppose to be dramatic. i love the music in this anime @Phantom_Siren652, @Narizor Nonsense, there's nothing wrong at trying to help people, you don't need to make up a whole Predatory reasons. @TheColonel76 i agree @TeetsMcgee it takes time for a person to change, you expecting to much, i personally experienced it with another person IRL, sometimes they just can't. @shmeowww LOL with Kai's and Uka's personality, it does seem like he gonna force her to confess because she won't be able to do anything without him, but i think Uka will surprise him and do it by herself. @otakuweek that's what i said @Fenyy lots of haters. |
Ron014Feb 20, 6:59 AM
| Uka isn't the only girl in this series that had to deal with bullying. Serina has her own fair share of issues dealing with repulsive and jealous brats who envy her for dating Kai back in junior high. Although they did break up in the end, I still respect Kai for helping her out in her time of need, both in the past and in the present when a snotty student and her friends ganged up on Serina. Both Uka and Serina weren't honest to each other with some of their exchanges earlier in the episode, but I'm glad that they were able to overcome that and not only be truthful when they talk, but also helps them to be closer as friends. Speaking of, Ayumi has been my favourite character of this series for a while now thanks to her charming looks, personality and how good of a friend she is towards Uka. How she invited her to go to the fireworks festival in her way of helping out was rather sweet. =) |
| This show is just really weird and unrealistic. I know i've said this in every episode so far (not like you read my last forum post if you are reading this) But like Kai and Ishimori just seem like such weird characters and now that i think about it Ishimori is such an easy self insert for any introverted girl. This feels like a freaky female fantasy without the freak. Serina's backstory was weird i mean not everybody is going to hate you for standing up for somebody and then Kai kissing her like that is just ugh, I feel like its uncalled for tbh. And then Kai acting like that with Ishimori its just hard to follow. Whatever. |
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