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| THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE. ---------------------------------------- Handshake event huh? Ok then. Also, Sara Azumi is one those idols that acts exactly like one lol More bizarre development between Reo and Mabu. I must admit, Kazuki and Toi's plan took guts to carry out. A more emotional episode than I had expected. |
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| So we finally understand what happened to Haruka... That was really sad and I felt really bad for Kazuki. His whole past... And for the first time they weren't able to defeat a kappa zombie, so only one leak was seen - Kazuki's seeing himself. Since they weren't able to defeat the kappa zombie, Reo and Mabu finally can leave their post (?). I guess they're going to show up more in the next episodes since they finally got a win to their side. Reo is sad because of Mabu... :( I'm--- |
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| Another amazing episode! Damn, that scene with Sara's escapes was funny |
| This was a nice episode Just like Mawaru Penguindrum and Yuri Kuma Arashi, you know an ikuhara anime is getting to its serious moments when the re-used scenes take a different route I was expecting something more tragic tbh, but that last scene was totally worth it. Can’t wait for the next episode |
Xenocrisi said: This was a nice episode Just like Mawaru Penguindrum and Yuri Kuma Arashi, you know an ikuhara anime is getting to its serious moments when the re-used scenes take a different route I was expecting something more tragic tbh, but that last scene was totally worth it. Can’t wait for the next episode And you know an ikuhara anime is getting to its serious moments when |
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| There it is. The foreshadowing from the first episode. |
| If anyone could clear this up: so did Kazuki meet his mom first and then the accident happened? Or the other way around? He said the only reason he stayed with his 'fake' family is bc of what happened, so. Wanting to connect but feels like he can't be forgiven, poor guy. Kuji continuing to capture Sara was hilarious, I'm surprised he didn't just give up. |
| Using a cucumber like that, oh my. And this is actually getting more and more depressing with each episode :S inb4 someone comes around saying this is nothing |
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| So we finally see Kazuki's past. I had been thinking the first scene in the anime had a lot of significance as it looked like a recurring dream the protagonist was getting because of trauma. Shit, I was right, yet it still surprised me. Tooi trying to kidnap Sara was hilarious. He even threw the manager's trousers out the window. Haha. I KNEW Sara was a kappa! Still, the revelation was quite funny. I had to pause and prepare myself when Kazuki got caught. The animations changed and the protagonists actually lost for once. Glad to know the consequences of losing. Reo and Mabu come with so much mysteries. I want to get to know them better! The opening shows that Reo wants to connect with Mabu. Really curious to know more. This just keeps getting better. I love this anime so much. |
| Hmm this episode surprised me as I didn’t know there was female kappa...but way she escaped was funny ππ.... but I wonder when boys and male kappa find out this female kappa π€π€π€... just wondering on this as it not mentioned yet π€ |
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| Another spectacular episode. It already opens by dropping the fact that Kazuki was adopted after a brief heartwarming scene. He lost his footing at fist, feeling like he wasn't "connected" to his family. Closing himself off from them until he was saved by Haruka's words. But he still met his biological mother. I'm not sure about her circumstances to leave him, but I'm inclined to believe she did the right thing, because she either couldn't properly raise him or she didn't care at all about her son, which doesn't seem to be the case. But either way Kazuki was raised with love in a proper family. But the way she said she had her own family and all was still awkward, I don't blame Kazuki for not reciprocating her hug. It must have been hard for him, something like feeling he had "no place" with either his biological mother or his family. They were still in good terms after meeting each other though. They could be friends if not family. But Haruka must have heard their parents talking about this or something, and thought Kazuki was going to go far away, and it resulted in that tragedy. Kazuki felt like he lost his connection again, and since he wasn't blamed for it he started to punish himself by quitting soccer, and trying to connect with Haruka as someone else as a coping mechanism to protect himself because his self-loathing made him believe that he hadn't the right to connect with him as himself, to be part of his family. And now that he was exposed like that, he lost even this false and brittle connection. I agree with Kuji though, it was inevitable, but the way it happened was still rough. Well, this is how I took things, I'm still impressed. I loved how Kuji really did those things to help Kazuki. Well, as better as he could, Sara seems to be a free spirit. lol I also liked how he seemed surprised to see Kazuki acting normally towards him after learning his secret, wanting to know why. I guess Kazuki is envious of Kuji's bond with his brother. I just hope Kazuki will realize that blood is the least important thing in a family. Blood ties mean nothing if there isn't affection, love, and mutual respect. This is what makes a family. And now I think I'm hoping Haruka will be able to make Kazuki realize again that they are connected. |
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| Oh my gosh! Kazuki was uncovered! Already! But he tried so hard...I even wanted his crazy plan to win. Who would have thought that it was impossible to keep Sara? And his reaction about Haruka and all those things... I cried. A lot. |
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| This was the first time the procedure didn't work, Woah! I think it's because Kazuki's heart wasn't in the right space. That back story was very emotional, I think Kazuki was about to choose his biological family before Haruka was hit by the car and he should be ashamed. Damn, didn't notice how great the ED song is! The visuals correspond well with it. People who hated this anime must've puffed their asses, because this is the coolest anime this season. |
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CMYK said: If anyone could clear this up: so did Kazuki meet his mom first and then the accident happened? Or the other way around? He said the only reason he stayed with his 'fake' family is bc of what happened, so. Wanting to connect but feels like he can't be forgiven, poor guy. Kuji continuing to capture Sara was hilarious, I'm surprised he didn't just give up. He met her before the accident. He told her he would see her off at the station the next day. He was on his way to the station to see her off when Haruka caught him and asked him to tag along. It's possible between the time he told her he would see her off and when Haruka came to him, that he decided he wanted to go with her, so that is why he brushed of Haruka. Or, he just didn't want Haruka to see that they were not real brothers, so he didn't want Haruka to meet his real mother. |
| I wasn't expect Kazuki to give me feels! The other thing to note here is within the last 20 seconds of the episode has gotten me curious that I literally said out loud "what will happen now?" |
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| Kazuki's past huh. He is adopted and felt guilty because he was responsible for Haruka's immobility. Can't wait for the next episode. |
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| It's pretty much not being able to forgive yourself even though everyone else around you tells you there's nothing to forgive. I can't help but to feel for this boy, it's such a heavy thing to have to live with. The series is starting to go from lolIkuharawut to falling steadily into place but of course now i'm worried about the cops. Not like this... not THE COPS. |
| I wasn't ready for Kazuki's backstory to be this serious. What a heavy episode. |
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| That scene at the end. I knew it would come at some point, but still painful to watch. |
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| I loved this, sara's escape was so funny, i didn't imagine it like that in the novel. Kazuki's mother is beautiful |
| Fantastic episode, this anime just gets better. |
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Tsukizono said: HOOfan_1 said: He met her before the accident. He told her he would see her off at the station the next day. He was on his way to the station to see her off when Haruka caught him and asked him to tag along. It's possible between the time he told her he would see her off and when Haruka came to him, that he decided he wanted to go with her, so that is why he brushed of Haruka. Or, he just didn't want Haruka to see that they were not real brothers, so he didn't want Haruka to meet his real mother. Haruka's motive wasn't to tag along to see her off. Haruka misunderstood that Kazuki was going to leave them FOREVER to go with his mother, so he tried to stop Kazuki from leaving him, but obviously that wasn't the case. Kazuki probably didn't want Haruka to know they weren't real brothers, but actually Haruka knew all along since he kept Kazuki's mother's sachet. It's a horrible misunderstanding on both parts. @Tsukizono @HOOfan_1 Thank you both for clearing that up! |
| This show just gets darker and darker, I like it tho. >.> |
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| Kazuki's seiyuu did so much for that scene. It was surprisingly concise and punchy for an Ikuhara anime but he was so good I cried anyway. |
| This episode was amazing. I almost cried. |
| wow kazuki feels a lot a lot for haruka and has a lot of guilt, that scene where he reflects on it was truly an amazing thing to watch. show gets darker by the episode |
curecharm said: during the flashback portion, Kazuki talks about ‘dressing up like up family’ and Haruka is worried he doesn’t ‘want to look the same as the rest of the family.’ i’m really confused by this interaction, and maybe it’s just me being stupid, but what does ‘dressing like your family’ mean? During the beginning of the episode you can see Kazuki and the whole family wearing striped shirts. During the revelation you see Kazuki wearing an open striped jacket revealing a plain shirt. Later on, you see Kauki wearing only the plain shirt instead of the striped shirt. This is there to symbolize the loss of connection with his family. |
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| I teared up at the line where Kazu said he can't breath when he sees the wheelchair. To me it didn't seem so simple that he decided his 'fake' family was 'more real' and that he wouldn't go with his mom. He seemed conflicted even if those were the words he used. Perhaps he was actually going to go with her that day, "No one blamed me! Even though I was the one who ruined it all! That's why I decided to stay with my false family for the rest of my life". That's what this seems to imply to me, he was rejecting his mothers hug because he felt if he accepted it that would mean he was leaving behind his non-biological family, or at least that was the vibe I got. Haruka knew somehow this was going on and tried to stop him and he got angry, perhaps the fear he would leave was real. He was already haunted by the idea he wasn't "connected" with this family and he went from being a protective big bro to being distant. I don't think he truly believed his non-biological was the 'real' one, he even calls his family false at the end of the episode and as he was growing tried to look different than them to possibly distinguish them as different. He's definitely intriguing, it's clear that he envies Kuji because he has a 'real connection' with his brother. Cool! My favorite scene in this anime was when Kuji's brother shot the guy to shoulder the blame and the weight of murder. But, the confession from Kazu here is my second favorite and I feel it would be unfair to consider anyone but Kazu my favorite character at this point now. He felt he had to punish himself and tried to give Haruka all he could from the sidelines but his secret was exposed and that hurt Haruka even more. I agree that Kazu is a victimizer but only in this case, he lied to Haruka and fed him false expectations and when the lie came out it hurt him, even if it stems from a sympathetic place. The "I hate Haruka" makes some more sense if he feels that was what kept him in this family and made him feel such guilt. I was expecting that Haruka knew Kazu was Sara. The way he gave him the same speech as he gave a young Kazu and shook his hand in the same way read to me as a way for him to let Kazu know, he knew, and that he feels their connection is real again without exposing him. Perhaps that went out the window but perhaps he decided that was their secret phrase because he had a sneaking suspicion that was the case, even if the truth still shocked him. Two final notes. Kuji helping kidnap Sara who was a Kappa was interesting. He had a slight crush on the Sara-Kazu and he has been known to show kindness despite speaking otherwise, and Kazu gave him the dish if I recall so all of that seems to contribute to Kuji helping Kazu here. And, I wonder when the cop who wants to connect with his bro will get a spotlight. Perhaps next episode now that a zombie finally won! At first I thought he may become like, the final zombie and his bro or the higher ups would turn him into one, but I kinda doubt that now... Hehe. P.S. all the zombies were literally killed and turned into the amalgamation of their desire, huh? If I'm right that's dark. |
| wow! and all this time, i really thought the events are repetitive, but this episode, this is the first time that they were unable to defeat the kappa zombie. Kazuki is so emo sh!t! 5/5. |
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