emanime said: Also these ones:
I'm really so excited for this (≧∀≦) Kamiya Hiroshi sounds perfect for Uramichi
Ngl, I was hoping to see Miyano Mamoru, but Kamiya Hiroshi is good, too.
Well, at least he is Iketeru, and tbh I cannot see anyone but him for it ≧∀≦
((maybe OnoD but he's also here as another supporting character, perfectly made for him too lol))
I will transfer my posts from another topic here.
Yes, adult life is scary. Because in it there are such things as injustice, unloved work, various types of harassment and various ways of self-deception. Your kindness and compassion can be misinterpreted and do not guarantee you happiness in your personal life at all.
And examples of this are both the main character and his, one might say, buddies Tobikichi Usahara and Mitsuo Kumatani.
Their relationship is an example of how the characters of the title Doukyuusei would communicate in reality.
Usahara is gay? I always thought that Kumatani is the gay one, because he's so overprotective around Iketeru. Or why is that happening?
Yes. Sorry that I will refer to the manga, but in the anime it was filmed almost completely. They even left the scene after the credits in episode 4. In the manga, it completely looked like this.
Have you noticed that Usahara is constantly jokingly hugging Kumatani? And how he worried at Christmas that Mitsuo wouldn't go to Uramichi's with him? Do you know that in Japan young people always go on dates at Christmas? Most of all, Usahara is afraid that Mitsuo will have someone to go on a date with.
In the episodes of the past, two chapters were filmed on behalf of Kumatani and two on behalf of Tobikichi.
Please note: when Kumatani meets Iketeru in the past, he is terribly scared that Tobikichi will go on a date and find a girlfriend there. He just picks up a handkerchief, tells Iketeru what time it is, and goes on a date in a panic. This is the chapter on behalf of Kumatani. He does not notice that Iketeru is handsome.
On a group date, Kumatani looks at the girl Tobikichi is talking to. She's beautiful. But Tobikichi can't interest her and runs off after Kumatani when Mitsuo leaves. He's more interested in Kumatani, you know? He asks Kumatani to help him with the task, but in fact this is an excuse. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E_wBJX2VkAAUZof?format=jpg&name=large https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E_wBJl1UYAI46IR?format=jpg&name=large https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E_wBJycVQAIPlel?format=jpg&name=large
But when Usahara meets Iketeru, he notes that the student is pretty.
Please note: on the hot springs Iketeru constantly it turns out to be next to women's room and stands closest to the female half in the onsen.
And he is also partial to Utano, just like Uramichi. When Utano laments about makeup in episode 10, Iketeru compliments her. And Tobikichi scoffs, even though Utano has a beauty.
Kumatani is just a good person. When he feels very bad, he tries to help others. Therefore, he visits to sick Iketeru, brings the film to home to Uramichi, although he could have dropped it in the mailbox, stands up for the cast Together with Maman when the director forces them to work in terrible conditions.
In his backstory it is shown, especially in the manga, that at the age of 15 he fought with pretty blonde boys. And he likes bad guys.
Tobikichi liked him, he liked Tobikichi. But if Kumatani especially does not hide that he is gay, then Usahara is afraid to admit it. He convinces himself that they are just friends.
In the second chapter, on behalf of Tobikichi, Kumatani does not communicate with him and goes to help the cats, because there are posters of girls above Tobikichi's bed.
But Uramichi lived with them 10 years ago, he already understood everything then. He sees Mitsuo getting drunk with grief (it was even in the first episode), he constantly beats Usahara for the way he treats Kumatani. He constantly talks to Tobikichi about the fact that for 10 years he has, in fact, not really lived.
Tobikichi and Mitsuo consider Uramichi to be something like an older brother or father to whom they can come with their problems. Therefore, he receives them in his house.
I'm telling you, there's a lot of sadness in this anime and a lot of layers behind the top layer.
About Kumatani taking care of Iketeru. Kumatani is disappointed in life, like many show hosts. He understands that Iketeru is essentially a big kid. Kumatani was like that when he was 18. And then he began to get disappointed.
Kumatani tries to preserve the childlike spontaneity and manner of Iketeru. But he sees in him the same brother as his younger one. He even ruffles his hair the same way. And he calls him a good boy. Iketeru is not his type at all.
I'll add more about Usahara Tobikichi.
Mangaka made fun of the projective psychological tests based on the drawing. But on Father's Day, Uramichi, Tobikichi and Mitsuo drew their fathers.
And Tobikichi's father was with a bottle of alcohol. I would venture to assume that his father, who has a liquor store, drank and paid little attention to his son.
As a result, at the age of 18, Tobikichi saw father's figure in Uramichi. And at the age of 28, against the background of self-denial, Tobikichi implements the problem child behavior model. Let his father hate him, but he will not be indifferent. That's why he constantly pisses Uramichi off.
And not only Uramichi, but also Mitsuo. Tobikichi's behavior just screams that he needs help, that he can't cope. His talk that he wants to become funny and be popular with girls, these are the protective mechanisms of the psyche. In his understanding, to be a normal man is to be in demand among women. The fact that he himself does not really need women creates an internal conflict. And he even understands that he's behaving terribly, but he can't do anything. A psychoanalyst is needed here.
As a result, instead of a cheerful and cute guy from the past in the present, Tobikichi is a neurotic without a personal life, filling the void with alcohol and wasting money at pachinko.