Jaku-Chara Tomozaki-kun 2nd Stage Episode 12 Discussion

With Fuka's favourite book available as an ebook, Tomozaki realized that the firelings within the story could not make friends, as contrasted to the Popple, who was doing the opposite. That then, questions her "ideal" of a world where Fuka herself tries to fit into the social game, but it's clear that she herself doesn't know what she wants to do as well. With Tomozaki correcting her thoughts that she doesn't need to fit into the social spectrum, unlike he who managed to clique with the class thanks to Aoi shoving reality at his face to play the Game of Life, everyone has different arenas for making friends, it doesn't need to be confined to school alone. And that alone, improved the script a ton by not conforming to the usual friendship standard. Though between Fuka and Minami, where does his heart lean towards, as the culture festival beckons its forthcoming.

Tomozaki has decided on who is his potential dating partner, and with that, the school festival has officially begun. Though Minami got flustered seeing Tomozaki with Mizusawa and Gumi, along with Mako and Sayaka, thinking that he stoopled low to flirt with other girls, it's not that way. With both the class play and married couple comedy act underway, expectations run high. Thankfully, Minami is the type of girl who can go with the flow, so salvaging Tomozaki's temporary loss of control comes natural.

With the class play left, who will win Tomozaki's heart...Fuka or Minami?? The winner's yet to be decided.

Idk about yall but I’m really hoping mimimi doesn’t get second place again 😰

It's Toradora all over again. Horrible girl gets chosen once again. Blue haired angel gets canned. Dislike.

Ever since i watched season 1, i easily understood that Fuka would be the one. Why? First, she was already interested in Fumiya, and they had a chemistry that normally leads to romance.
Gotta be honest, just like almost everyone in the comments i loved Mimimi, her personality is just what i usually adore in a fictional character and makes me enjoy a story hell more. While at the same time wasn't the same for Fuka, but whatever. In this season 2, the only thing i didn't expect was a direct confession from Mimimi.
I guess Aoi is the master, Mimimi is the bff and Fuka the (future) girlfriend. Kinda a letdown since honestly i was really interested into reading the novel, but now i have a couple of doubts. Better wait last episode, even if it's kinda obvious that he's gonna confess somehow.

PS. F in chat Mimimi bros

@Hebi_op I think the LN is better than the anime overall, but if you dislike Fuuka's character it may not be the same for you. My biggest complaint with the LN is how Tomozaki thinks of Fuuka as some otherworldly creature like a nymph or fairy all the time. There are also a ton more details that are cut out from the LN that further flesh out the characters and story better. It's those details that made me enjoy the LNs so much.

I will say that the LN is ongoing so there is plenty of time for things to change from the status quo.

As you noted, Fuuka was interested in Fumiya before he even started changing, they went on a couple of dates together, she even helped him fix his relationship with Hinami, while also accepting him for himself, and this all happened in the first season! Aoi even told him she would be the main love interest! It feels like a lot of people forgot all of that stuff when they say Fuuka has no chemistry with Tomozaki. Or that he should of chosen Mimimi. It was very much the foreshadowed outcome. Fuuka had too much of a head start over Mimimi for her to catch up. Her confession threw things for a loop for a while, but it was too little too late imo.

Anyways, I will say that the ending next week will be spectacular. Even with Mimimi taking the loss, things won't go exactly as anyone that hasn't read ahead will expect. Hopefully it reignites your interest in reading the light novels.

Paused the episode several times throughout just to delay the inevitable pain.. I knew it was coming .. doesn’t make Mimimi rejection any easier 😭 the most ironic part of it is that the rooftop conversation/rejection is an example of why I think Mimimi and Tomozaki are the best couple.

The fact neither explicitly states anything, but both just understand what’s going on makes it that much more painful. They just have such a nice synergy. Opposites attract as they say and I think the opportunity for growth is the highest with her as well.. but of course, can’t have best girl winning can we..

There’s a nice little detail for people who speak Japanese where Mimimi uses “ちゃった” at the end of her sentence which indicates regret at completing an action. So while the subs translated it as “it’s over” you lose that nuance. I think most people could tell anyway from body language but still neat detail.

I did like Tomozaki’s use of Andi’s books to challenge Fuuka’s views on the world and to show her that she just has to do what she wants, not what she believes the world wants. He’s basically become to her what Aoi was to him 6 months ago and that’s some immense growth. Proud of my boy. Even though I wish he would’ve done another direction, I’m happy he did what HE wanted to do, not what the world(me) may have wanted 😂 series is getting meta.

Only one more episode left, hopefully we get a s3 announcement after next week’s ep. The play finale should be really good.

Pretty close tbf, Fly sensei art is just so good

I think the pacing was fine in this season tbh. I mean this is going to be the perfect place to stop. No way Tama arc warranted an entire season and the stuff with Erika dragged even in the books so I don’t mind them going thru that faster. The highlight of this season is the growth that Tomozaki has undergone and it’ll culminate next week

This anime is good,these characters seem real and interesting, development is also very good. Similar to tqq im worried it might sour my memory of this show when tomozaki picks fuuka still… Team mimimi all the way but when people say this show is bad just because he picked fuuka thats just blasphemy,this show is much stronger than a romcom harem. But if they decide to throw mimimi in the trash after her getting rejected (like in pet girl sakurasou) I really will hate this show.

I've known all along what the very ending for this season is (is it even a spoiler anymore when half the comments just openly state it?), but it's been a while so I forgot the how we actually get there part. Got impatient and just reread the end of the LN the anime is on and oh boy, if they adapt the last episode faithfully, people (especially the Crunchyroll comments section) are gonna lose their minds next week.

I get the feeling it's neither of the two "options," since a few episodes ago Tomozaki said that he doesn't want to treat a relationship like a milestone or something to check off of a list. Also, there was some pretty heavy-handed (imo) foreshadowing in this episode about what's going to happen in the end.

In what universe is introducing someone to Twitter ever a good idea? This one, apparently.

Do you choose to improve yourself in pursuit of your own goals, or in pursuit of some generic ideal society sets for you? With all that talk last episode, I thought there would be a huge Tomozaki vs. Fuuka conflict at the end of the second season to mirror the Tomozaki vs. Aoi conflict at the end of the first. But Tomozaki came in clutch with the knowledge of Andi's novel, and Fuuka's problem got resolved much easier than expected. Good for her! No point in making friends who only accept the fake version of you.

After so much buildup, the culture festival is finally here! Despite another spaghetti moment from Tomozaki, Mimimi's manzai act sees mild success! We're headed into the finale now, and it's not looking good for best girl Mimimi! Next week!

This week, Mimimi comes to terms with always being second place. In other news, I drop the series because wow, the author couldn't have screwed up an obvious pairing even worse. We thought Kiishimoto was terrible at writing female characters and pairings? At least Kishimoto has the shallow excuse of it being shounen, ergo the emphasis isn't on romance. But this is Yuki Yaku's freaking niche! Okay, enough whining.

The Good

-Tomozaki makes a good point about not being friends with everyone. I would say that was his only good point during that scene. As someone who dabbles in clinical psychology (mostly research to sort my own mental stuff out), it's actually better to set smaller goals for bigger changes we want to see in ourselves. I think him telling Kikuchi that it's fine to stay the same rather than addressing what parts do bother her enough to change, it's incredibly shallow advice.

-Find yourself a Mimimi to marry and a Mizusawa to befriend. This is life advice. Mizusawa can wingman you through anything and Mimimi can carry you when you stumble. It also helps that both are pretty insightful.

-Mimimi taking the L. I love this girl for that reason right there. She knows how to lose, but also how to handle herself in situations where most of us would immediately act on our own feelings. She has confidence and self-respect enough to let things go.

-"There's those non-compliments again." Mizusawa has a cameo and makes it count. Goddamn, his VA could sell me pencil shavings. The VA is Nobunaga Shimazaki btw. Some of his other roles include Baki Hanma from Baki, Seishirou Nagi from Blue Lock, the Previous Student Council President from Kaguya-sama, and... Mahito... from Jujutsu Kaisen. Why Shimazaki!

The Bad

-To put my armchair psychology degree to use (acquired at the University of Reddit), Tomozaki's advice is fine... to a degree. The issue is that Kikuchi clearly feels at odds with her place in the world and rather than encouraging her to address it in a meaningful way, the author instead disregards the last two arcs once again and has him insist she's fine not changing. Yes, because that won't lead to years of resentment between them. JFC. Someone find me a dolphin to punch.

-As for this romance, I just... why. Kikuchi offers nothing except convenience. She's submissive as Hell, has no physical appeal aside not being attractive enough to notice, and lacks the confidence to do anything of merit. A school play is not something of merit btw. It's a common enough thing in the real world. I will say that writing an anthology isn't that impressive either, especially nowadays. Unfortunately, the threshold between "legitimate talent" and "published author" is narrow enough nowadays that anyone could do it in practice, but in terms of general relevance, you have to be doing something exceptional to get noticed. Even then, it's a matter of luck. So, y'know, once that fails, Tomozaki can finish crushing her self-worth into dust. Why are we cheering for this guy again? Oh, right. He was a great character up to this point. JFC.

-The author really wanted fans to drop the series with all that Mimimi suffering, huh? I haven't seen someone put that much effort into spitting in the faces of their fans since... Domestic Girlfriend? Re:Re? Do Japanese authors just hate their readers or something?

-Mimimi losing at all. Not only has the chemistry been there, but a majority of the screentime shared with Tomozaki has been on further developing their relationship. It feels so half-baked to swerve at the last moment. I know someone else mentioned that Kikuchi had just as much time with Tomozaki in the LN and how it couldn't be put into the anime, which is a stupid take. It's up to the director what scenes make it. If making us dislike Hinami wasn't part of the plan, remove her stuff in favor of Kikuchi. It's very clear that even the director and storyboard crew weren't enthused about this crap pairing and just wanted to appreciate best girl more, even if it meant intensifying her suffering.

-I'M STILL ANGRY AT YOU FOR VOICING MAHITO, SHIMAZAKI. DON'T THINK YOU CAN SWAY ME WITH YOUR PRETTY WORDS.

-Hanami wins the award for Most Likely to Murder in the scene before Tomomimi's comedy routine. I was waiting for her to lean in real close to Kikuchi and whisper "if I somehow look bad, Tomozaki won't need to worry about breaking Mimimi's heart."

@warchilll A flashback sequence and Tomozaki asking to see Kikuchi after the play is pretty obvious foreshadowing if you're even partly familiar with anime in general.