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| THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE. ---------------------------------------- well i really really didn't think that it would be this paaring in the end. that she marrys the teacher in the end is really a little strange. but overall i liked this anime. sad that there are only 5 episodes. well i will read the manga there was standing somewhere that the ending in the anime is a other than in the manga hope i will find it complette somewhere. |
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| I real hated this ending, what was all the efort of those 2 for then? well not only hated the ending that i was hating the other guy being friendly with the other, but hell she is young to marry the old teacher, god can never understand it... |
| With Otase on this one, hated the ending. Sensei was a terrible choice. He wasn't looking for a wife. He was just looking for a maid he could fuck. Completely shallow. |
| That sure changed quite hard in the end, from a love triangle to getting full on cucked! Pretty different than I expected but I still liked the overall development of the whole story and the characters and that ending song sure is catchy as ever! |
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| Very AVERAGE. No more than this. The end is ridiculous. |
| Her ending up with the teacher didn't make sense to me at all. I love Adachi's work, but I gotta say I didn't enjoy this like his others. A rare miss. |
| The ending broke my fucking heart. I need to read the manga in hopes that she ends up with ANYONE else other than that perverted teacher. Jesus Christ, he was grooming her to be a housewife/maid that he could fuck to his heart's content. I feel sorry for Minatsu. |
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| Sooooo weird. I honestly did not expect it. Especially with how he treated her even in the last episode, wanting a wife figure then her specifically. And overall that's what I waited for, to see who she ended up with because I do like Minatsu, she really does act like a teenage girl and avoiding her feelings slash being quite selfish despite much being the fault of others, I can see why she gets attached to her teacher in a way but at the same time he doesn't change enough like out of his perverted ways or becomes all that serious, she starts falling for him because he's taking boxing seriously and trying to shape up where as the other two guys kind of just stand there and keep going at her the same as episode 1. But it just wasn't enough. I know the manga wasn't as blatant with the ending but can't imagine the ova changed much. Anyways. Average. I was hoping for more here but it's so base level that it kinda saddens me. Minatsu is a great character in her own right, I wish there was a tad more too her but everyone else in comparison to her is really one-dimensional and that's the damning thing. |
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| Wow. I actually hated the teacher character from the first episode because he reminds me of every misogynistic dude who expects a girl to do everything for him ever. Especially that time in ep 3-4 where he harasses Minatsu at her house making her fetch him tea and ashtrays and then scolds her about not being a proper wife. Episode 5 takes this sudden turn where he becomes the romantic lead and honestly I hate it. Really liked Minatsu, and that's why I hate her having this ending. |
| Genuinely left aghast after this. I didn't really care for the teacher character but this came WAY out of left field in my opinion. I knew something was suspicious when the 2 male characters that mattered weren't impressive, I knew something was off. And this anime really confirmed that with such a pathetic and waste of time ending. I'll read the manga now since I heard this is anime-original, but holy fuck this may have been the most annoyed I've been at an anime in forever. |
| When the focus shifted from the two main characters to the coach, I knew something was up. Don't get me wrong, the drama with the coach was more interesting and fleshed out than that love triangle. Still, that ending just made me visibly and audibly cringe. Wtf? It's not satisfying at all. It's the opposite. What was once just a subplot or just a gag was promoted to the main story. I should've expected this since both Shuu and Naoto were pretty shallow characters. In order for a love triangle to work every character needs to be interesting. Kadomatsu Naoto was a bit interesting in the beginning but after butting heads with Shuu he started becoming annoying. Akiba Shuu was just a childhood friend archetype except he's a boy. He didn't have anything interesting going for him. Not even boxing. It became clear Minatsu wasn't truly interested in either of the boys. I was expecting Sawamura to end up with Yamazakura. That would've been more satisfying than this random cliche teacher who only showed up at the last minute to become her new suitor. The sports aspect of the series was almost non-existent. Which is understandable cause the series is only 5 OVA episodes long. So I don't have any gripe about that. The dual identity gimmick of Minatsu or Maria was pretty cool and I would've liked to see more of that. But it'd probably get too repetitive. I suppose the author realized this so it was dropped around halfway through which is a shame. I heard that Slow Step was the worst Adachi Mitsuru manga. After watching the OVA I think I agree. The OVA has an original ending but according to the comments above, it's just a more explicit depiction of what was already implied in an open ending. So I don't have any intention of reading the manga. My ranking for Adachi Mitsuru anime so far: Touch=Cross Game>Hiatari Ryoukou!>>Miyuki>>>Mix (Season 1)>>>>Nine>>>>>Slow Step. Miyuki's (anime) open ending is second only to Slow Step's (OVA) crap ending. I can't believe I'm saying this but I would've preferred an open ending to what we got. But then the whole episode the way it was structured plus the scene before the ending heavily implied this ending. So the entire story would probably have to be rewritten to have a true open ending, as much as I hate open endings in romcoms. I think this whole series was a bit confused about what it was supposed to be about. The boxing? The softball? The relationships? It's a bit all over the place. It's not even like Miyuki where it could be just an episodic comedic without a strong focus on anything. Speaking of Miyuki, there was a lecher teacher in that series too and it was way worse in that series. If you want another shojo anime that has similar conflicts as this one involving students falling in love with teachers then watch Hiatari Ryoukou! The payoff is worth it, I'll say that much. |
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| I rooted for kadomatsu but I guess minatsu doesn't wanna to to USA and akiba is an idiot, sensei makes sense to be honest even though it's kinda hilarious 7/10 delinquent girl was damn hot. |
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