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Originally Posted by mangatron
It's... not all surprising, is it?
You know, since she's sorta like that sheltered maiden from an obscure village, who had no sweets whatsoever and was probably fed grass and.... never mind  |
Personally, I'm not really up for trying to rationalize the cake scene. It's been pointed out its from an omake in the manga, and those are often written as "what if" type scenarios. Including it was not a smart decision on the director's part.
I do agree that Utao probably hasn't had many sweets before, but there are much better ways this could have been shown if the director wanted to. For example, it could have come up in a scene when Hibino and Utao are out in the city. To me, the manner he went about it was annoyingly "in your face" - the antithesis of the opening scene with Utao having her first flight on Kukuri in episode 2. That was cute without feeling forced in the slightest.
I'm not against Utao - I thought she was great in episode 2 - but I do not like the way that particular scene was used.