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Perfect 10 | 41 | 38.32% | |
9 out of 10 : Excellent | 38 | 35.51% | |
8 out of 10 : Very Good | 24 | 22.43% | |
7 out of 10 : Good | 1 | 0.93% | |
6 out of 10 : Average | 3 | 2.80% | |
5 out of 10 : Below Average | 0 | 0% | |
4 out of 10 : Poor | 0 | 0% | |
3 out of 10 : Bad | 0 | 0% | |
2 out of 10 : Very Bad | 0 | 0% | |
1 out of 10 : Painful | 0 | 0% | |
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2011-05-10, 09:41 | Link #141 |
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Seems to me that he already had the means to do the cross-dressing thing, and he just decided to use it to screw with Jinta, and actually have the upper hand on him for once.
Vindictive and spiteful thing to do. I don't like him much. But I can see why he probably decided to do it.
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2011-05-10, 11:42 | Link #142 | |
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2011-05-10, 11:50 | Link #143 |
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It's part of his hangups (having the ability to, and probably doing so in private, cross-dress as his dead friend being another one). And it's pretty clear that having everyone back together is going to cause everyone's hang ups to come out. Yukiatsu's are coming out first because he seems to have the most, or at least, the most on the surface.
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2011-05-10, 15:01 | Link #144 | ||
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And it's hard to say if Poppo has problems. He might be the one who has his life together the most. He certainly seems happy. He travels a lot, which is something a lot of people dream of doing, but never get around to actually do. Instead they choose to finish high school, maybe college, and then get a job they hate but which pay the bills. Sure, twenty years down the line, if (when?) he's a penniless vagrant in a country whose language he barely understands, he may come to regret his choice. But it's not like the 9-to-5ers are immune to such bad turns, either. |
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2011-05-10, 15:51 | Link #145 |
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This is an aside, but as it pertains to Poppo, the guy must be pretty well-to-do to simply afford to go traveling all over the world like that (either that, or he's already working for a shipping company).
If Poppo's family is somewhat wealthy, I wouldn't worry too much about him, or assume that he's traveling around the world just to get away from the memory of Menma. Of the entire cast, Poppo strikes me as the happiest and most at peace with himself and his old friends actually.
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2011-05-10, 15:59 | Link #147 |
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I'd argue he's only blissfully ignorant of his deep-rooted emotional problem considering his lack of wit, but being a travel otaku (which he is, they take high pay part-time jobs and travel at every opportunity) at such a young age is certainly an expression of something. Given the context of the story, I wouldn't say it's far-fetched to think Menma or the breakup of Super Peace Busters is the cause of it.
Ego-boosting isn't the crux of his problem, he just can't help himself. I believe he's cyclically destroying his self-image by thinking he's pathetic. The cross-dressing is a way for him to do that. In other words, his self-worth is so low that he *needs* to put others down, with denial being the main instigator of his dickish public facade. Last edited by cyth; 2011-05-10 at 16:10. |
2011-05-10, 16:24 | Link #148 | ||
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No mention is made of his parents, and I've wondered about that - if he's a local, shouldn't he live with them when he's in the area? And, uh, didn't they have anything to say about his lifestyle? Quote:
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2011-05-10, 16:42 | Link #149 |
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I actually have a cousin just like Poppo. She has some real issues with home despite her cheerful appearance, so she basically runs away to the U.S. (across the Atlantic) at every opportunity she gets. I'm not saying Poppo is the same, but I don't see why he should be the exception in this story. Menma is filling the role of the personality that hasn't changed in this story, not him.
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2011-05-10, 18:04 | Link #150 | |
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2011-05-10, 18:19 | Link #151 | |
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2011-05-10, 18:38 | Link #152 | |
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He deals with his feelings by being an insensitive asshole, but I don't think the cross dressing is part of that persona. |
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2011-05-10, 23:39 | Link #155 | |
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This is obese. |
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2011-05-11, 01:09 | Link #156 | |
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Menma's death was a loss shared by everyone; everyone has different ways of dealing with tragedy. Jinta became a shut-in, Poppo traveled the world, Anaru hung out with other friends, Tsuruko devoted herself to studying, and Yukiatsu... well, we've torn his sundress apart enough already. Poor fellow. Perhaps Poppo decided to run away from his past, just like everyone else. Or perhaps he was the only one who stayed, and everyone else ran away from him. Poppo is the only one still residing in the Super Peace Busters shack, after all. Either way, this must have taken an emotional impact on Poppo that the viewers have yet to see or hear. Surely, everyone still has their own problems. With Menma, Anaru, and Yukiatsu's problems essentially out of the way, I believe the show will focus on Tsuruko and Poppo. Last edited by Deconstructor; 2011-05-11 at 12:12. Reason: No sleep. |
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2011-05-11, 06:33 | Link #158 | ||
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he must also be psychic if his hallucination is acting in real-time with other people. i get the feeling some people just like to be contrary so they can go "HA! i wasn't fooled into thinking it was a ghost at all!" and on that same train of thought the creators would only have it pan out that way simply to mess with people Shyamalan style and go what a tweeeeest.
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2011-05-11, 09:16 | Link #159 | |
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If Poppo was obese, he wouldn't have been able to travel all around the world so easily. If anything, food became a way for him to deal with personal problems in that he turned to cooking. Consider how he knew an indian recipe which turned out to be quite good. I'd say he found a good way to escape from his trauma, unlike everyone else, and he seems quite the happy person too. |
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2011-05-11, 15:36 | Link #160 | ||
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Poppo's exuberance and optimism is superhuman. The feeling of sadness does not seem to exist within his world. So are the viewers to believe Poppo has always so happy-go-lucky, even after the Super Peace Busters broke apart? No. There is still a piece of everyone's past missing - their lives immediately following Menma's death. In Poppo's case, something or someone must have inspired him to travel across the world. |
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