Myself; Yourself - Episode 5 Discussion / Poll

[Chaos2Frozen]

Originally Posted by SnEptUne

I was fooled by the preview >_< I don't see any Higarushi'ish scene in this episode at all.

Well, maybe the old lady was a little creepy, but still...

Lol, I was expecting it to be comedy Like, horror-show comedy

[s[H]sIkuA]

Originally Posted by Itadakimasu!

Just a couple of things I've noticed and questions that have been raised:

1. why is it that ALL Sana's old friends seem to know the reason why nanaka lives with her uncle (the pause on the steps, everyone looks away awkwardly)

2. why aren't they telling him anything about it?

- this implies that it somehow has to do with him

3. Why does nanaka say, "if its about that, its ok" when Sana apologises re the violin...does that he ought to apologise for something else?

4. Why the awkwardness between Nanaka and her uncle?

1. Because only Sana is not there when something happened to Nanaka back then.

2. Maybe Nanaka asked them not to, alot of possibilities

3. Well I think its the way of how nanaka put it in words, nothing much.

4. The past involved her uncle

Some are just my prediction

[CrisisDarkerXIV]

Okay. Can anyone tell me what's more pwn than a old grandpa that plays fighting games?
If they had grandpas like that at a old folks home, I wouldn't mind helping out.

[grey_moon]

Originally Posted by Itadakimasu!

2. why aren't they telling him anything about it?

- this implies that it somehow has to do with him

Because is my books they are a-holes. I hate it when "friends" do that. God nothing worse then when someone lets you get run over by a bus and then goes "sorry i promised not to tell you" or "I didn't get permission to tell you". Friends are meant to be special, and Shuu is meant to be his best friend. Instead of people trying to throw him the littlest of bones (like Sana I'm not meant to say anything about this so don't ask more, but don't mention her parents or the violin, m'kay!), they let him hang out to dry and then blame him for his lack of psychic powers.

[holyman282]

Originally Posted by grey_moon

Because is my books they are a-holes. I hate it when "friends" do that. God nothing worse then when someone lets you get run over by a bus and then goes "sorry i promised not to tell you" or "I didn't get permission to tell you". Friends are meant to be special, and Shuu is meant to be his best friend. Instead of people trying to throw him the littlest of bones (like Sana I'm not meant to say anything about this so don't ask more, but don't mention her parents or the violin, m'kay!), they let him hang out to dry and then blame him for his lack of psychic powers.

Yeah agree with you there.. Friends who don't tell you anything, especially if it involves you really aren't friends.... The anime attempts to create drama and mystery by implying that Sana's friend know something he doesn't yet they fail to understand that this isn't what friends do.

Shuu or Shuri will probably reveal the secret in due time but in the mean time, they're not being considerate enough to Sana..

[Chewy]

Well, maybe they're hiding it from Sana for his benefit ?

[Chaos2Frozen]

Originally Posted by CrisisDarkerXIV

Okay. Can anyone tell me what's more pwn than a old grandpa that plays fighting games?

An old grandpa that could win at it ?

[grey_moon]

Originally Posted by Chewy

Well, maybe they're hiding it from Sana for his benefit ?

That is a good point, but it would mean that the bad things must involve him in some way...

Arrrgggghh the tension is rising!!!! Too much drama.... Must stay off the coffee when watching this show!

[Saleh]

Originally Posted by grey_moon

Because is my books they are a-holes. I hate it when "friends" do that. God nothing worse then when someone lets you get run over by a bus and then goes "sorry i promised not to tell you" or "I didn't get permission to tell you". Friends are meant to be special, and Shuu is meant to be his best friend. Instead of people trying to throw him the littlest of bones (like Sana I'm not meant to say anything about this so don't ask more, but don't mention her parents or the violin, m'kay!), they let him hang out to dry and then blame him for his lack of psychic powers.

Nanaka didn't seem very comfortable when Sana asked questions regarding her family, did she? Both twins knew that Nanaka wasn't ready to answer Sana's question yet. If they had told him something about Nanaka's private life that she wasn't ready to disclose yet. It would be like backstabing one best friend while being helpful to other one.

Would you do something like that considering both were your bestfriends and both deserve eqaul respect & loyalty ? Honestly I respect Syuu and Syuri for what they did. Some questions about anyone should be left until they are ready to answer it on their own free will. Sometimes peoples aren't ready to move on and forcing them makes the situation worse. I believe that Nanaka would answer Sana's questions when she is ready.

[grey_moon]

Originally Posted by Saleh

Would you do something like that considering both were your bestfriends and both deserve eqaul respect & loyalty ? Honestly I respect Syuu and Syuri for what they did. Some questions about anyone should be left until they are ready to answer it on their own free will. Sometimes peoples aren't ready to move on and forcing them makes the situation worse. I believe that Nanaka would answer Sana's questions when she is ready.

So Sana sticking his foot in it and causing everyone to be uncomfortable is a good thing. Nanaka getting angry and treating Sana like sh*t is a good thing? This type of situation drives people apart and in my books isn't a sign of good friendship.

Good friends watch out for your back, they look out for you even when you don't want them to. That is what makes them friends. Anything else are just associates or friends that children make.

[Sinestra]

Iv thinking on this since watching the episode and i have no clue what the old lady might be up to. But if she attacks Nanaka i hope Shuuri beats her ol ass lets face it everyone else in the group is kind of whimpy.

[grey_moon]

Originally Posted by Sinestra

Iv thinking on this since watching the episode and i have no clue what the old lady might be up to. But if she attacks Nanaka i hope Shuuri beats her ol ass lets face it everyone else in the group is kind of whimpy.

The thought of Shuuri groin stomping the old lady makes my soul shrivel up .

But here is some food for thought, from what I gather she would require at least 2 sacrifices one on each hill. Who do you think the other victim would be?

[Sinestra]

Originally Posted by grey_moon

The thought of Shuuri groin stomping the old lady makes my soul shrivel up .

But here is some food for thought, from what I gather she would require at least 2 sacrifices one on each hill. Who do you think the other victim would be?

*Claps his hands together and prays that Aoi is the 2nd sacrifice*. For what remains of my ears please take her and demon voice away.

[Saleh]

Originally Posted by grey_moon

So Sana sticking his foot in it and causing everyone to be uncomfortable is a good thing. Nanaka getting angry and treating Sana like sh*t is a good thing? This type of situation drives people apart and in my books isn't a sign of good friendship.

It depends ... . If Nanaka wasn't recovering from her past wounds then it may have been an good choise to disclose her past to Sana. We have seen Nanaka develop to more cheerful, outgoing character (to some extent) under Sana's influence. Considering that her situation may be delicate, it may not be the wisest choise to disclose something that she doesn't wants to reveal yet. If Nanaka is given some time, she will recover from her past and move on. She will also reveal what happened in the past on her own.

Sana : "Nanaka I am sorry about the violin thing earlier. I don't really understand. But it seems that I thoughtlessly asked you to do that".

Sana also seems to respects their (Nanaka, Syuu and Syuri) decision to some extent.

Some possiblilities if Syuu/Syuri told Sana what had happened after Sana left :-

1) Nanaka feels betrayed by the twins and closes herself off from all her friends again.
a) After her friends countless attempts to confront to her and help her, she keeps avoiding them (She keeps treating her friends like s**t). She may recover on her own but it would take a very long time.
b) After her friends countless attempts to forcibly help her, we see some improvement in her.
...

2) After acknowledging that Sana already knows what happened in her past, she overcomes her past and moves on to her present life with Sana.

Considering that her parents may have died (burned to death in their own house as skyfall suggested) when she was very little, making her an orphan, her situation is very delicate. Her friends were being considerate in my book.

Originally Posted by "greymoon"

Good friends watch out for your back, they look out for you even when you don't want them to. That is what makes them friends. Anything else are just associates or friends that children make.

Good Friend do things and make decisions that they think is right for you including watching your back, helping out in your dire needs, being there when you need them, ... . Acting instinctively and thoughtlessly almost always leads to dire consequences.

But then I could be completely wrong about the whole thing

Originally Posted by grey_moon

The thought of Shuuri groin stomping the old lady makes my soul shrivel up .

But here is some food for thought, from what I gather she would require at least 2 sacrifices one on each hill. Who do you think the other victim would be?

She already buried 2 creatures alive on hills to make her wish come true. If she finds those sacrifices ineffective and decides to switch to human sacrifices then i would guess that Nanaka (being a maiden priestess, most pure sacrifice her words), Asami and Syuri (for being most approachable characters in old peoples house) are in danger. Or she can choose to sacrifice everyone that Nanaka (her granddaugher Motoko in her sight) tends to dislike.

[Sinestra]

Originally Posted by grey_moon

The thought of Shuuri groin stomping the old lady makes my soul shrivel up .

Someone needs to make law making it a crime for Shuuri to groin stomp men. Seriously if she keeps this up Shuu might not be able reproduce then she will move on to other men effectivly destroying Japanese men's ability to spawn. Like Grey Moon my soul dies a little each time she does it.

[Itadakimasu!]

The lack of communication either implies they don't trust him (which i doubt) or that they believe he will be adversely affected by the truth. But the irony is that simply delaying it will only cause the damage when the truth gets out to be greater (thats when you get the whole ... why didn't you tell me..)

[NoSanninWa]

It's true that the damage will probably be greater if they delay the truth, but they are teenagers. It's only natural that they are trying to put off something troubling. This is exactly the kind of illogical action that is realistic for people of their age.

[4ran]

This episode is my favorite till now
I just got an idea about what might happened to Nanaka and why she’s acting strange..

[koreaneeyore]

this was a good ep. it was full of character and story progress. its full of mystery, questions, and some creepy stuff. plus tsundere nanaka going deredere is ftw. (^.^)