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Old 2008-03-16, 14:07   Link #1081
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I didn't really mean anything nasty by that

To expand on what I meant, I'd even go as far as to say that the town in Higuashi is smaller and more isolated. Oishi was a local-ish cop that was pretty heavily involved in the story, and Akasaka was a cop from like Tokyo or something. Heck they even had some child services involvement in the plot too. I can cut them some slack over the rural town thing but not give them a complete pass.

Oh I see.

Well....we haven't seen any people of authority like cops in H2O....it seems as if the grandfather himself is the law. I'd like to know what's up with that but oh well. It probably won't be answered.
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Old 2008-03-16, 14:16   Link #1082
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That one was really "all a dream". At least, that's how I took it. But if all the other episodes were also a dream, well... Takuma still hasn't woken up.
It seemed to me like they left it pretty ambiguous as far as any kind of official explanation from Otoha, I think Takuma thought it was a dream though. I'll be the first to admit I might be wrong on that though since it was a pretty screwy episode and I wasn't looking at details.
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Old 2008-03-16, 15:32   Link #1083
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Despite the case of the drawing and the notebook, I still think that Takuma can see to some extent, after all it's a mental problem. Could it be selective blindness? Otherwise it would have left such gaping plotholes in the last few episodes, especially the part where he grabbed the old man's shotgun despite being blind.
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Old 2008-03-16, 16:05   Link #1084
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Nah, he did it by ear. The fact he was able to get here in time, though - that's what extraordinary.
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Old 2008-03-16, 17:04   Link #1085
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I took sometime to post my thoughts on episode episode 11 due to my server emotional response to it. But i like to watch episodes twice to make sure i got everything and my feelings were quite interesting.

The episode was of course very emotional as we see Takuma slipping more and more in darkness. I feel the series has maintained it direction quite nicely and has not strayed from what the direction should and has been. I was not surprised that Takumas story would be the most emotional one but I had no idea it would intertwine with Hayami's.

The villagers hate towards Hayamis family is of course deserved in their opinion and that as long as shes around bad luck will only continue to befall the village. Which i find most interesting since nothing really bad has happened and the fact the villagers would tourment a small girl is just wrong. But Hayami has been beaten down by this for so long that she actually feels like she should not be happy. What i cant get is them actually trying to kill her even with all that hate murder is pretty serious step and the grandfather has no problems with killing her. There is not a good bone in that mans old ass body.

Takuma feels that he should not be happy either which i cant blame the guy for his emotional state. But what i see is Takuma has melded his desire to protect Hayami and his disappointment in not being to protect his mother into one. He cant tell them apart in his mind now, which could lead to whole new level of problems or it could be the beginning of his recovery.

I feel that Hotaru is going to have to take a step in order to get her grandfather in line. Also, i dont think she is going to be happy when she finds out he tried to shoot her friend. As for Takuma's father i am sure his uncle will give him the real story of what has been going on. Hayami will be the key to Takuma getting his sight back that will be one step towards Takumas father hopefully accepting her. It has not been Hayami who has caused the majority of the damage to Takumas mentality it has been the Grandfather. If he thinks at this point he can still get Hotaru to marry Takuma he is as stupid as he looks. Takumas mother bares a lot of the blame for killing herself in front of her son though she probably was not in the right state of mind. I hate how the next generation ends up paying for the previous generation screw ups.

Another interesting point was Hayami forcing Takuma to take his hate out on her. She basically did all but lift his fist and hit herself. But she said she would take it from Takuma if it was him. In her own way she feels she is helping him by letting him get this out too bad it had to come out in such a violent matter. In the end i think everyone who has learned to forgive Hayami will come to her aid just like Yui did.

Im hoping that the blind angry wont continue its only going to hurt everyone. Im looking forward to the resolution and the conclusion.
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Old 2008-03-16, 19:11   Link #1086
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if takuma stop chase after his mother, then his vision might become better right? o_O? kinda possible ending? dunno haha
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Old 2008-03-16, 20:11   Link #1087
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if takuma stop chase after his mother, then his vision might become better right? o_O? kinda possible ending? dunno haha
That's exactly it, as Otoha said. He's got to stop chasing death before it sucks him into it.

Lol Hayami = mother.

Hahahaha.

Looks like Hirose had a breakdown. There's only one more episode, so it can't last too long
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Old 2008-03-16, 21:36   Link #1088
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Okay i just finished episode 4 and all i have to say is HAMAJI IS A BOY X.X
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Old 2008-03-16, 21:44   Link #1089
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As far as I can tell Takuma has been completely delusional and lived in an alternate world that very closely mirrors the actual world.

I have no idea how much of what we've seen is real, and how much is a figment of Takuma's imagination. Who knows, perhaps the Mahou Shoujo world in episode 8 is as close to reality as anything else we've seen.

At this point I'm certain that Takuma is mentally ill and the guy needs some serious help.
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Old 2008-03-16, 22:23   Link #1090
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As far as I can tell Takuma has been completely delusional and lived in an alternate world that very closely mirrors the actual world.

I have no idea how much of what we've seen is real, and how much is a figment of Takuma's imagination. Who knows, perhaps the Mahou Shoujo world in episode 8 is as close to reality as anything else we've seen.
Everything we have seen has been real. All of the events that have occurred throughout the course of the series have actually occurred in the same way that they have been presented. Afterall, we aren't watching this show through the eyes of Takuma - if we were, then episode one and half of episode eleven would have been a blank, black screen.

Otoha's gift wasn't to actually restore Takuma's sight, but to instead give him a close approximation of it. All of his other senses - taste, touch, hearing, etc - are still working perfectly, and everything he "saw" during the course of the series correlated perfectly with the other sensations that he was still functionally capable of receiving. This correlation was so perfect that Takuma himself was convinced that his vision was fully restored. Indeed, this precludes the possibility that he has been delusional or in some sort of dream world, because if he was then there would have been a great conflict between his "sight" and the rest of the sensations he experienced.

Finally, to deal with any minor inconsistencies that this gift might create, one needs to remember that it is magical (perhaps spiritual is a better term?) in nature. It is not fully sensical or realistic by definition. Controlled, limited application of mystical elements has been a long time trope of renai series like this, and one I have long sense grown accustomed to. In fact, I rather like how it was employed here :x
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Old 2008-03-16, 23:49   Link #1091
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Maybe I've misunderstood it but.... Is nobody here bothered by the fact when Hirose's mom got run over, only her decapitated hand was left and it was right infront of him O_o;;;
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Old 2008-03-17, 00:42   Link #1092
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Maybe I've misunderstood it but.... Is nobody here bothered by the fact when Hirose's mom got run over, only her decapitated hand was left and it was right infront of him O_o;;;
Don't bring up bad memories. Reminds me of Kanon 2006 when that one thing happened near the end.
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Old 2008-03-17, 06:46   Link #1093
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Maybe I've misunderstood it but.... Is nobody here bothered by the fact when Hirose's mom got run over, only her decapitated hand was left and it was right infront of him O_o;;;
Oh we are quite disturbed over it watching mom get hit by a train and then clutching onto her arm afterwards no wonder the poor guy doesnt want to see anything.

The mind is very good at protecting its self. Instead of risking more harm to Takuma it basically shut off his vision so he would not see anything that might remind him of his mothers death, triggering stress. Its the same as the mind blocking out painful memories when a traumatic experience happens to protect its self from harm. I actually think Takuma needed to have vision taken for a while i dont think the guy could have made it this far if he still had his vision.
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Old 2008-03-17, 13:27   Link #1094
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Well one thing that comes to mind after watching hte episode was just in some form the return of Otoha. Had her farewell and while she wasn't here for a chat since the situation was way too serious for it. Just sending the message of what Hirose has to do. Has to accept what happened and stop chasing death. It's no small feat to ask of someone. Just wanted to welcome Otoha back, even if it wasn't a bright moment.

Hirose did a fine job creeping me right the heck out. The chuckling, stumbling around on his way to the end of the episode. Guy was so gone I wanted to take a step back from the computer just to be on the safe side. Also at the end of the episode Hirose is one of the last people I'd want to be near a gun. That grandfather being number one person I don't want near a weapon. Guy has been a consistent jerk throughout.

I didn't think it was possible, but Yui has started to redeem herself. Early you wouldn't have thought that possible and the way they bridged things between her and Hayami still didn't sit well with me. But getting in there and stopping the thugs before it went further than it did really was a good thing on her.
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Old 2008-03-17, 14:50   Link #1095
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Don't bring up bad memories. Reminds me of Kanon 2006 when that one thing happened near the end.
Oh GOD. *shudder*

Anyway, I'm terribly excited to see the next episode. I almost want to say something terribly wrong and misleading like
Spoiler for This isn't a spoiler, because the information's wrong:
just to irk people. I suppose I just did. Please ignore me.

Yui.... a lot of people hate her, but she's just trying her hardest to be a good girl. She grew up learning that the Kohinata's were evil and should be shunned. Some of the things she did were overboard, yes, but if she "defeated" Kohinata, everyone would be proud of her. That thought was probably driving her the entire time. She was wrong, yes, but I can't help but feel she's a good person.

By the way, some friends and I are working on a H2O fandub from episode 1. It should be quite fun.
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Old 2008-03-17, 15:14   Link #1096
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Old 2008-03-17, 15:16   Link #1097
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Old 2008-03-17, 15:28   Link #1098
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Old 2008-03-17, 15:54   Link #1099
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Hence why the whole case with him thinking whether he is living in an illusion or reality becomes so significant. Some events that couldn't have happened did from his perspective but in reality he may just have been a stumbling blind person. The viewers gets the treat of seeing his good moments as apposed to reality (which could have been quite different).
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Old 2008-03-17, 16:09   Link #1100
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Some events that couldn't have happened did from his perspective but in reality he may just have been a stumbling blind person. The viewers gets the treat of seeing his good moments as apposed to reality (which could have been quite different).
Which should be good for Takuma's ego, in a sense, because Hayami fell in love with him in spite of his blindness (which he earlier attributed as the reason that he felt he couldn't do anything). Even though we got to see the story through Takuma's "rose-coloured glasses" (heh...), I think it's pretty safe to say that the feelings involved and the general progression of events are real... but we'll see!
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