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I suppose my attitude is influenced by my enjoyment of a new character that is injecting some much needed liveliness into the cast. All three of the main leads are pretty dull and boring when it comes to anything other than karuta. Even the popular and worldly Taichi is dull and boring outside of karuta, his looks and wealth seeming to be the only things he has going for him since his personality is pretty flat. Chihaya is like a shining star when it comes to karuta, but take it away from her and she's pretty much a limp biscuit. Arata, too, has been depicted as being a nearly one-dimensional character. What surprises me is that no one has yet made the comparison between Sumire and Chihaya. What, you say? Just look at how determined she is to achieve her goal, how she won't give up, the enthusiasm and energy she has mustered up to get her there. Sounds just like Chihaya when she was determined to get enough members to form the club, including chasing after people and browbeating them until they join. At least Sumire isn't that aggressive (yet). |
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2013-01-13, 10:14 | Link #143 | |
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And worse, she outright stated her intention to not play karuta. Which, yes, the other newbies joined. She basically came right into their clubroom, and as an alleged applicant, mocked all the second years for their devotion to the sport. |
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2013-01-13, 10:39 | Link #144 | |
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2013-01-13, 10:46 | Link #145 | |
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That's the textbook definition of disruptive,not that I didn't enjoy the scene,it was quite entertaining.
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2013-01-13, 11:09 | Link #146 |
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She's been bitchy yes, but people with her personality are needed. They tend to be annoying but at the same time they are entertaining because tehy are not scared to show what they actually think. They are different to majority.
Right now she showed it in bad form but once she develops, those qualities could become a big plus and entertainment. The only problem I have with her is her popular guy obsession.
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2013-01-13, 11:26 | Link #148 |
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I totally can. I wouldn't have minded so much if she'd tried a bit harder at hiding how little respect she had for the club she was joining. Like waiting until Chihaya invited questions before asking if Taichi had a girlfriend. And trying to actually learn to play karuta, even if she didn't want to participate in tournaments. I don't think it's too fucking much to ask.
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2013-01-13, 12:39 | Link #151 |
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My, my, my. Sumire sure has generated a lot of hate.
Like her, hate her, or feel indifferent toward her, Sumire sure has made this first episode (and this forum) very lively. I wonder how many of you haters will do a flip-flop by the end of the season? If it wasn't for her reaction to the poem, I would be thinking that she would stay the "bitchy" character so many perceive her to be. However, from that reaction, I suspect that there will be some real character development in store for her, something that was pretty lacking in the first season. The five main characters didn't receive a whole lot of character development during the first season, and are not much different now than they were at the beginning of season one. |
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2013-01-13, 13:16 | Link #154 |
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Oh, I'm sure her character will evolve and in six months I'll look back at the first season and think, "How bland without Sumire." But that's me the genre savvy viewer with high expectations for the future. The character as she exists now is annoying, selfish and totally deserving of the smackdown Kana laid upon her.
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2013-01-13, 15:54 | Link #156 |
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It's risky to introduce new characters. Their story may become too minor later. I can see why there are Taichi haters out there. Taichi swiftly rejects Sumire's love quest. Also, he's too confident with girls. It seems he admits it is usually girls asking him out. Maybe he has dated many girls at same time. No wonder there are Taichi haters. p.s. Their hate is rage, not jealousy...not jealousy.
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2013-01-13, 16:02 | Link #157 |
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I am also sure Sumire will develop into a likeable character. Chihayafuru isn't the type of series with one dimensional characters like that but Sumire's introduction didn't exactly endear her to me.
Yeah there were some things I did like about her: when she reacted to the poem, when she said she doesn't want to write poems of regret...but there were many others things about her that didn't sit well with me. I expect we weren't supposed to immediately like her though.
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2013-01-13, 18:06 | Link #158 |
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We weren't really supposed to like most of the characters at first glance. Taichi started out as a bully, Tsutomu was really condescending in his introduction episode, so was Kana to some degree... It's been consistent all throughout Chihayafuru: characters are often introduced as not-so-great, and then we get to know them in more depth and see them develop and change and we start loving them. I wouldn't be too worried about how Sumire'll turn out, and I wouldn't be so hasty to judge her either.
I totally understand the negative first impression though - nothing about her strikes me as particularly endearing right now, and I feel the episode went a bit fast, which prevented me to really appreciate her few good moments. But I also think it's too soon to call her a bitch or whatever. Let's wait and see.
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Sorry, but I really don't understand what development is missing...? (Other than the romance front crawling slower than a snail, but that was obviously going to happen). Some of the biggest themes in the first season includes: Grow some balls and stop running away. Recognizing your flaws and how to overcome them. Making true friends. Letting go of guilt. Do I need to give the specifics? And I have no idea on what you mean by "one-dimensional" characters... |
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