(L) Kimi ni Todoke Second Season

[ahelo]

Kent's ruining Sawako's relationship !! Damn you you're turning into an Ume.

Rages aside this is by far the best episode of the season, if not the whole series. Kent makes his move and some weird love triangle is formed. When Sawako cries like that, its hard not to want to hug her. Its time Kazehaya makes his move and obliterate the Kent threat. Or everyone just follows Yano. Life would be easier if everyone just followed Yano.

[MeoTwister5]

That Meddling Kid.

Okay so now I probably should lay off the more derogatory comments I have for Kento. Yes indeed this is his prerogative if this is what he wants to do to make Sawako fall for him, and because I operate under the general impression that he knows at least some of the goings on between the two leads, his intentions are again cast into doubt with the way she’s been trying to get closer to Sawako. However his previous conversation with Shota does suggest that he’s been testing the waters regarding the two of them, and due to Shota’s evasiveness, it would seem Kento is convinced Shota doesn’t see her “that way”, which opens the gates for him to go and make his move. In that sense Shota shares a lot of the blame in this developing triangle, that if he made his real feelings clear at least to the other guy, he’d at least know what you intend to do.

As it stands Kento thinks Shota has no intentions to date Sawako, which he sees as a go signal for him to make his move. Of course now that Shota has been put on the hot seat with Pin and Ryu’s words, he has to act lest he lose Sawako to him.

[puretsundere]

Originally Posted by ahelo

Kent's ruining Sawako's relationship !! Damn you you're turning into an Ume.

I might be the only person to think so, but the introduction of Kent did the one thing I never expected after the first season: it made me waver a bit on the Kazehaya/Sawako pairing. Can't wait to see how this supposed love-triangle plays out.

Also, turning into a Kurumi wouldn't be so bad, because Kurumi is awesome.

[LC]

Originally Posted by bmkharuhiism

I might be the only person to think so, but the introduction of Kent did the one thing I never expected after the first season: it made me waver a bit on the Kazehaya/Sawako pairing. Can't wait to see how this supposed love-triangle plays out.

Also, turning into a Kurumi wouldn't be so bad, because Kurumi is awesome.

You're not the only one. I was KazeSawa 100% up until this point. Personally, I like Kent more than Kazehaya, but Kazehaya's probably more suited for Sawako when I think about it.

Kent's probably going to be the subject of much rage after this episode, but he's really not as mischievous as Kurumi. Besides, without him, Sawako and Kazehaya would've probably just continued to drift apart until one of them moved on.

[Kanon]

This is slowly turning into Kimi ni NTR

Jokes aside, I'm pretty sure Kento doesn't even suspect the girl Kazehaya is in love with is Sawako, therefore I can't condemn him for tying to make a move on her. It's fair game. There is one thing that irks me about him, however: it seems like he's just taking pity on Sawako. I seriously doubt he's got any romantic feelings for her.

[Shiroth]

Originally Posted by Kanon

it seems like he's just taking pity on Sawako. I seriously doubt he's got any romantic feelings for her.

I don't think it's just pity. Kent is probably just generally interested in helping her out.

[ZGMF-X10A]

Originally Posted by Kanon

This is slowly turning into Kimi ni NTR [IMG] it seems like he's just taking pity on Sawako. I seriously doubt he's got any romantic feelings for her.

If you tease a girl like that and make her cry it's most likely want to make it up to her, and he did had a lot of interest in her ever since that valentine incident. Seeing her smile when teaching the class also added more interest. So it's not because of pity but the interest of Sawako but it's no love at this point.

[Kanon]

Originally Posted by Shiroth

I don't think it's just pity. Kent is probably just generally interested in helping her out.

He's just white knighting; something that was completely needless in this situation. In fact, he's only making matters worse for everyone.

Originally Posted by ZGMF-X10A

If you tease a girl like that and make her cry it's most likely want to make it up to her, and he did had a lot of interest in her ever since that valentine incident. Seeing her smile when teaching the class also added more interest. So it's not because of pity but the interest of Sawako but it's no love at this point.

That's the thing. Would he have told Sawako he wanted to go out with her if she hadn't cried? He didn't even say he wanted to go out with her, only that he wouldn't mind. It really sounded like he said that out of pity to me. To him, Sawako is a poor ugly duckling in love with a prince. He's never ever considered Kazehaya could love "someone like her". This fact alone speaks tons about what he truly thinks of Sawako.

And yes, I'm sure he likes her... the same way you like a cute little puppy. I suppose I can't blame him for that, as Sawako does act like a helpless little animal most of the time, rarely (never?) able to stand up for herself. Nonetheless, that doesn't mean it's okay to assume she can't do anything on her own and that her feelings for Kazehaya are one-sided. What I like about Ayane and Chizu is that unlike Kento, they're treating Sawako as a friend, an equal; even if they are sometimes appalled by her lack of social intelligence.

[Seta19]

how random was this XD

[Flower]

Originally Posted by Kanon

He's just white knighting....

I wouldn't have thought of putting it like this! But I think it is appropo in many ways.

[Avvesione]

No one's talked about pretty Chizuru, yet?

Spoiler:

I'm happy to finally get some more screentime for Chizuru and Ryu together, although they never really progressed with their relationship and spent their time talking about Kazehaya instead. Ah, nuts. Well, I hope there's more near the end of this season.

Also, how am I supposed to feel about Kent?

[Sackett]

Originally Posted by Avvesione

No one's talked about pretty Chizuru, yet?

Spoiler:

I'm happy to finally get some more screentime for Chizuru and Ryu together, although they never really progressed with their relationship and spent their time talking about Kazehaya instead. Ah, nuts. Well, I hope there's more near the end of this season.

Also, how am I supposed to feel about Kent?

Was I the only one who got faked out for a second there into thinking there was some kissing going on between Chizuru and Ryu?

Kent is infuriating, but in a different way from Ume. Ume at least actually understood the person she liked and the situation- although she didn't get Sawako, but that's because Sawako was just too innocent for Ume to understand her.

Kent doesn't have a clue. And his clueless "helping" is even worse then Ume's deliberate sabotage attempts.

[puretsundere]

Originally Posted by Avvesione

No one's talked about pretty Chizuru, yet?

Spoiler:

I'm happy to finally get some more screentime for Chizuru and Ryu together, although they never really progressed with their relationship and spent their time talking about Kazehaya instead. Ah, nuts. Well, I hope there's more near the end of this season.

Also, how am I supposed to feel about Kent?

I actually a bit surprised how stunningly beautiful Chizuru looked for the wedding. Ayane really did a great job emphasizing Chizuru's beauty.

Originally Posted by Sackett

Was I the only one who got faked out for a second there into thinking there was some kissing going on between Chizuru and Ryu?

No, I got fooled there, too. I should have known better to be fooled so easily by a mere camera trick. Though a kiss between Chizuru and Ryu would have made for an epic development and would have made the episode even more awesome than it already was.

[Seta19]

lol we all thought they kissed.

[Anh_Minh]

Originally Posted by Avvesione

No one's talked about pretty Chizuru, yet?

Spoiler:

Yeah, Ayane really can perform miracles. She actually made Chizuru look pretty there.

Also, how am I supposed to feel about Kent?

Dunno. Annoyed? He means well, but what an idiot.

Originally Posted by Seta19

lol we all thought they kissed.

Chizuru did remind us why she wanted to talk to Ryu. (He himself wasn't fooled - she had a favor to ask of him.)

Originally Posted by MeoTwister5

As it stands Kento thinks Shota has no intentions to date Sawako, which he sees as a go signal for him to make his move. Of course now that Shota has been put on the hot seat with Pin and Ryu’s words, he has to act lest he lose Sawako to him.

It's more than that. He thinks Shota is - unintentionally - stringing Sawako along. That he's making her fall for him with his kindness and making her think she has a shot by staying close to her, when in fact he has no intention of dating her and she's just a charity project. If that were true, he'd be right to try and separate them.

I can't even entirely blame him for not realizing Shota likes Sawako - he's not the only one, and it's not like they're close. I mean, the ones who know are Ryu, who's Kazehaya's best friend, Pin (another childhood friend, after a fashion), Ume (his stalker), Ayane (OK... no reason for her to know except that she's the resident love expert) and Chizuru (who had to be told by Ayane, despite knowing Kazehaya for years). As far as we know, none of Kazehaya's many other friends know.

[MeoTwister5]

If anyone should be blamed it'd have to be Shota. Sawako has mitigating circumstances due to her relative inability to understand social cues, but Shota should know just how vague and indecisive his actions are, which in the end send mixed signals not just to Sawako but everyone else who's paying attention. It took the two girls and Ryu quite a while to really realize what he really feels, Sawako is just plain confused, and Kento is almost stupidly ignorant.

[Shiroth]

Originally Posted by Seta19

lol we all thought they kissed.

Maybe in the manga, though not here. Was far too obvious it wasn't a kiss.

Originally Posted by MeoTwister5

and Kento is almost stupidly ignorant.

He's a few things, though i wouldn't say ignorant is one of them. It's not like he's ignoring Sawako's feelings for Kazehaya, though instead trying to help her with the situation.

[Waven]

Originally Posted by MeoTwister5

If anyone should be blamed it'd have to be Shota. Sawako has mitigating circumstances due to her relative inability to understand social cues, but Shota should know just how vague and indecisive his actions are, which in the end send mixed signals not just to Sawako but everyone else who's paying attention. It took the two girls and Ryu quite a while to really realize what he really feels, Sawako is just plain confused, and Kento is almost stupidly ignorant.

To be fair, Kazehaya is almost as insecure when it comes to love as Sawako. Sure he has been confessed to by many girls already but don't forget that he most probably never had a love interest before which also means he himself has never successfully confessed to someone else - the point is that despite his better social skills he has no more clue about love either, they're both pretty much clueless.

Right now both have comfirmed their own feelings for the other, however the painful irony is that both also consider the other to not hold the same feelings - Sawako now thinks Shota has someone else he likes while he believes he could annoy her.

If one wants to blame someone for this situation it can only be both equally. Namely their communication. First of all they don't communicate enough and secondly when they do they don't cleary talk to each other.

Then again I don't really want to blame either. This situation of the typical obstacles of teenage romance seem really natural to me which makes the characters authentic, which I think is more important.

[demonkevy666]

Originally Posted by Seta19

how random was this XD

LOL Pin such a dick sometimes.

but he's more likable then Kent to me LOL

[Seta19]

lmfao that face he made... xDDDD