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Old 2012-12-06, 13:49   Link #189
Mahou
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Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Germany
Age: 37
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Originally Posted by Itlandm View Post
The thing is, Sorata may have been just thinking out loud at the end there, but if Shiina heard it, she must have felt stabbed in the back.

When Rita showed up, Shiina welcomed her warmly, but when Rita said she had come to get her back to London, Shiina shoved her out the door and closed it. They had lived together for years, Shiina knows her and this was how she reacted. There is no question of what she wants, but Sorata spends his time with Rita and does nothing to stand up for the girl that depends on him. And now he sides with the opposition completely. How can their relationship take a blow like that?

(But just the fact that we have this level of discussion shows that this anime has done at least something right.)
I completely agree.
As for an earlier comment on how Rita is manupulative in getting back in the dorm and showing Sorata Mashiro's painting: Where was the manipulation? Sorata decided to pursue her on his own willl after a bit pondering. That Rita could predict his behaviour is, if at all, more a case about Sorata being easy to read. Nothing bad itself IMHO.
Yet his decision was also the reason for Mashiro's first "Sorata no baka" because he indirectly ignored her decision .
Next, the art museum: If Rita were so manipulating she'd be able to influence Sorata without showing him the painting. In doing so, Sorata was actually able to form a complete opinion/picture by himself before stating his opinion of what Mashiro should do. Before he only knew that Mashiro was awesome based on the internet website with the newspaper article which Jin showed him.

Sorata's comment in agreement was still understandable. He saw Mashiro's manga before and now her picture aka a real way of comparison. The latter made him completely immersed in the painting. Being confronted directly with the "real deal" does make his first reaction of agreeing with Rita nothing uncommon. That's not counting the possible incoming drama, should Mashiro have overheard him If worst comes to worst Sorata has always his friends who can talk some sense into him (well more likely Jin and Nanami as the reasonable persons of the cast).
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