2017-04-20, 22:48 | Link #81 |
Swayin' to the beat
Join Date: Dec 2006
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Wonderful slow moving show. Nice cliffhanger at the end.
I see he's a boxing fan with the moves around his lamp switch, and the GOAT poster on the wall. It'd be nice to see some explanation on why he is one. Other than the fact that he moves around on that light switch to blow off some pent up feelings. Spoiler for What I think will play out:
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2017-04-21, 10:11 | Link #86 | |
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Join Date: Dec 2005
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Nice, is it me or did the confession make Kotarou look smooth with the word play
Maybe he did want to say tsukiatte but couldn't finish saying it the first time, or he did turn tsuki (moon) to tsukiatte, considering he was staring at the moon's reflection and thinking some literary quiz... maybe not that impressive to a japanese speaker but I'm a non-speaker Oh, and consider that was a partial title drop as well Quote:
The girl was on her way home alone, and thinking if she might find our MC there on the chance when she passes the shrine. Shows where her mind was at if nothing else... heehee |
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2017-04-21, 10:52 | Link #88 |
Born to ship
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Texas
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I seriously hope she didn't wind up going for Hira or accepting him if he confessed. Frankly, in anime and manga I've not really seen any relationships that go even slightly well when a person only enters the relationship because they can't say no to all the pressure. Partly this's because this places the pressured individual in a position of extreme weakness, indicating that they could easily be pushed around or just go along with things they don't like because that's what they're "supposed" to do. And partly this's because the person is literally being pushed into the relationship. If you're going out with someone because you feel like you can't say no, it'd be hard to really invest yourself in that relationship. There's all sorts of other feelings like a strange sense of obligation that just screw things up. Seriously, even if we're talking about putting a square peg through a square hole, if you just try to cram it in too quickly you're only going to wind up damaging both.
Besides, even if she looks curiously at Hira a couple of times, it won't work out well if she's already building a crush on another boy, and is always looking at him and seeing his pain; not to mention that I doubt he'd be able to stop himself from trying to do things for her like he did with the potato, which will stab even deeper. Frankly, it doesn't make a difference if she goes out with Hira or not. Either way, Hira will wind up ultimately as the standard archetypal rival, a guy in the same club pursuing the same goals and sharing the same interests insisting that these things make him a better match than someone with completely different interests and goals and associations. |
2017-04-21, 12:34 | Link #89 | |||
Beyond the Fringe
Join Date: Jun 2011
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In fact, I wouldn't doubt that Akane and Hira already aspire to go to the same high school and would end up on the same track team again. More quality time for them to share whereas is Kotarou even going to go to high school? If he does, it most likely won't be the same one so, in that respect, Kotarou and Akane's relationship as "lovers" is pretty much doomed to begin with. |
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2017-04-21, 13:35 | Link #90 | |
Born to ship
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Texas
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The one thing is that these similarities give a much clearer advantage, even if either one bears little meaning compared to the deeper matters of the heart itself. But because this creates an apparent advantage while not actually making the main character legitimately "wrong" for the heroine, solving the issue of rivalry is simple to write. This creates a rivalry with just the right amount of threat, not too great or too light, while at the same time having all kinds of room for expansion. This's why I believe this sort of character is so often used as a "rival", though not so often as an actual victor in the battle of love. Last edited by BWTraveller; 2017-04-23 at 10:06. Reason: Attempted to adjust unintended tone... |
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2017-04-21, 15:37 | Link #91 |
Beyond the Fringe
Join Date: Jun 2011
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Like everyone else here (myself included), you are entitled to your own opinions. And some of those opinions are certainly good arguments. But, your eternal condescending, "I am right and you are wrong" attitude has become too much for me to bear, so I shan't be engaging in conversations with you any further.
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2017-04-21, 16:49 | Link #92 | |
Born to ship
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Texas
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I seriously didn't mean to direct my comments at you the way I did and suggest that you were "wrong". There is no "right" or "wrong" in this matter, since as I said, the similarity of interests can be a plus or a minus, just like differences can. It's perfectly logical to assume that there would be a better chance for a more solid relationship with such similarities, and I'm quite sure that a lot more strong relationships come from people who are walking the same path in life, like fellow runners or fellow writers, etc. But when a writer and a runner are shown clearly looking mostly at each other, feelings will most likely trump logic. Additionally, concerning the idea of them going to the same school, for now at least it sounds like she's not trying to choose her school based on its track-and-field team. The only school mentioned is an inconveniently distant school her sister goes to, and it's not big on track and field, it's just big on clubs in general. Last edited by BWTraveller; 2017-04-23 at 10:16. |
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2017-04-22, 01:15 | Link #93 |
The Chaotic Dreamer
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: In a cruel yet beautiful world
Age: 32
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I continue to be charmed by this with each episode. I'm honestly shocked that Kotarou asked this early in the game, wow. I can't wait to see where this goes. Especially given their present situation of being able to be open with each other online, but they almost completely lock up in person.
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2017-04-22, 05:56 | Link #94 |
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Join Date: Feb 2014
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I find it too cute that they are able to be attracted to each other with so little physical interaction outside of bumping into each other at a restaurant and him finding her potato doll thing for her and making staring at each other. I like the line chats a lot too since those are also cute and relatable. It gives me the feeling like ahh these two must have great chemistry to be able to be so sure of themselves so easily. Like you know, something just clicks though you aren't exactly sure why.
Though I wonder how much of it is physical attraction. I don't see people hook up this easily outside of like online dating or tinder. |
2017-04-22, 12:01 | Link #95 | |
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Join Date: Dec 2005
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I don't see him attempting again unless Akane and him are alone, though if some chatter on the table had led onto the topic, what you said could be possible. However, I think the greater possibility might be Akane running away from that situation out of embarrassment, she is so easily embarrassed that would she in front of everybody, agree to go out with someone? That Akane who would be embarrassed if someone heard about her whole family's friendly encounter and exchange of greetings with Kotarou's family at a family restaurant? Well, I guess I just don't see much chemistry of attraction from Akane to Hira outside of a kouhei and (somewhat close) senpai relationship, certainly not more than Akane and Koutaro. |
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2017-04-22, 12:22 | Link #96 |
Me, An Intellectual
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: UK
Age: 33
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I guess this show just isn't for me. I'll give it one more episode but the slow pace and lack of dialogue is killing me. I only found the other track club girl and the last minute of this episode interesting. The rest just felt like more of the same.
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2017-04-22, 15:15 | Link #97 | |
Beyond the Fringe
Join Date: Jun 2011
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Let's face it, there certainly has been enough foreshadowing of an eventual hook up between Akane and Hira so that we should not be surprised if it actually came to pass. We have been fed four separate scenes where the prospect of such a hook up has been broached whereas, as to an Akane and Kotarou hook up, all we've got so far, in answer to her sister's query if it was a text from her boyfriend, is an emphatic "No Way" from Akane. All of this does not bode well for Kotarou if the foreshadowing of events plays a role here. One of the many things I really like about this series is that nobody in the audience knows what's going to happen next. There are none of the usual posts spoiling the show for anime-only viewers by irate source material enthusiasts, bitching and moaning that the show is an abortion of the manga or light novel (okay, I plead guilty for past offenses) and informing everyone what should happen next according to the source. I am so very glad about this! |
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2017-04-22, 16:13 | Link #98 | |
Born to ship
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Texas
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Thing is, while she has been shown looking at Hira a couple times, and looking serious or uncertain in these cases, these don't really seem all that significant to me. I mean, one time she's looking at him after her friends start pressuring her and insisting on the Akane x Hira ship, and the other time Hira's right there trying to say something while staring seriously at her. Both of these situations will result in some responses beyond a simple conversational look or casual glance. On the other hand, while she's shown pretty much looking at Hira when Hira's talking to her or people are talking about him or other such things, she's shown noticing Kotarou more frequently and easily, and paying more attention to him. Also, as far as concerns over them having had "little conversation" as some mentioned, I'd say they've probably had more than we know. There seems to be a bit of indication that they talk on LINE a whole lot, one on one, and tend to be very open and smooth and comfortably close in this setting. It's only offline when they're face to face that they start to get butterflies. But even if they're having a little trouble getting properly comfortable with each other, that bond and the chemistry they develop on LINE still carries through. |
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2017-04-23, 14:14 | Link #100 | |
Beyond the Fringe
Join Date: Jun 2011
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If Akane started dating Hira at this point, it probably wouldn't be a matter of choosing him over Kotarou, but, rather, being shoehorned into a relationship by the immense peer pressure brought to bear on her by her friends and members of the track team. It would not be the first time in an anime that someone has been pressured into dating someone else, and it wouldn't be the last time. |
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