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View Poll Results: Toradora! - Episode 19 Rating | |||
Perfect 10 | 151 | 66.23% | |
9 out of 10 : Excellent | 39 | 17.11% | |
8 out of 10 : Very Good | 19 | 8.33% | |
7 out of 10 : Good | 10 | 4.39% | |
6 out of 10 : Average | 4 | 1.75% | |
5 out of 10 : Below Average | 0 | 0% | |
4 out of 10 : Poor | 0 | 0% | |
3 out of 10 : Bad | 1 | 0.44% | |
2 out of 10 : Very Bad | 0 | 0% | |
1 out of 10 : Painful | 4 | 1.75% | |
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2009-02-18, 18:21 | Link #461 |
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There have been a lot of very interesting things said over the course of this thread and I feel I must finally inject my own opinions.
Minori is "taking one for he team". Its clear she loves Ryuuji and wants to be by his side, but her love for her best friend is stopping her. I wish people we're so self-sacrificing sometimes. Mother Theresa once said that the hunger for Love is much more difficult to remove than the hunger for bread. I agree. This is the kind of psyche shattering thing that can scar people for life. Is Minori strong enough to deal with it and move on? Only time will tell. Ryuuji is, like most highschool boys, completely inept in matters of love and relationships. He, being a kind gentle soul, seeks to nurture people and prevent them from being hurt, but ends up hurting them unintentionally through his kindness, not understanding that his responses, whilst purely motivated, are not the correct ones. I have been in and seen enough failed relationships to sort of predict where this will go, but logic rarely, if ever, has any bearing on the human heart. Taiga clearly loves Ryuuji more than she will liklely be able to admit to herself, let alone to the object of her desire. She will probably again "take one for the team" to push Ryuuji towards Minori. I am sure you can see where this is leading. Me, being a typical male would just say try for both and have a nice 3 way relationship, but since this is not a porno I doubt that will happen. One of the two must give in to hear heart's desire or one of two things will occur. 1:Ryuuji will end up with Ami 2: Everyone will be lonely and miserable. I really cannot forsee another outcome based on what we have seen thus far. I eagerly await the next episode. |
2009-02-18, 19:47 | Link #463 | |
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Anyway, option one would be a very interesting twist. They have what 6 episodes? They might have time to make it happen... Better than the second option at least which right now is what the anime feels like. |
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2009-02-20, 04:39 | Link #471 | |
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The moment she realised she liked Ryuuji she tried to claim him. How long has it been since Minori realised she liked Ryuuji? Who besides the Student Council President has rejected the person they liked even when they were confessed to? |
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2009-02-20, 05:12 | Link #472 | |||
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Minori is scared of hurting anyone (that's Taiga and Ryuuji, not just Taiga) and more comfortable with the status quo when everybody's happy and Christmas Eve didn't happen. That's what her new attitude is reflecting. Taiga's actions were and are really more about making Ryuuji happy. I mean, since this is something I've been feeling recently, but it feels like Taiga and Minori are really just superficial friends. Last edited by roan; 2009-02-20 at 05:23. |
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2009-02-20, 06:18 | Link #474 |
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A girl doesn't blush severely or curses under her breath after being trolled into staying behind with a guy they don't, at the very least, have strong feelings for. But, since this is episode 19's thread, I'll let it slide...
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2009-02-20, 06:23 | Link #475 | |
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Then what was that whole, "Are your feelings of guilt gone?" moment when Ami asked Minori after the girls concluded the Taiga liked Kitamura. Also, no emotional sacrifice on Minoris part, there's is so much I feel wrong with that statement... People, Minoris hurting - hurting a lot. I cant believe quite a few people dont see that...or shrug it off as nothing major. Wasnt she the energetic one? The one that always had a smile? The one that faces everything head on? Her total polar behavior is more than enough for me to know she's hurting quite deeply inside...enough said. |
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2009-02-20, 07:10 | Link #477 |
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Also has the question as to when Minori started having a crush on Ryuuji been settled somewhere?
My take is that she had since their freshmen year, but she tried to get rid of it when Ryuuji and Taiga became friends and rumors were flying around. It was rekindled in the summer outing and started bothering her again. That bothersome feeling became guilt when Ami made it known to Minori that she knows and, with what was learned after the fight, that there's a possibility that this crush could develop into something. Her answer to this guilt was to run away partly for Taiga's sake and partly because if the crush would develop she wouldn't know how to bear the guilt. What she witnessed in this episode convinced her that she was right, yet to finally kill these feelings for Ryuuji, now that she also had a clue on what he feels, was so hard that she hadn't really done it yet. |
2009-02-20, 07:23 | Link #478 | |
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2009-02-20, 07:25 | Link #479 | |
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Okay after rewatching a few segments from different episodes (I clearly have too much time on my hands ), I will concede to the fact that she did like him to some degree.
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Even if she did, or does, like him, for me it doesn't go too much farther than upper limits of a platonic one. As this guy/girl said, it's most likely just a crush. It's not as if she had already invested a large degree of time, emotion, feeling and the like towards Ryuuji. Taiga has done so much more of this, in a rather... unconventional way, and also probably subconsciously. What I probably didn't clear up in my previous post was my assertion that Minori did not have as much an emotional involvement in a potential relationship as Taiga has, thus I don't believe she's doing a much greater and/or much more painful sacrifice than Taiga is attempting. It's still a sacrifice nonetheless, but not to the degree that Taiga is trying to cope with. In this triangle Taiga still has much much more at stake, and thus much more to lose. Minori has yet to reach such a relationship level with Ryuuji that Taiga has, who has pretty much unknowingly committed a great deal of her life towards Ryuuji and vice versa. My original purpose was to justify the belief that Taiga is in a worse situation than Minori ever was, and that to state that Minori is hurting more than Taiga is is a ludicrous idea. No other character has vested so much of themselves to him than she has, despite the fact that she might pretty well deny it, and the fact that she has pretty much done in unconsciously. Falling apart on that street like that is proof enough.
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2009-02-20, 08:21 | Link #480 | ||
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As far as I know, the novel or the anime hasn't mentioned the extent of interaction between Ryuuji and Minori in their freshmen year. It doesn't mean there's none. Besides even if there's none just a mere sighting could start a crush. But I think there is. In the first chapter/episode the first conversation between the two involves Minori approaching Ryuuji and asking if he remembers her. They must've been introduced by Kitamura during softball.
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What got me curious rather was why at the start, aside from Kitamura (because their parents were friends so they have long known each other) and Taiga (because she doesn't give a sh*t about his reputation), Minori could approach Ryuuji and not get intimidated or frightened. Was it because she's just sunshiny and nice with everyone? (Ok, I think this reason is valid and weakens my argument. Although, hasn't it been established that this genki appearance is just a mask? What was her reason for putting it on?) Quote:
@Meo, Huh? I actually don't think we have the same conclusion. I'm even claiming Minorin has at least a crush on Ryuuji since first year. Well, we could agree on the degree of Minori's attraction, though. Anyway, I see you've edited your post. Still, walang anuman And I still find your take on Taiga's personality a good one, and what I would also want to say, just that I lack the psychology expertise to put the right terms. It's also good that you tried to do similar analysis on Minori. She's been a character neglected by most viewers, but, unfortunately, neglecting her would impact on the enjoyment and comprehension of the episodes in this season. |
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