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Old 2018-01-19, 00:28   Link #41
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I really believe that Kondou understood the confession but there are other problems that comes with that. He's an old man that has zero to none confidence since his previous relationship failed, on top of that Akira is just a young girl that can be his daughter.

Those 2 things are probably messing with his head and that should explain his reaction after the confession. On a side note, the animation is incredibly good and the studio is being faithful to the source including details that really shows the feelings of Akira.
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Old 2018-01-19, 00:49   Link #42
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He's not an old man, for Christ's sake - he's 45. Donald Trump is an old man...
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Old 2018-01-19, 01:03   Link #43
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He's not an old man, for Christ's sake - he's 45. Donald Trump is an old man...
45 isn't old? I had no idea.
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Old 2018-01-19, 05:15   Link #44
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I really believe that Kondou understood the confession but there are other problems that comes with that. He's an old man that has zero to none confidence since his previous relationship failed, on top of that Akira is just a young girl that can be his daughter.
He's not accepting of her feelings because he doesn't believe (as in, his idea of how the world works) that she feels that way about him. This may change.
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Old 2018-01-19, 05:48   Link #45
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Yeah he is ignorant of her feelings not because he is dense, but because he has common sense.
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Old 2018-01-19, 06:12   Link #46
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I came into the series not knowing a damn thing. I was actually expecting to watch a rather dour and melodramatic story given a possibly taboo subject matter.

But with episode 2, I got a very dynamic and often hilarious show that treats its subject matter with respect but still remaining fun and light. I think it's all the better for it.
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Old 2018-01-19, 11:35   Link #47
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45 doesn't give an old feeling. Men still look pretty damn attractive at 45. Is that when men are in their prime? However the contrast happens when he is next to a 17 years old. This feels like a live action and I was thinking of Abe Hiroshi for Mr. Kondo even though he's too tall and in the 50s.
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Old 2018-01-19, 20:04   Link #48
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Remember Fujishima Kosuke (Oh My Goddess mangaka in his 50s) married to a young & hot 23-year-old cosplayer? This is something relatable.
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Old 2018-01-20, 02:29   Link #49
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[...] This feels like a live action [...] Mr. Kondo [...]
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Old 2018-01-20, 04:39   Link #50
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She's also employed under him and that adds another complication to the relationship so I also feel that the idea that she loves him romantically never crossed his mind.
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Old 2018-01-20, 18:36   Link #51
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Remember Fujishima Kosuke (Oh My Goddess mangaka in his 50s) married to a young & hot 23-year-old cosplayer? This is something relatable.
There's all sorts of examples all over the world... but most of the well known ones involve a man who is rich, powerful or successful. In this case, Kondou is none of those and nobody else finds him attractive.

At least he's not Akira's teacher or something. Although they are currently in a situation where Kondou is notionally in a position of power or responsibility, it's clear that Akira went to work at the restaurant because she already had feelings for him.

I feel somewhat sad for her classmate who also followed his love to this restaurant and Akira is equally clueless about his one-sided affection for her...
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Old 2018-01-20, 20:08   Link #52
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There's all sorts of examples all over the world... but most of the well known ones involve a man who is rich, powerful or successful. In this case, Kondou is none of those and nobody else finds him attractive.

At least he's not Akira's teacher or something. Although they are currently in a situation where Kondou is notionally in a position of power or responsibility, it's clear that Akira went to work at the restaurant because she already had feelings for him.

I feel somewhat sad for her classmate who also followed his love to this restaurant and Akira is equally clueless about his one-sided affection for her...
Combine with Kondou's low self-esteem led to his failed relationship with his ex-wife, it was hard for him & even more so to how he would raise his son.

Well at least there's a blonde girl is into that funky fellow. So yeah, best of luck for her.
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Old 2018-01-25, 11:31   Link #53
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Episode 3:

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Old 2018-01-25, 11:40   Link #54
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He's not an old man, for Christ's sake - he's 45. Donald Trump is an old man...
I can't understand this discussion really, if you have a problem with the age gap just move on. It becomes even more funnier to see how this people react when you remind them about the gender of stories author (it's a female).

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It's not difficult to understand. He's not saying he has a problem with the age gap. Just that it's considered rude to call a 45 year old an old man.
Let me be clear about that, that was not directed to him, I've come across it many times now people being disturbed by it. My comment was in general.
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Old 2018-01-25, 13:10   Link #55
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It's not difficult to understand. He's not saying he has a problem with the age gap. Just that it's considered rude to call a 45 year old an old man.
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Old 2018-01-25, 17:00   Link #56
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Ep3 - another lovely episode. So enjoyable.

I like how things are really moving forwards. Go go Akira! Keep on running...
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Old 2018-01-25, 17:48   Link #57
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Episode 3

Mixed feelings are mixed...
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Old 2018-01-25, 18:12   Link #58
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Watching an episode of this series makes time fly past so fast. <3
Akira is such a badass, a true badass to the core, a full-on badass working 24/7 on being a hardcore badass all time long. Not being content with confessing and being misunderstood, she confessed not only a 2nd time but kept confession to him over and over again till she made him mention something about a date and then went straight for the goal getting her date on the man she has a crush on. What a badass! xD

I feel Kondo though. Being 45 years old and then having a beautiful (albeit sometimes pretty scary looking) 17 year old girl loving you? My first thought as well wouldn't be "Score!" but "weeeeird~". Like this girl could do so much better than me why would she waste her feelings and heart on somebody like me?

It will be interesting to see if this goes the route of Kondo trying to make her give up on him and her doing so in the end or if she manages to convince Kondo that their age gap doesn't matter. She is only one year away from being 18 after all.
Or it goes the way of running being her true love and there being an operation that makes her able to run again and by recovering her love for running she slowly forgets about Kondo or something like that.
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Old 2018-01-25, 18:21   Link #59
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Is really acceptable why Kondou has all those conflicts inside himself regarding Akira, this is something almost everyone here misunderstood the previous episode, in the general point of view 45yo is not really old at all but in the context of this story Kondou is old for Akira, especially because of the reasons he stated when he was talking with her.

Of course that's not everything, the most important element here is the confidence on himself but I believe that Akira little by little is making progress with him and finally letting Kondou feel something different. Loved the mood in this episode, the rain, the music, everything was on point.

I really want to see Akira changing kondou's mind for good, they can be together, she's almost 18 and the age gap doesn't really matter but I feel like this is gonna be a long ride for both of them, especially because they need to heal their "wounds". I wonder what are Kondou's true feelings about Akira.
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Old 2018-01-25, 18:49   Link #60
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The fact Akira confessed a second time right after she got emotionally hurt watching her classmate doing what she can't anymore makes me strongly suspect Kondou is some sort of "rebound" (I think that's the term) for her. As of now, she barely knows anything about him, she simply latched onto him because he showed her kindness when she was in pain. This of course doesn't mean her feelings for him won't turn into true love once she gets to know him better. In fact, I believe that's what will happen.
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