(L+CR) Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Comedy wa Machigatteiru. Zoku (Oregairu Season 2)

[GDB]

Amazing episode. Hayato and Yui are the stars of this season, no doubt.

[itisjustme]

Omg at this rate I'm gonna jump off the SS Yukino and climb aboard the HMS 8manxHarunoxSensei, someone help me!

[frubam]

Originally Posted by itisjustme

Omg at this rate I'm gonna jump off the SS Yukino and climb aboard the HMS 8manxHarunoxSensei, someone help me!

Nah, friend, YOU GET NO HELP!

Seriously though, Shizuka is probably best at seeing what Hachiman is thinking or what he wants most of the time. She actually wouldn't be that bad =03. Haruno though, I can't say for sure. Lately it feels like she's so into Hachiman that she goes out of her way with these schemes just to see what he'll do, for her own entertainment.

[ChampDream]

Awesome episode, I can't wait for next episode.
Things sure got intense.

[blakstealth]

Originally Posted by IceHism

What a great episode.

Anyone notice the change in the OP? The service room is now empty after yukinon and yui walk different ways in the snow compared to the past 3 which had the trio in the room.

I usually skip the OP, so I didn't notice that. FORESHADOWING????

[BWTraveller]

Wouldn't be surprised. My guess, this situation is going to completely annihilate the club, you'll have one or two episodes with everyone going full-force depressing rejection with the possible exception of my dear Yui, and all the outsiders who haven't already given up do their best to fix things only to fall on their faces and maybe make things worse. Then, when things are almost past any hope of recovery, 80,000 finally steps up and does everything in his power to restore the only place where he felt comfortable being loved, in his own, twisted way. Hopefully this won't take the whole season.

For a moment a part of me rather liked Hayama, the way he told those girls off, but with a little consideration I actually kind of wish that he'd butted out. From what Haruno said it's pretty clear that if he'd kept his mouth shut she was going to find a way to destroy those two. Hayama tried to be harsh but wound up being easy, and let the girls walk out with at most a slight sense that maybe they went a little too far that night; if Haruno had had her way, they would have been wrecked and forced to see just how shallow and petty and cruel they'd ALWAYS been toward him. Also, concerning Haruno, her actions tonight have swayed me to some degree when it comes to my take on her feelings toward Yukino.

Lastly, Iroha's sudden abandonment of her façade makes me wonder what sort of role she's going to take. 80,000 naturally thinks that she's revealing her true nature because she doesn't care enough to want him to like her, but it could also be that she feels comfortable with him seeing her true self. And either way, her exposing her real self expands her character quite a bit and may give her much more potential as a part of the story. Especially with the way she did it; if she'd broken down or slipped up somehow, she'd still be on the same level with everyone else, but deliberately displaying the cold manipulative side of herself to him in such a personal, intimate way seriously enhances things for her.

[Wandering Soul]

Great episode. Hayato and Yui's moments were intense. Also nice to see Iroha's true nature.

[Sky Field]

With the mention of reading between the lines this episode, I've come to realize that I really appreciate the subtlety of some of the dialogue in Oregairu.

[blakstealth]

accurate?

Spoiler:

[thundrakkon]

Originally Posted by blakstealth

accurate?

No, not really, but funny though.

[Birdway]

Originally Posted by blakstealth

accurate?

Spoiler:

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[Tormenk]

Originally Posted by blakstealth

accurate?

Spoiler:

Re-arrange some roles and suddenly the love triangles are more real than you would think.

[blakstealth]

Good shit, Birdway. xD

@Tormenk: I wish; I didn't make this unfortunately.

[com_gwp]

Originally Posted by GDB

Amazing episode. Hayato and Yui are the stars of this season, no doubt.

I've always thought they were highlights of the show even from season 1.

Yui especially, she's always been one of the better written characters in the show.

[Darthtabby]

Originally Posted by BWTraveller

Wouldn't be surprised. My guess, this situation is going to completely annihilate the club, you'll have one or two episodes with everyone going full-force depressing rejection with the possible exception of my dear Yui, and all the outsiders who haven't already given up do their best to fix things only to fall on their faces and maybe make things worse. Then, when things are almost past any hope of recovery, 80,000 finally steps up and does everything in his power to restore the only place where he felt comfortable being loved, in his own, twisted way. Hopefully this won't take the whole season.

Aside from the "all the outsiders" bit, that actually sounds kind of plausible.

For a moment a part of me rather liked Hayama, the way he told those girls off, but with a little consideration I actually kind of wish that he'd butted out. From what Haruno said it's pretty clear that if he'd kept his mouth shut she was going to find a way to destroy those two. Hayama tried to be harsh but wound up being easy, and let the girls walk out with at most a slight sense that maybe they went a little too far that night; if Haruno had had her way, they would have been wrecked and forced to see just how shallow and petty and cruel they'd ALWAYS been toward him. Also, concerning Haruno, her actions tonight have swayed me to some degree when it comes to my take on her feelings toward Yukino.

Are you sure Haruno was there to try to crush Kaori? If she'd seen everything that happened during the double date this episode I could maybe understand, as Kaori went a bit far there (though frankly it doesn't seem particularly worse than some of the times one of my friends has drawn attention to my screw ups/faux pas). But the stuff she saw in the doughnut shop last episode just seemed like Kaori ribbing Hachiman about his past behaviour thinking that he'd already moved on the way she had. I actually got the impression that was one of the key points of that scene -that Kaori had moved on and could joke about the past (made it part of her youth so to speak ), while Hachiman hadn't, so for him the past was still a sore spot.

I suppose the novel version of the scene might have had something that was cut from the anime version.

[SuitUp]

^

Spoiler for Comparison with novel:

Orimoto was more "hurtful" if you like on the novel, it wasn't almost amicable banter like in the ep, but actual unrestrained mocking of Hikki

[Darthtabby]

Spoiler for Response to Novel Comparison:

Took a look at a translation myself to see what you meant, but I didn't see much difference in her behaviour between the two versions.

[DragoonKain3]

Damn, Hayato is such a bro. I'm so tired so everything just went over my head, except for the fact that Hayato is giving Sunakawa (of Ore Monogatari) a run for his money. Holy crap, did he just show them bitches. XD

Originally Posted by Forever

Did yui sort of indirectly confess to him?

When did Yui ever stopped trying? It feels like every other episode she's trying a roundabout way of confessing to Hikki...

[Anh_Minh]

Originally Posted by DragoonKain3

Damn, Hayato is such a bro. I'm so tired so everything just went over my head, except for the fact that Hayato is giving Sunakawa (of Ore Monogatari) a run for his money. Holy crap, did he just show them bitches. XD

There's something that bothers me about the whole thing. He made everyone go through that stupid outing just so... what? He could tell the bitches Hachiman has cool friends? What does it help?

I mean, Hachiman isn't getting those hours of his life back. Neither is Hayato. And what have those girls learnt?

It's like telling gold diggers that the cheaply dressed bum they spurned is actually a trust fund baby. It may sting for a bit, but it won't change their outlook. It is, in fact, embracing their logic.

[Klashikari]

Originally Posted by Anh_Minh

There's something that bothers me about the whole thing. He made everyone go through that stupid outing just so... what? He could tell the bitches Hachiman has cool friends? What does it help?

That wasn't really Hayato's intention.
The double date plan was most likely Haruno's plan after learning about Hachiman's past crush. Considering the former, she most likely wanted to "toy" with Hachiman and learn more about him. That's why she already knew Hayato asked Hachiman in such fashion and why she was in the same cafe.

Hayato probably didn't want to drag this matter and made his own plan (hence the change for weekdays and bringing Yukino and Yui in the equation), although he didn't like how it ended anyway.