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View Poll Results: Toradora! - Episode 15 Rating | |||
Perfect 10 | 17 | 20.73% | |
9 out of 10 : Excellent | 31 | 37.80% | |
8 out of 10 : Very Good | 24 | 29.27% | |
7 out of 10 : Good | 8 | 9.76% | |
6 out of 10 : Average | 1 | 1.22% | |
5 out of 10 : Below Average | 0 | 0% | |
4 out of 10 : Poor | 0 | 0% | |
3 out of 10 : Bad | 0 | 0% | |
2 out of 10 : Very Bad | 0 | 0% | |
1 out of 10 : Painful | 1 | 1.22% | |
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2009-01-17, 18:11 | Link #141 |
Obey the Darkly Cute ...
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: On the whole, I'd rather be in Kyoto ...
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I suspect Kitamura's father (which we haven't met) was just able to communicate his concern and desperation to Yachan. They may actually know each other at least formally from a parent's day at school???
I do remember the parents in the mixed economic neighborhood I grew up in had quite a social network in place to keep an eye on kids and keep them in line. That's something that only recently has faded in so-called 'modern America' and that fading has almost certainly contributed to delinquency rates. This is all rationalization to some extent .... as far as the anime goes, its a bit of a weak point in the plot progression. And yes, the "Yachan eviction" was probably her finest moment, especially as it accentuated how she looks when glomming on Taiga or when she stalked Kitamura with the hair dye.
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2009-01-18, 06:58 | Link #142 |
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This was a good episode but seemes (by a novel reader POV) more rushed then others... maybe because lots of interesting thing happened in those chapter.
Ya-chan and Kitamura parents relationship is another thing they cut from the novel. |
2009-01-18, 08:21 | Link #143 | |
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in my point of view, ya-chan only did the thing that she thought is right, to dye kitamura's hair black again, since it's the root of their current problem, it's what everyone sees. (the main reason why he dyed his hair gold is not yet known ). as a parent who would force his child to do the right thing, it's what every parent does. (although they, parents, are sometimes wrong because some things cannot be forced) but that's just what she did. It's not whether it was wrong or right but her "right" to do as a parent who only wants best for their child. i hope you get what i mean.. ^^
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2009-01-18, 10:20 | Link #144 |
Burn ya git!
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I'm not doubting her affinity, it's just something parents of childhood freinds seem to have. It's her methods I doubt. I expected her to become all motherly and coax the reason for his behaviour out of him through kindness, not use the "you will obey!" approach. It was jarring. Unless she REALLY wanted payback for her ruined sleep.
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2009-01-19, 02:21 | Link #150 | ||
simp for Lyria
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Anyway, though I felt this way at the beg of the series, this ep gives an impression that Ryuuji doesn't deeply care about Kitamura like he does for the girls. I mean, in the beg of the ep, when the girls have this worried look on their faces, he acts as if it's no big deal. I get the feeling if Kitamura hadn't come over Ryuuji's house, Ryuuji wouldn't have the initiative to try and help him out. And Kihara def has a thing for Kitamura. Last edited by frubam; 2009-01-19 at 02:39. |
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2009-01-19, 03:07 | Link #151 |
tokidoki er
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ara, my bad, sorry, hahaha.. yep, it's kinda green, i thought of kitamura in the manga where everything is almost always black..
yep, there's a lot more explanation in the light novel.. about their parents' relationship. and it was a big responsibility for both parties. and as i have said before, this episode was the one with the most shafted scenes when compared to the LN. @frubam maybe because, as his bestfriend, the kitamura he knows would be able to go back to normal, he trusts him that much. and also, didn't he went to kitamura's residence to check on kitamura? i think he is also worried but he knows that there is no use making a fuss over it at that moment so he chose to personally go to kitamura in the afternoon. that's just what i thought. ^^
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2009-01-19, 06:38 | Link #152 |
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Ya-chan is awesome.
Whether it's kicking out the kids so she can get some sleep, or threatening Kitamura with hair dye, Ya-chan is awesome. We still haven't found out what Sumire said that Kitamura is all broken up about, maybe more will be revealed next episode. Taiga's presidential campaign seems to draw from their roles in the wrestling match, especially the bit you see in the trailer for the next episode - capes and all! The scarf scene... The scarf scene strongly reminded me of another scene involving a scarf in another series which has been mentioned before in these threads. |
2009-01-21, 00:43 | Link #156 |
Starfighter > Mecha
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I don't get it... So it's established that Kitamura doesn't want to be the new SCP and then goes on to do his thing the rest of the episode. I'm wondering why... Because the only clue I can recall is that Kanou simply said she wanted to talk to him towards the end of the last episode. It did not look like a confession that Kitamura started, as Kanou started the conversation. Yet I've been seeing posts lately that say he's like this because he did confess and was turned down. Did I miss something 1-2 episodes back? Or...
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2009-01-21, 01:01 | Link #157 |
Obey the Darkly Cute ...
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In the scene between Kitamura and Sumire, he actually *starts to say something but then she cuts him off with her own topic -- then we cut away before anything is revealed.
This series seems to delight in events that only make sense later (as divulged in flashbacks or exposition). This is more of the same.
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