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Originally Posted by MaiHikari
The things Zhaozhou wrote are incoherent most of the time that I forgot what point he was trying to make. Disecting an analysis the way it was not meant to be disected and stating your reaction to each sentence is not a response.
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I may not be skilled enough in English, but I don't think this is the case, and I don't think you can blame me not to have
responses to your
reactions 
You know what was my agenda? My agenda was to be a
gadfly that pointed out lack of good taste in accusations against Ranka
A lack of good taste I hope next threads will be void of
The whole point of Ranka and Sheryl in the show is to be polar opposites of each other. Sheryl for istance doesn't have friends (even Michael and Klan are just pitying her because she is ill), and almost always put profession before herself. Ranka instead has friends, brothers, acquaintances, pets, and they all come first of her profession, as demonstrated by the fact she ditched the parade to look for Ai-kun. As such it's coherent for her to give greater importance to personal relationships.
A point AFAIK not mentioned is that Sheryl is reaping what she sow: Sheryl valued her profession so much that she lost her individuality. A Sheryl Nome that doesn't sing is still Sheryl Nome? According to other people it can't be. She can't be really be someone other than a singer. This is troublesome, because it's not easy for her to be a singer now. She got both the frying pan and the fire: not only she is dying, she can't do something actually meaningful while ending her life.
Yet, as specified by Yasaburo, Sheryl cannot not want it. He cited the fascination of control over people during the performance, that suits Sheryl to a T.
On the other hand I have always thought Alto, for his own unstated reasons, was slighted annoyed by these sides of Sheryl, exactly because he hates the world of performers (although it must be said that he is always annoyed. He is muddling the evidence
). Therefore, while he clearly favoured Sheryl over Ranka, he was nonetheless attracted by the overall meeker side of Ranka (I think in ep. 13 while talking to Ranka he looked relaxed the most).
This episode also showed how Ranka's love is painfully one-sided. Alto is pulling a Minmay on Ranka, he put her in the friend zone as soon as his life is not in danger
That considered, it was not surprising therefore that he didn't notice Ranka's feelings and did something unintentionally disastrous. I think Michael went a bit overboard when he spilled the beans about Sheryl being ill though, because Alto was already taking action on Sheryl on his own, he only needed to be informed of Ranka for correctness' sake.
Sheryl never meant to get Alto through pity or cheap tricks, and that's why she wanted to keep it a secret, therefore I am positive she won't be saying she is dying as her first words, or at least she wouldn't if not for what Michael said to Alto
At the same time, she is not just there to tell Alto that, and neither Alto is, so Ranka is right in not seeing their being together as innocent. Were not for Ranka they were actually going to score in one way or the other.
Another thing to note is that Sheryl actually probed Alto about the situation before. She mentioned a different Sheryl (a Sheryl that doesn't sing), and saw Alto not liking it. It's not like any answer would be enough though, because Sheryl couldn't have told what exactly she is now, and as such no expression of caring from Alto would have hit the mark. That unintentional misunderstanding gave Sheryl such low self-esteem she absolutely needed Klan's spur.
Personally I was very pleased by the last scene. It would have felt cheap if the triangle looked like it was resolved just because a girl made her move before the other.
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