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Perfect 10 | 46 | 52.27% | |
9 out of 10 : Excellent | 24 | 27.27% | |
8 out of 10 : Very Good | 13 | 14.77% | |
7 out of 10 : Good | 4 | 4.55% | |
6 out of 10 : Average | 1 | 1.14% | |
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 | 0 | 0% | |
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2011-05-13, 10:14 | Link #41 |
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you know Popo felt heavy when Menma just cling to him. And Menma can eat physical things and move it. She can communicate to the others though it might be creepy at first. But I just turn my brains off at that time and enjoy the emotion build up.
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2011-05-13, 10:28 | Link #42 |
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Yukiatsu, aren't you asking out the wrong person? I mean, for all her coldness and harsh attitude, everything Tsuruko does is all for you. XD
Tsuruko is rapidly rising to be my most favourite character of the show. I mean, just can't help it when she gets awesome oneliners like the squeeze the pus out, and nonchalantly asking Yukiatsu not to use her to improve his self-esteem. Now if only Yukiatsu is half as flirty with Tsuruko as he was with Anaru... just wanna see Tsuruko's face lol. Kinda weird though that Tsuruko and Anaru switched places. From childhood, Tsuruko looks to be the more fashionable girl, while Anaru is the bespectacled normal girl. Now Anaru is wearing all these sexy clothes (zettai ryouiki <3), while Tsuruko's casual clothes couldn't get any more plain. Stupid Jintan. Why muse over a dead girl when a perfectly hot bombshell of a girl (even Yukiatsu agrees!) can't stop thinking of you.
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2011-05-13, 11:00 | Link #44 | |
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2011-05-13, 11:12 | Link #45 |
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Re: Yukiatsu...
I think the reason he blames himself for Menma's death is pretty straightforward - because he confessed to her ("love", not "like" - pretty ballsy for an 8 year-old) she ran off all flustered and presumably, shortly thereafter, fell into the river and drowned. Jinta blames himself because he thinks she ran off all flustered because he told her she was ugly, and he probably has no idea what happened with Yukiatsu afterwards. It seems to be that Yukiatsu is every bit as obsessed with Jinta as he is with Menma. Asking Anaru out, it seems to me, was yet another way to see if he could beat out Jinta - this time for Anaru's unrequited affections (and failed again). I think we're a long way from saying he's all better - Tsuruko's intervention may have forced him to confront his inner Manma, and he did save Anaru from a nasty situation, but he still seems to be dealing with serious, serious issues. And let me add, that was some beautiful acting by Sakurai-san - quite different from anything I've heard from him. Again - this is a mess. Everyone is in love with the wrong person except Poppo, and the jury is still out on him...
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2011-05-13, 11:15 | Link #46 | |
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2011-05-13, 11:38 | Link #47 | |
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All seen and said of Jintan and Yukiatsu, it can be safely assumed that Poppo was in love with her too, all that's left to see if it was love for a friend or the other kind of love. Jintan may have been their "king", but Menma was their white princess, their shining star. A star whose extinguishment left the vassals without its light, bringing incurable wounds on each one of them.
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2011-05-13, 11:52 | Link #48 |
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I wouldn't say Jinta still has feelings for Menma as he doesn't treat her in any special way that's considered more than just friends. If you look at it that way, he's way ahead of Yukiatsu. Wouldn't it be funny if in the end Jinta is the most sane of them all? And by funny I mean hella depressing.
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2011-05-13, 11:55 | Link #49 | |
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Also, proving Menma's presence isn't as easy as it sounds. Even if she can physically interact with the environment, common sense will work against her. She did a number of things in her family's household, but they assumed that someone else did it or that it was an accident. Either way, there's no way for the group to understand Menma without Jinta, physical presence or not.
The only way to prove that Menma exists would be if she could directly speak to them, but she can't. That leads to situations like Yukiatsu, who can lie and make assumptions on what Menma is saying, or Poppo, who apparently is bothered by the fact that he can't see or speak to Menma directly by himself. Quote:
They were kids. They were new to love. Since they're still growing, everyone still needs time to sort out their feelings. They're not going to have strong enough feelings to where they feel certain about it unless they're given time to grow. When teenagers are asked to give an answer on the spot, they're obviously not being given time to think about it seriously, so it's only natural that people like Jinta and Anaru get embarrassed. |
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2011-05-13, 12:08 | Link #51 | ||
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2011-05-13, 12:09 | Link #52 |
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Well well, the "tell me things about my childhood that no one else except Menma knew" (through Jinta) pattern may still not prove that she exists, but it does sounds like a quite reasonable and tangible hint, or not?
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2011-05-13, 12:16 | Link #53 |
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I'm getting some heavy Twin Spica vibes from this show.
And yeah, I find it funny that she can eat food and the like but it's hard for the show to actually continue with that and have something like hover in the air or what have you. Still loving this show. A good story and characters does wonders to pull you in.
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2011-05-13, 12:21 | Link #54 | |
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Let's say that they did know that she was there. Problems would still arise. Poppo believes that Menma is there, but even he is now showing that he doesn't like how he can't see Menma himself. The rest will feel the same way. Why should Jinta be the only one who can hear Menma? Some of them will feel inferior and jealous. |
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"Your words are nothing but talk. They don't move me at all." Sure, he goes through the motions of asking Anaru out. But his heart isn't in it at all. Eh. She can write. |
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2011-05-13, 13:04 | Link #57 |
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Not at all. Jinta is quite apathetic in general. There are no hints whatsoever that Jinta still has lingering romantic feelings towards Menma. Regrets, sure, that he couldn't apologize for calling her something he didn't mean, but that's about it. He treats her like a little sister more than anything.
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2011-05-13, 13:06 | Link #58 |
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being a ghost skeptic at this point is ridiculous. the only legs you have to stand on are:
"omg the entire show is all in jinta's head" or "omg jinta is super psychic, he delved into yukiatsu's mind to find something from his past that he and menma shared" there's no leap involved after this episode+evidence from other ones. i don't think poppo wants to get rid of her more than solve her problem so she can rest in peace.
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2011-05-13, 13:08 | Link #60 | |
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