Anime Discussion Thread - Page 3789

Even though it's usually said that the childhood friend loses, in this case, Mao won. I guess this is one of those exceptions. Still, for most of the anime aside from the last couple of episodes (pretty much since he found she likes him), Sanada has always had his eyes on Hoshino. He promises her that he will visit her weekly, that he will be by her side forever as well as spending a ton of time with her. They are both enjoying each others company greatly as well until Mao's feelings are revealed. I can understand him feeling sad that Mao is moving away and is being hurt by him but there wasn't much shown about him liking her aside from him blushing once or twice in the earlier episodes. I mean, ok, it's understandable if he likes her and maybe he didn't see it till then but it still seemed like he ended up with her only because that's what the original storyline was. On top of that, he decides to leave Sanada on her last day never to see her again. I guess he's never heard the term "friends" lol.

Then we have Hoshino. She plays her role really well. A great character imo since she developed throughout the series. I was a bit disappointed in the ending though, more so by her sitting by herself starting at the fireworks. I guess she needed time to process things but just seemed odd considering she doesn't have much time left and won't be seeing them anymore. It's true that her chapter at the school is done now but it just felt out of place for both her and Sanada to just go their separate ways and be ok with it(her more than him since she was smiling after she just lost her bf). As for Aihara, constantly chasing Futami was a bit annoying at times but I guess she was lost and I like the idea of not giving up on your love.

Too bad Kai lost but at least he was ok with it, so was Sakino so I guess it's not too bad if the characters are able to move on. Overall though, liked all the characters' personalities, how they constantly changed and how the story kept you guessing for a decent portion of it (until confession at least). Aside from Sanada losing which was disappointing, it was a pretty good anime and would recommend it to anyone

To be honest, I thought Mao was the best girl... but I wanted her to stay with Kai lmao.

I thought Mao was cool too but then once she started wanting to be with Sanada, she lost a part of that charm. Before, she was this strong willed person who put him ahead of herself and was always there helping everyone. While I'm not looking for her to play that kind of role since it's a noble role but not usually needed after the first push, she became a totally different person. Once Sanada started making progress and became Hoshino's bf, it's like she couldn't hang to her personality. I guess love makes you act and do crazy things lol. In a way, it reminds me of how Sekai in SD helped the MC get close to Kotonoha(or whatever her name was) by telling him what to do then decided that she would rather have him herself lol. Given, Sekai was never his childhood friend and the two stories are nowhere alike but ya, that part is similar