Anime Discussion Thread - Page 4093

Supposedly, it's one of the only anime that rejects the childhood rule. Wish more did it for some variety. I said uncharacteristic because the show started with Mao being the cool relaxed one. She helped Kouchie get in a good close relationship with the girl he liked, gave lots of advice, got the group together etc... basically, she was the light in the darkness so to speak. Then, what does she do? She goes emo after dumping her bf because she couldn't stand to see Kouchie with another women.

Yes, it's possible for someone to have feelings for someone without realizing them (not common I think) or develop them but hers didn't seem like that. More along the lines of Kouchie isn't there for me as much anymore. She also never seemed to realize them until after Kouchie began heavily hanging out with Hoshino. For someone who was cool headed, the emo was uncharacteristic of her which is what I was pointing out. You can say she is confused because this is love and doesn't know what to do etc... she could've easily just dumped her bf and told Kouchie about it then made him decide with a clear mind, not the way she did it which obviously left a mark on him.

Then, Kouchie who obviously loved Hoshino suddenly had a change in heart once he heard her confession. He never saw her as anything than a close friend so it never crossed him mind before (from what I remember). Then, what does he do? as usual, he starts thinking about her every second of the day wondering what's wrong promoting Hoshino to wonder what's going on, to see him as troubled etc... and eventually he just breaks up with her. The whole 'even if you move away, I'll get a job to see you every week' etc... became meaningless. Yes, you can chuck it down to emotions but that proves my point. It doesn't make sense for him to drop things after expressing such strong emotions.

So, basically, Mao went emo, neither character showed any interest in each other and Kouchie dropped Hoshino within several episodes after hearing a confession. It's like, dude, this is the girl you've been dying to talk and be with and you've got there and it's obviously working well plus you seem to love it etc... so when another close friend tells you they have some feelings for you, you just quickly drop her? Also, Hoshino's reaction just doesn't scream realistic either though it's typical of such shows. After he cancels everything and goes extreme by saying that he won't ever see her again, she just agrees and walks off? At least have both of them fake some strong feelings and build things up, not have them turn around towards the last bit and suddenly drop her etc... Keep in mind I watched this months back so I don't remember every little thing that happened and may be wrong on more than one account.

Reminds me of True Tears though I've already ranted enough of that to TL so no point in doing more lol.
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Is it possible that you just like Hoshino more for Kouchie ?

To be honest this is one of the best unforced character development in romance department. Althought I didn't like the show in general lol.

Everything was actually pretty natural. And bigfan that is how romance works. It actually made sense how Mao-neechan acted. At first a little awkward and then jealous but since he has a gf she can't do shit. So she stays away.

It would be unnatural if mao-neechan becomes a stealing bitch and started aiming for Kouchie even when Hoshino was still there. I would have wanted that but nope.

It's possible though allow me to elaborate.

You said "there was no random 360 character flips", guessing you meant 180 since 360 goes back to being the same way lol but anyways, Kouchie did and so did Mao to some degree. Mao was the calm coolheaded one, the one that thought things threw, gave advice etc... once she got jealous of his relationship (she knew what was going on, just had to see it apparently), she couldn't handle it and eventually dumped her bf and went emo. Yes, you're right that one does get confused etc... when it comes to love, it's natural. So basically, my point was, she did change 180 lol (to answer your first question).

Kouchie is the bigger one imo. Until the day she screamed that she liked him and kicked him out of her room, he never ever once saw her as anything more than a close friend. Think about it. Before he found out, he was just worried about her because she dumped her bf and he wasn't sure what was going on. That's a natural reaction but the fact that he goes from apparently having no feelings for her to dropping someone who he's loved for several years and swore to be there for particularly overnight screams unrealistic to me.

It's one thing if he was shown to have some feelings and once he heard her confess, they developed further but I don't recall him ever giving her any thought. Maybe once when he was saw her with her bf but I don't recall anything came out of it. He was focused on Hoshino and building a good relationship that the only time he started to pay actual attention to Mao was when she went emo. Her reaction was also unrealistic. She just pretty much gave in and allowed him to walk away. Not to say that he went the extreme route and decided that he didn't want to her anymore at all. I mean, no friends even?