Myself; Yourself

[Ryllharu]

Wow, their relationship took a total 360 immensely quick. I mean, Sana doesn't even realize how different she is? Besides Nanaka and Sana the other characters get near zero development whatsoever.

Not true, we learn that Shuu is really creepy.

Anyone who gets disappointed in seeing his own twin sister's lack of upper body development has severe issues.

Why does Nanaka always stand off to the side, quietly by herself and never talk to the others? In a lot of the frames at the river, she's at least a dozen feet away. Somehow, she gets upset that Sana is getting closer to Hoshino when she never talks to them. Hmm, big surprise.

I was starting to get a little disappointed that the tension between Sana and Nanaka was already started to diminish. However, the gore covered knife and subsequent reactions of Sana certainly made up for that. The series to fill School Days' slot is already starting to feel a little bit familiar.

[Board of Command]

However, the gore covered knife and subsequent reactions of Sana certainly made up for that. The series to fill School Days' slot is already starting to feel a little bit familiar.

I was thinking the same. School Days was the first thing that came to my mind during that scene.

[Church]

Wow, their relationship took a total 360 immensely quick. I mean, Sana doesn't even realize how different she is? Besides Nanaka and Sana the other characters get near zero development whatsoever.

Wait, let me get this straight (lol irony)... the relationship took a total "360"? Doesn't that mean... nothing should change?

[MFauli]

I was thinking the same. School Days was the first thing that came to my mind during that scene.

Haha, dito.

4 girls that like or even seem to love Sana, and a bloody knife. It´s already in deep, deep School Days-waters

[animus]

Wait, let me get this straight (lol irony)... the relationship took a total "360"? Doesn't that mean... nothing should change?

180, 360, whatever. Complete opposite is what I meant.

[Yukimura]

Sana is Itou's cousin, he heard about what happened to him and decided to move back to his old town, now he lives in mortal fear of getting into a relationship with a girl and then getting stabbed.

Anyway, there were quite a few creepy vibes thrown off by this ep, Nanaka is showing classic signs of an extreme unexpressed affection overdose and we all know where that can end up.

And now Sana, first the knife then the watch, it's obvious something important happened to him in the last five years as well but will it bring him closer to Nanaka or to Hoshino (go Hoshino). Next ep looks like they're going to introduce a side plot for Shuu and probably Shuuri too, but I hope they manage to squeeze in some development for Aoi as well.

[animus]

That event was probably a reason for wanting to move back to where his childhood was. There must be a reason why his mom keeps calling him and asking about school. Maybe something happened with a dad/step-dad?

[Scarface]

i thought when he wouldnt take off his watch that maybe he was hiding a scar from cutting himself

[Buffalobiian]

thought when he wouldnt take off his watch that maybe he was hiding a scar from cutting himself.

Then he shouldn't be scared of seeing the gory knife, I'd imagine. It'd remind him of those days, but shouldn't freak him out. That's why I don't think he cut himself. I do think the watch may hid a scar though. Sana didn't look like he was really treasuring the watch.

Who's Itou?

And the 360 degrees is right. It means a COMPLETE turn/change.

[Kraco]

I tend to think at the moment he cut himself. A wrist is the universal place to cut oneself so it strongly suggests that's the case. Of course he could have been defending himself from someone else stabbing, but I think the palm/fingers would have been more likely to be damaged in such a situation.

I have honestly no idea whether someone who might have tried to commit a suicide by cutting a wrist might dislike seeing bloody knives, though. I can't even begin to theorise such a thing. However, one thing is pretty sure to affect: His mental state at the moment he tried it, and if the feeling of dying scared him or not. If he tried to kill himself on the spur of the moment or only to get attention, then actually it might have surprised him to realise he was going to really die.

Well, of course the situation might have been much more complicated than that in reality. Maybe he tried to die together with some girl by both of them cutting their wrists, and only the girl died. That would leave him unbalanced...

And the 360 degrees is right. It means a COMPLETE turn/change.

If you turn 360 you are facing the exact same direction you were facing before the turn. Your logic is flawed. 180 degrees would mean the total opposite.

[Yukimura]

Who's Itou?

It was a referentail joke. Itou is the male lead from School Days, he had some issues with pretty girls, infatuation and knives as well.

[Buffalobiian]

If you turn 360 you are facing the exact same direction you were facing before the turn. Your logic is flawed. 180 degrees would mean the total opposite.

That's not my logic. It's what the saying means. It's not an uncommon phrase in Chinese, and when said that way, turn and change sound the same. In the saying, 360 degrees is used to mean a COMPLETE turn, not the resultant direction. So a 360 degree turn-around is used to mean a complete change. It's more pun than logic.

It was a referentail joke. Itou is the male lead from School Days, he had some issues with pretty girls, infatuation and knives as well.

Thanks for the clear-up.

[Ryllharu]

I'm sorry, but there's no way around it. That's nonsensical and wrong.

http://www.speechcom.com/training/idioms.htm

[Buffalobiian]

hmm, okay....

I'll agree that 180 degrees is the right way of saying it unless I can prove otherwise.
What have I been learning....

[Buffalobiian]

Myself ; Yourself OP/ED Singles by Nipponsei

OP- Tears Infection
http://tracker.minglong.org/torrents...5D.zip.torrent

ED- Kimi to Yozora to Sakamichi to
http://tracker.minglong.org/torrents...5D.zip.torrent

[kenren]

Episode 4 out!

Can't wait to watch

Edit: It's kinda weird to see Nanaka suddenly being quite well with Sana already. And the way Shuu looks at his own sister is just... scary >.<

[Buffalobiian]

And the way Shuu looks at his own sister is just... scary >.<

I don't know which is scarier, Shuu looking at his sister, or his sister's denki anma. No, actually, I know DEFINITELY which is scarier. This episode focused entirely on Shuu and Hinako. No screentime for Nanaka whatsoever, save for the OP and ED. On that, does anyone know if all four songs of the OP + ED albums will be/are used in Myself ; Yourself? Only two of them are the OP and ED tracks, but I've heard the other two in the promo torrent that Munsu posted up a couple of weeks ago.

I like the mood for the next episode. Spooky music, phantoms and romance/schooldays usually gives hilarious comedy.

[MFauli]

Meh, feeled like a filler-episode.

[Yukimura]

It seemed like Shuu's idea of a dream girl is the exact opposite of his sister. I think every time he was asked about what he wanted and he looked at her he was thinking about traits his sisters lacked and saying them.

[Ryllharu]

That's what made it funny. He nearly said it outright when talking about her denki anma. The other side to that is that Aoi is every one of those qualities, and Nanaka fits many of them as well.

We can't toss them out as simple comedy relief though. Shuuri has been quite set on pushing Sana and Nanaka back together, and Shuu's words to the train still seem like they were very important.

Both twins know something that they are not telling Sana.