Myself; Yourself

[Ryllharu]

In anime, the crow is typically used because the sound of its call is reminiscent of the the word "ahou" = moron.

It could mean more than that here, but Sana was a moron for not recognizing her in the first place.

[shinta|hikari]

I dont really blame him though. First off, people's faces change quite a bit when they grow up, especially the time that they were separated. The reason why he remembered the others is because they didnt change much (at least their basic personality and atmosphere) compared to Nanaka. Sure she was quiet before, but not as sullen and angry-looking like now. Sana had to mistake her for someone else, even if only to emphasize the fact that something DID happen and changed Nanaka drastically.

[David75]

In anime, the crow is typically used because the sound of its call is reminiscent of the the word "ahou" = moron.

It could mean more than that here, but Sana was a moron for not recognizing her in the first place.

Thanks for this explanation.
Does the meaning still remains strong if the crow remains silent?

Well I guess my point was weak if this crow was just meant to mean Sana is a moron for not being able to recognize Nanaka, and for the way he will handle females in the future.

[Ryllharu]

Generally, it's a comedic thing, and very obvious. The crows are usually drawn in a specific style. Here, I drew one:



I'd assume this isn't what they're going for here.

[Buffalobiian]

I looked at it from a more basic level. Sana looked around at something that caught his attention. It was the movement of the crow. It moved into the line of sight between Sana and Nanaka. Yeah, you can usually tell if the crow means death or moron. Occasionally I've seen them to mean death, but it's usually them flying in circles above a scene like vultures, or perched on some form of bone, blink (close up here), then fly off, leaving a feather or two, and the characters move into the screen.

[David75]

Generally, it's a comedic thing, and very obvious. The crows are usually drawn in a specific style. Here, I drew one:



I'd assume this isn't what they're going for here.

Yes I remember, was very common in the anime of my childhood (city hunter, ranma, dragonball I think, Lum -lamu-, etc...)

The crow in the scene I mention was a real one and not presented this way. Bufalobiian probably described it better than I did.
Well I guess the scenarists had a slow motion in mind for this probable dark background, so we'll just have to wait and see.

[Buffalobiian]

The next preview should give us an insight to Nanaka's past, at least a little. Looking back, that crow scene was actually creepier than I thought. I was describing that death scene from memory of older works, had no idea how close it resembled the meeting with Nanaka from ep 1. I'm kind of lost now. Tone certainly deviated from the general lightness of that ep, but it wasn't so obvious that we all picked it up.(5 weeks later...) Whether it was to simply grab out attention to Nanaka, or something more sinister will probably be left to interpretation.

As for the preview, it didn't look as scary as the one about the sakura dance, but more mysterious, especially the puzzled, late afternoon look.

[Buffalobiian]

Live sacrifices, missing animals, hidden past. What else?

Find out, Myself ; Yourself Episode 07 brought to you by m.3.3.w

[Ryllharu]

Here's a question for everyone. How innocent is Hoshino, really? That hole was neither deep nor was she doing the grunt work, how does she get lightheaded and dizzy? Sana had his back to the steps and Nanaka, whereas Hoshino was facing that way.

We can thank the legacy of School Days for my suspicion, but if even Yuzuki-sensei has some connection with the past to Sana, do we really know if Hoshino doesn't have one as well? I doubt it was a very prominent memory for Yuzuki-sensei, so perhaps Hoshino has one of Sana as well.

Is she really that weak, or was it planned?

Shuuri and Yuzuki are really alike though. Was that a quick flash of shock/sorrow from Sayuka (voiced by Yukana) when Shuuri rebuked her so badly? I smell a side plot...