Leave it to Remon to find a suitable gift...
Now it looks like it might be Kanna who is left alone of the three girls (not couting Remon, since she wasn't going for anybody).
Ichika's sister sure wasn't worried about revealing her origins.
Leave it to Remon to find a suitable gift...
Now it looks like it might be Kanna who is left alone of the three girls (not couting Remon, since she wasn't going for anybody).
Ichika's sister sure wasn't worried about revealing her origins.
I like the feeling of the show. It's nicely presented, Ichika being an extraterrestrial isn't even important to the story. I mean, the only problem is that she'll have to part someday. But there are many reasons other than being from another planet, that leads to the same problem. So I guess it's just a little bonus.
I Find Mio and Ichika are liking body contact a lot, not something that usual in anime, I guess that's a selling point for me
All the things I really like to do are either illegal, immoral, or fattening. And then: Golf.
One thing that this episode made me realize is that happy relationships in romantic anime are reeeeeeally boring. The whole beginning with Kaito and Ichika, ugh. I guess this is why you usually donīt get to see a functioning couple inmidst of the story often, since typically itīs the end material of the plot.
Lots of possibilities going forward, BUT I hope this anime doesnīt take the easy road and have Ichika demand to leave earth, thus resulting in Kaito and Kanna automatically getting together, leaving Tetsuro and Mio.
And unlike seemingly most people in this thread, I really donīt like the presentation of Tetsuro and Kanna and Mio, and also the last scene of Kaitoīs in this episode. It might be my twisted view on love, but the way everyone just like that accepts that the one they love loves somebody else, all the while smiling, cheapens the value of love, imo. I guess some would say that theyīre having a mature stance on love, but I just donīt see this kind of behavior work out in the end. Also, with how casually everyone accepted that they cannot have the one they like, but still smiled and all, it got me some "incestuous" vibes, where everyone will just make out with one another. Weird.
I guess I would have preferred the whole episode a lot more if Kanna hadnīt told Kaito about her loving him at the end. By doing so, she neglected both Tetsuroīs feelings for her, and Kaitoīs and Ichikaīs feelings for each other. It was the ultimate selfish move, because the only good that came out of that action was herself feeling better for having spoken out aloud her inner thoughts.
But Iīm definitely looking forward to what follows. As written above, as long as they donīt take the easy way out by having Ichika leave earth, Iīm excited to see how theyīll solve all those triangles and quadrangles and quintangles and whatever.
I have no idea what you are talking about. Kanna spent an unknown number of days hiding away, pretending to be sick because she was unable to do more than cry - and you talk about everybody simply smiling? Tetsuro is Tetsuro, and didn't end up doing anything else but kicking the fence and hurting his foot, but I hardly saw him smile away the emotional pain after his doomed-to-fail confession. It's true the bigger picture was pretty clear to all of them from the beginning, and that could have, to a degree, forced them to look like they had a mature stance, but that's it. Kanna's last useless confession came after Tetsuro's useless confession - and it was purely for her own peace of mind, signifying the same thing she told Tetsuro: That she can't forget Kaito. That's the opposite of casually accepting they can't have their loved one. Also, neglecting Tetsuro's feelings for her and Kaito and Ichika's for each other have got nothing to do with that. She can't magically start to love Tetsuro, and Ichika herself thinks it was due to Kanna that she got together with Kaito.
I hope you weren't looking for some bitchy polygon drama you find in stock shoujo or tv live action, with all the backstabbing and whatnot, that should result in everybody hating everybody enough to kill them instead of pairings based on love. I preferred this show's approach much more.
No, absolutely not, thatīs not what the series went for from the beginning. However, I have a hard time accepting how this episode was about people caring more about their own personal peace than caring about their friends. I found it to be a totally nonsensical reaction when Kaito smiled towards Kanna, who was confessing to him. And while, of course, one cannot change the fact who he/she loves, going from listening to Tetsuroīs confession to happily confessing to Kaito, made Kanna appear like a, well, like a not so nice friend to have.Originally Posted by Kraco
Basically, all their friendship is really fucked up at this point, and different to what I expected before, NOW would be the perfect time for generic drama and bitchfest to begin. Because thereīs reasons for that all over the place.
No, I still disagree. Tetsuro confessing to Kanna despite both of them knowing it would be no good is what encouraged Kanna to run to Kaito to speak her honest feelings for one last time. Both knew, once again, nothing would change, but I suppose she needed that to live with herself, especially after she had helped Ichika to get Kaito. Both were useless acts but one could say they were better than to swallow their feelings and try to stay simple friends. The regret should be lesser this way, especially since they are high schoolers already and soon enough might go their separate ways naturally. It was now or never.
There are also none among this group of people who could have acted much differently at this point. Things would have been considerably different if Kanna hadn't waited until a competetor appeared. I believe Kaito has a complex for older women, but who knows, a virgin might have gone for any pretty girl...
Their friendships were fucked up already when love entered the picture - and that was a long time ago, when Kanna fell for Kaito and Tetsuro for Kanna. Later Mio for Tetsuro. Even without Ichika, it would have fallen apart sooner or later if confessions had happened.
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The location that doesn't appear on the Federation's maps, but does on terrestrial Japanese maps...is Lake Kizaki, the setting of Onegai Teacher. And yes, it's a little under 3 hours away from Komoro, as I mentioned before.
I guess someone else's mother was extremely diligent making sure no one else knows this particular Class-F planet has ever been visited before.
Mio's muttered comment about Remon's casual remark that she has "quite a few" driver's licenses...the fact that she even has one means she shouldn't even be in high school. It's like 300,000 - 400,000 yen ($3500+ USD!) for the process from start to finish. Now, Remon is shady enough to have that amount of money by some means or another, but you still have to be at least 18, and Remon declares that she's 17.
I guess Tetsurou has given up on Kanna. Makes sense, given that the girl he liked first keeps pining away for Kaito despite knowing how hopeless it is. Mio is a better choice anyway. I don't hate Kanna, and wish her well, just not with Tetsurou or Kaito.
edit: Mio sitting on a park bench, Mio riding side-saddle on a scooter. It leaves you with a lingering question, "Did she remember to wear them today..."
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In the end, I didnīt enjoy this anime as much as I hoped I would. The story is too simplistic, too narrow. Thereīs really only the love-confession between characters, but then all the actions that usually make such romantic anime interesting to watch are missing. The episodes at the beach were closest to being that. Too much "I love you", not enough "and thatīs why".
The "solution" also sounds weird. Why would earth be considered more than just an F on the galactic industry scale, if mankind had made contact with aliens before? Not only does that still leave the fact that they donīt have interstellar transportation, it could also have been the same illegal kind of contact that happened this time.
I like most characters (with the exception of Ichika), and I enjoyed some of the dynamics between them, but it just wasnīt enough meat on that (plot-) bone for my likings.
lol
I was waiting the whole time for Tetsuro to make some comment about that
So...not enough wrist-slashing angst for ya?
I find that I enjoy the happy romance series more than the angsty-drama filled ones these days. It's a nice form of escapism from real life relationships where one party invariably goes (temporarily) insane. Here, there's no dirty love triangle that devolves into a group of people hating each other, it's a simple line of affection.
Plus, the drama-filled ones are overdone these days, and most of the time they are infuriating, with one set of misunderstandings providing all the filler up to the foregone conclusion that was obvious from the first episode. They only reason they're 12 episode instead of 3 is always: (a) lack of communication, (b) jealously, (c) some inane misunderstanding where one half jumps to conclusions as a result of (a) and (b). The cycle and combination of (a) through (c) feeds on itself over and over until everything is miraculously solved in the final two episodes.
I'll take more Ano Natsu type series and less of the alternative, thanks.
By the way, you say, "in the end," when there's one more episode. At least one, if it follows the same pattern as the series it is pulling influence/nostalgia from.
I definitely like this type of romance more, and have always liked. That's also why I like series with romance more than romance series. A romance threatened by some external danger is my thing (like here the galactic law forbidding contact), not a romance threatened by a third wheel, misunderstanding, or jealousy.
I have been quite satisfied with this show, and even now some mystery remains in the form of Remon and the purpose of the genetic memory.
Didnīt know how many episode thereīd be, but I figured itīd be at least close to the end.
Anyway, I donīt know about that wrist-slashing angst, but a bit less one-dimensional writing would have been nice, yeah. I happen to forgot the titles of anime I saw quickly, so I cannot name many examples of what anime did it better imo, but one example would be Clannad. That anime was clearly filled with "love", but it made an effort to lead the plot towards that love, not have it be the end all of the story. Or for a newer example, Ano Mita Hi ... also featured a nice love story that wasnīt self-contained by a love-theme, but worked hard to create a broader scenery.
Sure, youīre probably going to wave all that aside and say "those arenīt comparable to Ano Natsu", but then Iīll disagree and reply that Ano Natsu indeed IS comparable to those above anime, but simply felt more simple, cheaper in direct comparison. Thatīs my opinion, anyway.
More like it is a throwback to older series (two in particular). A semi-forbidden love that happens anyway.
I do not mean to say that the romance series with plot twists, love triangles, backstabbing, and complicated love aren't good. There are plenty of good ones, some I would name among my favorites. AnoHana is one of those. As unpopular an opinion as this may be...Clannad is not. Drama is the focus there, not a budding romance as it is here in Ano Natsu, or resolving an unfulfilled one as it is in AnoHana. So, yes, for Clannad, I would wave it aside and say it in particular isn't comparable. Romance in Clannad is simply a vehicle to introduce more drama.
After you've seen a dozen or so of the "complicated love" ones, they tend to get rather cliché, using the same plot devices over, the same stock character archetypes appearing without fail, and even the same premise from time to time. So, I agree with Kraco, most often, I prefer series with romance in them, not necessarily where it is the sole focus (though when well executed, those are great too).
I took her comment of "I have a few" to be akin to how one says "I have a few passports".
Have - yes.
Legally obtained? *cough*
I find it hard to believe Remon could see the road.
- or reach the pedals.
I'm much more interested in Mio/Tetsuro than Ichika/Kaito - as long as the former two get together I really don't think I care about the latter.
It was really annoying when Kanna lectured Ichika about how her determination to be with Kaito was weak. I have no idea how much "trouble" the planet would have gotten into, but Ichika's sister didn't make it sound like something you can wave off. So two (maybe 5) people's feelings of attachment are worth the (dunno, lives? completely social reconstruction?) of 7 billion people?
The utilitarian in me cringes when shit like that happens.
PS: it takes 3000 dollars to get a license? What on earth do you have to do? I just had to read a book, do a paper exam, learn to drive then do a road exam..
Can parents not teach driving in Japan?
If it's not Isuzu-chan Mii~
It's largely the fees to take the road test if I remember right, and worse, most don't pass on their first try.
Yup, getting a driving license can be very difficult/expensive in some countries.
All the things I really like to do are either illegal, immoral, or fattening. And then: Golf.
I very much doubt it would have led to anything like that. In fact I think the earlier speeches of rules or laws speak against it. They might have easily wiped the minds of Kaito & Co, but the law is likely there to prevent anyone from trying to affect an entire planet. Besides, the whole thing is made much funnier by the fact those drones are freely flying around and even attacking a vehicle. A perfectly homo sapiens looking humanoid telling she's an alien is one thing, but an obviously too advanced robot flying around is another. That actually makes it look like jealous guarding of their own advanced technology and not protecting the cultures of less developed worlds.
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It was cute.
A nice cameo VA by Inoue Kikuko, but they made it clear that whoever of Ichika's space culture landed there, it was a long time ago (to avoid copyright infringement...), and the memory of the lake was indeed some genetic memory of one of Ichika's ancestors. The MIB thing was pretty funny too, perhaps Ichika's initial fears were justified. Seems that Remon really was just slacking off from her normal job and messing around with the lives of students for her own twisted amusement when work fell into her lap anyway.
The very last scene was a nice gesture too, making it a happy ending.
That said, Tetsurou is a dumbass. Kanna is telling him to get together with Mio, who openly admits with no embarrassment that she would gladly accept, and he just hangs out with them both as friends. He needs to give it up, Kanna doesn't like him that way, and Mio does. We know he likes Mio at least a little too. Plus Mio has a better body, and her newfound confidence is fantastic. Kanna isn't going to be hurt by her best friend going out with a guy who also happens to be one of her friends, and whom she has no romantic feelings for, she's at least stronger than that. Tetsurou is too self-conscious about Kanna thinking she's a third wheel. I don't think she's ever seen him that way, and she'd be happy for her childhood friend and best friend.
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Remon and MIB were my favourite parts of this episode. It's Deus Ex done right!
(PS: the sign in from of Rinon at MIB says "Special Consultant", not "Special Visit". I suspect he's there to help MIB get space-ready)
I wouldn't say Remon was out to torment students, but instead that she was camping around the place she thought was most likely to be an alien landing site.
While it's easy to say Tetsuro should give it up, it's not that easy if he had genuine feelings for Kanna. To go out with Mio simply because of a higher probability of success while still liking Kanna more is dishonest.
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