Episode 13:
Holy shit this fucking punk ass bitch ghost, someone call an exorcist. Ghost Banri can choke on a bag of dicks
Episode 13:
Holy shit this fucking punk ass bitch ghost, someone call an exorcist. Ghost Banri can choke on a bag of dicks
Seriously. Fuck you Ghost Banri. You were a loser, your life is over. Making Badass Banri miserable and not kiss his girlfriend isn't going to hook him up with Linda. Linda had her chance too, and gave the correct answer at the time. She doesn't love ghost Banri, she feels bad that he "died". At best, she loved him the same way an owner loves a puppy, not as a man.
The best thing that ever happened to the collective entity of Banri is ghost Banri disappearing, and the new Banri emerging. He's a better person in every way.
Koko continues to be hilarious though. She's pathetic in an amazing way, but one that only makes you like her more.
The thing is, I think Linda is falling in love with the current Banri anyway. So the love triangle is most certainly alive.
Peace.
Yeah, but that's because current Banri is great. Ghost Banri is still a fucking loser.
That has crab mentality.
Peace.
Golden Time - 15 [HorribleSubs]
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Fuck you Ghost Banri, eat shit and die once and for all. Sure, maybe he took control of the body and saved them from a head-on collision, but it was his curse in the first place.
Banri has the personality and drive to enjoy life no matter what is thrown at him, as shown in the rain scene. There's no way in hell that Ghost Banri taking back over could ever have a superior outcome. He's the worse version no matter how you look at it.
Oka wasn't too bad in this episode either. She's starting to grow on me. However, I do wonder about her obsession with the Okamera. it's not good to always be the observer, as Koko pointed out. She can capture good memories, but when she's behind the lens or has it on her, it is harder to participate. It reminds me of one of the themes of Tamayura, where Fuu has no photos of her father (except the one) because he was always behind the camera.
I was initially surprised that Koko has a license, but then again, a pro-stalker must always be prepared!
Golden Time - 16 [HorribleSubs]
Golden Time - 17 [HorribleSubs]
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Eps 16:
Koko is so adorably insane. But Banri, he is such a fucking man. Best protagonist in ages. Whatever happens, he just rolls with it. Such a nice split from the normal male lead...who happens to be how Ghost Banri is. Koko's family is a little nuts too, her father is oddly needy and pathetic inside the house, a huge contrast to how we've seen him outside.
Even if Banri somehow manages to lose his memory again, I don't think Koko has much to worry about the way Linda did. Koko would just stalk the hell out of the newest Banri and make him hers again.
Eps 17:
Mitsuo is such a man-ho. He goes from pushing Koko away to lusting after Oka, and then just gave up on her immediately, now he's after Linda. Oka has even hinted she'd still be open to a relationship with him, but she wasn't going to accept his advances without knowing her or vice versa. But instead of trying again, Mitsuo just gave up on the spot. What a wuss. He wasn't too bad the first half-dozen episodes, but he's pretty pathetic lately.
It's not like the scenario where Linda gave up. She had good reasons to not pursue Banri too hard. Every minute she's around new and awesome Banri, she's tortured by remember the old Banri she threw away before losing him forever.
I'm not too sure why Mitsuo is so seriously agitated about Banri and Linda possibly knowing each other. It seems a bit of a jump for the sake of the story. Shizuoka is a big city (700,000). However, Koko blew it. As much as Koko proudly states she knows every little thing about Mitsuo...he definitely is close to the same level with her. The non-concerned reaction she gave told him everything he needs to know. Koko is definitely the type to go a little over the deep end in worry about someone she's loves as much as Banri. The knowledge that he was seriously injured in the past would be something she'd be concerned about, especially after the car accident.
I'm disappointed that Banri didn't offer to take Koko home with him and meet his folks. The pair are pretty serious now, and he's already met her father a number of times (and even boiled water for him!). I guess that the Japanese don't bring girlfriends or even wives to school reunions the way people in the US do.
I guess the slightly better story line has to do with the fact that the protagonists are a little older than in every other "romance" shows. And from the start they've been quite good at keeping everything very plausible. It is a story where too much happens, but appart from the ghost thing, everything could happen.
All the things I really like to do are either illegal, immoral, or fattening. And then: Golf.
I'm getting tired of this back and forth, first they want to forget original Banri and then they want to know him again. Make up your minds, the guy is dead anyway so either choice is fine but this going back and forth is just annoying.
Well... that ending made no sense.
It made sense, it just sucked.
Peace.
It was alright, it just lacked some Koko fun.
All the things I really like to do are either illegal, immoral, or fattening. And then: Golf.
No, it didn't make any sense.
This show almost redeemed itself. Almost. When Banri looked at the mirror he had, and it flashed to being broken, all his memories of Koko came back. They had finally fixed some of the fucked up way that the author was treating amnesia (which most definitely doesn't work like multiple personalities).
Then they ruined it when phantom Linda came rushing onto the bridge. That basically blew the whole thing, and returned it to the pile of shit it's been the last several episodes.
Omitting Phantom Linda alone would have made it make sense, and actually resulted in the series not being terrible.
...then they drove the nails in and ruined it twice, with the ring reappearing in his pocket by magic, and giving Koko an out of character line that made her sound retarded.
I can't remember a time a series has fallen so hard. I may have even said something similar before, but this was a new low. This started as one of the best series of the season, and ended as one of the worst. I went from watching this the minute it came out, to waiting days and days and days to watch it.
Best character of the series? Nana-senpai (not to be confused with Linda). She's basically a saint. That and the tea-club girls.
Ok ok, though i agree with the sentiment i still believe there was enough good in the beginning to counter the way things turned out. The way i see it the novels are still running, the characters and the setting is still all there so there is room and hope for redemption, and if that doesn't come to be i'll still choose to remember the good over the bad.I can't remember a time a series has fallen so hard. I may have even said something similar before, but this was a new low. This started as one of the best series of the season, and ended as one of the worst. I went from watching this the minute it came out, to waiting days and days and days to watch it.
Let me describe it in a different way:
Author: "You know that really great main character we have?"
Viewer: "Yeah, I really like how he's assertive, not whiny, and not weak willed. He's got confidence. Pretty rare these days."
Author: "Yeah...that's cool and all, but I want to make him more relatable."
Viewer: "How so?"
Author: "I want to make it so he was a whiny little bitch constantly pining after his childhood friend."
Viewer: "Oh...I guess that's okay. He's a pretty cool guy now at least. I can live with that."
Author: "Welllllllll...I also want to make it so that happens in the present too."
Viewer: "You mean like have his childhood friend show up again to bring back that drama."
Author: "Yeah, I guess...but that's not really enough drama. I also want to make him randomly a little bitch like he used to be."
Viewer: "Oh, that's kinda weird, but as long as their is a good enough reason for it."
Author: "Amnesia!"
Viewer: "..."
Author: "I know, it's such a good idea that you're speechless! I'm also going to make it so he starts becoming more and more of his old self."
Viewer: "A whiny little bitch?"
Author: "Yes! Exactly! Isn't it great? It's an effect of the amnesia. Sometimes he might even talk to himself or his old self will be an observer."
Viewer: "That sounds like multiple personalities."
Author: "Nah, this is how amnesia works. I saw it on a live action drama once."
Viewer: "..."
Author: "Then his old memories will sabotage him, and there's even a little supernatural elements to it."
Viewer: [clutches head]
Author: "And then, in the end, he'll return to being a little whiny bitch and in love with his childhood friend, only to get back his memory after making a big deal of permanently losing it. Oh, and more supernatural stuff."
Viewer: [just walks away]
Were there ever really supernatural stuff? I had always assumed that the ghost scenes are image representations of emotions and internal changes in Banri. Even the last part with Linda shouting "yes!" was just showing that the old Banri was content when she admitted her feelings.
What he has really isn't amnesia though. It is more like his accident created a new personality, so DID.
Peace.
I agree with you, but they repeatedly call it memory loss. The doctors also treat it like amnesia from physical trauma with the occasional bout of anxiety. If they had called it DID, I'd be happier.Originally Posted by shinta|hikari
Also, his new personality was the better one, but they decided to do away with it, and leave him with the original terrible personality. Koko rejected him once before when he lost the confidence and carefree attitude that attracted her in the first place.
I feel like their relationship will always be on shaky ground now. He's back to being relatively weak-willed, not someone who can handle an adorable nutcase like Koko.
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