Episode 8 - HS






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I guess it makes sense they would feel so strongly about Arima since they are still middle schoolers. Despite the fact the dude hasn't played for two years (publicly, as far as they know) and they witnessed the last performance that turned into a catastrophe and ended his career. Do they know about the hilarious performance in the violin competition? I don't recall if it was mentioned. I reckon not, or they wouldn't be taking him quite so seriously. The dude thought directly that he's not sure if he has caught up to Arima, or if Arima is now even higher above. The girl seems a bit different since she's not as much trying to catch up to him as she's trying to show that the robotic Arima isn't anything special.

Man, it's going to be both so sad and so funny when Arima gives a horrible performance. If he manages to play till the end I guess technically it could be mediocre, but for those two, and maybe others who know his name, they would obviously be expecting something grand, so mediocre would be the same as disastrous.

Still, I didn't actually foresee Arima being so affected by these other pianists. Did Kaori foresee this? I might have been highly dubious about entering this competition in his current condition, but in fact everything else but his own playing seems to be doing wonders to his mentality. I suppose I grossly and unfairly underestimated Kaori's plan.