Amaama to Inazuma

[shinta|hikari]

What can she do? Nothing.

She just needs to wait until she's older and Tsumugi asks daddy to marry her.

[Kraco]

Kotori is lucky as long as Kouhei remains dense. He's so proper that if he noticed he's developing deeper feelings for a student of his own school, he would end the meetings immediately or only agree on them if there were lots of people present. When she's no longer a high school student things could change.

[MFauli]

But that´s what would be interesting to watch, wouldn´t it, Kraco? We don´t need 13 episodes of happy cooking. We need actual plot progression.

[Buffalobiian]

You need 13 episodes of happy cooking and parenting, with a side of knife-phobia resolution. No drama please.

[Kraco]

This is a cooking centered show, so I very much doubt we will get development that stops the cooking. Which is just fine for me.

[shinta|hikari]

Mfauli is so complicated. First he wants this to stay away from romance, now he wants that romance subplot to develop.

[MFauli]

Stop, stop, stoooop! :P

I never said I didn´t want it. I said it´s weird. And it is. Which is WHY I want it If this ends as a cooking show, then it´d have been a waste of time imo. I want something more exciting, and this subtle romance plot is exciting. But it has to materialize before it´s over. I´m not even demanding that the final episode ends with Kotori and him lying in bed. Just something like him realizing her feelings and smiling in response. The End. That would be nice.

[shinta|hikari]

I'm fine with it staying platonic, but I do want some form of concrete confirmation from Kotori that she likes him and will likely stay that way. I can easily imagine them getting together post anime with that. Without it, it's like we're half imagining this romance subplot anyway. I mean, Kotori is blushing 100% of the time, making it look like she is in heat every second, including the ones she's with the teacher.

Think about it. If her face looked like this all the time:
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we wouldn't think she's romantically interested even with her worrying about his health and family issues.

[Kraco]

Named or otherwise significant girls in this show are blushed all the time, aren't they? Kotori's friend is, a kindergarten teacher is, the kids themselves don't even need to be mentioned. Alas, the moms of the other kids aren't anymore able to do it 100% of the time.

[shinta|hikari]

Yeah, that's why Kotori needs some sort of visible confirmation of her feelings so we can confirm the pairing's finality.

People can sexualize anything:

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[MFauli]

lewd! damn u, shinta

[MFauli]

episode 9 is out
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Good episode overall.
What I wanna see more of is the teacher´s thoughts and emotions. We sometimes get a glimpse of what´s going through his head, but it´s always very quick and short. He appears to be living for Tsumugi´s sake alone, having no life on his own. He even declined a rare invitation from his best friend.

I feel like that´s the most interesting plot element. Tsumugi is a stupid, albeit funny child. There´s not much to be had other than observing her day-to-day adventures. Kotori-chan is a possible flag for the teacher, but she´s too passive. It all hinges on him himself to do something that makes for some exciting plot progression. I´m not necessarily expecting him to say "omg, I need to make Kotori-chan my new wife!". But with how this episode ended, it´d be nice if he came to the general realization that it´d be a good thing to find a new mother for Tsumugi. Which then cooooooould lead to some more development with Kotori-chan. Althouh that mother they shared the white circle with at the Kindergarten was quite a looker, too ;>

[Buffalobiian]

There´s not much to be had other than observing her day-to-day adventures

I'm quite content with just that.

Kotori-Chan recharges my life. Seeing slow development is fine as well.

Last episode had her refuse to replace mum's bag. This episode she's happy enough for dad to keep cooking mum's dish.

Slow hints of them getting on with life is A-ok. Don't push this into weird territory.

[shinta|hikari]

Kotori or Tsumugi recharges your life? Your pronouns confuse me.

Also, don't worry. I'm certain this will go into weird territory one way or another. Japan yo.

[Kraco]

Only 3 episodes to go according to AniDB. This wouldn't have time to head into any weird territory. The manga hasn't done that either, and I hope it never will.

[shinta|hikari]

Manga? I read Kotori admitted to having the hots for her teach in the source.

[Buffalobiian]

Kotori or Tsumugi recharges your life? Your pronouns confuse me.

Also, don't worry. I'm certain this will go into weird territory one way or another. Japan yo.

Tsumugi recharges.
Kotori expends.

[MFauli]

Only 3 episodes to go according to AniDB. This wouldn't have time to head into any weird territory. The manga hasn't done that either, and I hope it never will.

Did you just really spoil the story? Mentioning manga spoilers? Come on :/ Really shitty.

And I wouldn´t need it to reach into weird territory. Just some plot progression. I hate "monster of the week"-shows. I´d be content if the anime ended with the teacher coming to the realization that his life isn´t over just because his wife died.

[Kraco]

Did you just really spoil the story? Mentioning manga spoilers? Come on :/ Really shitty.

And I wouldn´t need it to reach into weird territory. Just some plot progression. I hate "monster of the week"-shows. I´d be content if the anime ended with the teacher coming to the realization that his life isn´t over just because his wife died.

Huh? What did I spoil? All I'm saying is that so far the manga hasn't done Usagi Drops. But then again, the manga isn't that much ahead of the anime, so there's still plenty of time for an ending that would ruin everything.

But, yeah, sorry if I spoiled your fun when you were eagerly expecting Kouhei to get incestous with Tsumugi before the end of the anime season. Or whatever else weird things you wanted.

[MFauli]

Lol, I´m not expecting incest, rest assured. But your posting basically spoils that there won´t be anything happening between Kouhei and Kotori any time soon. Which I didn´t want to know.