I liked episode 2 except for the part where they used ninjutsu
I liked episode 2 except for the part where they used ninjutsu
Episode 3 was pretty good I think. I never expected the Yandere moment. This just might be my favorite anime this season.
The important part is Ayanokouji asking to himself, which Kushida is the real one, because it goes both ways, and is the real beauty of that scene.
1) Kushida asks him if he likes girls like Horikita (i.e. manipulative, secretive, driven, cold)
2) She leaves the phone there. It wasn't forgotten.
3) She walks far away, striking his curiosity. Then gives him all the major points that she sees in Horikita.
So, Ayanokouji correctly asks himself, Which of the two Kushida's is the act? Is her perky face the act, or is her bitchy face the act just for him so she can steal his attentions from Horikita? Is her real personality somewhere in the middle?
She's manipulative for sure, she has absolutely been using her body to assist in getting what she or what others want. Ayanokouji recognized that, and she clearly appreciates it, though I'm guessing she doesn't like being left in the dark. He's clearly been hatching plans with Horikita that don't include her in an aware role, and she doesn't like it. She had the third highest points in the class, probably because she was getting others to buy her things, or even from other classes. Now she has the most.
Tbh since Ayanokouji clearly likes her, I would have thrown her "act" off by asking evil Kushida "Do you want to go on a date with me?". Might have irritated her enough to drop any pretense.
"She's the only non-loli girl in the show, your honor!" will be my defense in court
I think if anyone, he likes Horikita. She's pretending to be stronger than she is, what ninja doesn't appreciate that? Horikita is out of her depth because she doesn't recognize her obvious weaknesses, but pretends she doesn't have them. She knows the rules in advance, and deliberately lowered her grade to make English easier to pass for the class. Ayanokouji sees the advantage she represents. Sure, Horikita is a pretty standard kuudere, but she's not dumb either. I'm guessing from the teacher's reaction that her judgement is correct. Classes with expulsions get docked for Class Points too.
I got the impression that Kushida unnerved him from the start. He saw what she was doing on the bus. Making herself look selfless. He knew she was up to something even then. So did the arrogant blonde guy (who is ranked 3rd in the tests).
My guess is that Kushida considers the people who go along with her cutesy friendly bullshit to be pawns, the people who don't to be potential strategic allies (which is why she keeps going after Horikita and Ayanokouji), and the people who rebuff her even further to be actual confidants.
It's highly possible she's trying another strategy with Ayanokouji by going "bitch-mode" to see if she can still dump him in the pawn pile for falling for a different act.
Two things, I thought Horikita's "What did you do?" seeming accusation towards Ayanokouji at the beginning of the episode was misplaced considering how the episode developed.
The other, if not mistaken I think I saw Ayanokouji with at least ONE very bad grade... Chemistry maybe? I'll have to check. Everything we've been led to believe so far is that he's very apt at getting specific grades, so I wonder if he did the same as Horikita to help with the grade curve on certain subjects.
I'll have to recheck though.
He can probably have whatever grade he wants.
He's Shiba Tatsuya
I think the worst he's gotten is 50. In the second episode Horikita and her brother find it suspicious he can get exactly 50.Originally Posted by Munsu
I also think those introductions of a "It takes a very talented and skillful person to hide ones own talent and skill" or something like that. I suspect that is directed towards Ayanokoji. That might be insight in to his intellect and persona. Like a rainman of sorts minus the whole anti-social screaming thing. Geniuses like Nikola Tesla and Sir Isaac Newton I believe were Anti-socials and I think they believe geniuses are anti-social or have trouble interacting with normal people.
Now that he knows Horikita wants to reach Class 1-A, he may let out more of his genius on the levels of Tesla.
Is Ayanokouji really hiding his skills when he´s intentionally getting 50s accross the board? Someone who wanted to hide would vary his scores more, a 49 here, a 52 there, and so on.
"She's the only non-loli girl in the show, your honor!" will be my defense in court
I guess theory is the wrong term. I meant a working Hypothesis based on the information at hand. By saying theory it would mean my comments are based on actual facts and events.
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If he is intentionally getting 50s, it could be to keep the average class room score down so all can pass. The higher the average score, the higher the base score for a failing grade. Last episode was 40 points. If every scores high, the average base score for failing will raise as well. If everyone gets 100, then you need to be over 50. So no matter what happens. Ayanokoji is just at the passing mark anyway. That could for now until other students bring their scores up. This is year 1 and they have 3 years. I imagine the subjects will become that more difficult by the end.
a 50 guarantees not failing no matter how many points the class gets
But he has to balance it, because a portion of Class Points are obviously awarded through score averages. He can do as low as 50, but if the class is up to it, he'd be dragging them down and reducing their Class Points.
He was doing all 50s so his hidden talons can be discovered in episode 2. I'm pretty sure that's all it is.
Peace.
Boring episode this week. Not even sure what the 20 minute setup for next week is all for, they could have done it one episode.
Agreed, episode 4 was extremely boring... worst episode by far at the moment.
Pointless episode.
Peace.
I don't think it was any worse or better than the ones before.
*shrugs*
I don't understand why MC has been shown to own 83k points during ep4 though.
He's called Ayanokoji, right? Ending screen Ep3 said he had only 10k left and Horikita (which is blackhaired MC girl?) has 38k left.
Ending screen EP4 says he has only 8k left
wtf is this?
Last edited by KrayZ33; Thu, 08-03-2017 at 01:16 PM.
I think the end of episode 3 is different and possibly a future scene. I think he had 86K or some points at the start of episode 3 when he purchased the point from the teacher for 10K, but then Horikita bought the point instead.
What ending scenes are you guys talking about?
Peace.
The credits, beside their names has their points/value.
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