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NeedMoreCats
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Too funny! Thanks for this, you made my day 
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dm
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Brain says "singular (or plural)", fingers write the singular (or plural) forms of a word that only has one form....
Like I said, last week really reminded me of Kare kano's visual experimentation. This week was also playing around with visuals, making me think they were referencing something specific (though I guess there's always been a lot of visual playfulness in this series). Looking forward to Bakemonogatari-homage SHAFT head-tilts before the season ends. Thanks, Mr AJCosplay, I completely missed the parallel between Kaguya's tea-preparation (with l*o*v*e) and the Shirogane flashback (tea preparation being an expected behavior for a proper young lady, it just seemed natural for her to do it well). One other thing to note about the Shirogane flashback is (not a spoiler if you've seen the episode) spoiler[the reveal at the end. Shirogane leaves that encounter with an idealized view of Shinomiya's selfless decisiveness. The reveal shows us that her actions were driven by a ruthless family-self-interest.]. There's lots implicit in that, and what has happened to these characters in the intervening years. |
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NeverConvex
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Are we meant to take Shinomiyaspoiler[-in-the-past's explanation at face value? It was difficult for me to tell if she seriously meant that it was only worth saving the girl in a transactional earning-a-family-favor sense, or if we were supposed to interpret that as her way of abashedly brushing off Hayasaka's praise]. |
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dm
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[quote="NeverConvex"]
That's a good point. You may be right. I've forgotten where in the manga timeline this happens, and whether it's been covered by the anime, but (maybe a spoiler from the manga) spoiler[there's a sequence in which the many sides of Shinomiya's personality hold a "trial" of the new, love-struck-puddle-of-goo Shinomiya. The Shinomiya we see delivering that explanation to Hayasaka was the chief magistrate.] |
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MFrontier
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Miyuki Shirogane origins! Going from a bad-tempered and angry kid who felt out of place to someone who fell in love and found a way to be worthy of the person he came to idolize, thus setting up the entire plot. And ironically in doing so he became the kind of person the old Kaguya would scoff at, but that ended up being what made her fall for him.
Also it's nice to see Kaguya with her hair loose. I was not expecting Nobunaga Shimazaki to show up as the former student council president. It's great how Maki is so supportive and friendly despite her own romantic suffering, offering up some good backup for Ishigami. It's just too bad she has to continue to live with the torture of Kashiwagi and Tsubasa flaunting their relationship in front of her all the time. Ganbare, Ishigami-kun! Asking Tsubame out is a great first step. |
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dm
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Is it good or bad that I spent the entirety of the interaction between Shinomiya and the younger Fujiwara waiting for them to bond over their shared admiration for Shirogane's fine qualities? Maybe I was set up by Love after world domination a couple of weeks ago.
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michizure
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If anyone is wondering what's going on with Kaguya-san in the teaser for Episode 11, it is alluding to this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djV11Xbc914 |
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John Thacker
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The Resident Evil / Biohazard reference? That you didn't mention the A-ha Take on Me music video reference (and parody instrumental of the song) makes me feel old. |
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dm
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Anya smirk emoji here. |
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Ohm_0_
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Is it supposed to be spoiler[that big of a secret that Shirogane is the Phantom Thief? I mean, Im not a manga reader but it seems quite obvious that that is the case. The guy has been acting ominously the whole episode and even the previous episodes foreshadowed that with the news reporter students stating that Shirogane would do something crazy at the festival.]
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Amuro1X
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Oh you sweet summer child. Let's give Aka Akasaka some more credit 
To be fair the main thing she fought for was the bon fire and that hasn't happened yet because it's part of the closing ceremonies of festivals. |
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MFrontier
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I see being a tsundere against their better judgement runs in the family.
I love how Kaguya thinks Kashiwagi is her best friend instead of Fujiwara, and Kashiwagi and Shirogane basically team-up to trick her into giving her heart away. Tsubame feels very "real," especially in her reaction to Ishigami's confession. She's never seen him that way, she has a lot going on, and she's usually the type to go all in on a relationship...so she feels like she needs to reject him in the most polite way possible. And Kaguya, being Kaguya, completely misreads the situation and makes things worse. But luckily Ishigami's own character helps give him another chance with Tsubame. Wanting to get to know him better is a pretty natural way to go. Ishigami wasn't kidding, Iino actually is surprisingly easy. Shirogane finally dropping all pretenses and just asking Kaguya out for a festival date. And then finding out she'll be amazing in bed with the right education. Wow. Random idol Hayasaka performance for the win. Of course Kaguya is on cloud 9 and happy as can be...which is the perfect time for Shirogane to tell her about Stanford. |
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Beltane70
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Having scene the live-action film that covers the end of the series, I found it interesting that they use a made-up name for the school that Shirogane is planning to attend, the San Francisco Institute of Technology, where they chose to use a real school name for the original manga and anime.
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Covnam
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I was surprised to learn that Shirogane was going to Stanford a year early. I thought he wanted to take the plunge because he didn't want to waste another year beating around the bush, not that his time was already almost up...
Don't worry, you weren't the only one who got that reference 
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jdnation
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I understood that reference!
Also the Lupin reference seemed more to me also a reference to Persona 5, the musical cues for both A-ha and Persona were there (albeit in a remixed form), or at least it also felt that way to me for the second being Persona. |
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