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Summary:
Aisia wakes up in the morning and nothing seems to have changed. Across town, Junichi and Nemu order a pair of matching watches together, and then go home to do their homework. Nemu is surprised when Junichi invites over all of the girls to help. At one point, Nemu wipes Junichi’s hand after he uses it to wipe his mouth, and Tamaki says that they look as if they’re lovers, a statement that silences the room and briefly catches everyone’s attention. The evening meal is going to be curry, but they realize that they have no curry mix, so Nemu and Miharu go out to buy some. At the same time, Junichi gets a phone call saying that the watches are in, so he goes to pick them up. Nemu runs after Junichi right after they part ways on the street because their friends’ comments have been bothering her. Nemu tries to affirm their relationship, but quickly drops the subject.
Back at the Asakura house, Kotori notices that Junichi forgot his wallet, so she runs to the store to bring it to him, arriving just as he discovers that it is missing. On the way home, Miharu starts talking about Akishima-sensei and Nemu being together, and how Junichi is only her brother. However hard Nemu tries to affirm her relationship with Junichi, she just can’t come out and say it. Similarly, Kotori mentions to Junichi that it’s strange that he and Nemu would have the same watches, since they’re siblings. Both Junichi and Nemu are shocked at the brother sister assertion brought on respectively by Kotori and Miharu, but neither can refute it. Meanwhile, Sakura has been occupied at home with a computer game. Behind her, Utamaru notices that the sakura petals are falling once again, and Aisia sees the same thing while she’s walking home. Over dinner, the girls talk only as if Nemu and Junichi were siblings, teasing about Junichi’s girlfriend and Nemu’s boyfriend as if they were completely different things. After everyone is gone, the two wonder why they bought the watches. Junichi then tries to say something about him and Nemu, but trails off.
So it seems that even those two have forgotten that they’re a couple. That’s not what I had imagined when they said changing feelings. And so I don’t think I like where this is going. Most likely they’re pulling Junichi and Nemu apart now so that they can be reunited again by the end of the series. Throw in a few teaspoons about everyone’s happiness and we’re done.
The episode itself has its ups and downs. The animation is very poor at times, but the overall storytelling is pretty good. It’s a bit convenient that they write out Sakura for this episode. Just wait till she finds out what happened…that is if she herself hasn’t also forgotten how it’s supposed to be. In fact, I wonder if Aisia is affected too. Out of everyone, those two are the most likely to still remember and have the most power to do something about it.
With three more episodes to go, I can’t say that I’m too excited. I’ve still got my hopes up that there’s going to be a big plot twist coming, but I think this might be it. Next episode is called 「誓い」 (Oath).
Oh no, Kotori is looking exotic. This isn’t good. THIS ISN’T GOOD! Must watch!!
The last screencap is weiiird.
HELL YEAH THIS IS WHAT I LOVE, Kotori getting some love now HELL YEAH KEEP IT UP
btw omni are you for or against the NemuxJun’ichi relationship?
As neutral as I can be while supporting Kotori as a character (whether she ends up happy/with Junichi/whatever or not). I don’t hate Nemu or her relationship with Junichi, but they brought her into the series way too early in my opinion.
It looks to me more like they’ve done precisely what a few of us thought’d do if they brought the tree back: put artificial pressure on all the girls, rather than dealing of the reality of their already troublesome situation. In other words: “the easy way out”. They can still salvage things by putting the emphasis back on the truth (in other words, Aisia quickly realizes this isn’t what she wanted after all – and/or the girls realizing that something’s wrong). Way back when, I said that I didn’t think they’d bring back the tree – that they didn’t need it. It doesn’t look like they’re convincing me otherwise with this episode, but we’ll see where things are going…
so they should have made it more kotori and jun’ichi for a while then around midway through they bring in nemu to make jun have some conflict?
I probably would have liked that more, yes.
Oh well.
I can see a “tree dies, everything back to normal, “I love him but I’m happy” ending now”.
Meh.
I was expecting that the sakura-tree would try to kill Nemu again, but seems I was wrong.
Three more episodes to go so almost anything is possible from here on out. Maybe they turn out to be a Ripley’s Believe it or not -episodes on who gets to be with Jyuunichi. Or it’ll end in “everybody or nobody” -ending, which would be the worst one possible.
That’s what a lot of people were speculating at first (about Nemu re-appearing half-way through). Problem with that, of course, is that people would have found it even more misleading and deceitful, because we know that Junichi and Nemu have to end up together in the end after the first season. It was probably better for them to get it over with sooner and confront the viewers with the truth of the problem, rather than drag out Kotori’s feelings to that degree, and THEN trample on them. I mean, you’re arguing is that it would have been better if Kotori had a legitimate chance to steal Junichi’s heart, but when Nemu came back, that would have made Kotori the “bad girl” in the grand scheme of things, and pitted her squarely against Nemu. Sure it would have been vicious drama (à la recent Shuffle), but I hesitate to say it would have made a better show. Junichi made his choice in season one, for better or worse.
That being said, where these recent episodes are going… as I said before, we’ll see how it turns out.
KOTORI FOR LIFE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!ASA FOR LIFE AS WELL!!!!!!!!!!!!
relentlessflame: If it tells you anything, SHUFFLE! has been my top ranked running series for the past six or seven weeks, precisely for the “vicious drama”. 😛
Mmm. Maybe.
What a lot of Kotori fans were asking for not to feel deceived though, was for her to show up more and see more of her dilemma, not something like that. Besides, Jyunichi’s heart is so set on Nemu that it’d be hardly believable that he’d go for anyone else, unless that’d started from, like, episode 1. Or more accurrately episode -3. ^_^;
And Nemu getting sick again would bring the focus back to her and I don’t think that’s what they’ll do. Now I pretty much know that we’ll see the other girls and especially Kotori a lot in the end, but I’m not convinced at all with the way the closure may be.
i still prefer a kotorxjunichi relation ship that would be so much better.
Omni: On the contrary, I find the recent “thirller” push in Shuffle (19 & 20) to be a gimmicky ploy to artificially raise interest in the show (like the famed SchoolDays endings artificially raised interest in the game, even though 90% of the endings weren’t bloody at all). The Shuffle producers don’t seem to care anymore about letting the girls shine on their own merits, just about letting the drama keep people at the edge of their seats. I think I liked the earlier episodes better, overall.
That being said, bringing the tree back in D.C.S.S. also seems gimmicky to me, because it’s an artificial plot creator that I don’t think they needed. But we’ll see…
(That should be “thriller” of course. :p )
To each his own; I can’t stay entertained with just the girls “shin[ing] on their own merits.” The drama keeping me on the edge of my seat is exactly what I like about the series. But now we’re getting off topic…
The Kaede thing was planned from the very beginning though. People who have played the game know that…even if her reaction in the game was very different. But they’ve hinted it for the whole series.
Well, yeah, Ale, I know it was planned (just as the tree was planned), but I don’t like the way it played out, which is very unlike the game. Anyway, yeah, off-topic.
Heh, I guess so. And yeah, we got way off topic.
Damn my 1MB ADSL for deciding to turn crap today when I want to get the raw as fast as possible.
one other thing about the tree reviving, if the tree decides to kill Nemu again, it wouldn’t only just focus on Nemu, I think it would focus on Sakura as well, since it will relate back to her and her feelings for Junnichi.
well if the tree does kill Nemu then i have no problem with that at all ^^
dear god, i HOPE this puts pressure on junichi and nemu to finally realize that they aren’t right for each other, which is when kotori will sweep in for the win! but i’m not that lucky. =( odds are, something will happen to re-affirm the junichixnemu relationship…blah.
Well, after watching the episode, I have to take some of what I said back, just a little. Even though I still think bringing back the tree was an unnecessary decision, the way this is playing out isn’t that bad and is still consistent with the message of the show. The tree simply forced the plot forward; there were probably other ways of doing that, but this was more convenient. As I said before, this was the “easy way out”. That being said, it’s all about what happens next. So, mixed feelings, but reserving judgement.
“It seems that even those two have forgotten that they’re a couple.
This is NOT what I had imagined when they said changing feelings. I don’t think I like where this is going…”
Blame the treeeee blame the treeeeeeeeeee…
I didn’t expect this to happen, but rather maybe I did. As someone noted before weeks ago in some previous comment or something, the two haven’t really acted like a couple (comparing to their actions around episode 19-21 in season one; with Nemu’s morning kiss etc). What’s kind of disappointing, in my opinion, is that they could’ve done so much more with the plot in the earlier episodes to make this conflict go along smoother and more natural instead of focusing entire episodes on Aisia (particularly episodes 11-16, I don’t remember exactly since I wasn’t exactly interested in those episodes).
I watched it, and only one thing to say really…”meh”.
Making the girls suddenly forget all about it and then pull off some happy ending out of nowhere is meh. Because in the end, this situation happened only because of the tree, so when the tree is gone, how does that change the feelings everyone had before? Well, I’ll reserve judgement as well, but I don’t reaaally like this…
The tree will probably be dead by the next episode, or Nemu/Jyunichi will overcome its power somehow, hence “Oath”. Or maybe it’ll have something to do with Sakura. Not sure really…but at least the ending won’t be just about Nemu (even if she’ll still be important), it’ll be about everyone else too, which is a good thing because frankly I’m sick of Nemu, Nemu and Nemu.
Hold on. The tree grants wishes.
Does that mean that all those girls, including Nemu, wanted to forget that Nemu and Jun’ichi are a couple?
Something to think about.
Well…I think the tree granted Aisha’s wish, not everyone’s wish. Everyone’s happiness, but maybe she wasn’t thinking about Nemu and Jyunichi then. Or something.
You know, I really don’t care who Juinichi ends up with. Although I do think if he ended up with anyone other than Nemu it would cheapen all the turmoil they went through in season 1. It’s not that I think that Nemu is better or worse than any of the other girls.
As for this season, they’re gonna have to pull off something pretty amazing in the next three episodes to make me give it a thumbs up. I feel so.. underwhelmed by D.C.S.S., which is unfortunate because season 1 was so good. D.C.S.S. just doesn’t have the strong drama/plot that season 1 did. *Nothing* has really happened this time around and that’s just such a shame.
Oh I do think she’s not as good, but anything but a Nemu ending would be pretty hard to believe (like an no-girl ending), let alone an ending with another girl.
I’m more concerned with what’s going to happen with everyone else, and more specifically Kotori and Aisha (and I’d love to see Alice more but I’m realistic ^^;) in the next few episodes.
This is where I thought the plot would be going.. Mind wipe ala the tree. As others have said, it feels kind of lazy. I’ll withhold complete judmgent until the last episode, but with 3 to go… there’s still a chance there will be a meaningful confrontation regarding the “happiness” the harem of girls have been living under. Or maybe something completely different. Maybe the tree starts to talk and describe its plans for world domination. And giant robots run amok, wielding the power of God. Not likely.
It’s interesting that the brother sister thing is brought up again, though. Particularly after how it was dealt with in Season 1.
I haven’t watched the episode yet, but I find it interesting that they finally play up the relationship Junichi and Nemu have, with them buying the matching watches, etc. As it gradually is mindwiped, anyway. Most of this season they were clearly a couple, but they were so in the background to everything else (i.e. Aisia) that it almost felt like they were dancing around their feelings at times (like Season 1).
I just hope it doesn’t turn into an exact repeat of season 1, with Nemu incapacitated for “x” episodes. I’d rather she be an active part of whatever the resolution might be. Or, at the very least, be as equally passive as Junichi in the resolution. At least this time both Junichi and Nemu are victims, instead of it only being one. ‘Cause I have a feeling it’s all going to be about Aisia.
But, I am curious where this will go. I mean, will it be as simple as a quick pull apart just to get back together again? I mean, my thought, and hope, is that it is at least a part of the plot that NemuxJunichi stay together. But at the same time, there HAS to be more to the plot than that.
I’m hoping it’s more about other things than JyunichixNemu. I think I saw enough of that…they’ll be important to the closure, no doubt about it, but so will the other girls. I’d rather it was about Aisha and everyone else. Or more accurrately, Aisha, Kotori, and everyone else.
And Nemu and Jyunichi will definitely stay together, I don’t think there’s any real doubt about that…well, I think. >.>
This is why you don’t leave kids home alone. If Junichi and Nemu’s parents had been around, they would have put a stop to this. I’m still wondering what the point of the second season was. Other than Aisia realising that magic is not always good, there’s no other point. Only possible endings are Junichi stays with Nemu or ends up with no one. They already resolved Kotori’s feelings pretty well at the end of the first season. This just makes me hate the writers for abusing her so much this season.
Kotori’s resolution in season 1 was so-so at best, if you ask me, and mainly because I didn’t really see it as one. Although maybe they didn’t need second season for her feelings again, one of the themes in this story is moving on, and as she never really moved on back then (I think she was mostly happy because she was able to do something courageous despite not having her ESP anymore, so I wouldn’t say she moved on back in season 1), it fits. It’s arguable whether this season is completely pointless or not (personally I didn’t really like it that much, but I don’t think it is), but except for Sakura who is a bit hmm I find it believable that everyone is still in love with Jyunichi (even if I don’t like it), especially because Nemu leaving Jyunichi alone could’ve relit those feelings that were about to die.
Now, if Kotori’s resolution now is similar to season 1 (“I like him but I’m happy ^____^”), it’d be a joke; if they don’t consider what happened in season 1 the end of it, then why’d a repeat of that be any different now?
Hmm, after watching the episode, I’m now completely convinced that Nemu and Junichi should not be apart. As much as I hate Nemu as the next guy, it just doesn’t feel right for those two to feel guilty of being “lovers” and being “siblings” at the same time this far in the series. If anything, I’d say Nemu and Junichi are being recognized much more as siblings in this season than they were in the first season (and it all happened in one episode. There’s something already wrong with this picture). It struck me when Kotori said “It’s not right” on their way home from the mall. It’s not something, as a Kotori fanboy, that I expected and liked hearing from her. This kinda gets me off tracks of hoping for Kotori to move on.
Also, what was up with that suspenseful effects near the end? I know this episode is supposed to be all “Are You Afraid of The Dark?”, but that was just too much.
lets hope sakura stays distracted at the computer game… maybe the sakura trees can restart everything… and make everything they were b4 so that the rest of the girls get a chance at junichi hehehe or even better clone him so that everyone has a piece of him/ ^^
lol that sounds like the ending of one anime where the guy multiplies so that each girl gets him (*anime not mentioned to prevent spoiling)
Well, as everyone’s said, it really all hinges on where they go from here. If the do some variant of what Saga said (“Blame the treeeee blame the treeeeeeeeeee…”), then really second season didn’t have much of a point/message (Aisia was wrong and Sakura was right). But, thankfully, there are still some other options at their disposal (because they’ve never shown Aisia to be wrong before – just a bit misguided in her implementation). I’ve said before that I care more about the journey than the destination, but at this point, the plot of the whole show hinges on the message that they give us at the end. Indeed, what are they trying to say that “The Key to Happiness” (title of ep. 26) is? We’ll have to wait and see… As far as I’m concerned, there are really three things they must resolve by the end of the show: Aisia’s quest to make people happy through magic, Kotori’s lingering feelings for Junichi (and by proxy, those of the other girls), and final confirmation of Nemu and Junichi’s relationship. It all hinges on whether they can tie all three of those things together convincingly. They’ve been so heavy-handed in delivering those themes throughout the whole show that I have a hard time believing that they won’t actually have anything to say about them in the end.
It struck me when Kotori said “It’s not right” on their way home from the mall. It’s not something, as a Kotori fanboy, that I expected and liked hearing from her. This kinda gets me off tracks of hoping for Kotori to move on.
I am not really sure she meant it that way. It’s more like she’s completely clueless about their relationship past being siblings, not that she’s implying that them being lovers would be wrong. Well, that’s how I took it anyway; my understanding of japanese is hardly excellent…
And I do think she’ll move on. I’m a bit with relentlessflame on this, I think. When I watched this episode, I was like “ohshi I don’t like this”. But after analyzing it with a cooler head, I can see a lot of good possibilities here. Blaming it on the tree would make no sense at this point, and so far, whether we like the way things have gone or not, they’ve made sense; there’s no reason to think they’d have such a big screw-up in the closure.
“dear god, i HOPE this puts pressure on junichi and nemu to finally realize that they aren’t right for each other, which is when kotori will sweep in for the win! ”
ya me 2. and ya fury kotori with jyuchi. but i wonder why the title of the last episode is the bell of happiness.
I’m always reading thease and I wounder why does every one hae Nemu, I love Nemu she’s my favorite Person in the whole serise!! I don’t really like Katori all that much, If they were real friends they would understand that there adoptive Brother and Sister not Bialogical..
omg, wow! really amaze at what the tree has done to the situation. WhenI read the summary, i didnt think the tree affected the girls that much but… wow.. what a big change for the girls e.e;
Well… for sure Aishia is helping everyone becoming happier thinking Nemu and Juunichi as a sibling and not a couple. Which in turn makes Nemu and Juunichi forget they are “couples”. I wonder if sakura will be affected by the tree. Cant wait til next week xD
Maybe Sakura won’t be affected at all since i think part of the tree’s existence was also to protect Sakura mentioned in Season 1 as far as I can remember…
Maybe Sakura will realize what has happened and confront Aisia…
Maybe Sakura might not be able to kill the tree anymore and the only person that is able to do it is Aisia… this could be something for an possible Aisia resolution…
But with 3 eps left, I don’t really know what they can pull off…it just doesn’t seem like enough time to pull off a decent ending.
“I am not really sure she meant it that way. It’s more like she’s completely clueless about their relationship past being siblings, not that she’s implying that them being lovers would be wrong. Well, that’s how I took it anyway; my understanding of japanese is hardly excellent…”
Kotori meant that a pair watch is for couples to wear (And you can see how she blushed, probably thinking the pair was for Junichi and her), and it wouldn’t be right for siblings to wear them. That indicates Kotori’s belief that siblings acting like lovers is wrong as much as being an actual couple. I’m hoping it was the tree that pressured Kotori into saying something like that. I already confirmed so long ago that Kotori is absolutely the sweetest bishoujo character ever, so it was kinda harmful X(
Looks like the Kotori fans are split now, into Kotori x Junichi FTW group and Kotori moving on FTW group 😛
That indicates Kotori’s belief that siblings acting like lovers is wrong as much as being an actual couple.
Well, because she thinks they ARE siblings, so of course she’d think that’s weird. But yeah, it’s the tree that made her forget the truth, so.
KotorixJyunichi? No thanks. If there’s something Kotori suffers from is bad taste. 😛 She’ll find someone better.
I wonder if they will kill the tree? Maybe that’s part of the point of the ending for this season – living with the tree… with magic, but not manipulating it like Aisia did.
It makes a little sense, if they want to have tree alive for an anime based on the Da Capo 2 game, when that comes out.
I just find it hard to believe that they’d repeat the ending to season 1. Although, I guess that could be possible, given the meaning of “da capo”…
Or something like that. I’ve got nothing.
ftw??
Fo da Win!
“KotorixJyunichi? No thanks. If there’s something Kotori suffers from is bad taste.”
You can’t really blame her. All other boys at Kazami Academy had perverted minds approaching her, while Junichi didn’t. And frankly, it seems he was the only one >_>
I wonder if this is what happens to someone lives in a closed up island like Hatsunejima…
hmm what u guys thnk? jyunichi will end up with nemu or kotori? me is kotorixjyunichi =)
You can’t really blame her. All other boys at Kazami Academy had perverted minds approaching her, while Junichi didn’t. And frankly, it seems he was the only one
Nah, I wouldn’t say that thinking she’s hot automatically means that they had perverted minds approaching her – it was just that they thought she was hot, that’s all.
It’s ironic because she fell in love with the one guy who felt no attraction towards her. But well, yeah, can’t blame her for that, she doesn’t choose who she falls in love with. If she could, then she’d have chose some non-perverted guy who was actually attracted to her, and more importantly, someone less dense than Jyunichi. >.>
Back on topic, like I said before, I think Jyunichi will end up with Nemu. I don’t really care what happens to these two (although Jyunichi is stupid but nice so I guess I want him to be happy too), but it’d be weird if they broke them up now.
I don’t really want KotorixJyunichi either. Like I’ve said a million times before, as long as her closure is good, and as long as she’s happy, my only complaint about DCSS will be her lack of screentime and nothing else.
Well this drifts back to the first season as to why Kotori likes Jyunichi ~.~
Practically she found herself to be comfortable around him, despite the fact that she could read his mind.
But honestly I took a small replay over the first season and I kind of think that they changed Jyunichi’s character: i.e. notice how he doesn’t have that ‘You’re so troublesome attitude’ anymore, which Sakura previously noted to be similar characteristic to Yoshino obaa-chan. I also found him to be lazier this season too—but perhaps that’s because he was pampered too much? 😛 But yeah, I think they made his character lower ._.
Back on topic, I think a lack of screen time for kotori will hinder a perfect/good closure for her ._.
“Nah, I wouldn’t say that thinking she’s hot automatically means that they had perverted minds approaching her – it was just that they thought she was hot, that’s all.”
Let’s face the facts, just how many guys don’t have a stream of perverted blood cells running through their veins when they see someone hot? I wouldn’t say many. Men ARE perverted beings after all.
I’d rather you use the word “cute” instead though. It sounds less perverted, and I see Kotori more towards the “cute” line than the “hot” line. Moe is an example of someone “hot”. But everyone is different, I guess.
“But honestly I took a small replay over the first season and I kind of think that they changed Jyunichi’s character: i.e. notice how he doesn’t have that ‘You’re so troublesome attitude’ anymore, which Sakura previously noted to be similar characteristic to Yoshino obaa-chan. I also found him to be lazier this season too—but perhaps that’s because he was pampered too much? 😛 But yeah, I think they made his character lower ._.”
His character looked better only in the first episode. I mean come on, you’d think he became a guy who can answer the question on the black board, who can play basketball well, and covers Kotori from a splash of water. As story progressed, he got lazier and lazier again, and we found out he STILL doesn’t know how to cook and he’s in fact NOT smart. Everything his image in the first episode made of him crumbled down when Nemu made the come back.
Let’s face the facts, just how many guys don’t have a stream of perverted blood cells running through their veins when they see someone hot? I wouldn’t say many. Men ARE perverted beings after all.
I’d rather you use the word “cute” instead though. It sounds less perverted, and I see Kotori more towards the “cute” line than the “hot” line. Moe is an example of someone “hot”. But everyone is different, I guess.
*shrug* I still think that reading minds made things so much harder for her. I agree that men are perverted, but she’d have never had that problem if she wouldn’t listen to those “so cute/hot…” thoughts.
Kotori, cute or hot? I’d say she’s the perfect combination of both, so I’d call her pretty. I agree that Moe and maybe Tamaki are “hot” though, and people like Alice and Miharu are cute.
[i]Men ARE perverted beings after all[/i]
Sorry to disappoint you. If that’s your disposition, then that’s injustice to me and other guys that aren’t perverted in the slightest.
Yes, there are some, and I’m one of them, so I take MAJOR offense whenever that is mentioned. It’s like a stereotype. Does injustice to some, not all…yet it’s still used.
*shrug* I still think that reading minds made things so much harder for her. I agree that men are perverted, but she’d have never had that problem if she wouldn’t listen to those “so cute/hot…” thoughts.
And I forgot to mention that many, many guys would never go beyond thinking that she’s good looking, and there’s nothing wrong with being attracted to her, she’s really cute after all. That’s why the mind reading thing was a real curse for her, even in love, because she fell in love with the wrong guy thanks to it. Maybe you could say it’s partly her fault for feeling uncomfortable with whoever got those thoughts, but I wouldn’t blame anyone for their feelings, so…
Ah, and as for Jyunichi’s image, I think his image crumbled down after the first episode – or during it even. Because it’s already said that Kotori’s been taking care of him during those 2 years, so he never learnt to do anything by himself.
“Sorry to disappoint you. If that’s your disposition, then that’s injustice to me and other guys that aren’t perverted in the slightest.
Yes, there are some, and I’m one of them, so I take MAJOR offense whenever that is mentioned. It’s like a stereotype. Does injustice to some, not all…yet it’s still used.”
I guess I put it in a wrong way, but the line before the one you mentioned was supposed to contradict it. Besides, I don’t think you have to be a stalker or any sort to be a pervert. All individuals have hormones that control their sexual desires. Didn’t know people took the word “pervert” so heavily though.
“Maybe you could say it’s partly her fault for feeling uncomfortable with whoever got those thoughts, but I wouldn’t blame anyone for their feelings, so…”
Well those thoughts weren’t the only factor why Kotori felt uncomfortable with others. It’s rather a small part I’d say, and I think you know what kind of “love” Kotori believes in, which plays the biggest role in her feelings to the others.
Well those thoughts weren’t the only factor why Kotori felt uncomfortable with others. It’s rather a small part I’d say, and I think you know what kind of “love” Kotori believes in, which plays the biggest role in her feelings to the others.
A rather small part? Then why else do you think she felt uncomfortable with others? You mean with her family at first, or something else? Because other guys wouldn’t really fall in that group…
And what do you mean, what kind of love she believes in?
Yes, I know, I’m clueless, but it’s been a while. ^^;
Kotori doesn’t believe in phone and letter confessions. All the guys except for Junichi have tried to confess to Kotori over phone or letters, and they got crashed and burned (Actually, Junichi didn’t even confess in the first place) or just confessed with all the “pervertic thoughts” in the mind and get rejected. Junichi was just THAT different, and he was straight forward. The “pervertic thoughts” were a small part of the complexity in those other men’s feelings, and Junichi seemed to be missing all that complexity in his own thoughts (I mean, you can barely have a straight forward thoughts when you are facing with the school idol who rejected countless number of other guys), which is why I think Kotori felt so comfortable with him.
Or to keep it simple, we could just say that Kotori felt uncomfortable with other guys because she gets a terrible headcache with too many complex thoughts coming into her mind. I’m having an urge to call Junichi a simpleton, but somthing prevents me from doing so ^_^;
Kotori doesn’t believe in phone and letter confessions. All the guys except for Junichi have tried to confess to Kotori over phone or letters, and they got crashed and burned
Ahh, so that’s what you mean. Yeah, I remember she was particularly uncomfortable with that because it wouldn’t let her read what the other person is thinking.
Or to keep it simple, we could just say that Kotori felt uncomfortable with other guys because she gets a terrible headcache with too many complex thoughts coming into her mind. I’m having an urge to call Junichi a simpleton, but somthing prevents me from doing so ^_^;
I remember that too. Doesn’t Jyunichi tell her that one of the reasons why she should be glad that she doesn’t have her powers anymore is that now she won’t get migraines and the such anymore? As well as learning to live without them, dealing with her insecurity and all of course, which is the more important thing, but I’m pretty sure that’s mentioned too.
One thing I wanted to ask about Kotori in the game, related to her confession…I don’t know what your opinion is on this:
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why dosn’t anyone answer me..Why does every one hate Nemu?
[I]why dosn’t anyone answer me..Why does every one hate Nemu? [/I]
I just like Kotori better, she is more sincere and cute. One thing I really don’t like about Nemu is she still calls Junichi oni san, that’s just wrong. ~_~
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“why dosn’t anyone answer me..Why does every one hate Nemu?”
I already answered my part few times. You need to watch the first season to hate her as much as I do though. She’s happy as long as she has everything she wants. Otherwise, she’s like a huge gathering of hate and jealousy. And her overall personality? One of the WORST I’ve seen. I have to admit that Nemu has changed for better, but it’s already too late for me to not hate her.
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I see. Must’ve missed that, heh.
Nemu? She’s selfish, hotheaded and immature. She’s also very jealous and I didn’t like her actions in the first season, and she didn’t really grow up that much either…if she has to do something to get what she wants, she’ll do it; this is not because she’s evil but because she’s hotheaded, but the harm is still done anyway. One more thing that bothered me was how she acted after coming back in this season, and the very fact that she left in such a fashion. I gotta admit that the anime makes her look worse than she is though, they don’t really highlight her good parts, only the bad ones.
And Nemu has changed for better? Mreh, maybe, I still think she was alright with what happened only because it was Sakura, a few episodes ago. If it’d been Aisha, she’d have gotten mad. Again.
i hate nemu because she is annoying with her oni-san. =_=’ and ya she is very selfish
well i have watched the first season.. i watched while it was still airing 2 years ago.. but i can’t help it i still like her, I think she’s strong and i think she was done wrong in the first season.. But i notice it bothers alot of you she still calls him Onii-chan.. but alot of other anime i have seen when a girl likes a guy she calls him onii-sama.. i think its just a term of endearment in japan im not saying for sure but i’ve also seen anime where guys have wanted girls to call them onii-chan or sama i belive that anime was green green if im not mistaken but also in Mai Hime..
“Nii-san” is definitely a term of endearment for them. You may recall that, when Nemu was losing her memories in season one, she reverted to calling him “onii-chan”, which is how Junichi knew something was up. But, at the very end of 26, you see that she called him “Nii-san” again, which is how you knew that she got her memories back and that everything was back to normal. And, as season one established, they’re only brother and sister by circumstance; Junichi was forcing himself to treat her as a sister to protect her, when the truth is that he’s loved her all along. There’s really no relation in anything but outside appearance and living circumstances, and what they’ve shared has never been a sibling bond. Anyway, all that to say to say why the whole sibling thing never bothered me.
As for the whole “jealous” thing, I think that’s maybe more cultural. I mean, it’s *supposed* to be part of what makes her cute/attractive to “you” (playing as Junichi in the game). The reality is actually that Nemu’s terribly insecure and helplessly in love – she really has no inner strength without Junichi (in season one/the game) but doesn’t know how to deal with her feelings. The reaction this is *supposed* to lead to is the same as Junichi’s reaction – a desire to protect/care for her. But, a lot of people in English circles tend to look at it more like “well, fine – if you’re going to be bitchy/selfish/jealous, I don’t think you really love me. I’d rather spend my time with this other girl who isn’t as bitchy as you.” But while Kotori is a bit more mature in some ways, she’s also terribly immature in others – she doesn’t know how to deal with her feelings/insecurity either and rather than lashing out in jealousy, she bottles it up inside, blames herself, and tries to convince herself that everything’s going to be okay in the end. For some reason, though, Kotori’s immaturity (self-sacrificing) tends to evoke more sympathy/desire to protect than Nemu’s does. I think that must be at least partly cultural, as Nemu was a very popular character among Japanese fans of the series.
Anyway, all that to say why I still like Nemu, even though (believe it or not) Kotori is in fact the girl that even I sympathize with most overall (possibly because she’s more like me). But, because of all that was explained in season one of the anime and how it’s clear that Junichi’s heart is set, I can’t imagine any ending other than Nemu and Junichi being together – it just wouldn’t seem right any other way to me anymore in the anime series.
I think that must be at least partly cultural, as Nemu was a very popular character among Japanese fans of the series.
Yeah. But as far as I know, Kotori still beat her for popularity by a fair bit.
I don’t really question her -jealously- either, because while she can’t control her feelings she can control what she does. And I didn’t really like what she does/did.
“I think that must be at least partly cultural, as Nemu was a very popular character among Japanese fans of the series.”
Weird. I’m Japanese and I like Kotori. My other Japanese friends also like Kotori and hate Nemu. In fact, I don’t know anyone who likes Nemu more than Kotori. The world must be a large place~
We all have our likes and dislikes of personalities. Jealousy does make some characters cute, but in the end of all things, it’s what hurts them and people around them. A bit is jealousy is okay I guess, but Nemu is just too much.
Oh, you live in Japan? I see.
And yeah, I agree. She’s way too jealous and she lets that hurt people close to her.. Though I didn’t mind Nemu that much in the game. Probably because she was trying to be nice in the other characters’ routes, while in season 1 and season 2 she was just…>.>
Oh, and like I said, as far as I know, Nemu, popular or not, didn’t beat Kotori in terms of popularity.
Just to make sure, I don’t actually live in Japan anymore. I just keep contact with my friends 😛
>As for the whole “jealous” thing, I think that’s maybe more cultural.