Off to the woods we go and with it we have our characters get along better. Tenga looks to be playing full wingman for Chidori and attempts to get her and Agata closer together but Chidori’s own reservations are getting in her way. Tenga and Chidori seem oblivious to the fact that feelings are blossoming between the two of them and I hope they wise up to it soon as I find Chidori’s situation to be far too predictable. As Yuta put it, he’s too “heavy” and emotionally charged for someone like Agata who is more relaxed. Tenga is a better match because he’s as emotional as she is while being able to interact with her well. Her feelings for Agata are more or less shown to be the remnants of a crush as she did say that she was in love with the person he used to be. Not the person he currently is. Plus this is a love which is by very nature doomed. Chidori, you are his childhood friend, and the childhood friend in anime rarely wins the main characters heart. Even if they happen to be the best girl. When looking at it from that front all these scenes teasing this relationship just feel like empty promises as I would be very surprised if those two ended up together. I would very much like this aspect of the show to disappear as soon as possible as it’s bringing in Okada’s bad habit as seen at the end of the episode. As Chidori offloads her feelings like a death metal vocalist shouting into a microphone I can’t help but see the various examples just like this in her previous work. I remember plenty of shouting matches in the likes of Sakuranbo and Anohana, those of which never fail to sound unnatural and be forced drama. I am going to articulate my feelings perfectly into a impulsive emotional rage! There are quieter way to resolve conflict, ways that don’t require a character to shout a prepared monologue like an idiot.
On a smaller note Niko looks to be living up to her title of being envy as when Tenga lavished attention on Chidori, Niko was looking to be quite jealous. This likely isn’t due to any feelings for Tenga but rather her desire to be the center of attention. Maki on the other hand looks to be up to strange antics as she heavily comes on to Yuta. This is pretty amusing as Yuta previously mentioned that Chidori was too “Heavy” for guys to like yet the girl he is most interested in has much more severe emotional baggage. This is purely speculation on my part but I believe Maki’s sudden advance on Yuta is a product of that phone call. It sounds to me that Maki is being pressured into compensated dating and due to her guilt relating to the person she “Killed”. She seeks to punish herself but is reluctant due to being a virgin. Thus she attempts to seduce Yuta whom she mistakes for someone experienced in such matters. Much to her surprise, Yuta isn’t keen on the idea of simply jumping into bed with her and would prefer something more genuine. As she pushes further she even gets him to reveal that, despite having girls fawning over him, he is still a virgin. Unlike the drama of Agata’s little love triangle, I find this relationship much more engaging as Yuta and Maki’s interactions are much more mature than the rest of the cast.
The interactions between the cast remain fun and we have a usually bout of trigger madness as they are all chased by the strange mascot characters in a odd test of courage. We learn a few things in the process of this. One is that the school counselor and the teacher are both part of the Kiznaiver project. Two that the teachers faction looks to be aiming for a different agenda in the project. And three that the Kiznaivers share more than physical pain as Chidori’s pain of heartbreak and over Agata getting bullied is transferred over to all the others. Considering this upgrade it’s possible that other emotions will get transferred as their bond grows and perhaps the goal of the project is to achieve a level of hive mind between certain individuals. So far Kiznaiver has been a fun show but it is lacking something to push it into great status. I believe some idea of direction is needed in order to get an idea of what this show is going towards. Right now I am clueless on just what is coming next which makes it difficult to get excited for.
~AidanAK47~
You have a really weird way of interpreting some things like in the previous review for the last episode. I don’t entirely agree with them.
For example?
For instance, the “shipping” or whatever. You are assuming a lot with the pairings without concrete evidence. Which makes you seem ignorant. Or the “Agata is getting attached to Sonozaki.” Considering how he’s almost completely emotionless, he shouldn’t feel attachment to anything which seems to be the case. It seems more like he’s just simply interested in her.
Really? I thought it was obvious in the way the group spilt up into boy girl pairings while walking despite how they could have all just walked together. Also it was clear on the dialgoue that they were starting to build a realistionship between them. The biggest assumption I made was regarding Niko and Hisomu which I argee is stretching. Either way it’s looking like I am right about two couples so far.
On Agata, I did state last episode that “Noriko and Agata have a Kuudere dynamic going on though Agata looks to have just an interest in her in general than romantically.” And you would be wrong on him almost being completely emotionless as he does have emotions. It’s just they are fairly subdued. You can get attached to someone without being romantically interested.
I’m not trying to attack you. I’m just merely stating my opinion
Um…yes. I know. I replied to that opinion. But you seem to be making the misunderstanding that I am being aggressively defensive. I generally seem to give people that impression strangely.
Yes it may have been obvious, but that doesn’t necessarily mean there’s going to be romantic development between those characters. That includes characters that have potential. I’m not saying you’re wrong. Just be more open to the other possibilities. It feels like you’re selling the characters short by stuffing them into your cliche box. Or whenever you making assumptions or certain statements, it’s almost as if you’re stating them as facts. Like they’re already set in place. This isn’t for every assumption/ statement that you make. I think the characters may have more potential than you make them out to be, or I could just be completely wrong, but then again there’s always a possibility. Like I said before, you pretty much shutdown that possibility by sell the characters short.
I sort of get what you are saying but for the most part that’s unintentional. There are certain things here I do admit is me making concrete statements, such as I truly do think that Chidori hasn’t got a hope in hell of getting together with Agata. This is pretty much my nature as I have seen a large amount of stories so its not often that I am genuinely surprised. So I tend to predict things with a certain tone, the curse of a cynical critic I believe. Though if I do make a statement it’s not that I want it to be true. Rather I would prefer to be wrong and has that assumption broken. Doesn’t happen often, I am sad to say.
I guess I understand your thought process there.