Until the T-Shirt Dries Episode 6

The T-shirt is still wet.

I was ready to drop this series because it was so freaking slow, slower than a slow burn. Then Episode 6 happened.The script is amazingly intelligent. In the most painfully slow way, it has somehow managed to get my emotions boiling like water. Mitsuru’s guilt over Mrs. Sonoda’s death finally brings everything to the surface, and what fascinates me most is how the story shows the cowardice people can have when confronting their own guilt. Sometimes we don’t run from the truth because we don’t know it. We run because we know exactly what it means.And you know this isn’t going to be taken well. Japanese people can be incredibly calm and restrained, but even I’m thinking: “You won’t like me when I’m angry.”So is this series really just about guilt? I doubt it. There has to be something much bigger underneath all of this. At this point, I feel like the writer’s creative juices are in overdrive or at least I’m hoping they are.The mystery is slowly unraveling, but somehow, more questions keep appearing. On the bright side we find our two protagonist finding comfort and love from each other. It looks like the T-shirt is still wet. It looks like the T-shirt is still wet at this point.

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The audacity level of Mitsuru is 🤯

First off, if I were Sakiko, Mitsuru wouldn't have been able to stroll into the house so casually. And that little slap she gave him, had all the strength of a love tap behind it. I would've have reached back to the beginning of time and came forward to dislocate his jaw. I don't know if it's a cultural thing, or just their personality, but they're too civil and diplomatic about how they they talk through this situation. If I were Sakiko, it would have taken the strength of Thanos to keep me from reaching across the table and putting my hand through Mitsuru's face when he said that he was staying at his parents place, and only thought about me after his dad died... and then had the nerve to sit there, all calm, cool, collected, like he just came home from work.Then he had the nerve to criticize the connection that her and Itsuki have developed, trying to make them feel like what they are doing is exactly the same as what he and Azusa did, when it isn't. First of all, they developed a connection because of grief. He and Azusa didn't. Sakiko wasn't sitting around reading books about having an affair, while linking up with Mitsuru at the laundromat. Secondly, the only reason why Sakiko and Itsuki even had the opportunity to connect is because of the revelation that came to light after the bus accident. His relationship with Azusa, created the series of events that led to Sakiko and Itsuki connecting in the way they did. I would definitely have Mitsuru kick rocks and start a relationship with Itsuki if I were Sakiko. It'll be an instant family, with the opportunity to build on it, like she always wanted to. Plus Sho is already crazy about Sakiko.

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