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I like it that for Tada, any opportunity to be around Armin was the priority and everything else just didn’t really matter for him. He was ready and willing to listen to whatever Armin had to say. And no matter how much Armin was rambling or ranting, any words coming out from Armin were just simply fascinating to him.

I guess we all have been wondering about those questions so far. It’s interesting that Tada seemed to show up when Armin needed help, and Tada said like he didn’t really know why but he just felt that he had to go see Armin there. Somehow it’s like Tada could sense when and where Armin was in trouble. Hope we can find out in later episodes why or what gives Tada that sense about Armin, and moreover I guess we wonder how Tada got to be Armin’s first fan/secret admirer at the first place.

I haven’t read the novel. Anyway from the interview with the actors in the ‘Reset’ series press event, Peterpan said that Tada and Armin actually met for the first time even way before the ‘Reset’ started to happen, but later then Armin didn’t recognize him, and Pond kind of confirmed that too. So that means your theory that they met when they were younger was right. I guess as the storyline goes on, we can expect to see how or what kind of their interaction was when they first met, and how that will impact with what consequences to be seen in later episodes.

Right, agree. In the original past life, I think Tada saw this performance but from Armin the rookie actor/extra. Anyway after the reset, once Armin came back in time in this new life, this same performance which Tada saw became different and superior because it came from Armin the experienced seasoned actor and that made him tear up. So I guess probably this got to be the very turning point which made Tada decide that he wouldn't just watch Armin afar from the sideline anymore, and could change the course of things to happen in this new timeline possibly more or less.

I saw her in 'My Golden Blood' too. Auntie Jeed is actually listed here in the 'Guest Role' section of Cast & Credits. Her name is Ya Janya.

I feel that it's not really qualified to be as big as a genre/sub-genre. A trope, maybe...?