Reviews

yuna’s kimono was so cute it was so toki doki. they look Good in this show.

FUUUCK that preview’s got me bothered . . . because i was actually really enjoying mizuki so i hope they handle her with some tact. i actually did like this episode. the party ended up the suffering olympics but like. the last twenty minutes gets bareable when you remember the first twenty minutes with how honest the characters are ，well ，apart from yuna. tamamori & ayame are great because they listen & understand & confront each other. they don’t waddle when things don’t go their way they actively talk to each other & take note of the other. & also do what’s best for them ，which we have yuna to contrast ｡･:*:･ﾟ★,｡･:*:･ﾟ☆　　 ｡･:*:･ﾟ★,｡･:*:･ﾟ☆ man it’s going down±hill from here. also something that annoys me is hokuto having more promotion prominance than yoshikura aoi who is arguably a more important character ｡･:*:･ﾟ★,｡･:*:･ﾟ☆　　 ｡･:*:･ﾟ★,｡･:*:･ﾟ☆ it’s a little upsetting to see her villanized this way. it’s the optics mostly. we introduce her with music from a japanese nightmare on elm street adaptation ，we focus in on her being sadistic. it gets a bit much but if you look at her from an objective point of view you can’t see her as this inhumane monster they’re orchestrating ｡･:*:･ﾟ★,｡･:*:･ﾟ☆　　 ｡･:*:･ﾟ★,｡･:*:･ﾟ☆ i think it played off well for this episode but we’re reaching the home+stretch & with mizuki most likely stepping in as another wicked temptress dividing a loving couple i think one of the things i was happy for in the beginning was me figmenting something else.

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That was needed

She disappeared from his life suddenly without a trace, yet some clues were still there for him to follow if he ever chose to. She let Lumi know where she was and what she was doing, and even had a work-related deal with Lime through her. I think Zhitao knew that this would mean she would eventually meet Nian, and that was her way of leaving the door ajar...🥺His heartbreak scenes, especially the one with the Northern Lights, were beautifully painful to watch. It affected me far more than anything that happened in the previous episode. But it was needed. He had to realise what he had lost and what she and their relationship actually meant to him. 💔😢His words, "I don't deserve to be loved", threw me back to the episode where he wrote on the typewriter, "You don't have to be perfect to be worthy of love", showing perfectly how it had always been for him. A heavily flawed man who wanted to be loved, yet didn't know how to love in return. 😔

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i should edit the covers. I’ll let ozi care about that

somethimg i really liked seeing is fuma act according to work hierarchy. becaujse that is realistic. a delinaquent kid can act out at school but one who’s life depends on this job they have doesn’t have the luxury to be reckless here ｡･:*:･ﾟ★,｡･:*:･ﾟ☆　　 ｡･:*:･ﾟ★,｡･:*:･ﾟ☆ i like how overly dramatic this fight set+up was. this is an action manga ，this is fantasy where the people desire to end up in this situation just to get to the point. i also think it’s plain fun ｡･:*:･ﾟ★,｡･:*:･ﾟ☆　　 ｡･:*:･ﾟ★,｡･:*:･ﾟ☆ mmmm i also like how fujigaya wins fuma over. this is an incredibly dire scenario they’te in & fujigaya gets him by understanding fuma. he understands what’s most important to him & is offering him a life+line to protect that. & pedrfectly enough fuma’s cool off of him now but he still hasn’t been won over. i wonder if it’ll be the next episode that i had to pause but i hope this set+up pays off.

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& I’m mad they didn’y promote the single release

this episode’s kind’ve a lot. I’m happy that tamamori’s first instinct was to find ayame i think his love is very strong. i was going to comment on how i felt like ayame doesn’t have any personal ambitions ，which would be my only grievances with her but i realized that i think love & being loved is good enough for romance. i think wanting to be happy & having a positive effect on others is worth something ｡･:*:･ﾟ★,｡･:*:･ﾟ☆　　 ｡･:*:･ﾟ★,｡･:*:･ﾟ☆ i don’t know how you can see yuna being backed into a corner after latching on to a man she’s been trained to view as her salvation & not feel any compassion. she is fucking over yuma’s life but it’s not that straight±forward & he isn’t innocent either. god i can’t believe that happened just as soon as i said hokuto was hilarious in every scene he shows up in ｡･:*:･ﾟ★,｡･:*:･ﾟ☆　　 ｡･:*:･ﾟ★,｡･:*:･ﾟ☆ it does suck to have to see yuma suffer every single time he gets up on that stage. this is a great mid+point though & I’m really excited for where we go next.

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Okay. Even Cynical Me got moved by the opening scene.

"I'm willing too. But I'm not strong enough. I'm always not strong enough. I hate myself for that. My master. My best friend. ... My beloved." -- Wow. That really felt like a punch in the gut as those last two words came out. Chen Duling's delivery here was so powerful, expressing her character's , despair, frustration and helplessness. (And, of course, echoing the frustration so many viewers have with how weak and ineffective the writers have made her character.). The reveal about the ancient demons, Bingyi and Ying Long, and their relationship, was pretty cool. And very emotional as well. But .... how on earth did the director let ZYC utter "five" as the count of their 'family'? It should be six!!! Overall, this episode is a real roller-coaster ride. From extreme lows to extreme highs. Nice moment when after first getting a long tight hug from Wen Xiao, out of sheer relief that her best friend is not dead ... Zhou Yichen watches as she first play-fights and then embraces even more tightly her 'beloved', Zhao Yuanzhou. And he actually smiles. No jealousy. It's obvious that ZYC loves her, but he's happy that she is happy. That is so cool. Overall this was maybe my favorite episode so far.

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