Re: kimi ga nozomu eien ep 7 thoughts(spoilers)

"Guy Under The Bridge" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 17 Nov 2003 19:55:13 -0500, "Rush" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> >yeah.  Because Haruka was knocked out for three years.  It's hard to
develop
> >any character when she's unconcious.
>
> Hence...? Do you not see what it means when one of the two girls gets
> all the development?

I know it means we know more about that one girl but it doesn't neccessarily
mean that he will end up with Mitsuki.  In fact, all the development that
Mitsuki's been getting could be to make the audience feel really hurt when
Mitsuki gets dumped.

>
> >actually, we don't really know what happened with that scene.  They could
> >have finished and was just cuddling in bed.
>
> In fact, we do.
>
> In the game, the sex was aborted due to Haruka's inability to achieve
> a certain level of, shall we say, physical comfort with the activity.
> This, understandably, got changed around in the anime so that they
> were interrupted by her parents comming home instead.
>

ah, ok.  H-scene's are really boring in that game so I skipped most of it.
It's clear that their love was really strong however.

> So they have yet to go beyond foreplay, while he and Mitsuki have been
> enjoying a very active sex life for more than 2 years -- and yes, they
> are quite active, details in the game :)

yeah, tell me about it....  if you go toward the abusive path for Mitsuki,
man, it gets so ugly.  what a girl would do to keep her man....

>
> > He's not really bound by the
> >spell, but rather, love for her.  He's reluctant to let go of someone who
> >was REALLY important to him.  Since that someone came back, it's a
conflict
> >because he's realizing he may have used Mitsuki as an emotional crutch.
>
> It's hard to say what he feels deep down. On the surface, though, he's
> pounded home again and again that he's with Mitsuki. He was reluctant
> to follow along with Haruka in the hospital, but he has to. Something
> that got little mention in the anime is how recovering coma patients
> are treated in Japan -- the game goes into details, such as the
> patient's environment is carefulyl controlled to not induce a wider
> shock, and this includes pretending that no time has passed since the
> accident. Everyone who visits her has the law layed down in detail by
> the doctor (hence the sign on her door). So if Narumi wants to visit,
> it's imperative that he pretends they are still dating.
>
> This causes some emotional conflict, of course, and creates a strain
> in the established relationship with Mitsuki.

well, see, while his actions are pretending to be Narumi of 1998, I don't
know if his feelings for her are fake.

>
> >From Mitsuki to Narumi, affection can clearly be seen.  However, Narumi
> >really hasn't shown much affection to Mitsuki.  He bought her that ring I
> >guess.  With Haruka, he chose to go visit her everyday on his own will.
If
> >anything's one-sided, it's the relationship between Mitsuki and Narumi.
>
> He's been extremely overt in his affection towards Mitsuki. yes he
> failed utterly to deal with Mitsuki's emergancy in ep.7, but that's a
> damned plot device to create another crisis for THEIR relationship.
> Everything this plot does is to cause conflict with THEIR
> relationship. Isn't it dead obvious by now?

yeah, and it may deteriorate to the point where the relationship is gone for
good.  the series has done a good job of sharing the pain with the audience,
I think it may be possible for them to make Mitsuki suffer a lot.

>
> >yep.  maybe that unresolved feeling might be resolved with realizing that
he
> >really likes Haruka.
>
> He may remember that he loved Haruka once. But that life is dead. The
> new Narumi is attached solidly to Mitsuki. He's said so. Over and over
> again.

yeah, he's said so in a very non-confident way.  He's unsure about the whole
ordeal.  Mitsuki's starting to notice the way he's saying things and that's
why she's all mad and insecure.

>
> >I guess certain elements are predictable.  Haruka will eventually regain
> >awareness of the present time, she'll find out about Narumi and Mitsuki,
and
> >those two girls will probably faceoff in some sort of climax.  But so
far,
> >with the way Narumi behaves, it's still up in the air for who'll end up
> >being dumped; for me anyways.
>
> Detach yourself for a second, and view it from a technical standpoint.
> Mitsuki has constantly and without fail taken center stage. It's
> Mitsuki's feelings, Mitsuki's crises and Mitsuki's desperate love that
> is being rammed down the viewers throats every episode. What can that
> tell you besides that Mitsuki is the main female character of the
> show?

well, I'm not saying that Mitsuki's hasn't taken the center stage.  I'm just
asking why some think the series is so predictable that Narumi will end up
with Mitsuki.  I can see why you and Enclosei think Mitsuki will be the
chosen one because Mitsuki's the star female, but it also make sense to
build up the character to deal the most hurt and emotion.

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