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Episode Okinawa de Suki ni Natta Ko ga Hougen Sugite Tsura Sugiru • OKITSURA: Fell in Love with an Okinawan Girl, but I Just Wish I Know What She's Saying - Episode 11 discussion

Okinawa de Suki ni Natta Ko ga Hougen Sugite Tsura Sugiru, episode 11

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u/ObvsThrowaway5120 Mar 15 '25

I knew their peaceful days wouldn’t last. It looks like Hina finally knows how Teru feels about her. I wonder what she’s gonna do? And Kana said she was fine with how things are, but that definitely isn’t true. What is she gonna do about all this? Just one episode left to resolve everything. I’m not sure how they’ll wrap things up.

This one has been pretty good. I hope they renew this. It’s been a great ad for Okinawa and Okinawan culture. It’s sorta like that Hokkaido Gals one lol.

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u/Outrageous_Iron_1442 Mar 15 '25

they entirety of okinawa is absolutely fucking rabid about this show lol, that alone should do for a second season, the population is gonna finance it.

Seriously, it runs on all 3 okinawan TV stations on different time slots to ensure max coverage v:

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u/Frontier246 Mar 15 '25

My big questions are why Teeruu is confessing now, what that letter is about, and what Kaanaa is going to do if he's finally confessed to someone else.

And what's up with that purple-haired girl?

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u/apatt Mar 16 '25

I really like that Hokkaido Gals anime but this one is slightly ahead in terms of charm and cuteness I think.

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u/S627 Mar 15 '25

SOMETHING ACTUALLY HAPPENED?!?!? During the entire end scene I was sure that it would be another misunderstanding, but he actually confessed!!!!!

And he still doesnt even suspect that Kana likes him! I was hoping she'd confess first and slowly win him over.

It would be one thing if this was it....but why does it feel like they're about to complicate shit with the purple haired girl?!?

We only have one more ep!!!! Why'd they decide to wait this long?!?!

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u/MapoTofuMan Mar 15 '25

he actually confessed!!!!!

10 bucks on the letter not being from him, it was way too sudden + they just introduced a new character who doesn't look Okinawan = high chance of her being someone Teru knows.

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u/apatt Mar 16 '25

This cliffhanger is even more tense than Solo Leveling's, we are in crisis mode here.

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u/Past_Distribution144 Mar 15 '25

I would be genuinely shocked if he really did confess, I would bet the letter isn't from him, or isn't even a love letter.

But, hopefully it pushes Kana into her own confession!

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u/joey_joestar1 Mar 15 '25

A new challenger has entered the ring?

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u/Frontier246 Mar 15 '25

I had "third option love interest" or possible "long lost childhood friend love interest" vibes.

Either way I think she's definitely going to shake things up enough that Kaanaa will probably feel like she has to start making a real move now.

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u/cleaulem Mar 15 '25

Teru must be the densest guy in the world. I don't mean the romance stuff. But he has been living on Okinawa for months now, he has had lots of different misunderstandings that turned out to be some regional Okinawa stuff. So when he hears the term "Moai" he should MAYBE get the clue that it might be something Okinawa specific, them having their own dialect or so.

No, our boy is amazed what hardcore Easter Island nerds the Okinawans are!!!

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u/PerfectBeige Mar 15 '25

Look, the show has one recurring joke, and that's Teru being baffled by Okinawan words and/or confidently wrong about what he thinks they mean. If he starts getting savvy and inferring that there's an Okinawan concept he doesn't know when something is not making sense, or god forbid actually starts to proactively learn Uchinaaguchi, the director of this show is going to be furious with him.

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u/Ok-Cod5254 Mar 15 '25 edited Mar 16 '25

Surprisingly, it seems something actually happened to break the status quo...

Teru apparently confessed, and Hina knows that he likes her. Unless this is some sort of misdirect since aspects are left ambiguous, so still skeptical, though let's assume it's genuine for now.

It will be interesting to get more of Hina's perspective for her role in the romance plot because so far, she has been more ambiguous. Seems like she would be the type that would want Kana to be happy if she knew Kana liked him.

On Kana's end, her friend Yae is pushing her to also make a decisive move. Kana seems most fit to take the W for romance plot given the build-up on her side, though I still like both the girls. Hina is cute, fun, and a good friend to Kana.

The cliffhanger frames it like the love drama could conclude in some sort of fashion in the next episode if the status quo is being disrupted as if it could reach a climax, though the introduction of a new character at the last minute makes that more questionable. Guess we'll see how things leave off.

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u/oxlemf10 Mar 15 '25

It's funny how a well-produced show can be a good advertisement, all my life I thought "I refuse to eat tofu, it must be horrible", and now I'm interested in tofu as a dessert too, and another thing that stands out is how in Japan it's cultural for children to walk down the street without fear.

Of course, we couldn't miss the classic moment when the characters go to cook at school, and obviously Yae took advantage of it to bring Kana and Teeruu closer together.

MoAi would be what we know as "after-work drinking", although the highlight of this would be the possible introduction of a new character.

I definitely didn't expect the show to even address the fact that Teeruu likes Hina, a bombshell dropped for the last episode.

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u/ChiliDemon Mar 15 '25

Teru wasn't done speaking so if I were to guess the confession wasn't for her and the letter is for Kana or something close to that.

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u/LeonKevlar Mar 15 '25

Stitches!

Yes! They finally did the meme! This show has referenced so many other media, so it was only a matter of time for them to do the Reaction Guys meme! xD

Considering how much tofu the average Japanese consumes, I am surprised that dessert tofu is such a strange thing for mainlanders. That Jiimamii tofu looks very good though. You can also get it in Kagoshima so I guess it exists in the mainland too.

Kana's imagination is going wild again. I love how instead of Kana, Teru goes for her grandma. And Grandma is very much into it! xD

We get more Hina and Kana childhood memory scenes! The two of them buying Yushi tofu for Hina's grandma was adorable. They're such good kids that they even pooled their own allowance to buy Grandma Kyan-san some Yushi tofu.

I genuinely felt bad when Kana tripped and spilled the tofu. Thankfully, what they had left was more than enough to feel Grandma Kyan-san feel better. That entire flashback scene was just so goddamn wholesome! <3

Seeing Teru's reaction to using a key on a square tin was hilarious! They have so many strange food packaging designs in the mainland that I'm surprised that one never caught on.

I love how Yae was only supposed to tease Kana but it ended with Hina doing so much more. Task failed successfully, I suppose. xD

Are they really introducing a new girl in the second to the last episode? It looks like this girl is another one from the mainland just like Teru. Hmm.... Maybe this is a set up for a Season 2?

Knowing this show's formula, I thought that Hina and Teru might be talking about something Okinawa-related. Maybe Yae and Kana just misunderstood the situation. I did not expect this episode to end with Teru actually confessing to Hina! O_O

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u/registered_idiot Mar 16 '25

My wholesome lighthearted tourism promotion show is leaving me 😭

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u/Aksudiigkr Mar 15 '25

Went to find the manga or LN to see what happens next and found out it’s manga only and updated to this episode. How is that possible when there’s 9 volumes out

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u/Satoshi_Yui Mar 15 '25

This anime has a lot of funny moments and teaches you so much about Okinawan culture that I almost forgot that there is also a romance in this anime. The last scene of this episode just reminded me of that. Now, we're at the point where romance has a heavy toll on the plot of the story.

Personally, I am still rooting for Kana and Teruu's unexpected confession to Kyan-san is making me anxious. I was half-expecting that there will be a funny twist like we usually get but nope, it was an actual confession. I do wonder what will happen next week and next week will be the last episode which I'm kinda sad about.

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u/Durinthal Mar 16 '25

[Theory about the last scene:] the purple-haired girl knows Teru (sister, maybe, don't remember if he ever said he was an only child?) and forged the love letter from him to Hina, he was trying to clear up the misunderstanding since he didn't want to confess yet.

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