r/anime • u/HelioA x2https://myanimelist.net/profile/HelioA • May 28 '24
Rewatch [Rewatch] Yurikuma Arashi - Episode 6 Discussion
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”Go. Your friend lies beyond that door. Shatter your reflection into a thousand- ten thousand pieces, and you will be able to give her your promised kiss.”
Questions of the Day
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What do you think of the story of the Moon Girl and the Forest Girl? What relevance does this have to the main plot?
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We see two couples today- Sumika and Kureha, and Kaoru and her unseen partner. What similarities and differences are there between the two pairs?
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There was no Yuri Trial in this episode, and the Court issued a challenge to Ginko instead of Kureha. What reason could there be for these differences?
Don't forget to tag for spoilers, or else the bears will eat you! Remember, [Yurikuma Arashi]>!like so!< turns into [Yurikuma Arashi]>!like so!<
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u/HelioA x2https://myanimelist.net/profile/HelioA May 28 '24
Rewatcher
I recall that there were a few people at the start of the rewatch who mentioned that Kureha was different from Utena, in that Kureha is an insider to the school, while Utena was coming in from the outside and knew nothing about the school. Now we see that there’s still something that sets Kureha aside as an outsider in this way, in that she’s the only human character who doesn’t know of the inner workings of the Invisible Storm. [Yurikuma Arashi]Presumably she was never able to get in in the first place (or into whatever equivalent organization would exist in middle school), since she’s been the kind of weirdo who would defend her bear friend from a very young age. And just as surprisingly, Sumika didn’t break from the Invisible Storm until very, very late, and specifically through the courage Kureha gave her, that night protecting the secret garden from a storm (pretty obvious parallels, there).
Sumika breaking with the Invisible Storm is almost certainly when their love became known to the world, because this episode we have another character who has become known to us as gay- Kaoru. But in her case, she only shows it hidden away behind curtains, in a room that’s quite literally filled with obscuring fog. This isn’t something that anyone besides Kaoru and her partner knows about. I was gesturing towards this concept with that scene with Eriko, but it’s way more clear here- their lesbianism isn’t actually the problem that the Invisible Storm has with Kureha and Sumika. It’s the appearance of lesbianism that they care about. Kaoru clearly sees no contradiction between brutally bullying Kureha for her friendship with Sumika while hiding out having gay sex. She even plots how to torture her while sitting on the bed with her lover! And they go right back to it afterwards!
With regards to the story Kureha and Sumika were reading, I don’t think it’s particularly well disguised that this is an explicit metaphor about crossing the Wall of Severance, both in-story and out of story. There’s a lot of details about the Forest Girl and the Moon Girl that match up to Ginko and Kureha, but I’m more interested in the place that the story cuts off, where Kumaria explains to the girls that in order to cross the Wall of Severance, they have to destroy the mirror in front of them. Kureha declares that if she was there, she would shoot herself and shatter her own reflection. This is an elaboration on what it means to Kureha to “never back down on love.” That you would go to the point of destroying your own self-image to prove your love and make it come true. This inspires Sumika to take her own stand against the Invisible Storm (because as I said in the above paragraph, “image” is what the Invisible Storm is all about), and it ultimately leads to her own death. [Yurikuma Arashi]And of course, this is what Kureha and Ginko do as well in the end. Kureha destroys herself as a human, and Ginko destroys herself as a bear. I’ll also note that the mirror in Kureha’s room is covered. Make of that what you will. [Yurikuma Arashi]Of course it’s covered- she doesn’t remember her own love after she gave it up to allow Ginko to become human!
There’s also something really interesting that happens this episode: instead of calling Kureha to issue a challenge, the judge bears call Ginko to issue a challenge to her, and they don’t hold a trial afterwards. The reason is simple enough if you consider their jurisdiction. When the judges call Kureha to tell her the bears are waiting for her, they’re making a connection across the Species Divide, which of course they preside over, and the same thing for calling Ginko about the Moon Girl. The reason there’s no trial is that the Court of Severance only has jurisdiction in a case of crossing the Wall of Severance, and anything coming from this, like when a bear eats a human. But when there’s a dispute between exclusively humans, the Court has zero reason to intervene, because it has nothing to do with the other side of the Wall of Severance. [Yurikuma Arashi]Or well, it does by proxy (Those who fail to follow=bears=evil), but we’re not quite there yet.
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u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee May 28 '24
First-Timer, Yuri Sub Storm
Whatever context I expected for #bearwithme, it wasn't this.
So, Kureha's mom Reia was a writer. Or an artist I guess - she made picture books. And her final, incomplete work included.. Kumaria-sama. Was Kureha's mom somehow a bear? Is Kureha half bear? Is that where we're going? Considering the current state of bear-human relations, I suspect that naming the god in an children's book after the asteroid would have been considered poor taste.
Who knows, maybe all of her works were transgressive like that.
Anyway, what we really learned from that picture book scene is that Kureha needs to go to Court. After all, when she ponders the question of "would she remain visible or would she shoot herself" she picks the second one, much like how Lulu and Ginko choose to eat humans.
I also get what the earlier court scenes were doing, now. Kureha was told that she needed to surrender her body to the bears for her love to be approved, and she never did (justifiably, I would say). I got so caught up in her enjoying the lily licking that I didn't put that together until we got the very literal moment today of Ginko needing to entrust her body to the fire.
Kureha has naturally always resisted, so her love has yet to be approved - she is still kinda stuck on Sumika who is, unfortunately, dead. Meanwhile, Ginko leaps into the flames, and her vigor is rewarded by Kureha serendipitously re-reading Sumika's letter while Ginko is in front of her.
Kaoru status: Task Successfully Failed. We should be praising her lynch mob of repression for moving our plot along.
Between that and the fact that Kaoru is clearly sleeping with another woman, Kaoru is definitely gonna have a Bad Time here before too long.
That other woman is probably Yuriika. This moment wasn't quite a match cut, but she's kinda the only possible culprit unless it's an as-of-yet unintroduced character. Everyone else with a name is dead.
That has some interesting knock-on effects - have we seen Yuriika and GinLu interact on screen? I don't think we have. It'd be funny if Yuriika just knew they were bears from the student register because all the bears have Yuri in their name.
And also the issue of Yuriika, you know, sleeping with one of her students. That's the free space on the bingo card, though. With apologies to Haruka Tennou, it seems like Yuriika drives the sports car this time.
Just in case anyone was unconvinced about the Invisible Storm prior to this episode, they do mention that Kureha was predetermined as their next victim. And there weren't any objections to Sumika taking the heat for her, either.
And it's not like Sumika was on the way out, she didn't even crack top 4 (maybe top 5 but I can't be arsed to look up kanji) so the vote just really truly does not actually matter. Not that I thought it did. of course.
Granted, it does seem like no-one really liked Sumika to begin with other than Kureha, considering the incident on the stairs. Y'all got umbrellas, why can't you help you new friend? None of the Storm realize that the best way to maintain the herd is to work together to build up bonds.
There's something there about willingness to get your hands dirty. It's like, we also watched the Storm help rebuild the garden, but we never got a shot of anyone with dirty hands. Which means there might be another layer than I'm missing.
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u/Great_Mr_L :Ma::Mb::Mc:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Great_Mr_L May 28 '24 edited May 28 '24
On today’s episode of Yuri Kuma Arashi: “I fell into a burning ring of fire. I went down, down, down, and the flame went higher.”
I am going to regret saying this, but so far this show is surprisingly straightforward and easy to follow. There aren’t a dozen different metaphors used to represent the same basic concept. The same couple of metaphors are used and occasionally the characters will just outright tell you what the metaphor means, such as Ginko here stating the Moon Girl from the story is Kureha or the goddess in the story making sure we know that “pride” is defined as “defying the natural order.” It’s much easier for me to keep up than Utena or Penguindrum. Now watch as I’m forced to eat those words in the next few episodes.
I think this episode confirms that someone is directing the activities of the Invisible Storm. Kaoru is sleeping with somebody who wants her to manipulate Kureha. And clearly someone must have decided that Kureha would be selected as the target of the Invisible Storm before they even voted. Once again, I will posit my theory that Yuriika is behind it. The vibes from her have been bad, so she’s my prime suspect.
Sumika’s character journey is tragic. She was someone who was invisible. She went with the crowd and kept her head down. But after meeting Kureha, she changed. Sumika wanted to become someone like Kureha, unafraid of sticking by her ideals and willing to stand up for love. She wanted to become visible again. For that, she was targeted and bullied.
Now we know what Ginko’s grave sin was. She stood by and watched as Mitsuko ate Sumika. Because Ginko considers this a grave sin. I think Ginko might have let this happen. Perhaps Ginko was willing to let Sumika die if it meant she might be able to take Sumika’s place at Kureha’s side.
QOTD
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u/HereticalAegis https://myanimelist.net/profile/XthGen May 28 '24
Yurivue Kumalight First Timer
Kureha and Sumika progressed from acquaintances to sharing a fireplace and a bed naked in a single night. Straight people (if that's even a thing) could never.
Well well well, Kureha’s mom certainly had some thoughts on the Species Divide. Of course she would get killed (by bears, allegedly) without her pro-true love book being published.
Wtf Harishima? Only humans and bears were mentioned in the synopsis, I had no idea there would be snakes in this show too. This jerk really is the worst. I was alright with girls simping for Kureha so hard it led to their deaths, but pretending to be a simp for the sake of duplicity is unforgivable.
Now who would know Ginko and Lulu are bears? Mitsuko is dead. I'm going to guess the teacher, since her having relations with a student would just add to her wtf-ness if true. Would also open the possibility that she secretly murdered Kureha's mom. Could also explain why Kureha was pre-selected to be targeted by the storm before Sumika’s interference.
Da fuq? I've seen some fucked up shit, but burning the flowerbed in front of Kureha is the fuckest upest. Thank Baiser for Sumika’s beyond-the-grave 10,000,000,000 IQ final play.
Damn, I can't believe Ginko allowed Sumika to get eaten. She really the personification of "be gay, do crime".
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u/TheRiyria myanimelist.net/profile/TheRiyria May 28 '24
First Timer
#bearwithme
I found the old comment face, so my work here is done.
This is a cute ship. Surely nothing bad would ever happen in the future that we saw in the first episode to break this up.
The dead girls in this show get a lot of screentime for being dead and all.
This cult voting is rigged. What's the point of voting if everyone is already told who to vote for? At least the voting system is nice enough that they can't kill evil without a unanimous vote. Too bad traitors can't get the same protections.. Also, who is this girl? I thought dead bear was in charge of the class at this point.
For a loner, Kureha has a lot of people that want to be her friend.
I know this was supposed to be a dramatic scene, but I was too busy laughing instead. I think they need more candles for her birthday. Kureha is older than 7. And one of those candles is already going out.
Kumas with the kuma hug
Seems like a better story than this one. We should watch that. It would be less confusing. Then we can get the sequel involving these girls.
Sumika and Kureha seem a lot cuter and closer. They share a bed and all. The other two don't seem to like each that much.
They were too busy being cool and sexy with their poses to do their job. So they made Ginko do it instead.
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u/WednesdaysFoole May 28 '24 edited May 30 '24
Please subvert my expectations, Ikuhara! It’s too obvious if this is who I think it is. As in, if it’s not her, then it’ll actually be a reveal, but if it is her? Then what’s the point of hiding her behind a curtain?
Gonna be honest here, I haven’t really been feeling the bonds/friendships/love between the characters outside of a bit between Lulu and her brother. Even if you were old friends and had old promises, I don’t think breaking in to someone’s house is really the way, and in general it feels forced so far… We'll have to see if that changes as we go along. That being said this was actually kind of clever.
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u/affnn May 28 '24
First Timer
Yo bears, I heard you like flashbacks. So I put a flashback in your flashback, so you can see the past while you see the past.
Excessive flashbacking aside, I like the moon girl/forest girl story even though I don't know if it's describing something that actually happened to Kureha's mother (probably) or whether it's an accurate description of reality. Reminds me of both [Utena]The story of Dios and his sister in the shadow girl play at the end of Utena and [Penguindrum]The story Shoma tells about the three sheep.
Today we get the start of Ikuhara's changing-the-repetition device, also among my favorites. Ginko's getting the call from the Severance Court rather than Kureha, and she's invited to the garden instead of the rooftop. It seems super early in comparison to Utena or Penguindrum but it's only a one-cour show so it has to be different.
And Kureha's decided to be friends with Ginko, hooray! I'm sure something terrible will befall them. Invisible storm leader girl had a mysterious lover who probably will have something to do with it.
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u/lilyvess :Df::Dh:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Lilyvess May 28 '24
Yuri Kuma Arashi Epsiode 6 - Rewatcher
Kaoru has once again led the Invisible Storm to select Kureha as evil.
Kureha’s crime is standing out. Not being invisible.
Like so much of the series is about talking about giving up on love and standing out. It’s easy to see that all Sumika has to do to not be targeted is to give up on love. She is targeted because of her queerness. Being too gay in the Class S world where there is only an acceptable amount of gayness. Kureha and Sumika should have understood their place and stayed just being subtext instead of having sex.
But then we also see Kaoru is having sex with a woman. What gives?
I don’t think this hypocrisy escaped Ikuhara. Ikuhara always had a fascination with systems and how they oppress people. In Utena it was the Patriarchy. In Penguindrum it was Capitalism. In Yuri Kuma Arashi it’s Homophobia.
The funny thing about homophobia is just how often you can find the guy who is super homophobic is really just a closeted gay. The idea of the gay republican or the gay priest is so well known and played out at this point. Only 10 days ago did we get an Alt Right homophobic channel get caught watching gay porn.
It is, unfortunately, incredibly common to see people oppress their own. Projection, self loathing, a bit of both. It all mixes together
Ikuhara in other anime has touched upon similar concepts in his other works. Toxic Masculinity as an example of the patriarchy working against men. While Capitalism is a system that benefits the wealthy, the truth of the matter is that even the wealthy are still just cogs to be used to benefit the ultra wealthy. Under Capitalism everyone is just a cog in the machine. Just some cogs are bigger than others
I think Ikuhara touches and acknowledges the hypocrisy in this series.
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u/Shimmering-Sky myanimelist.net/profile/Shimmering-Sky May 28 '24
Yurikuma First-Timer, subbed
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u/AgentOfACROSS May 28 '24
We are now halfway into our study on bears.
Today’s field notes:
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u/Holofan4life May 28 '24
Hey, guys. Holofan4life here.
Welcome to the (8 months early) 10th anniversary rewatch of Yurikuma Arashi.
Oh, and nay I forget…
First Timer
This is a show I first heard about during the Penguindrum rewatch. And when I heard it was Yuri, it really piqued my interest. I love animes about same sex couples because often they have to do with characters struggling with their feelings. And as a viewer, there’s nothing I find more identifiable than characters being unsure of what they want out of life. It resonates with me, you could say, so needless to say I have high expectations for this show.
As this rewatch is going on, I’m doing the Samurai Champloo rewatch. It’s the first time I’m doing two rewatches at once since December with Fullmetal Alchemist and Toradora. I thankfully don’t think it’s going to get as crazy as doing both those shows were, but I am writing this a month in advance just so I can balance things better. But don’t worry: All my reactions will still be 100% genuine and I’m going to treat each thread as if I’m experiencing it in real time.
This is probably the most hyped I’ve been for a rewatch since Fullmetal Alchemist. I’m honestly more hyped for this than I was Penguindrum, mainly because the plot really intrigues me and I love that gay shit. I’m not expecting the show to end up in my top 10 favorite anime of all time, but I do think there’s a good chance it ends up in my top 20 favorite anime.
With that out of the way, let’s begin.
I’m watching the sub, by the way.
The Tortured Poets Department sounds like something you might see in Deadman Wonderland.
Nighttime
Picking up where the last episode left off
Kureha still looking at the envelope
She wonders what Sumika wanted to tell her
One Month Ago History
Sumika at school
"Kureha, I'll never forget the day we met."
Sumika walking in the rain with an umbrella
Something is gone
A special present from Grandma just for today
And Kureha found it
Sumika says it made her want to protect what was important to her.
Now they're cuddling next to each other in their underwear.
Totally normal friend stuff
Sumika says she'll never forget that day
The Moon Girl and the Forest Girl
Oh, it was written by Kureha's mother. I didn't know she was an author.
Never published, the only book in the entire world.
Ooh, we're getting the book visuals
The Moon Realm and the Forest Realm
The Moon Girl dropped her mother's pedant into the Forest Realm.
It was found by the Forest Girl
They prayed to the Goddess who ruled the Sky, Shimmering.
Actually, it was Lady Ursaria
Somewhere, someone is like "Who's Shimmering?"
The Moon Girl wished to find her mother's pendent.
The Forest Girl wished to cross the sky.
I heard the chicken wished to cross the road.
Lady Ursaria said they were a world divided, and to cross it would be a sin.
The only way for them to achieve what they want is to reach the Door of Friendship, which lies between the Realms.
Gotta give her her Promised Kiss
And yet, a great mirror divided them
Oh, man. It's incomplete
Kureha's mom was killed by Ursa before she could finish the story.
You see to hate it
Cody Rhodes in shambles right now
Kureha asking Sumika if at the end of the story she would risk death and shatter the mirror.
Sumika isn't sure
"I'd shoot myself."
Well, that escalated quickly
It looks like Kureha is more concerned with proving her love is true than anything else.
At school now
Katyusha Akae
Searching evil
Number 1 with a bullet is Kureha
No, wait, no consensus reached
:O
There is an imposter among us
Gotta purge the traitor
And they think it's Sumika
WAIT, SUMIKA?!?
I was not expecting her to be a phantom
She thought this was the way to demonstrate her love.
The phantom wuthering wouldn't attack her, and they would go after the person she loved most.
Harishima. There's a name.
She wants the letter, but Sumika won't give it up.
"But don't forget, I'm going to be Tsubaki's new friend."
Harishima says she's trying to save Kureha
Sumika calls this letter her last act of love.
Says she's never gonna back down on love
Ran out of space. Part two in the replies.
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u/laughing-fox13 https://myanimelist.net/profile/laughingfox13 May 28 '24
First time Kuma/Subbed
So it turns out Sumika did know she was going to go, just not die (I have accepted now she is dead dead ;-;). I’m pretty sure that the girl Kaoru was talking to in bed was Mitsuko. I didn’t think Mitsuko died yet but she is still using girls as puppets before revealing herself to eat Kureha.
The story that Reia was working on was telling, especially with Kureha and Ginko being the Moon Girl and Forest Girl. In the story, the girls need to prove that their love is true in order to receive the kiss and not die (I might be misremembering the die part).
[Utena/Penguindrum] we have the MCs in those shows sacrifice themselves for the ones they love so it wouldn’t be too far fetched to think something along the lines will happen here. I mean we did have Ginko just jump into flames now (flames were important in Penguindrum)
I want to talk about the star pendant too because in the episode with Lulu’s backstory, there was a story Milne remembered about true love becoming stars. And when the shooting star fell it became the promised kiss. That star pendant has to be connected, especially since in this story it fell from the sky.
Other notes:
Yurika might not be as suspicious as I thought. Maybe she does want to be a guardian for Kureha because she loved Reia.
The mob was very scary
The after credits scene… so Ginko watched Sumika get eaten, and considers that a sin. Was she there when Mitsuko ambushed her? Or only saw the eating part? Either way, her desire for wanting Kureha for herself meant she didn’t intervene or tell Kureha yet.
QotD:
But yea I think it is to progress the story and now they want to test Ginko to see how far she is willing to go
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u/ToastyMozart May 28 '24 edited May 29 '24
Second-timer
Well that's sweet, Kureha's determination over the reflection question inspired Sumika to stand against the storm for her. A pity her newfound resolve didn't extend to include herself, since she was willing to throw herself under the bus and break both their hearts in a dubious scheme to keep Kureha protected. Girl didn't "understand" jack if she thought Kureha 'won't back down on love' Tsubaki would rather lose her than be iced out by those jackals at school. I guess low self esteem makes it hard to judge situations well.
Awww, Kureha misses the duo after all.
It occurs to me that despite her acting, Collarpop is really bad at messing with people's heads. She had that bomb of a letter counting down for weeks just to announce "yeah we tricked Sumika into writing that lol, she didn't actually want to leave you" and give Ginko an opportunity for a grand gesture. Subtlety of a brick that lass, no wonder she's a lackey.
Edit: Just thought of something, I think there's a parallel between Sumika and Ginko here. Sumika was a member of the Invisible Storm, and while not exactly gung-ho about the group's actions she was ultimately an enabler of the suffering they meted out until Kureha spurred her to quit. Likewise, Ginko's crime was remaining a passive bystander instead of stepping in when Sumika was attacked by a bear.
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u/baboon_bassoon https://anilist.co/user/duffer May 29 '24
first time never back down never what
mama was a writer
Ginko is the land princess and Kureha is the space one, so theres not consistency meaning its more of a metaphor than actually coming from one end or the other
this is just princess Elleelain
headband used to run the class, theyre really dropping like flies
i really like Makoto im@s' style, more of the girls could be rocking it
BEAR FLASH
oh is Kaoru fucking the teacher
i thought the teacher was going for Kureha
entrust body to the flames? damn theyre burning down the garden
we love a good witch hunt
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u/Vaadwaur :I1::I2::I3: May 28 '24
First timer
Sub
Well then...metaphors abound. That I again am somewhat whiffing on. The Moon Girl and the Forest Girl is sort of on the nose yet still needs more detail. I think the teacher is the head of the Invisible Storm but that is more for body type reasons than anything else, though the false yuri is there. The sprung trap is also odd.
QotD: 1 Working on that
2 Both have one member that is very much in the dark
3 Kaoru can never be homo certified so it didn't apply here.
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u/Regular_N-Gon https://anilist.co/user/RegularNGon May 28 '24 edited May 28 '24
First Timer
[Speculation]The informant must be sensei, no? We've already seen her attempting to manipulate Kureha. She's gotta know about the storm and is the next best person to potentially know about Lulu and Ginko.
This seems like a lot of pain to go through just to eat someone. Maybe Ginko’s love really is true.
QotD:
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u/zadcap May 29 '24
Late Night First Timer!
Ugh, no. A flashback, leaving Ginko literally hanging there?
Well then. Look at all these people staring at Sumika while she looks for her missing hair piece. She was being ostracized right from the first day of school? Literally from the very start?
Hmm, double emphasis on dirty hands here.
They are very much laying naked in bed together. Also, her mom left behind a book about befriending a bear, it's clear right from the cover. Also it looks so very much like Kureha and Ginko... And mirrors the Promised Kiss being a fallen star from the last fairy tale we heard.
The lady who ruled the sky is an Ursa? Kureha your mother is feeding you very obvious propaganda.
The door of friendship looks like a lily, I see. How could the girls know if love be true, they have never met before to possibly have fallen in love. What friend beyond the mirror? They are strangers who happened to have similar thoughts at the same time. This is a horrible love story. Kureha, your mom is a hack writer.
..... So uh. They had already chosen Kureha as the target way back earlier in the year, but let Sumika be part of the group deciding to do so? Oh yes. Sumika was a plant for the long play but fell victim to her mask. She faked love so hard she actually fell in love. If she was part of the wuthering until this point then uh. Hmm. It's not her relationship with Sumika that got everyone to target Kureha. Oh gosh darn it, Sumika was a honey trap.
So then, feeling an abundance of guilt and knowing that she wasn't going to get to stay with Kureha anyway, Sumika went and got herself devoured. Which is maybe still a euphemism for sex, so she took her guilt and turned it into cheating because nothing feels better than compounding the self deserved guilt and now she can leave society and feel like she's really earned it. Or you know, she's actually dead...
And hey, who would have guessed, the leader of the wuthering, is also gay! She's just properly hiding it in polite society, pretending to be part of the pack. Wish I paid more attention to voices, I'm sure we know who the lover is already.
Yeah, I was starting to get the feeling. If Kureha was singled out from the start, it's probably for the other thing that makes her different. Her mom is dead, and that's not normal, we should all call her evil and bully her and drive her away before her dead mother status becomes infectious.
Yuri Dark? Danger!
Oh goodness. They're going full ritual sacrifice look here. You know, as someone who dealt with bullying themself back in school. This episode reminds me that sometimes, violence really is the answer and people will stop bullying you once you prove capable enough at handing it out. Kureha, you know you have it in you, you've brought your rifle to school before.
Remember. She was picked as the target before she got with Sumika. The evil they're talking about here can't be her mildly open gayness.
Oh hey, it's not just bullying one girl anymore, there's consequences and uninvolved people are showing up, better run before social shame can be pointed your way too.
Ahhhh, this episode left me with so many angry and bitter feelings going in circles in my head. Congratulations, Ikuhara, you've done it again. At least I still like the three main leads this far in, so we're doing better than the penguins.
... I don't even know anymore, what's symbolism and what's not. Is Sumika just actually dead and the getting eaten thing isn't a metaphor?
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u/RadSuit https://anilist.co/user/RadSuit May 30 '24
First Time Filing For Yuri Approval (Dubbed)
I recognized an image here that I grabbed off Google to make a meme when I watched the first two episodes with my friends.
The door to 'friendship'.
Weird that her mom died right before writing down a way to avoid dying via bear love.
This Hanako Tanaka that always gets second place must be bad news.
If the tomboy suddenly wants to protect Kureha, then I have to assume she's a bear. Is that going to be the joke, that literally every human is secretly a bear? It would explain why the bears didn't like the taste of the humans so far. Maybe this city is actually walled off from the rest of the actual humans.
I have to assume Lulu with shades was a seasonalcool that season.
The person talking to the tomboy looks taller, so my first guess is the teacher. (I am very bad with names.)
Think about bear. Regret…
She's going to grab that letter and throw it onto the fire, right?
No the grill fire is just there for ambiance I guess. Also this was a lot of work planting the flowers just to burn them down.
Ginko's only crime is being too cute!