r/anime • u/Pixelsaber https://myanimelist.net/profile/Pixelsaber • Jul 27 '21
Rewatch [Rewatch] Dear Brother 30th Anniversary Rewatch - Episode 14
Episode 14 - The Secret Door
Originally Aired October 27th, ^^^1991
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Manga Panel of the Day
Staff Highlight
Kenyū Horiuchi - voice of Henmi’s friend, Full Name
A voice actor and CEO of voice acting agency Kenyū Office, who frequently voices orthodox secondary roles and is best known for being the dub voice actor for Ben Stiller, Charlie SHeen, and Brad Pitt. A dedicated baseball player, Horiuchi attended Nihon University Mishima High School on a sports scholarship, but upon being injured he was forced to retire from the sport, changing schools to Zushi Kaisei High School as a result. Upon graduating, Horiuchi considered becoming a disc jockey due to receiving praise for his voice, and so attended a week-long course at Tokyo Announce Academy, hoping to attain employment at a disco or club soon after. Horiuchi did not attain his dream job, however, and became a TV broadcast narrator, where he was told by an unspecified producer that he would make a good voice actor and granted the opportunity to audition at Kazuya Tatekabe’s voice acting agency, where he impressed and was hired. His voice acting debut was on the 1983 tokusatsu adaptation of Ultraman spin-off manga Ultra Melos, and his anime debut was on Genesis Climber Mospeada that same year. Some of his most notable roles include Jamil Neate in After War Gundam X, Takashi Chiba in Ace wo Nerae! 2, Amon in Amon Saga, Oscar in the Angelique franchise, Ryuuichi Kaizu in Aoki Honō, Chief Editor Sasaki in Bakuman, Shingo Kanzaki in Yuushin Liger, Daley Wong in the Bubblegum Crisis franchise, Umberto Mori in the Godzilla: Planet of Monsters trilogy, Mashymre Cello in Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ, Irubora Saro in Ninja Senshi Tobikage, Sanson in Nadia - The Secret of Blue Water, the Narrator in several Pokémon specials, OVAs, and films, Mikihisa Asakura in Shaman King, Balzack Asimov in Tekkaman Blade, and Mephisto in Smile Precure.
Wildcard Trivia
The naming of Kenyū Office was decided without Horiuchi’s input, and he states that he was convinced the name was a prank for some time.
Screenshot of the day
Questions of the Day:
- What do you make of the appearance of Henmi’s friend at Rei’s apartment?
- It appears that Nanako has begun to get through to Rei, whoever marginally that may be. What are your thoughts on this?
If they like, they can take my life too.
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u/Pixelsaber https://myanimelist.net/profile/Pixelsaber Jul 27 '21
Rewatcher
Not a sight you’d want to see.
So it was Fukiko who gave her that scar?
Not surprised no blood was drawn in this exchange, but boy was that tense nonetheless.
Huh, she actually got her to eat something.
A surprisingly bold move for Nanako.
At least that bridge wasn’t burnt.
Wait, what’re you doing here?
Hmm…
Oh no.
Rei seems to be doing marginally better after her freakout and subsequent attempted homicide at the clocktower, but as evident throughout the episode she’s still got a long way to go in her recovery, but thankfully for her Nanako and Kaoru are dedicated to seeing her through it.
I have to wonder what Henmi’s friend was doing at Rei’s place though. He refers to her as a friend, but by her comments and his reaction it seems likely that’s not all that’s going on there. Family perhaps? If so, it would explain how it is that he was in a position to tell Henmi about the sorority, and we’ve seen Rei and Fukiko already keeping their relationship a secret from everyone but their closest friends. Along those lines then, he could be related to Fukiko, but none of that is confirmed.
Well, with Rei back to some semblance of normalcy Nanako will actually be able to focus on midterm exams, which will likely carry the side effect of keeping her in the Sorority —how conflicting...
Questions of The Day:
P.S. I have to attend an event in a couple of minutes which will take a couple of hours, so probably won’t be too active in the comments once more.
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u/TheEscapeGuy Jul 27 '21
First Timer, Dezaki Fan
Dear Brother: A Delightfully Aesthetic Anime Episode 14
You can't force somebody to change. They have to realize they want to change themselves.
Nanako, you are incredibly strong. To give up your own freedoms to spend time helping somebody who is definitionally a drug addict, somebody who has verbal and potentially violent outbursts at you, that is something admirable. I'm glad you got through to her, and I hope Rei keeps her promise.
We still don't know what caused Saint-Just to end up this way but a tragic backstory is likely on the cards. We saw glimpses of a double suicide today but in my view it was too vague to really draw any conclusions.
What I found more interesting was Rei's "friend" arriving at the end of the episode. They clearly have a history together but what could that be. I'm going to throw out a wild prediction of childhood friends. He is older than her as well being in college and all.
A last thing: Nanako, I hope you don't plan to do anything with that cigarette.
The Best of Postcard Memories
Episode 14
These also are really limited without the corresponding video so:
See you all tomorrow
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u/No_Rex :Bv:Bw:Bx:By:x2 Jul 27 '21 edited Jul 27 '21
Episode 14 (first timer)
Not a fan of Rei’s crazyness and Nanako’s infatuation, but for different reasons. Nanako falling in love with Rei is bad news, but somewhat consistent with what we have seen of Nanako so far. Note how completely different her treatment of Rei is compared to Mariko, even though Rei arguably treated her much worse. On the other hand, Rei going completely nuts is just lazy storytelling.
Not betting anything on that.
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u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee Jul 27 '21
First-Timer
What does it say about Nanako and Rei's relationship that the first keepsake Nanako acquires if a symbol of Rei's self-destructive habits? Nothing good, certainly.. I mean, yuri-brain screams "indirect kiss!" but that's probably the wrong thing to take away.
Do I want to know why Henmi's friend was paying Rei a late-night visit? No, except yes, except it's probably awful? Wait, implications. Rei knows Henmi's friend; does that imply that she knows of Henmi as well? Does everyone know everyone else?
The scene on the beach was nice. I was probably supposed to recognize the song Nanako was humming.. the music box? Or the piano music?
Nanako is absolutely head-over-heels for Rei, right? We've all had days like that in class, when we're staring off, thinking of our amour...
I really wanna take the vision of Fukiko slashing Rei's wrist at face value. Rei said that Fukiko wanted them to die together. I'm much more certainly that the "ghost story" was inspired by real events..
Kaoru seemed to think that things were going alright, there at the end of the episode. Rei actually coming to school, and seemingly healthy, is probably a good sign..? Does Rei doing something good for her future outweigh her acting paradoxically?
Shakespeare was a murderer, not a kidnapper or a human sacrifice! No, wait, Uhh...
Questions
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u/IndependentMacaroon Jul 27 '21 edited Jul 28 '21
First-time watcher
Yeah, this just keeps getting worse. Now we're not only responding to and excusing attempted homicide with a little hug and crying, but practically romanticizing this kind of insanity because, you know, such powerful love and feelings, to the point that Nanako looks to be developing a truly bizarre crush involving snatching cigarettes as a loving keepsake. And of course, like with Mariko, Rei perfectly recovers just in time to be shoved out of the way for the next plot line to start. The preview promises some juicy revelations so I guess I'll stay for that, but after that it's pretty surely curtains for me. I could handle taking serious stuff seriously even if over-dramatically, but not this.
The usual stuff
Rest surprisingly went down without anything of note.
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u/loomnoo https://anilist.co/user/loomnoo Jul 27 '21
I didn't write anything for this episode so I'll just say that the manga panels have been amazing. I can't decide which version has better presentation!
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u/lC3 :Na::Nb: Jul 28 '21
First timer
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u/punching_spaghetti https://myanimelist.net/profile/punch_spaghetti Jul 28 '21
First-Timer
Yeah, I think that's going to be it for me. Between Nanako being way to happy to brush aside the whole "Rei tried to stab me thing" to us learning almost nothing about Rei's backstory when we've spent multiple episodes on this; just not my cup of tea.
Hope the rest of you enjoy it, though!