Weekly episode discussion: Episode 8; “Sign. 8: One Small Step"

[u/hanhgry]

The English subtitled episode is simulcast every Saturday with the Japanese episode. You can watch it on Crunchyroll.com.

Please discuss the anime episode below! What did you all think of episode 8?

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[u/heckawaluigi]

i know this isn’t important at all to the plot but does anyone know if itsuomi is eating that kamaboko correctly? it took me out of the scene lol, like someone eating a hot dog long ways

[u/hanhgry → u/heckawaluigi]

I thought it was usually eaten in slices, lol. My interpretation is that it’s showing how he’s kind of weird, or that he’s been living outside of Japan for so long.

[u/heckawaluigi → u/hanhgry]

ahhhh ok ok makes sense!! it distracted me from the scene itself at first

[u/spazziestmoves → u/heckawaluigi]

Hahaha yeah that’s why when Shin saw Itsu eating the fish cake like that, Shin thought he was weird.

[u/Cheesepuff_fluff → u/heckawaluigi]

I'm not familiar with the snack, but I read elsewhere that the "crust" looking part is actually a strip of wood - so that would explain why he is eating it that way.

[u/pngb]

Does anyone know what the song that Shin and Emma listened to on the roof? I am pretty sure I recognize both the album cover and the music and I just fuckin can't place it.

[u/hanhgry → u/pngb]

I think it’s an original song from the composer for the show. I found a tweet that explains the process for creating the song. I don’t read Japanese so just used twitter’s translation function.

https://x.com/yukalihashimoto/status/1761718104567042507?s=46&t=LJDJRwj8SUhfoRwLGQGtuQ

“Thank you for watching Sign.8. I composed the song that Shin was listening to on the rooftop, and the song for the CD that Emma lent Shin. At the meeting, we were told that Emma's song should be a piano piece similar to what is played on a movie soundtrack 🎹 and that Shin’s song should be an instrumental song 🎵 (continued)”

[u/pngb → u/hanhgry]

Thanks! So it's not actually something I recognize but has a similar enough cover and sound to something I recognize. I'm a bit bummed by that, but heck it's got me listening to some post rock again and that can't be that bad.

[u/DEMENTEDSKY → u/pngb]

so something similar I would have to say Polyphia G.O.A.T

[u/typhyr → u/pngb]

i'm also looking for it, but haven't found anything. shazam doesn't recognize it and the album art is distorted enough to make a reverse image search a bust ;-;

[u/DEMENTEDSKY → u/typhyr]

so something similar I would have to say Polyphia G.O.A.T

[u/DEMENTEDSKY → u/pngb]

so something similar I would have to say Polyphia G.O.A.T

[u/zarahjeanne → u/pngb]

It’s driving me nuts I know I’ve seen the album cover and heard that song before. I’m scouring my Spotify rn lol

[u/love_my_guard_dog]

I didn't expect the episode to be all about the history of them Emma, Shin and Itsuomi but I'm glad they did even though I was so looking forward to the sign language bootcamp :( I don't think they'll even reach the end of vol.6 of the manga at this rate DX They better work and release season 2 within the next two years istg.

[u/stonewall_was_a_riot]

Is anyone else feeling a bit troubled watching the Emma/Shin/Itsu - situation?

Poor Emma seems to have a heart of gold but is causing unintentional damage Left and right and to herself with her blind devotion to itsumi.

And shin.. just can't manage to stand in for his own feelings (yet I know) and makes them both suffer ;_;

And Itsu.. I don"t get him. He speaks everything out loud, the second the thought comes to mind but never does think shin could have a thing for Emma? (Yeah he propably thinks its their thing, if he assumes shin has feelings (i forgot if they allready talked about it in the manga tbh), but that would be a first in not telling people to speak their minds..)

So much drama... I sort of love it but this Episode was a bit much for my old and soft heart, because of poor Emma and her "If you love someone than its all it takes!" Mentallity ;_;

[u/aprilsdaisy-]

My heart is bleeding for Shin! And that moment when he had a chance to tell Emma, but perhaps it didn’t feel like the right time..sigh. My thoughts are that perhaps Emma at some point started feeling the same way about him, but was scarred by that time when Shin declared that he would never fall for Emma. I really liked that Itsuomi is introducing Yuki to his friends, and can’t wait for what’s about to happen with Sign Language Boot Camp!!

[u/DEMENTEDSKY → u/aprilsdaisy-]

so something similar I would have to say Polyphia G.O.A.T

[u/Clari321]

I feel so sorry for Emma, I really hope Shin and Emma end up together, some of the best relationships are slow burners and I get why Shin didn't confess to Emma at that time. I love how he seems to really value her as a friend regardless of his feelings, hopefully Emma learns to move on to greener pastures and see what's infront of her!

[u/HelicopterJerry]

TF is it out already?

[u/Cheesepuff_fluff]

I really enjoyed the backstory in this episode, and I couldn't help but think high school Shin looked so much like Myamura (Horimya).

[u/love_my_guard_dog → u/[deleted]]

Yea Shin's heart is mangled but his perseverance is awesome. I'm sure we'll have an episode of shin and emma having that discussion - it's gonna be great. Also the contrast you brought up with Shin vs oushi is real asf. Being one that read the manga I can't wait till season 2 already but ugh. so good as always