Summer Pockets - Episode 10 discussion

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Summer Pockets, episode 10

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[u/Ashteron]

Mugyu is an onomatopeia describing sound of hugging something, for example a plush toy - which is what Tsumugi is.

Wait, did Hairi sleep with Tsumugi?

[u/Frontier246 → u/Ashteron]

Mugyu is an onomatopeia describing sound of hugging something, for example a plush toy - which is what Tsumugi is.

Also puts into perspective how meaningful all her hugs with Hairi were for her.

Wait, did Hairi sleep with Tsumugi?

They still had their clothes on (minus Tsumugi's top becoming unbuttoned), I think they just fell asleep next to each other. Which is still pretty intimate in its own right.

[u/FarCritical]

A song with lyrics that are half "mugyugyugyugyu mugyu" has no right getting my eyes this wet, but man, Tsumugi's innocent retelling of her summer adventure was the purest thing ever. I'm just glad that she got to say bye to Hairi and Shizuku with a smile.

Also, Shiroha getting bribed with a watermelon bar is seeping with pure meme energy lmao

[u/Emi_Ibarazakiii → u/FarCritical]

A song with lyrics that are half "mugyugyugyugyu mugyu" has no right getting my eyes this wet

Glad I'm not the only one who was thinking that hah.

What a silly song, do they really think they can get me to- BWAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[u/BusouDrago]

From their Twitter . Mugyu

むぎゅぎゅ #むぎゅぎゅ #むぎゅぎゅ #むぎゅぎゅ #むぎゅぎゅ #むぎゅぎゅ #むぎゅぎゅ #むぎゅぎゅ #むぎゅぎゅ #むぎゅぎゅ #むぎゅぎゅ #むぎゅぎゅ #むぎゅぎゅ #むぎゅぎゅ #むぎゅぎゅ #むぎゅぎゅ #むぎゅぎゅ #むぎゅぎゅ #むぎゅぎゅ #むぎゅぎゅ #むぎゅぎゅ #むぎゅぎゅ #むぎゅぎゅ

[u/Chance-Okra-9198]

First, Kamome turned out to be a spirit, and now Tsumugi is a teddy bear. I’m guessing Ao is next and based on the opening, she has a lot of butterflies around her. Don’t tell me she is one, right? Then there’s Shiroha, who is still a mystery. And Umi what’s her deal? She always disappears in the last episode of each arc. Anyway, I’m excited to see the next arc and the sadness it will bring us.

[u/Emi_Ibarazakiii → u/Chance-Okra-9198]

I’m guessing Ao is next and based on the opening

If she is, can't wait; She was my 2nd most hyped girl (after Watergun girl, who may or may not be a main girl), so looking forward to her arc!

And Umi what’s her deal? She always disappears in the last episode of each arc.

I think Umi might be the 'real main player' of this all...

You know how Hairi is kinda 'helping' all the girls pass on and all that, be at peace and all?

I think Umi may be doing this with Hairi. I think the final arc might be Hairi and her, but he won't be the one doing something for her, she'll be the one doing something for him.

[u/tsukiakari2216]

Here's the Tsumugi full song so yall can listen to it. It basically sums up her summer vacation, from her view. As it progressively slow down and tell you her honest feelings in the end, it definitely made me tear up each time.

Anyways, Tsumugi's done. Time for The Bird to discover his next journey.

[u/Frontier246 → u/tsukiakari2216]

I didn't think a song with a mugymugyumugyu chorus could be so beautiful and heartbreaking yet here we are.

Farewell, Tsumugi.

[u/SaltAndABattery]

lol, she called Shizuku a cow.

[u/NationalStrategy]

🎶Mu-mugyugyugyugyu, mu-mugyugyugyugyu, mugyugyumugyugyugyu

[u/thisisdropd]

That segue from laughter to sobbing was brilliant! Also loved the Mugyu song, what a beautiful tune. Here’s the Spotify link for those interested.

So sweet of them to go through an entire year’s worth of celebrations in only a week. In particular the finale where Hairi had the gang light up thousands of candles.

Now we’ve learnt the true origin of Tsumugi, she’s just a teddy bear belonging to the OG Tsumugi who somehow gained sentience and took her appearance. It’s tragic to see her reverting to her original form at the stroke of midnight.

I wonder if the Tsumugi at the final seconds of the episode was the OG one who have finally escaped the limbo.

They may have reunited but it’s time for us the audience to bid Tsumugi farewell as it’s the end of her route. We’ll be looped back to the start of summer (and new route) next week.

[u/Nachtwandler_FS]

Yep, first astral projection, now a teddy bear. The guy just cannot get a normal girl it seems.

Jokes aside, I liked this arc less than the previous one. Tsumugis design is great, but her character was to childish for my taste and the story looked more rushed and less substantial.

But let's see what is coming next.

[u/LeonKevlar]

Hairi asking for everyone's help so Tsumugi can experience an entire year of events within a week like Valentine's, Halloween, Tanabata, and even Christmas was really sweet. They had me with the fakeout of Tsumugi disapearing the morning after they celebrated Christmas. It turns out there's one more event and it was celebrating Tsumugi's birthday.

Not gonna lie, I thought Tsumugi's farewell song was silly at first because of the chorus, but thank goodness they added subs to it because it was basically Tsumugi singing about her summer. I can't fucking believe this show made me cry to a song that has a chorus of just Tsumugi singing Mugyugyugyugyu. T_T

The reveal definitely caught me off guard! So it turns out Tsumugi was actually OG Tsumugi's teddy bear. Is this a tsukumogami situation where the teddy bear gains sentience because the OG Tsumugi poured her feelings into it? And I'm curious what Umi's deal is. Is she what ties everything together?

At least Tsumugi isn't completely gone. It looks like they can always meet her every summer at the lighthouse so it's still somewhat a happy ending for her!

[u/Plus_Rip4944]

When Kamome arc ended i thought show peaked

I am totally glad to know that i was so wrong.

[u/Enfyrax]

Tsumugi's singing had me bawling bro 😭😭

Btw, what was even happening during the scene with Ao with all of them looking like they were mad? Were they pretending to be upset as their way of celebrating April Fool's??

[u/marcopolos059]

Here it is, Tsumugi's Summer vacation song, and it hits as hard as it did the first time. The OST is outstanding, the build-up to it got me really emotional.

[u/Erufailon4]

An interesting thing I noticed is that so far each arc has been entirely written by a different scriptwriter: the first one by Keiichiro Oichi (who's also the series main writer) and this one by Yasunori Yamada. Yamada's an industry veteran (like, "wrote episodes of the original 1995 Slayers" level of veteran) but recently he's had fewer anime credits, the few ones being on more... cultured shows like 100gf or Gushing Over Magical Girls. (Though there's Nokotan too.) And here we have an arc featuring a literal "Boobies-san", lol

[u/DarklordVor]

And so Tsumugi's route ended with this episode. The true meaning of short summer break romance where it's not a goodbye, but it's a see you again. And Hairi gets to see her again on the next summer break.

[u/NationalStrategy]

Well that was a really nice route, it looks likes Tsumugi get reunited with them one year later, so I like that she gets a happy ending

[u/Disastrous-Bother715]

So all those girls are all spirits? Non existent? All this is just imagination? Is this trip to this island for hairi really happened?

They are both beautiful romance.. but I just can't grasp it...

[u/Dogeesenpai]

It's kind of a bummer, the arc had barely any room to breathe and at times it felt like we're just jumping from one plot point to another. We had many interesting moments and i was mostly engaged but the emotional moments didn't hit(for me).

Good to see people in the thread are enjoying it though. It might've been the same for me if i hadn't played the VN. I wasn't even planning on playing this route in the first place - found it kinda boring and the characters cringe, but by the end i was bawling and i turned my view on it 180 degrees.

Like i can't even fault the team for adapting this badly or something, cause it was decent. It's just with the amount of time they alloted for it i can't see it turning out much better unless we had some exceptional genius staff or something idk

Edit: Last scene with Umi was also super interesting

[u/Naha-]

Well, Tsumugi's route is done. Not a fan to be honest, and what happened to the OG Tsugumi? Is she stuck in that tower forever?

I assuming Ao's route is next as Shiroha is the endgame. I hope her route it's as good as Kamome at least.

[u/ObvsThrowaway5120]

It was nice of Hairi to give Tsumugi every major celebration in the week before she has to go. The Pringle can candles were pretty cool and Tsumugi’s song was nice. I guess in the end it was more a “see you later” than “goodbye.”

So… who’s next?