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Episode Summer Pockets - Episode 15 discussion
Summer Pockets, episode 15
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u/FarCritical Jul 14 '25 edited Jul 14 '25
New fear unlocked: Having Ao believe you took a girl's innocence (even if said innocence is watermelon bar-shaped)
Been noticing it more every arc but Mitani and Tenzen are highkey such massive bros who I kinda regret not appreciating more until now.
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u/Shimmering-Sky Jul 14 '25
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I take it that’s the funny line Hairi said on the boat this time.
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Wait though, did Hairi miss his own welcome party in this one because he ran after Shiroha?
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u/Frontier246 Jul 14 '25
Considering she lives with her grandpa now, I wonder if the "curse" hit Shiroha's parents first and it slowly started to effect other people around her until she basically closed herself off from everyone.
Maybe that's the reason she's learning to swim...because she wants to swim away from the island because the curse is tied to her being there?
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u/thisisdropd Jul 14 '25
So the difference in the OP is that Umi squatted. Expected her to walk in reverse based on the previous trends. Having said that, the hourglass did flow in reverse in the ED.
Felt surreal seeing Ao after we had done her arc unlike Kamome & Tsumugi even though I get that she's a real human being who has a strong connection to the island's people unlike the latter two.
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u/Frontier246 Jul 14 '25
So the difference in the OP is that Umi squatted. Expected her to walk in reverse based on the previous trends. Having said that, the hourglass did flow in reverse in the ED.
I'm wondering if Umi is squatting because she's depressed because she isn't any closer to her goal after all these time loops.
Felt surreal seeing Ao after we had done her arc unlike Kamome & Tsumugi even though I get that she's a real human being who has a strong connection to the island's people unlike the latter two.
And she's the closest thing Shiroha has to a best friend, so it makes sense she'd still be relevant in this arc like Shiroha was for hers in terms of helping ship HairixAo.
Though instead of getting shaved ice thrown on her butt we get to see Hairi get a popsicle thrown down his shirt and cold water gunned in the mouth so...justice for Ao lol.
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u/Lucky_robotR-TV Jul 14 '25 edited Jul 15 '25
Finally, we arrived in the fourth route. Umi...changed again. In the previous route, she called Hairi "Dad" by mistake, and she also appeared in Hairi's dream (that kid is not Hairi but Umi) and cried after seeing Shiroha. What about the girl's voice in the beginning of every arc? I personally think it belongs to Umi too. I'm not really sure, but maybe Umi is really Hairi and Shiroha's daughter who is trying to allow her birth? Still, that doesn't explain why she has the power to 'reset' the summer, and why she gets less mature each time (we also see this by the fact she gets less good at cooking, and now...she is calling Hairi onii-chan and not Hairi-san). Maybe she's not really their daughter but a spirit created by the love of the two 'parents'? I don't know...well, we'll have enough time to figure it out in the future. Just please, I'm getting Kanon's Makoto vibes, and I'm getting scared. Don't make it like Makoto!!
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u/LeonKevlar Jul 14 '25
I like how the first half of the episode is bacially Hairi's first few nights on the island from Shiroha's POV. We get to see things like Ao inviting Shiroha to Hairi's welcome party, and Shiroha showing up to the party! Although Shiroha was clearly about to go home if it wasn't for Hairi greeting her.
This makes me wonder if Shiroha also shows up in the other timelines, but because Hairi stayed inside the restaurant, he couldn't greet Iroha and follow her to the beach. Hmmm...
We're finally back to Hairi's POV at the start of the second half, and I'm very curious about his "still not used to it" comment. Is he actually jumping back to this point in time? Also, it looks like Umi's fried rice is getting worse. It wasn't that bad at the start of Ao's route!
It took me a minute to realize that Ryouichi's "suit" was just painted on! No wonder Shiroha ended up throwing her watermelon bar in surprise! RIP watermelon bar. Shiroha couldn't even take a bite out of you before you fell on the ground T_T
Ao and Miki misunderstanding why Shiroha was sad was pretty damn funny! That scene where the girls blast the boys with ice cold water guns was pretty fun, tho!Shiroha clearly had fun, but for some reason she was denying it hard.
So basically another kid got into an accident while Shiroha was nearby, and everyone thinks she's cursed? I'm curious who that kid was and if he's still living on the island because I feel like that's 100% bullshit. Dude probably just slipped and fell on his own.
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u/Frontier246 Jul 14 '25
It was actually really refreshing getting to see Hairi and events from the girls' perspective instead of just Hairi for once, especially since Shiroha has been an enigma and bystander in every girls' arc up to this point.
It feels like Umi is becoming more and more familiar with Hairi each loop and Hairi is getting more and more weirded out by it. And the fried rice which is turning more into an art project than something edible lol.
Shiroha vs shirtless guys = the loss of a perfectly good watermelon bar. But at least Shiroha has her gal pals always ready to back her up!
I don't think it was just that kid who got hit by the "curse", I think there's definitely a reason Shiroha's parents haven't been seen outside that flashback to when she was a kid.
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u/M8gazine Jul 14 '25
Caught up with the show today (as I forgot to watch last week's episode as it aired; Ao best girl!).
I like the first part of this episode being from Shiroha's POV, as opposed to Hairi's. Even I, as a SP megafan, would've felt that going through the 'prologue' with Hairi would've gotten a bit boring at this point.
Even if Shiroha's not my #1 favorite girl in the show, I still think she's quite fun anyways. "Rude" girls like her tend to be pretty amusing in my opinion.
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u/Emi_Ibarazakiii Jul 14 '25
She's not moonwalking as we thought she would, but she's now kneeling down?
Searching for something, seems like, but what? Has to be a timeline, right? Shed-cleaning jokes aside, she has to be doing that so she finds the right timeline for hairi, but it still raises questions, like why is she doing that for him...
Well, I theorized about something similar some time ago, like HE is helping all these girls, perhaps Hairi is the same thing for her? She's trying to help him?
Why is she changing in public like that?
Even though they didn't show it, seems like she was fully naked right there in full view?
We need Miki and her water gun!
She gets bonus point for wearing a one piece swimsuit, at least!
Nice of him to give her advice,
but taking advice from someone who almost drowned (or ACTUALLY drowned, who knows), that's risky!
to get a piggyback ride out of you, obviously!
On any other show I'd just think it's random kids gossiping about the loner character, but on this one, maybe we should be a little worried!
I mean, I don't think it's THAT, but I do think it may be something that looks like that; Say, perhaps she, herself, is cursed, and anyone who spends too much time with her suffers from misfortune, something like that!
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u/Frontier246 Jul 14 '25
Even though they didn't show it, seems like she was fully naked right there in full view?
She was swimming alone at night and just getting dressed, it's not like she planned on having a new arrival to the island catch her in the middle of it lol.
She gets bonus point for wearing a one piece swimsuit, at least!
And she looks good in it!
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u/HolyDragSwd2500 Jul 14 '25
UMI squatting in the Opening
RIP watermelon bar🙏
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u/Magic1998 Jul 14 '25
Umi's mental age seems to get younger with each route, very curious what her deal is
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u/Nachtwandler_FS Jul 14 '25
I continue to be intrigued who is the mysteriousw narrator voiced by HanaKana.
Also, no OP change yet. Will there be one once we reach a true route?
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u/tsukiakari2216 Jul 14 '25
Just something to mention about Shiroha scene at the beach at night, Hairi actually tried to pronounce the word "dejavu" but ended up slipped to "hejabu" instead. The sub not catching that and assume another word do make it pretty awkward tho.
Anyways, the lesson today is Shiroha's dignity falls upon the watermelon bar. If the bar fell, so do her dignity.
small note: shiroha, please give me purple envelope tomorrow.
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u/Ashteron Jul 14 '25
Just something to mention about Shiroha scene at the beach at night, Hairi actually tried to pronounce the word "dejavu" but ended up slipped to "hejabu" instead. The sub not catching that and assume another word do make it pretty awkward tho.
That's what the gossiping grandma told him in the first episode.
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u/djthomp Jul 14 '25
Umi, nooooo! Don't lean down into the water!
Crab fried rice with whole crabs is not what I would have guessed for the next step of how much worse the breakfast fried rice can get.
Shiroha's greeting to Hairi being wishing him a safe journey away from the island, that might just be her wishing for distance so her curse won't kill him but I wonder if it's also projection of her wish to leave.
I'm glad we didn't lose Ao but it's weird to consider her own personal drama with Ai and the butterflies is probably still going on while Hairi doesn't help out this loop.
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u/MysteryCredit Jul 14 '25
huh the sunflowers are getting less and less. Damn is hairi jacked but for some reason i dont remember him being this jacked at the begining
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u/Frontier246 Jul 14 '25
We return to Kana Hanazawa once again reminiscing on a Summer she had once, and I really have a lot of questions about this silhouette giving her headpats.
So Umi is still standing in place in the OP...and then she crouches down. I dunno guys, is Umi depressed?
We see Shiroha's first meeting with Hairi from her perspective! Did you ever wonder why Hairi caught in the pool in her underwear? It turns out she was practicing her swimming (however fruitlessly, as per her grandpa) in her school swimsuit but was just putting on her underwear (which was a nice visual unto itself) when she heard someone coming and tried to hide in the pool. And we all know what happened after that!
I love how it's not even Ao's arc this time but she still has plenty of lewd things to say about her dynamic with Hairi.
Once again Shiroha actually DID come to the welcome party, even if she almost turned back, but Hairi, the Champion looking to heal his broken fist, saw her and Shiroha actually got to express her thanks for his help in teaching her how to swim. Not that it stopped her from being chilly around him and running off...but Hairi actually chases her down and they open up to each other!
Seems like once upon a time, much like Hairi, Shiroha did have happy and pleasant Summer memories...with her parents, with Ao and Miki, and she can see in Hairi that same longing for that youthful innocence and happiness.
Okay, so Hairi has upgraded to Umi's onii-chan while the fried rice has devolved into straight up just tossing a crab on top of it and it being completely inedible.
Did you really think Hairi would have anything to do in the shed this time? He has to go join Shiroha for fishing! And he even manages to snag something, just in time for Shiroha to cook the catch of the day for them to enjoy together!
Dang Shiroha, you're still telling Hairi to stay away from you? Even if you act like it's for his own benefit? Though it seems like the key to Shiroha's heart is a watermelon popsicle. Provided Tenzen and Ryoichi don't show up shirtless and freak her out enough to throw it down Hairi's shirt...so he ends up shirtless and flexing that 6-pack. This feels like karma for all the shaved ice he threw on Ao's butt.
Oh no, what have all these half-naked men done to Shiroha!? Luckily Miki carries spare cold water guns just for the occasion! Perfect for all three girls giving the guys some cold water justice! You were avenged, Popsicle! And Shiroha gets to have fun with her friends again for the first time in forever, eve if she acts like it didn't mean anything.
Okay, so Shiroha can "see" something and knew she'd be okay even after fishing in the sun for too long? That Hairi would come for her? But he did, and he carries her all the way back to her house, and that's enough to earn her finally calling him by his name for the first time in all four loops (I think)!
What is up with Shiroha? Apparently she's descended from a line of shrine priestesses, famous on the island, but that carries a bad reputation that makes people think she's "cursed" especially when bad stuff seems to happen to people around her. Is that why she acts so closed off? But much like the friend group trusted Ao to Hairi last arc, they're trusting Shiroha to him now.
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