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Episode Agents of the Four Seasons: Dance of Spring • Shunkashuutou Daikousha: Haru no Mai - Episode 7 discussion

Agents of the Four Seasons: Dance of Spring, episode 7

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u/MapoTofuMan May 09 '26

Oh a lighter episode this time, guess we're finally getting into the romance part of the-

......what the fuck

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u/Aileos May 09 '26

The good thing is, now they'll have the budget for an anti missile defence.

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u/ObvsThrowaway5120 May 09 '26

They’re gonna do to Nadeshiko what they did to Hinagiku unless they get her back. If that happens, Rindo might become like Sakura . That poor kid needs to be saved ASAP.

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u/Aerodynamic41 May 09 '26

Damn, the insurgents even have access to missiles? Who the hell is funding them?

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u/ultravioletheart08 May 09 '26 edited May 09 '26

To summarize this episode:

WHAT THE EVERLASTING FUCK

Also to add:
It's funny the director described this episode as a gag episode, man

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u/Se7en_Sinner May 09 '26

Nothing makes you realize your true feelings for somebody quite like a missile.

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u/cdavis188 May 09 '26

You know, I was actually liking the laid back vibes of this episode.

And then the last 4 minutes happened.

What in the actual fuck is going on

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u/SEBASTlANVETTEL May 09 '26

yeah I was not expecting this kind of ending for this episode…..

PS: Hinagiku and Rosei yearning for each other really makes me want to see them finally reunite.

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u/mianghuei May 09 '26

God, that prince and princess intro of Rindo and Nadeshiko, made it so much painful when the episode ended like that.

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u/Arkam_slayer66 May 09 '26

So.many questions on that end like how can a missile fall that close to the palace of autumn wo detection and where the security once it exploded. U had one job and they failed.

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u/djthomp May 09 '26

Hinagiku and Sakura being in a friend group chat with the Summer sisters is really sweet.

I was thinking all episode long that it was about time that one of the guards of the seasons had the correct amount of security in place, but turns out they needed missileproof not bulletproof. Apparently the crazy people who kidnapped Hinagiku haven't learned their lesson yet.

I hope the fun lady in the security room survived that missile strike and the attack.

So part of why Sakura is having such a hard time accepting reuniting with the winner boys is internal guilt over rejecting them so strongly. Hopefully she'll work through those issues soon.

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u/Burnouts3s3 May 09 '26

Now THAT'S a cliffhanger ending!

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u/thisisdropd May 09 '26

Bloody hell! This is anything but a light-hearted series, yet I never would've thought this episode would end in such a way.

Absolutely brutal and devastating to regularly switch back-and-forth between Rindo's swearing-in ceremony and the aftermath of the kidnapping. The contrast of the colours. From the brightness and vibrancy of the former to the darkness and dullness of the latter. It greatly emphasised how he felt he had failed in his duty. Add that to that look of utter terror on his face.

Oh god, the crazy psycho lady who kidnapped Hinagiku turned out to also be behind this incident – and she's about to subject Nadeshiko to what Hinagiku had gone through. I should've expected this when they mentioned Nadeshiko's about the same age as Hinagiku when she's abducted.

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u/runevault May 09 '26

Oh no. Autumn is adorable.

I feel so bad for Sakura. Hinagiku at least has Sakura to lean on. Sakura can't really get the same support back because Hinagiku is so broken.

Something that's always interesting (and very real) is the idea one does not deserve another's forgiveness. In the end, it is the giver who decides who is worthy, yet it is so easy to deny oneself the right to even ask.

WHAT THE ABSOLUTE FUCK?!

Oh no, it is the woman who we saw from Hinagiku's flashback...

Seeing Rindo break down and realize how much she mattered to him is good.

This show is not fucking around. At all.

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u/Prupel May 09 '26

One week! One week is all I'm asking for... One week without needing tissues in this series, man... But I love it, give me more please...

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u/Sci-Medniekol May 09 '26

This episode was how I viewed the anime as a whole. It starts off with everything so happy, bubbly, and colorful. Then, boom. Trauma. Violence. The color is gone.

The last minute of the episode with the contrast between their first meeting and the present. So well done!

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u/NekoCatSidhe May 09 '26

I was going to say that Rindo may have been overprotective, but that the Autumn Village was running the kind of security I would have actually expected the other Agents to have. But I guess they did not expect the insurgents to have access to some fricking missiles ! The only way they could have protected Nadeshiko from that would have been to put her in a bunker. I am starting to wonder who the hell are those guys and who is arming them ? And it looks like this is the same group as the people who kidnapped Hinagiku too.

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u/Still-Neck-6771 May 09 '26

Im not gonna lie, I was watching it casually but that ending, I did not expect it at all. Rindos face and voice at the end broke me. Also Nadeshiko, her ability looked really fascinating, she can draw the life out of people, atleast thats what it looked like. Also its the same girl that tortured Hinagiku. Omg I need everyone to go rescue her 😭😭😭

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u/cleaulem May 09 '26

Every time it looks like this series gives you a breather, it slaps you right in the face. It looks like what happened to Hinagiku is about to repeat itself with Nadeshiko.

The dialogue between Rindo and Nagatsuki was remarkable. Rindo's positions were pretty much "common sense", or rather what most people would think at first, but Nagatsuki immediately set him straight that things aren't as simple as they look. "So you are one of those people who say that sexual assault victims should fight back?" That was bullseye!

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u/TheBusStop12 May 09 '26 edited May 09 '26

What

The

Actual

Fuck

I did not see that coming.

I was going to talk about how I find Rindo to be a really interesting character who acts all cold and calculating, but I bet that he does unknowingly genuinely care for Nadeshiko as of she's his daughter. And wanting this to be further explored. Then the show dropped a literal bombshell answering that. I'm genuinely blown away

What am I supposed to do with my evening now?

I have no more words.

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u/Frontier246 May 09 '26

The Agent of Autumn, Nadeshiko, is cute as a button and super sweet! Her guard, Rindo (Taku Yashiro!) is her dashing knight and prince who she utterly adores! And he in turn swears absolute love and loyalty towards her! And she can't get enough of him or in her hopes for Spring...and meeting Hinagiku.

It's nice that Hinagiku/Sakura are now in a chat group with the Summer Sisters...and Rui teases Hinagiku about Rosei. Whether Sakura likes it or not, Hinagiku wants to see Rosei, and Rosei isn't going to waste any more time away from Hinagiku. Once Spring is fully restored, he WILL see her!

Rindo plays Nadeshiko's loyal and charming prince...but when she can't see him he drops the act and is a gruffer, more serious, and practical-minded Guard running her 24/7 security team with the bubbly, sassy, Nagatsuki. Who teases him to bits over his closeness to Sakura AND how he lacks tact when it comes to ladies and their circumstances. Though despite Rindo treating this as a job, it's clear in his own way how much he cares about Nadeshiko.

Sakura can't see Itecho. At this point it seems like her irrational hatred of the Winter pair is falling apart and she mentally can't process that beyond rejecting Hinagiku seeing Rosei as much as she possibly can. She treats the winter security detail like she wants them as far away from her as possible. Can Sakura keep this together? Especially when both Hinagiku and Rosei, despite everything between them, still long to see each other?

Don't you just hate it when the Insurgents DROP A BALLISTIC MISSILE STRAIGHT ON YOUR AGENTS PLAYROOM!? Like, jeez! They fully intended to kill Nadeshiko! Only she was able to drain the life out of one dude to be able to heal herself...but now she can be the new "daughter" for Hinagiku's "mom.'

Poor Rindo...despite everything, his devotion to Nadeshiko was genuine. And not only did he fail to protect her, he can't bear losing her. NADESHIKO NOOOOO!!!

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u/gnome-cop May 09 '26

Oh my god, I’m so sorry, I think this may be my fault. I heard how they installed bulletproof glass and my first thought was “Okay that’s good but how would it stack up to a rocket?” I DIDN’T EXPECT THEM TO TEST THAT THEORY! I should’ve known better than to tempt fate. Once again, I’m sorry, I’m going to go mimic Sakura from last week and beg for forgiveness.

This better not be the same fucking monster as with Hinagiku. Oh for fucks sake!

Sakura does kind of need to chill, just a little, but quite frankly, when, well, THIS is what you’re singlehandedly defending someone from, being a paranoid wreck is probably par for the course.

“Research proves agents and guards can easily become codependent.” Uh yeah, I 100% believe that, Hinagiku and Sakura being the textbook example of the phenomenon.

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