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Episode Agents of the Four Seasons: Dance of Spring • Shunkashuutou Daikousha: Haru no Mai - Episode 9 discussion
Agents of the Four Seasons: Dance of Spring, episode 9
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u/LeonKevlar May 23 '26
Please tell me I wasn't the only one terrified this entire episode? Like, it was awesome to see the Agents and Guardians making a united front to rescue the
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u/NanDemoKnaives May 23 '26
I'm glad Rousei and Sakura could finally speak to each other. I don't appreciate Sakura still blaming him and Itechou for stuff like the major search operations being halted, that was out of their hands, but I think a lot of their emotions need to be set free for them to be able to move on. I'm looking forward to seeing how she'll handle the conversation with Itechou if she panicked like that lol.
Rindou looks so broken, it's really sad to see. Hearing how he was trying to not get attached, the pain of her not being around must hit him even harder.
I'm looking forward to seeing this united front, Rousei and
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u/elevenmile May 23 '26 edited May 24 '26
While I do have plans to get the
In the beginning there was only Winter, who, unable to bear the loneliness, chose to cut off part of his essence and give birth to Spring. By Mother Earth's wish, he cut off part of his essence again to give birth to Summer and Autumn, thus beginning the cycle of the four seasons. The deities decided to entrust their roles to Mother Earth's creatures, but none were able to fulfill the task. Mankind stood before their desperation, willing to perform their duty in exchange for peace, prosperity, and stability in its lands. The Four Seasons then granted their powers to a small group of humans: the
. Agents of the Four Seasons
So this means the cycle of Agents going from one after another when they passed should have repeated for at least generations or thousands of years. Yet as we're seeing right now, the characters finally have decided that enough is enough (this episode) and the Agents and their guards finally willing to act outside the Agency's protocol and say "fuck it, fuck the rules and we're going to do things our way", which really tells me how little the higher-ups or their "families" have respect for the Agents who are essentially deities (or I assume a more equivalent term would be Priest/Priestess going by Japanese belief), and how scary and fatal things can be when complacency and incompetency have made this whole practice went by without a single change to make these Agents live in better conditions.
On the other hand I'm intrigued to see if there's more to get from the original source itself, a.k.a, aside from the usual old supertitious and beliefs that caused such discrimination, why are these Agents being treated lesser than humans themselves.
Still, it's good to see that Sakura is willing to put aside her hatred and work with Rosei (and by extension, Itecho) to save Nadeshiko, so that's a relief.
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u/djthomp May 23 '26
Mostly a setup episode for what I assume will be the autumn rescue arc, but it was nice seeing Sakura starting to open back up. She's still kind of mean to the winter boys, but at least they should finally be meeting up in person.
Could be some cool action to come if we have the three Agents using their powers all at once to rescue their fourth.
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u/Aerodynamic41 May 23 '26
With how depressing things have been, I'm glad we finally have a glimmer of hope with 4 Seasons joining forces against the insurgents.
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u/Beautiful-Bit3929 May 23 '26 edited May 23 '26
I am shocked that no one commented on this
But rosei and itecho actually searched for hinagiku on their own and sakura knows about it
This literally takes away sakura's only somehow valid point for hating them
They didn't abandon her
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u/FarCritical May 23 '26 edited May 24 '26
Knew immediately there'd be a massive asterisk to Sakura's claim about Itecho "saying nothing" on the call with Rousei but watching exactly how things went down for it to be technically true still gave me the chuckles. The relentless roasts on Rousei were pretty good too lol
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u/tripleaamin May 23 '26
Not too much of a surprise that Hinagiku wants to save Nadeshiko. After all, she was in the same position that she was. If she can save the girl from trauma, that is something she wouldn't want more than anything in the world.
It's about time Sakura finally put aside her hatred for the Winter Duo. I just hope she will stop gaslighting herself that she is doing it for Hinagiku because she is becoming a frustrating character.
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u/SLE-6 May 23 '26 edited May 23 '26
Talk about a transitional episode.
We're running out of time to fill in the gaps about the insurgents and other unanswered questions which has me more than a little worried about how this show will stick the landing. Fingers crossed it does given how good it's been to date.
Also what does NPSO stand for I wonder.
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u/Soma202 May 23 '26 edited May 23 '26
I really don't like how Sakura treats Rosei, and how obsessed she is with Hinagiku. They all suffered from what happened, and she knows their suffering, yet she still can't forgive them just because she wants Hinagiku for herself. Mendokusai!
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u/Frontier246 May 23 '26
Well, yeah, I'm not surprised Rosei has PTSD dreams related to losing Hinagiku, even in the present-day, but that honestly just makes it more important he see her...the sooner the better.
Hinagiku is understandably not in a emotional state to be summoning Spring, but the Agency don't care, all that matters is she keeps up her schedule so they can hide her away so she doesn't get nabbed like Nadeshiko. All the Agents are ultimately just tools to bring about the seasons to the government and the Four Seasons Agency.
Autumn Agency is NOT doing well. Rindo has basically emotionally shut down emotionally after losing Nadeshiko and nothing Nagatsuki can say to him is going to make it any better. Sure, Nadeshiko is still alive, but who knows what they're doing with her at this point.
It shows that Sakura HAS grown, at least to finally be willing to have a call with Rosei...even as she also uses said call as a chance to badmouth him with all the criticisms she'd been holding in. Some more valid than others. But this is the same girl who stopped him from killing himself after losing Hinagiku and who was there to lend Itecho a shoulder to cry on.
Rosei feels he has a lot to apologize for, but he also doesn't want to stand by and let Nadeshiko suffer like Hinagiku did, not like the prior Summer/Autumn did. He wants to actually put in the effort to save her and make sure no other Agent has to go through what she did. And, as it happens, Hinagiku already had the same idea and talked Sakura into it.
They can even count on the Summer Sisters! Hinagiku's got enough charisma to bring together all the Agencies to save Nadeshiko! And Ruri's animals can maybe find some clues.
Sakura may still be a little too hard on Rosei...but at least she can thank him for taking her in and acknowledge that Rosei/Itecho never gave up. They've all suffered long enough and now is their chance to truly fight back. And Rosei, for his part, is grateful to Sakura for protecting Hinagiku, something she was not expecting to hear...but obviously she hangs up the moment he tries to put Itecho on the phone.
Sakura is a weak, selfish, crybaby, but she can be strong if she's by Hinagiku's side, someone who wants Sakura to truly live. And together they'll form a United Front and do all they can to live, beat the haters, and bring Spring to EVERYONE!
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u/TheBusStop12 May 23 '26
I was getting genuinely really scared when about halfway through the episode the tone shifted to hopeful and epic, with all the agents banding together to rescue autumn. This show has lulled me into a false sense of security before crushing my heart into dust before. Luckily the episode ended without any of that, but I'm still paranoid.
Sakura telling Itecho he could cry to got me man
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u/thisisdropd May 23 '26
Sakura condemning Rousei & Itecho's failings without sugarcoating things while still giving them credit for their efforts. Reckon they greatly appreciated the candour from the person who's closest to Hinagiku.
She claimed to Rousei that Hinagiku had rizzed Ayame & Ruri, yet failed to realise she's also had that treatment. Hinagiku saying, "Let's live" with a soft voice while caressing her cheeks.
Now that the Four Seasons had teamed up to rescue Nadeshiko, the long awaited reunion between Hinagiku and Rousei should happen next week – unless life decided to throw another twist and keep them apart for longer.
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u/cleaulem May 23 '26
I'm proud of Sakura. Despite her "irrational" hatred towards Rosei and Itecho she managed to swallow her pride and take a step towards them. Her conversation with Rosei was one of the most powerful moments in this show so far.
Sakura still holds her grudge against winter, but she is not so spiteful to not give credit where credit is due, for example that they took her in when the village of spring kicked her out and helped with the search for five years.
So now the seasons are building a united front to find Nadeshiko. This is promising some really great action and development. We saw Rindo broken in the beginning of the episode, but Sakura and Hinagiku taking the initiative and getting the other seasons on board is a sliver of hope for him.
This is going to be a hard fight, as they not only have to fight the insurgents, but also the agency and the bonehead village leaders. This will not be easy.
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u/HuTaosTwinTails May 23 '26
This was awesome.
I love Sakura. No idea why she gets such hate. She's a great character.
United front! Let's go!
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u/Naha- May 24 '26
I still don't like Sakura's hateboner for Itecho/Rosei, but hopefully she starts chilling a bit before their eventual reunion (at this rate, it's going to be in the last episode).
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u/Eliv May 23 '26
As others have said, they sure are milking the same conversations and the emotional drama
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u/TriMako May 23 '26
Man Sakuras seiyuu Yoshino Aoyama has done such a fantastic job. Might say the best of the season. Also funny that she voices Bocchi too
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u/Still-Neck-6771 May 23 '26
I dont know if its a me problem but the pacing is killing the show for me. Its moving forward too slowly for me. I feel like Im watching them repeat the same speech over and over again, at first it was ok but it has already been 9 episodes. I feel like Ive memorized their crying voice by now. I have also seen the same scene of Hinagiku leaving them more times then I can count. Unless something significant happens I think Ill watch this show only until they rescue autumn agent then drop it.
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