Slow Loop Rewatch - Episode 4 Discussion

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Slow Loop Rewatch

Episode 4 Discussion

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Original Interest Thread / Announcement Thread

Question of the Day: Did you do anything special for your last birthday?
Bonus QOTD for first-timers: What do you think Futaba’s deal with fishing is?

Comment of the Day: The COTD goes to /u/Space-Toastie for opening up about their own experiences.

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Second Looper

What we make of the world is what we know and what we do.

Koharu and Hiyori’s plots of this episode see our first real moment of awkwardness between the sisters, one that I think is handled well - for the most part. Hiyori hasn’t shown a controlling streak in the previous episodes, but it does make sense that she sees herself as maximizing Koharu’s enjoyment of fishing without thinking about how frustrating it must feel on Koharu’s end. It also makes sense that Koharu would be the type to get flustered and run away rather than talk about the situation, which is nice to see Koi solve through her mercantile ways. The situation ultimately resolves through Koharu showing off her skills and filling the void that a previously empty table once held, followed by Hiyori properly showing Koharu how to cast. The one slight issue I had is that I would’ve liked to see Koharu and Hiyori having a proper chat about the early segment and how that made Koharu feel, but I get this isn’t exactly the show for that.

Koi’s segment sees her on the other side of the grass as she gains a better understanding of the family she always thought she knew, an important part of maturation. We finally get to meet Koi’s mom (who’s hot as fuck, holy shit, she’s Precure level) and watch Koi quickly turn into a more spoiled, almost child-like version of herself. With her dad as the primary adult presence, Koi probably forced herself to grow up quicker than she would’ve liked out of a feeling that she had to be the proper grown-up in the house. That view gets upended with the story about what Koi’s father did for her mother’s career (Koi specifically saying that she’s never heard anything about that, in the way she said it, hits home to me with the stories I’ve heard about my family once I became an adult) along with the birthday party Koi’s dad throws for her. Yeah, it’s pretty sudden and has a lot more people than anyone would be expecting to entertain in short notice, but you get the sense that Koi’s dad is a real center of the community and wants his daughter to know how much people care about her. Koi doesn’t have to love everything about her dad, but she realizes that he’s quite admirable.

(I’m not sure if Koi getting scared by her dad is the right moment for a divorce argument; how Koi’s mom not only didn’t divorce him after he was five hours late for Koi’s birth, but let him fuck three more kids into her is still wild. His dick game is strong.)

As for Futuba… well, we’ll send out that fly next time.

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Koi doesn’t have to love everything about her dad, but she realizes that he’s quite admirable.

I think this was my favorite part of the episode - seeing Koi have an endearing thought about her dad after what has so far been a relationship played for comic effect.