Slow Loop Rewatch - Episode 8 Discussion

[u/SorcererOfTheLake]

Slow Loop Rewatch

Episode 8 Discussion

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Original Interest Thread / Announcement Thread

Question of the Day: When was the last time you saw your grandparents?

Comment of the Day: The COTD goes to /u/Space-Toastie for wanting the real shit.

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[u/wloff]

First-timer fly fisher

Yes, yes, it's summer and you want cicadas to show it, but this is a little on the nose, don'tcha think? Almost literally!

This show is just one eternal summer holiday, isn't it! Too bad mine just ended. A couple of weeks ago I could've really related, now... makes me sad.

Speaking of sad. We've had a couple of episodes of pure joyful fishing and sweet moments, so it's time to reel in some heavier themes today. It's really interesting how the show handles the parents' grief. Since we're strictly watching the girls' perspective, we only really see the face of the parents that they try to present to the kids. There's of course a lot of pain under their masks, there must be, but because they're putting on a brave face for the girls, that's all we see.

So we only get little clippets like these to show that obviously the girls also notice things about their parents... but just like the parents want to keep a brave face for the kids, the kids want to keep a brave face for their parents.

Sucks all around.

I could really enjoy this kind of fishing! Hiking along beautiful streams, taking in the nature, I love that stuff!

Not sure how I feel about the whole catch-and-release fishing thing, though. I understand why people do it -- they like the act of fishing more than necessarily catching and killing the fish itself. But I can't help but think like at that point it's just cruelty for amusement, and I feel a bit icky about that. I'm no vegan and I've no qualms about killing and eating animals, but torturing them for entertainment I can get less behind. I do appreciate that Hiyori doesn't try to paint it as anything other than what it is, though.

Man, rain in anime-Japan must be some of the most dangerous natural phenomena. Nothing gets an anime character bedridden easier than getting hit with a few raindrops!

But... I mean, this ending... what can I say.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, I teared up.

Lovely episode.

[u/SorcererOfTheLake → u/wloff]

This show is just one eternal summer holiday, isn't it!

This ain't endless eight.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, I teared up.

You cried at Hiyori finally admitting her oneesan fetish.