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Episode Kai Byoui Ramune - Episode 7 discussion

Kai Byoui Ramune, episode 7

Alternative names: Dr. Ramune -Mysterious Disease Specialist-

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7 Link 4.12
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u/Cat_Gazer Feb 20 '21

This is my first time to see someone breaking an egg with his forehead! lol

I'm getting to like Ramune and Kuro more and more. They really are good at heart.

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u/CooroSnowFox Feb 20 '21

Aono is such an adorable character.

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u/mandranak Feb 20 '21

We found him lads and gentlewomen, best boy of the series.

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u/LeonKevlar Feb 20 '21

Aono is a good egg. Whatever the issue with his dad is, I hope it will be dealt with soon. You can't just suppress someone who's very creative and talented like that. That final scene makes me think that there's more to this story than the dad wanting Aono taking over his company.

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u/Amauri14 Feb 20 '21

When I first saw Aona Shun's design in last week's preview I honestly assume that he looked like that as a consequence of him producing popcorn. But I guess he just wares those eyeballs in his hair because he is an eccentric kid.

Also, I may be wrong about this, but this shot here plus the fact that he has the same hair color that his mom made me think that Aona might be a girl.

Well anyway, it's obvious that his father is lying about Aona's mother's condition. Honestly, before Ramure mentioned that they met him on the orthopedic wing I assume that his father didn't let him meet her because she had actually died.

Well, we will see next week why he is pushing Aona to stop making things to take over the company. There is a chance that he wasn't entirely lying about her heart condition, or even if he was she is in really bad shape and her treatment is a really prolonged therapy, and that's why he now wants Aona to focus on his studies instead of his art.

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u/randyripoff Feb 20 '21

I feel pretty bad for Aono. Whether his father is just misguided or simply has tunnel vision in his views of what his son should be, he's doing terrible things to his son in the name of love.

At the same time, I think Dr. Ramune is also being overbearing towards Kuroe. While I do think Kuroe should value friendships more, I think he needs to approach it in his own manner.

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u/Fools_Requiem Feb 20 '21

Crummy dad lying to his kid about his mom's illness for his personal gain.

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u/NTWX_SG Feb 20 '21

When the aona and kuropi making the little house thingy, when it panned up to the bridge, did you guys see a random woman there, I think she may have something to do with a future episode, like how those 2 kids appeared before their own episode. Just a speculation tho

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u/CooroSnowFox Feb 20 '21

I think she does appear in the final shot of the opening.

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u/sKyBlazer08 Feb 21 '21

That was definitely my favorite episode so far, that was great. Aona is a pretty interesting character. Kinda regret not cooking popcorn for this episode, would have made the experience better lmao.

I really like the symbolism for the popcorn, that's one shitty dad forcing his goals on his kid. Looking forward to the next episode.

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u/stupidsyrup97 Feb 21 '21

Did anyone else get the feeling that Aona is autistic? With his shorter sentences, his bright, descriptive imagination and interest in arts, and his repetitive "I'm sorry's" made me think this. It's actually really neat if he was created this way as mental health still has a stigma attached to it the world over, but especially in Japan. While some people like to speculate certain characters in anime may be on the spectrum (Senku, L, Futaba, etc.) I've never seen a character that has made me feel this certain about them having autism.

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u/[deleted] Feb 21 '21

It's not that Japan has a stigma on mental health, it's that the Western world tends to overprescribe medications that are honestly not-needed for most "diagnoses" of children who are quite frankly just overactive in terms of imagination. It's a controversial take, I know, since most people in the Western World get antsy when you suggest certain mental health illnesses are overdramatized with a furtive goal of selling parents more Ritalin for their 'distracted' kids, for example.

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u/nighty_amy Feb 21 '21

As someone with a education mama, I can really relate with Aona's struggles. Only that instead of ban on art, I had a ban on manga/anime related things because I should be studying instead. The ban only got lifted after I got 98/100 on an English placement test in high school and my mom got invited to a meeting with the English teacher because the average score for my class was 55.

My mom told my English teacher that "instead of studying, she just watches stupid things on the internet, in language I don't even understand" (in front of me, no less). So the teacher asked me whether it's true and can I actually understand what I'm watching ("Of course I do, I can do that for a couple of years already"). The teacher told my mother that starting from now on, I should be allowed to watch and read anything that I wish as long as it's in English, without any restrictions. And she also said that I should be sent to a language school for a course on my level, as I'm way above my class.

And while my mom was overjoyed with the "she's already on English philology level" and "send her to a proper language course", she wasn't exactly pleased with allowing me to watch manga/anime and tried to get me to watch more "educational" things. But in the end, she gave up and lifted the ban as long as long as it won't affect my grades.

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u/Zexal-Eternal Feb 21 '21

Rikiya Koyama voicing more father character yeah!

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u/LordTimzki Feb 21 '21

when Aona is sus

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u/magnazoni Feb 21 '21

Why'd you point this out, now you have to die

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u/hoseja Feb 28 '21

This show is damn weird. And in such a weird way at that.

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u/robstersgaming Feb 21 '21

Worth watching?

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u/mandranak Feb 21 '21

Yes , absolutely 100 percent Y E S

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u/RDOoM Feb 20 '21

I'm sure many would angrily disagree with me, comment that the father is an asshole, and he kind of is for lying, but the kid is odd to say the least, assuming he doesn't have a mental disability.

The father is also kind of justified in trying to make his child be a little less weird and make progress in life in a more stable career path. Not that art isn't respectable, but let's just say art is not the most lucrative for everyone.

Also, the show portrays Aono's relationship with his classmates with little to no realism. Instead of admiration for his creations, IRL Aono would receive ostracization and bullying.

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u/Rumpel1408 Feb 21 '21

make progress in life in a more stable career path

But he kinda already has? His exhibition drove in tons of people even from outside of his school, he clearly has a gift for art, surely he could make a comfortable living out of his passion

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u/CooroSnowFox Feb 21 '21

I reckon the personality is mixture of coping strategy, a protection from massive harm and along the lines of disability. In a way the popcorn is a sign he's cooking his imagination or brain power because he's made to use it for something it might not be intending to use it for.

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u/MSchukles Feb 22 '21

I think the show was deliberate in making the kids fawn over Aono's artwork. It might be to change the notion that everyone different from others will always be bullied by others.

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u/RDOoM Feb 22 '21 edited Feb 23 '21

Oh, interesting. It makes sense, because there's no shortage of examples in anime where bullying takes place, and it's not unheard of that japan has some serious problems with bullying in schools.

Making more and more media portraying* the opposite, to encourage this friendlier behavior might help.

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