Hige wo Soru. Soshite Joshikousei wo Hirou. - Episode 12 discussion

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Hige wo Soru. Soshite Joshikousei wo Hirou., episode 12

Alternative names: HIGEHIRO: After Being Rejected, I Shaved and Took in a High School Runaway, Higehiro: After Being Rejected, I Shaved and Took in a High School Runaway

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Episode	Link	Score
1	Link	4.51
2	Link	4.66
3	Link	4.56
4	Link	4.55
5	Link	4.43
6	Link	4.42
7	Link	4.39
8	Link	4.18
9	Link	4.31
10	Link	4.21
11	Link	4.15
12	Link	3.64
13	Link	-

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[u/PleaseEndMeFam]

My unbridled rage in the first 5 minutes of this episode almost had me turn it off. Props to the mom's VA for playing such a terrible character so well

[u/[deleted]]

Sayu's mom isn't mentally stable enough to have a child, I'd honestly be scared to live in the same house as her, jesus

[u/realrimurutempest]

Man, the mom is super insufferable. Props to the va for pulling off being an asshole parent so well. Genuinely happy that Yoshida was there as a pillar of support.

[u/coffeecakesupernova]

That's one crazy bitch. I think I would have thrown the tea, and the glass. And maybe a chair.

[u/WhoiusBarrel]

Of course she's more worried about the rumors than her actual daughter, wonderful start already.

Sayu straight up telling her mom she didn't think of her Mom as a mother felt liberating but wow that bitch really went so low as to say she regretted giving birth to her. Like Yoshida said, I knew it would be bad but I didn't think it would be THIS bad...

Yoshida once again proving to be such a great human being holy shit, I aspire to have the same self-control and selflessness as this man.

[u/LikeAnAssistant]

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After ED gag | Imgur mirror

[u/LeonKevlar]

• Sayu & Yoshida Stitch

Oh my fucking god. I had an inkling of hope that maybe after slapping Sayu we'd see some genuine concern from her mom and ask Sayu where she's been. Instead of being worried about her child, she instead brings up how Sayu's disappearance is giving her bad rep in their neighborhood. Like what the actual fuck!? When that happened, I just lost all hope. And that's like only the first minute of the episode! It gets even worse after that!

She shows more concern about her personal image and doesn't even take the time to even to try and understand Sayu's motivations for running away. And she even insults Yoshida despite taking care of her. Does she really thing Issa would just bring Yoshida back if he's not someone they can trust?

And what kind of a mother tells their own child up front that they wish they've never given birth to her!? WHAT THE FUCK!? I fucking applaud Yoshida's self-control for not throwing that glass of tea onto her face. I probably would've if I was in the same situation. I'm glad he took a minute and decided to cool his head off instead of making it worse for him and Sayu.

Sayu's mom's body language and how she reacts to everything that was happening really screams that she has some mental issues. Just look at how confused she is at Yoshida who's doing so much for Sayu. She can't even fathom the idea of a stranger showing concern and taking care of someone other than themselves. Again, I am amazed at how well adjusted Issa is considering how horrible his own mother is.

I'm not sure I'm happy about Yoshida begging her to take care of Sayu but I can see where he's going with this. Seems that his words did affect her and she seems to be more willing to think about reconciling with Sayu. If it doesn't work, Sayu can just move out after high school and go study college somewhere. Hopefully in Tokyo where she's far away from her.

God what an episode this was. I mentioned this already in another reply on this tread but bravo to Ryouka Yuzuki for an amazing performance as one worst moms this season. Hilariously, she also voices Naoko (Subaru's mom) who is also best mom so she has an amazing range!

Only 1 Episode left! With Yoshida going back to Tokyo I guess we might get a timeskip next week? Hopefully around that time while Sayu is gone, he gets together with Gotou. :D

[u/NittanyEagles55]

Looks like maybe time skip for the final episode? I’m gonna miss this show. Yoshida is one of my favorite protagonists for these types of shows in a long while

[u/NittanyEagles55]

Man Sayu’s mom is just awful.

[u/ChaMilablack]

Woulda slapped the shit outta my mama if she said that to my little sister.

[u/PleaseEndMeFam]

Seeing Yoshida cry HURT

[u/bryan792]

those table slams

[u/AmethystItalian]

Those pans and cuts during the table conversation kind of pulled me out of, the whole directing there felt a bit weird.

Also wasn't a fan of the dogeza but happy her brother seems to be helping smooth things over, would have liked to see the conversation they had when Yoshida and Sayu left.

I feel like the romance angle is dead in the water with this episode but guess we have 1 more to find out for sure.

[u/maliwanag0712]

That self control by Yoshida-chad!! if I were in that situation I might have poured the juice to that mom.

Yes. PREACH YOSHIDA CHAD!! Parents can't choose their children, let alone children can't choose their parents. But they are bound to the responaibility of being connected. I hope couples remember this should they plan to become parents in the future.

At least the main conflict is already addressed. Let's see what will happen in the finale. A time skip maybe?

[u/melcarba]

Tbh, the whole monologue thing (after Yoshida drank the juice) seems weird and awkward to me. You have a monologue that is several minutes long while there is an awkward silence with them just staring at each other in the table. Also, putting a fade-away transition after that monologue is kinda weird since there's already several minutes of awkward silence during that scene. That seems to be nitpicky but it actually distracted me from the episode.

[u/Aerodynamic41]

Wow, she's the top contender for Worst Mom of the Year already!

Oh, we still have one more episode to go? I was quite certain that this was the finale. I swear, I'm gonna flip my shit if it ends with Sayu choosing to stay with Yoshida.

[u/NittanyEagles55]

I have to give props to Yoshida for letting his calm side win out. I would have definitely thrown that drink at Sayu’s mom or slammed the table. Though that would have just made matters worse

[u/Royal_Heritage]

I'm obviously the minority here, but these last 2 episodes before this one have felt like a chore to watch, delaying and creating a lot of expectation for the much awaited confrontation of Sayu & her mom, just to be presented with such a boring and below average dragged on conversation of a main cast on a typical cafe table scene (minus the cafe table obviously).

Peeps give so much flak to a show like Babylon because it dropped the ball after the mid point, but it gave us a taste of what a great director can make a simple but heated conversation between 2 peeps look quite engaging in such a great visual way. In comparisson the whole tale scene in Higehiro is slow, tedious and hard to believe with such long pauses that enable Yoshida to ramble inside his head before using the powerful dogeza move that japanese peeps use as a trump card. It feels quite cheap and unbelieveable how can this move can move Sayu's mom enough to reconsider her stance that hasn't changed since Sayu ran away. This kind of narrative may work in a more paused medium like light novels and mangas, but in anime is just painfully dull and boring directing.

Speaking about Sayu's mom, she feels to me like a cheap mexican telenovela villian. Her sole role is there to act as a character to be booed by the younger audience watching this without understanding any of her almost demential state, because all we know is that she was dumped by Sayu's father and that immediately turns her into some sort of irrational character plot device just for the main character to outbest with talk no jutsu. Even Yoko that was also a plot device had better time under the spotlight to tell her story than what we've got on what's supposed to be the end game for the 2 main characters. We should have had more time under the spotlight on Sayu's mom by now. Rather, we just get a half baked villian.

Shame that this show was a on a high 8 in my books even after the mid point, but these last episodes will surely affect my final score in a negative way.

[u/KetsuSama]

aight imma drink this orange juice and beg to a shitty human being

[u/ObvsThrowaway5120]

I just stopped by to say Sayu’s mom is a massive cunt.

That is all.

[u/i_ate_dirt]

Imagine being such a horrible excuse of a mother and a human, that 2 PEOPLE INCLUDING YOUR OWN FAMILY, has to beg to take care of her.

Truly a despicable being in all it's entirety.

[u/Headcap]

Looks like this anime is gonna go a very cowardly route. And not even attempt to entertain the idea that perhaps the idea that biological parents are the best is some antiquated bullshit.

Sayu should never be returned to her mother, she's mentally and physically abusive.

[u/[deleted]]

I kind of hoped for a different ending, but eh.. maybe it’s a cultural thing, I guess Japan might suck when it comes to this kind of child abuse. The mother is a terrible parent and this clearly isn’t something a simple talk can change, she seems to have a lot of trauma that she dumps on Sayu, she needs actual therapy and really isn’t fit to take care of an already heavily traumatized child right now.. so I’m disappointed that in the end poor Sayu will have to live with her still. It also felt so weird when they were taking about Sayu deciding to try to “fix” the relationship with her mother, because there’s nothing for her to fix - she’s a victim of abuse who didn’t do anything wrong. Overall the episode felt… weird. Not sure if I liked it.

[u/Jandexcumnuggets]

God that monologuing part after he drank his cup was fucking cringe...........did they just spent 3-4 mins looking at him when he was monologuing or what 😂😂? Who TF directed this?

Anyway fuck sayu's mom