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roon wrote:Episode 7 - I haven't yelled at the TV so loudly since... episode 3 or 4 I think.

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I screamed when the camera panned away from Takeru and Michiru at the end -- I KNEW they had Ruka leave her cell phone there for a reason. Argh!!! I know she's being distant to them so she's bringing it upon herself, but I just want to shake her and tell her to spill her heart out to at least Michiru! And I'm not talking about a love confession; I want her to tell her about the sexual identity troubles so she'll have a confidante.

LOL.

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Talk about an OBVIOUS plot cliche... Oh man.

Dang, Takeru got BEAT DOWN emotionally in this episode... I couldn't help but feel for that guy... And his timing for wanting to talk to Ruka was just awful: the beginning of the episode and near the end.... Poor guy.

Looks like Ruka's situation is sorta coming to a head, no thanks to that nutjob, Sosuke... His story is still thin: his befriending and saving that little boy from the train doesn't buy much sympathy or justify any of his past actions... His still one big cliche.

Running out of episodes... And lotsa unanswered questions.

More comments after I re-watch with subs.

Erk, ^ I just realized I meant

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gender identity issues, not sexual.

That being said, yes, Takeru has horrible timing. Everyone and their mothers have horrible timing in this show.

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I figured it would be Sousuke to put Ruka's troubles out there... it's cliché and irritating, but Ueno Juri broke my heart so badly (or awesomely?) that I can forgive his cliché character at this point.

The beautiful, warming filter they used on Takeru's flashbacks made the incest-ness even creepier...

And I'm glad that they showed two faces of Michiru: Her trying to become strong for people around her and then the weakness she feels late at night after remembering the good things with Sousuke.

roon wrote:That being said, yes, Takeru has horrible timing. Everyone and their mothers have horrible timing in this show.

You ain't kidding... The show should be renamed Bad Timing. :sweat:

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I figured it would be Sousuke to put Ruka's troubles out there... it's cliché and irritating, but Ueno Juri broke my heart so badly (or awesomely?) that I can forgive his cliché character at this point.

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As crushing as it was, you couldn't possibly expect Ruka to do an about face, ne?

I think just about everyone wanted Ruka to practically leap into Takeru's arms, but there was no way it was gonna happen...

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The beautiful, warming filter they used on Takeru's flashbacks made the incest-ness even creepier...

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It seems pretty evident that Takeru was an incest victim, yet the writer/director is dancing around this topic as well with those soft-focus flashbacks and rather exploitative close-ups... At least that's what I thought the intent was...

Veoh is unusually slow with Episode 7.It'd usually be up about 5 hours ago.This wait is killing me.. :beatyou:

bmwracer wrote:
Once again the some comes up.

The some of what? :beaten:

I prefer hardsubs over soft subs any day, but if the soft subs are available at a faster speed, which they are in my case, I don't mind switching. :victory:

Wynter wrote:The some of what? :beaten:

Itai... Major typo. :sweat:

I prefer hardsubs over soft subs any day

Well of course you'd like it hard. :beaten:

bmwracer wrote:
Well of course you'd like it hard. :beaten:

LOL! Yea, less work for me. ;)

Wynter wrote:LOL! Yea, less work for me. ;)

That takes some of the fun out of things..... :sweat:

bmwracer wrote:
That takes some of the fun out of things..... :sweat:

Depends on your perspective. :mrgreen:

Wynter wrote:

Depends on your perspective. :mrgreen:

I'm with Beem again (are we the same person?) - it takes two - if you don't put any effort in, it's not nearly as interesting for either, I think.

So - one gets to choose the encoding and the other the subs :) We are talking about subtitles, right? :applaud:

phlargo wrote:

I'm with Beem again (are we the same person?) - it takes two - if you don't put any effort in, it's not nearly as interesting for either, I think.

Uhhh aren't we talking about encoding? As you said? LOL! Gomen, I code better alone. :beaten:

phlargo wrote:

I'm with Beem again (are we the same person?)

LOL! I've had my suspicions. For now I'll just call you "Shadow-kun". :muack:

Wynter wrote:

Uhhh aren't we talking about encoding? As you said? LOL! Gomen, I code better alone. :beaten:

But then you have to 'take care of' both the subtitles and the video! That's a lot of work... and I'm usually tired when I'm done with all that. More fun with two :naughty:

phlargo wrote:

But then you have to 'take care of' both the subtitles and the video! That's a lot of work... and I'm usually tired when I'm done with all that. More fun with two :naughty:

Then I need to find better helping hands, because right now I'm more satisfied with myself. ;)

Erm... On Topic: I should be able to watch epi 5 tonight if I get download time. :victory:

Wynter wrote:

Then I need to find better helping hands, because right now I'm more satisfied with myself. ;)

Erm... On Topic: I should be able to watch epi 5 tonight if I get download time. :victory:

Haha.. as for me, I too am quite satisifed with doing it myself. (edit - this was dirtier than I meant it to be: I just meant that I've been happy by myself for two years now)

And I will seek out Ep. 7, but wait until the subs are released and post my famous review ;-)

Eh, when did they change it back to 11 episodes?! :headscratch:

Just saw this on http://community.livejournal.com/lastfriends/ (the latest update by ener)

atskv9 wrote:Eh, when did they change it back to 11 episodes?! :headscratch:

Just saw this on http://community.livejournal.com/lastfriends/ (the latest update by ener)

Heh.. which time? I contend that by the time we get to the end, we'll see 10+ changes.. and maybe offer of a 13th episodes at least once :bleh:

atskv9 wrote:Eh, when did they change it back to 11 episodes?! :headscratch:

Just saw this on http://community.livejournal.com/lastfriends/ (the latest update by ener)

Seems that the production staff are all flakes. :shakehead:

bmwracer wrote:
Seems that the production staff are all flakes. :shakehead:

Or hyper-sensitive to the community reaction to a fault.

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I just revisited that thread: turns out that person was referring to Episode 7, not 6, as in the aforementioned post.

Dork. :shakehead:

ahh boy
big "L" on his forhead :shakehead: