Sigh. More of the Same

It's relatively rare, thank God, that a 12 ep series in entirely constructed around the fact that one of the MCs is almost pathologically terrified of his own emotions, and in his flailing frenzy, he's wreaking terrible pain on the only one who ever loved him. (Because old teach certainly didn't).And after a certain number of episodes (say, 11) you're so exhausted watching this endless display of emotional sadism, you just want it to be over, no matter how it ends.I suppose, if this runs true to Nipponese form, there will be a relatively unbelievable come-to-heaven moment on Minato's part, and we'll get the patented (at least from the preview) run to true love confession time. I'm sort of dubious that will save this thing for me, though.

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Three Stars

thought - well more like hopped, the preview in the previous ep, was in the future... a future where Shin was in Uni and Minato came to visit, alas not the case. but considering the comments, i thought this was a lighthearted, sweet ep. yeah there was the usual 'one step forward, 5 back' dance that Minato excels in - but it is what it is - of course wish he would grow/mature as this is one ep from the end. ***************************************************************************************************************think the reason most hurt for Shin is cause he is needlessly getting hurt. if only Minato manned-up enough n confessed his feeling (cause this has Never been a one-sided crush). but make a condition, that he will be ready to act on - whatever.. only after Shin graduates or finishes Uni - something other then staying mute. *********************************************************then Shin (1) wont be heartbroken as (2) will have a reason to work towards. but Minato wouldn't be Minato without running away or avoiding a situation ugh dude is Very frustrating to say the least, considering he the adult in this equation and his baby step r just nail paced ****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************the only one to grow and learn from Minato and Shin's interaction was Asuka, he stopped avoiding his situation and confessed his heart to Hiiragi. thank frack, cause his avoiding verbalizing his feelings were only getting him hurt. *******************************************************************************************************************************************************************Shin of course as per-usual did the mature thing, whether it will push Minato or not idk but he needs to do it so he can go on with his life at least for now. i just hope in the next ep Minato's realization doesn't stop Shin from pursuing his dreams

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