Maya

For this episode I really want to give props to the camera angels and cinematography. When Kohei was having a flashback to the dinner scene, I really appreciated that it wasn’t the same cut from earlier in the episode. It really felt like we were watching the scene from Kohei’s perspective. That said I don’t like Maya. At all. I think she likes Kohei and has realised he likes Taichi and is jealous of that. Initially she seemed like a very soft and sweet person, but the way she spoke to Taichi at the end just makes me angry. She assumes she knows everything about their relationship, and yes Taichi treated note-taking as somewhat of a game when they started, but Kohei has already established that Taichi values his friendship and not just the lunches. And Taichi has taken his role very seriously now and is attending training to be better. I think it’s hypocritical of her to say that Taichi is full of himself when he does so much for Kohei just because he likes him (as a friend …for now) when Maya completely dismisses Yoko as carefree without knowing one thing about his life. Just because Yoko is happy, she believes he must never have had struggles.

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