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The best thing about this episode is how Sakuta and the others quickly question Tuko’s claims. The idea that she has given adolescence syndrome to 10 million people is ridiculous, and even she is able to give it to others’ credibility. However, that doesn’t mean she’s lying, and she may have been simply mistaken for and trapped in her own puberty syndrome crisis.
Unfortunately, in this episode, we never get Touko again. Instead, the show seems to be moving towards our other unresolved plot threads Rascal is not a kid who dreams of a backpack:ikumi akagi. Ikumi is part of the life of Sakuta in the “perfect timeline” he visited in that movie. But why she was studying in his high school and the two had no interaction in the normal schedule since the two were not interacting.
The two were in college together and it was obvious that she was dealing with her own supernatural. It seems that Ikumi either has a dream of prophecy or just tries to prevent her from discovering dangerous prophecies posted on social media. But while we see her saving a young girl, we don’t get any more details, which leads us to another mystery to solve.
In addition to Touko and Ikumi, the episode strives to point out that various heroines notice the patterns in Sakuta’s life – basically “he always encounters the great detective in some way murder wherever he goes,” Rio says. Although he seems to be detached most of the time, he has proven himself good at solving cases of puberty syndrome and has been forced to do so. The people around him accepted this, and at the same time, if they wanted to continue with his relationship (which was friendship or love), they needed to support him.
As we’ve seen in the previous episode, Mai’s most dates with Sakuta dated pop idols, which made him a little picky about it. In this episode, she not only allows him to date without her group, but also encourages the date. She knows dating Ikumi’s classmates is the best way to get information about girls. Her relationship with Sakuta is so safe that she doesn’t even hesitate. To be fair, it’s easy to understand why she was like this. He is not shy about saying that he was taken away or declared Mai the cutest girlfriend in the world, and that he has no interest in dealings. Also, there are a lot of people around college about him dating.
Aside from that, the episode also makes us kind of catch up with Yuma and Saki, two members of the supporting actors we haven’t seen in our post-high school life. It’s great to see a regular person in the entire series staying stable and free of puberty syndrome. Plus, he got good, and was very Jack-so I’m sure his girlfriend is happy. Speaking of Saki, she is still as harsh as ever – although at least she stays disgusted with Sakuta when she’s alone together.
Finally, this is another episode. It sets the stage for the new arc and aligns everything with the witty dialogue of the series’ trademarks. I’m still totally committed to seeing where everything goes from here.
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Random thought:
•The moment when the young Mai appeared was the first real “holy nonsense” moment of the season. The meaning of her return story is incredible.
•The idea of Touka living in a state where no one can see her for over two years is a terrible idea. We have seen how psychological damage is destroyed even in this state through MAI and Sakuta.
•I wonder if Touka has been following Sakuta throughout the story almost uninterrupted, and the perfect world Sakuta (the best version of the character) is immediately visible to her when he is teleported to our world (and he leaves).
• My favorite episode: Sakuta has to tell people the story of how he told Mai – just without all the supernatural elements.
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