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Originally Posted by Fish Sandwich

I don't have much to say about the Ryuusei Children (the callous way they get slaughtered whenever they show up is endearingly Faiz-y?), but I will stick up for the Takumi/Kimura stuff a bit. I don't think it's a big problem that it fails to do anything new with Takkun, because the way I see it, the whole point is looking backwards. For the past 10-ish episodes, Takumi's jerkiness has been toned down a fair bit from how it was early on. He's almost totally warmed up to Mari and Keitarou at this point, significant time has been spent showing his compassionate side through his interactions with Yuka, he's bros with Yuuji after working at that pizza place together, heck, after hearing that bit about Mari replacing his mom, his attitude towards Kusaka has even shifted from straight animosity to cautious curiosity.

Of course, he still has his moments, by for the most part, we're seeing Takumi hanging out with people he's gotten to know. Presences that he accepts as part of his life. What Kimura showing up accomplishes is letting the show inject like, just a concentrated dose of Takkun by having him interact with some stranger he'd rather not put up with. It's a lightning-bolt reminder of all his issues, and, knowing what's coming up, I think this was a smartly placed point for the show to basically take inventory of his character traits.

Also, the scene in episode 26 where he walks into the room to grab that soda and actively ignores Kimura's presence is one of the funniest bits of the whole show in my book.

Sure, I can see that.

I'm not sure it works super great for me, for a couple of reasons. First, I don't know if it's deployed that great, considering everything else going on in this episode. I see what you're saying, about it needing to be here as a reminder of how Takumi's grown, but it feels so weightless and incidental, so basically irrelevant, that it's tough to feel like it's more than just a Hey Remember When storyline. Second, I feel like we see Takumi be a dismissive asshole to the Ryusei School alumni in both of these episodes, so the Kimura stuff even feels like a bit of a retread of that.

Yeah, I see what you're saying, but I'm not sure it's terribly effective by those standards.

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Originally Posted by Fish Sandwich

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