That 1st ep guy needs to return and if he doesnвЂ™t return soon, IвЂ™ll be rooting for Suwa no matter what that means for Kakeru. Now he seems too sensitive, in a bad way. In the first ep, I was impressed by Kakeru recognizing something subtle in Naho. He doesnвЂ™t seem to care what she wants, he just wants her to hold his hand because itвЂ™s what HE wants. Instead heвЂ™s focused on himself and dismissed her own feelings beyond what they mean for him. If he were truly thinking about anything other than himself, heвЂ™d ask her if she were willing to take a risk. He never gives Naho a choice he made it for her and then turns it against her. She wouldnвЂ™t hold hands with either of the other guys so why should she вЂњgetвЂќ what he isnвЂ™t asking for and said he doesnвЂ™t want from her? She doesnвЂ™t understand a middle ground and itвЂ™s horrible for him to try dragging her into one.ДЄnd while I know many youngins may think itвЂ™s вЂњsweetвЂќ that Kakeru doesnвЂ™t want to date Naho because heвЂ™s afraid of hurting her, well, thatвЂ™s one of the most self-centered reasons a person could have. So sheвЂ™s been treating him the same way sheвЂ™d treat the other guys such as being awkward getting physically close. He pouts and gets sullen because sheвЂ™s respecting what he said.ДЄnd for everyone who thinks itвЂ™s Naho whoвЂ™s behaving weird and dense for not вЂњgetting itвЂќ, remember, he said he just wanted to stay friends. Then he turns around to silently and sulkily expect her to behave like a girlfriend. But itвЂ™s awful to watch Kakeru tell Naho, in front of all their friends, that he wonвЂ™t date her. ItвЂ™s time these kids burn the letters and get some concerned adults involved. All 5 of these kids are entirely focused on trying to help a guy who doesnвЂ™t want to be helped and heвЂ™s being an ass about it, too.

Ugh, this is where IвЂ™m starting to hate Kakeru. I want things to end on a high note, in more ways than one. I hope Kakeru recovers from his depression and suicidal thoughts, and I hope the quality of the final three episodes are at the level that orange deserves. It doesnвЂ™t help that Naho is oblivious to his romantic intentions, but there were plenty of scenes where he seemed to spiral further down until the final moment of the episode. Now it looks like heвЂ™s becoming consumed by these spiralling depressing thoughts, even when things are going much better for him in this timeline. Maybe it wonвЂ™t happen on the same day, but it will be tough to keep the act going until he reaches peace of mind.

The moments with Azu and Hagita being the old married couple theyвЂ™re destined to be are adorable, and the sweeter moments with Naho and Kakeru were pleasantвЂ¦ until things started going wrong.Д®arly on in my posts I suspected that perhaps KakeruвЂ™s fate is already sealed, and no matter what they do, they wonвЂ™t be able to rescue him. It seems the others have similar details to NahoвЂ™s letters, though I suspect NahoвЂ™s go more in-depth going by how much more she knows than her friends. We got a shift of point of view seeing things from AzuвЂ™s perspective was neat, and allowed for some cute little drawings that were much nicer to look at than majority of the episode. After last weekвЂ™s positive affair, it seemed likely things would start going wrong despite Naho and everyoneвЂ™s best efforts вЂ“ and that is turning out to be the case.

But itвЂ™s happened before in more popular shows and theyвЂ™ve bounced back to their original quality, so I hope the remaining episodes of orange return to form.ДЄs for what actually happened this week, it was another turbulent ride. I had heard there were scheduling difficulties from the very first episode, so this sudden dip almost seems like an inevitability. While I think theyвЂ™ve captured what makes the manga so special вЂ“ and have adopted their own style rather than the bubbly shoujo one present in the source material вЂ“ it sucks that they canвЂ™t keep up that quality until the end. WhatвЂ™s worse is that weвЂ™ve got a brilliant staff but just not enough forward planning to produce the adaptation that orange deserves. If youвЂ™ve watched SHIROBAKO, then youвЂ™re sure to have learned a bit of that, but once you dip into the real world examples it makes watching these episodes even more depressing.

ItвЂ™s a shame, because this is the result of the industry environment and the amount of workload these animators have to produce in so little time. WeвЂ™ve seen some lesser art and dips in quality in previous weeks, but nothing to this extreme. My screencaps may not convey the intensity of the terrible art and animation present in this episode, but I have tried to pick the best-looking scenes ( of which there are a few) and focus on them rather the many cringeworthy moments. LetвЂ™s get that massive elephant out the room: this episode looked atrocious. Not only to my heart, but to my eyes (in fact, mainly to my eyes).

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