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After last week’s dramatic fireworks display, I appreciate this cool-down period Passive Angler This week has left us confused. While it lacks the finesse and drive to turn Hiro’s brilliant combat into tense viewing, the story here is more in line with the tone we’ve come to expect from anime. It’s a little silly, a little poignant, but overall a joy to watch. It’s a fitting follow-up, one that capitalizes on the show’s pre-established strengths as a force to guide Hiro back on the right path. Fishing and friends saved the day as always.
Kozue’s return is the most relaxing part of this episode. The lesbian team doesn’t get as much action as the other members of the Everymart team, but she definitely makes up for lost time here. I love that when she finds out Hiro and Kao Ming are fighting, her first reaction is to figure out the rest of the juicy details. When Hiro keeps acting suspicious, she reveals the details she imagined in her head, which naturally involves a gay love triangle with Gao Ming’s rival from the past as host. Yes, it’s explicitly gay because 1) she’s gay, 2) it makes no sense for Takaaki’s rival to be a woman, 3) she intentionally used the gender-neutral “koibito” when she mentioned Hiro’s non-existent date ”. Kozue lives for drama, and we love her.
Thankfully, Hana becomes more forthright and helpful when she notices that something is clearly going on with Hiro. As usual, her advice comes in the guise of fishing tips, but the substance is clear. As the night wears on and they improvise on a fishing trip, she becomes more direct, talking about the nature of their friend group and the first time they met. Most importantly, she conveys the casual nature of her relationship with Takaaki, in stark contrast to Hiro’s closeness with him. Gao Ming tells Hong what he didn’t tell Hua. He literally fished him out of the water. Their fight just proves how much they care about each other. This was already obvious to the audience, but Hiro needed to hear it from someone he trusted.
Hana’s advice gives Hiro the motivation he needs to move from a negative perspective to a positive one. However, you can’t catch fish just by throwing bait. You need to get smarter. You need to be aware of your surroundings. You need to study it. you need to Feel it. Therefore, Hiro did not directly pursue Takaaki, but instead devoted himself more to the sport because he knew that Takaaki would one day show up to compete. It’s like anglers targeting small schools of fish because they know the big fish will feed there. And I can’t imagine the Hiro we met in the premiere putting in so much patience and long-term planning to patch things up with his friends. He has grown a lot.
I’m curious about what Takaaki was up to this week while Hiro and the other members of Everymart were going about their business. Did he drive from dock to dock, living in his car the entire time, or did he end up visiting family? I guess we’ll find out next week, but for now, I think his absence is a good thing for the narrative. First, it shows that he chose to leave rather than kick Hiro out. Even during their fight, Gao Ming realizes that Hiro still has nowhere to go, and he can’t bear to leave his friend homeless. Looking at Hong’s character arc, Gao Ming’s absence gives Hong the necessary space to prove his development and independence. While the wise-cracking nagging played a role, it was Hiro himself who ultimately decided to call the hospital and face his future. There may be a lot of things that are beyond his control – maybe everything – but we can’t live with our feet chained to the ground. This is true death, and Hiro has experienced it firsthand.
I want to highlight the last scene, of course, I’m talking about the mysterious mustachioed fishing saint, by Shinichiro Miki. Out of nowhere, he hands Hiro some pearls of fishing wisdom, then disappears into the night like a ghost. Who is this person? The end credits call him a “legendary angler,” but if he’s based on a celebrity that real anglers would recognize, let me know. His character design is very inconsistent with the rest of the show, and I wish he was based on a real person, but I think it would work if he was just a nameless fishing wizard who visits young anglers on dark nights. soul. Anyway I will never complain about random Shinichiro Miki Cameo. If this is the kind of heat Negative Posey Angler It can be brought to the penultimate episode and then I can’t wait to see the ending.
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Steve, now in Blue Sky, agrees. The fish are certainly not afraid of him. You can also see him talking about trash and treasure in Anime of the Week.
