this was a neat way of showing how arajin’s priorities have changed, but im honestly pretty disappointed with how little mahoro did in eps 10-11. ep 11 especially could have been a good moment for her to confront arajin and indirectly have him see her for who she really is as a person, or even go straight to facing off with matakara like she did with akutaro in episode 6
hmmm
Talking more on the theme of delusion, Matakara relies on it as an escape from his sensitive emotional nature. Since childhood he's been susceptable to these dark thoughts, which his brother (and presumably kid Arajin) helped him deal with. Now, without his brother, the ideal of Arajin he cultivated since childhood, the one who believed in becoming a Honki person with him, is the main thing able to distract him from his painful reality. He was writing a letter to his brother the first time one of the shadows appeared in the series and he proceeded to pick up the stone stamp in order to calm himself. After Arajin rebuffed him when he asked him to call off the gang war, other shadows appeared and he needed to rely on the connection with his brother in order to find strength and later appeal to Mahoro. As he is now, he needs some kind of ideal or delusion to be able to keep functioning.
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"How do I put this? Seeing you guys together brings back memories." ... "I also trained with another guy to become honki people."
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the backstory for senya and ichiya this episode was revealed... and it's every bit as gay as you can imagine.
We’re doing another one chat, I have more to share
Love is in the air. But you have to be careful so you don't get hurt.
We finally have new art!! They've released a new trailer with glimpses of the OVA!
(https://x.com/sk8_project/status/1855037591726559327)
They also gave us some descriptions of the stories! Here are my translations of them!
One Sunday, Reki, Langa, and Miya were at the skate park, as usual, when they are caught in a sudden downpour. They take shelter at Reki's house, and end up playing karuta with deck they find there--!?
We go back in time to when Sakurayashiki and Nanjo were high school students living in obscurity. They're still competing with each other as usual, but after a series of competitions, the conclusion they arrive at is...
This is a story that reveals just a tiny bit of the mysterious daily life of Ainosuke and Kikuchi-- They each have their secret routines, when there's a crossover between the two, and then a certain someone appears.
By night, he is an anti-hero, Shadow. By day, he works hard at a flower shop. These are three short stories that capture the daily life of the precious and kind Hiromi.
THIS WAS TRULY MY BUCCHIGIRI 😭😭😭
Love chapter one SO MUCH>_<!!! Especially their dynamic!
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