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Even Kobato and Osanai understand that they’re doing a horrible job of being “regular.” That’s a far cry from deciding that there’s no level in pursuing that aim and realizing that they’re most likely simply superb the best way they’re, however Kobato would possibly not less than be transferring in that path. And that is perhaps an excellent factor for him; when he spends the primary half of this episode sketching out his theories and discussing the case with Kengo, it’s essentially the most animated he’s been in your entire collection up to now. He loves to research and hypothesize, irrespective of how mundane (the new chocolate) or doubtlessly harmful (the bike theft) the state of affairs. There’s a quiet pleasure in his eyes and physique language as he writes on the board and bounces concepts off his pal, and whereas I do know it’s totally different to observe from a distance, as we do on this state of affairs, I need that for him. Is “regular” value giving up what you really love?
We don’t know what Osanai’s emotions are on the topic, nevertheless it looks like she’ll be popping out with a “sure” on this episode. Her state of affairs appears fairly totally different from Kobato’s; his quirk is that he’s a know-it-all, self-proclaimed detective, however as he tells Kengo, if he had been a fox, Osanai could be a wolf. Whereas we don’t have any concrete particulars about what she did in highschool, we will inform that her default persona is much like my canine with peanut butter: as soon as it enters his consciousness, nothing can distract him. Osanai has a historical past of being tenacious to the purpose of not letting go of one thing till she’s glad. We noticed hints of this earlier with the strawberry shortcakes (RIP), the place she wore Kobato down till he agreed to go together with her so she may get two. That may be annoying, nevertheless it’s not harmful, which is emphatically not the case with the bike incident. This isn’t nearly wanting one thing that’s straightforward to get, it’s about confronting an individual who appears prepared to lie, steal, and cheat to get what he desires, and when she embarks on this quest, she’s totally conscious that he’s not appearing alone. As Kobato notes, how is a gaggle of villains prone to deal with a lady like Osanai? The unsaid is “not good.”
Whereas neither Osanai nor Kobato appears totally able to turning away from who they as soon as had been, there’s extra hazard in Osanai’s return. There’s a mood that goes alongside together with her stubbornness, as seen in her stiff, offended gait on the finish when a girl by accident douses her with water. As soon as once more, Osanai is hyper-focused on the one who wronged her, and we don’t know if Kobato’s texts are telling her to return again, as he can determine this out based mostly on the objects on the desk. Her try to inform Kengo that she’s “Yuki’s twin sister Maki” is laughable, nevertheless it does point out that she’s looking for a strategy to not truly change. This raises the query of whether or not Kobato is prone to revert to his detective self as a result of he desires to, or as a result of he’s attempting to save lots of Osanai from himself.
It’s somewhat disappointing that we don’t get extra details about what Osanai was like after the blood-red sundown scene in episode three. However this story doles out its info at its personal tempo, and I feel we will belief that it’s going to finally give us all the things we have to know. It drags somewhat, nevertheless it additionally appears to arrange Kobato and Osanai as two individuals who maybe don’t have as a lot alternative in how they current themselves as they assume they do. It might be an embodiment of the aphorism about how the purpose of climbing a mountain isn’t to achieve the highest, however to benefit from the climb alongside the best way.
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