![]() While she was over, it was Tamako who was making far more progress with Shiori than Dera was, but the coup de grâce came when Tamako muscled in on Dera’s proposed coffee date and said that Shiori didn’t want him following her. Unfortunately for Dera, though he experienced bursts of success, his true destiny is not what he would like. Don’t take him seriously at all, people! It’s just meant to be a bit of silly fun. Now, all we get is weird human x tori subtext. ![]() Having Dera be human would have been either annoying, creepy, or super creepy, so they needed something to keep him from being taken too seriously. They needed a character that could act old enough to be a gentleman without seeming like a pretentious prick, and without the subtext of a horny high schooler trying to bang the main characters (or even worse, a horny adult trying to do the same…and probably a pretty old one, considering how Dera acts). The more I think about it, the more I realize that Dera being a bird was the only way KyoAni was going to ever get to use this kind of character in their usual high school affairs. If Shiori were more experienced with such things, she probably wouldn’t have fallen for his crap, but he did it with awkward style, just like most men do. I especially enjoyed when his oh-I’m-so-lost gambit unexpectedly worked (you can pick up girls like that? I should try it out sometime…), as well as when he flagrantly flopped over (“No, I mean…I’m not okay!”) to get her to come over again. In fact, by the end I was referring to them as ‘gambits’ or ‘moves’, and laughing when he rolled into one, unexpectedly succeeded, or failed spectacularly. He just had that smooth, but not as smooth as he would have preferred thing going, that awkwardness dribbled over some legitimately gentlemanly actions (and slightly dubious intentions) that is so familiar to anyone who has spent time out on the dating scene. ![]() I’m sorry, but I just found Dera hilarious this episode. This was only partially a Shiori episode though, as Dera once again went about stealing the show. Compared to our cast of lovable extroverts, the noticeably introverted Asagiri Shiori sure is a change. 「クールなあの子にあっちっち」 ( Kuuruna Ano Ko ni Acchicchi)Īhhh, to be young and bashful again. ![]()
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