Kodomo no Jikan - 11
Dodgeball owns!
Summary:
A young Reiji runs in fright from the expectations his family has of him. His mother tells him to listen to his father’s requests, making Reiji wonder about his own desires. After striking with the knife found in his hand, Reiji wakes in the present from this horrible nightmare. As these were events of the past, Reiji wonders why it is coming back to him now. However, he is also reminded of Aki’s previous advice to him. Reiji then realizes that Rin is in bed with him, quickly calming him. Rin wakes at Reiji’s whisper to her, before falling back to sleep. Daisuke praises Mimi during a dodgeball match at school, but Kuro reminds Mimi of what has happened recently. Rin meanwhile gives the winning blow for her team, before noticing how down Daisuke is. Afterwards, Kuro notices that both Rin and Mimi are in low spirits. Rin ponders the advice she got from Kyoko, before leaving for the bathroom. Mimi believes that she was more responsible for the confrontation with Daisuke, so Kuro comes up with a plan.
Daisuke finds that Kyoko is quite angry with him, and to make things worse, he is hit in the balls with a ball by Kuro right after. Daisuke is relieved to see a cheerful Rin upon her return, as is Rin who sees Daisuke smiling for his students. After the tournament ends, Daisuke’s team finds that they were just short of winning against Kyoko’s. Mimi takes the chance to apologize to Daisuke, but this results in a bit of awkwardness for Daisuke. Shirai overhears Kyoko’s excitement for winning against Daisuke in the locker room, before going to the office to remind Daisuke of his duties. Rin finds Daisuke cleaning up alone in the gym, and explains to him that Reiji is busy with work. Daisuke then realizes that Rin was always waiting for Reiji after school, not himself. Rin notices that Daisuke is spaced out while she begins to help, and the two are suddenly locked inside the gym locker. When Reiji finds that Rin is not at home that night, he searches for her in panic.
In the empty gym locker, Daisuke notices Rin sneeze from the cold. Rin gets closer to Daisuke for warmth, and refuses to let go after mentioning both of their hearts’ sound. Kyoko starts to leave the office in school, but Oyajima and Shirai quickly run out to her after a phone call. Rin begs Daisuke not to leave her in the storage room, so Daisuke assures her that he is there for her. Rin suddenly gets a phone call from a panicked Reiji, and the teachers arrive with him soon after. In extreme anger, Reiji assaults Daisuke before dragging Rin away. Rin resists, but an enraged Reiji continues to take her home without listening to any of the teachers’ explanations. Daisuke attempts to set out in the office afterwards, but Shirai stops him by reminding him of his position. At home, Reiji refuses to listen to Rin’s explanation while pretending to be calm. Realizing his inner anger, Rin gives up on arguing with him.
Preview: The finale.
Impression:
WHAT. THE. HECK. Reiji, you are a freaking psycho. Screw you! Having heard that this series’ manga is still ongoing, I was ready to expect a mediocre anime ending. With the build up they’ve established in this episode though, I think I don’t have to worry as much. But seriously, as much as I loved the Aki arc, I am disliking Reiji more and more. Who jumps across freaking train tracks!? The final scenes were just intense, and left me pretty speechless. Of course, as awesome at this episode was, it could have easily been better. I just love how those censor bars come out at the most dramatic times. Speaking of that, the dvd for the first couple episodes has come out. You should check the comments from my last episode review for that. I refuse to post the images myself. I was joking the other day that there would be two seasons of Kodomo no Jikan; The one we’re watching now, and the uncensored one everyone else will be watching later. On a lighter note, Shirai gave a pretty nice slap to Daisuke. Also, I still want to see more Kyoko. She’s so awesome! The next episode is the last for the series. I might end up picking the manga back up afterwards.
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Haven’t seen the episode yet (some after-school program I’ve been volun-told to assist with) but the DVD is out, and here is the jaw-droppingly too-hot-for-teevee fanservice in all its glory:
Episode one:
http://img528.imageshack.us/img528/7181/1002bygafjf8.jpg
Episode two:
http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/2145/11920031130163am3.jpg
fuggin censormonkeys.
I know, I’m the one who already put the images in the other post, just making it easier for you all =^+^=
Okay, just watched the episode that was brought to you by the letter “M”. Wow, I can safely say the manga didn’t go to some of the places this episode went. No need for me to say what a bastard Reiji-kun is, even with the censor monkeys taking out the part where Reiji-kun says Rin smells like Aki doesn’t make me feel any better.
Looks like the next episode is called “A Child’s Time”. Bad portents, perhaps?
In the manga, they just get locked and boin-sensei just finds them luckily after Daisuki uses Rin’s phone. No big deal.
it might end like
MASSIVE SPOILERS AHEAD
MASSIVE SPOILERS AHEAD
MASSIVE SPOILERS AHEAD
MASSIVE SPOILERS AHEAD
S-Y-A-D L-O-O-H-C-S (BACKWARDS incase of being glanced at)anime ending.
/spoiler
in the preview, that look at rin eyes is back. I wonder what does it means.
ItAintEazy: lawl……yea I still don’t like directly mentioning people in my posts. Anyways, some of those screens I can understand. A lot of them are just ridiculous though. wth…
Di Gi Kazune: Wow……so the anime adaption is going into original ending territory…….looks like I’ll be getting an ending afterall.
nigra: LOL if they go that route I don’t know what I’ll say. I did think that when I saw the knives though. btw that’s not really a spoiler at all….unless you were joking. xD
i was kind of serious about not spoiling it. because i gots modded when I mentioned that piece of info on an anime site. MODDED ON MAH 2nd DAY!
but right now im just waiting for the next manga chapter.!! wheres mah rawscan!
@Totali:
Well, to be honest, I didn’t read your whole post before I compulsively did the first comment, so it wasn’t until later that I realized I was obliquely mentioned *orz*. For the record, I despise and and all people who make demands that they be namedropped or blogrolled, and beginning that practice would only encourage them.
Geez, this episode was fucked up beyond belief. :O
You know, as much as I dislike Reiji, I think this episode cheapens his character immensely by turning him from a complex character into your dime-a-dozen psychopath. Yes, his unhealthy obsession with his cousin’s daughter because of his inability to deal with her death and a traumatic childhood have screwed him up in the head six ways from sunday, but the manga allows him to retain some sympathy from the audience and makes them wonder about whether he can let go of his anger, grief, and hatred before it’s too late. Based on this episode, it looks like the anime’s pretty much spoonfeeding us the idea that he’s irredeemable and well down the path of (self-)destruction.
Ehh, I kinda lost faith in Reiji-kun when I read the manga as well, so his affairs relates not to me.
I have only one thing to say about the censorship in this episode.
C-C-C-COMBO BREAKER!
@Lunar Archivist
You may have a point about giving him sympathy since he’s messed up.I gave up on that though when he started really acting like a complete retard(manga) and counted the days till Rin turns 16 so he can screw her.(If anyone can symphatized with that then there’s something wrong)
nigra: Haha, that sounds like a lot of fun xD. Silly forums…
ItAintEazy: I think if people want their thoughts spread, they would start a blog or something. Comments are kind of separated from the main blog post in my books.
Lunar Archivist: *stars playing NIN’s Mr. Self Destruct*……but yea, I still haven’t caught up on the manga, but it was really weird to see Reiji suddenly shift personalities so quickly.
pipikoo: YES MY MASTER
tabs05: Wow that happens? My desire to pick up the manga is increasing day by day….
tabs05: The only good thing I can say about the “countdown to being legal” thing is at least he bothering to wait that long before trying to screwing Rin. Of course, that’s completely offset by the hickeys he’s giving her…
Just to make one thing clear: I’ve never been a fan of Reiji and I’ve never liked him. What I’ve learned from following this series, however, is that making assumptions about any aspect of it is extremely dangerous. Mistaken assumptions by thin-skinned anime fans was what got this series cancelled, mistaken assumptions about whether Aoki was a closet pedophile or not played a role in their judgement, etc.
Kaworu Watashiya seems to derive some morbid enjoyment from using misdirection in this manga and screwing with the minds of her audience. The series, which is essentially a coming-of-age dramedy with farcical elements and psychological analyses of is characters thrown in, was purposely wrapped in a Lolicon shell and marketed as such in many ways even though it’s clear to anyone who’s bothered reading the entire thing that it’s anything but that.
I’m just going to sit back for the ride and assume nothing until I see a smoking gun.
Wow, what the…?!?!
I finally watched this episode, and it did not disappoint me! This show could be among the best shows of the year; I hope they end it well.
i´m really sad that they did not wait in making this like another half a year for the manga to end, i was so hoping they would show Usa-chans story a bit more, and i still don´t think this is going to be ending like the manga and that they will cut off with a mediocre anime ending and we might see them again after a year or so, depending on how well the dvds sell.
All in all this show was kind of disappointing as it sabotaged itself to semi-”Strawberry Marshmallow” semi-”S-Y-A-D L-O-O-H-C-S” bastard child while not being up to the quality of either.
good times
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