Sooo, I watched TBHK ep 7...
AND THEY STILL CUCKED US.
(I’m rambling about the young exorcist arc for a while, further down are my thoughts on the actual episode)
No Young Excorcist Arc, sadly. I know it’s kinda getting repetitive and all but for being just 2 chapters long that little arc did so much developing for Kou, Hanako and the relationship between those two. Though, with how they portay Teru in the Anime it feels like they’re building up to something. Quiet a few people think they’ll push it back to the finale of the season and I dunno if I like it. Right now I kinda don’t like Kou’s relationship with Hanako. I mean, yeah, they make it seem like Kou kinda cares about Hanako, but it feels like the real reasons are still a) protect Yashiro and b) ‘keep an eye on him’ so Teru doesn’t get too antsy. They do show Kou having doubts about exorcising and stuff and he even says ‘I’m kinda done with that’ but without the stuff happening in the Young Exorcist Arc it lacks context/motivation. Not wanting to exorcise Hanako anymore? That I can kinda believe. Being doubtful of exorcising in general? Nah man, doesn’t add up. Also, the whole donut thing feels kinda dishonest. In the manga, you know it’s for Hanako and Yashiro to both feel better, but in the anime it feels like he’s only doing it for Yashiro (or at least mainly).
(k, ‘nough rambling about what we can’t have)
What we got in this episode was actually reaaaaally nice. I feels like they cranked up the budget a bit cos the scenes looked more consistently well made without (many) jarring scenes. Lol, of course the episode that introduces Tsukasa gets more money. Also, the voice acting in this episode was AMAZING. I found a new appreciation for Kou’s voice actor, honestly. I did always like him, but the way he switched from fumbling with his words to encouraging speach to his perky self, it sounded SO GOOD. Tsukasa....I mean, they’re twins, of course he has the same VA as Hanako, but as I said before, I don’t think it fits him. For me, he needed a more child like voice, I dunno. But since I love the current VA anyways, I’ll grow to like Tsukasa like that too. Btw, did anyone notice, that, when he got to the broadcasting room he wore the Uniform, the next scene he hugged Sakura and had his normal clothes and then in the next Sakura asks him about his strange clothes, cos he has the uniform again? I dunno, I thought it was funny. Ok, on to Mitsuba! I really wasn’t expecting him this week (again, thought we’d get the YE arc), but I was kinda apprehensive of his VA, cos I didn’t like the character he had played, BUT DUDE. THAT MAN GOT TALENT. I dunno, he really surprised me and I’m so looking forward to his performance next week.
Soooo, best thing for last, my fav scene of the episode. I really liked the donut making session, but my fav got to be the reveal of Tsukasa. Alone for Hanako’s reactions. The VA brought so much to the scene, with the tiny gasps and stuttering breaths. And fuck, the way they animated Hanako pushing down Yashiro? The way his face was all shadowed but you saw the tears glistening through? And the way his voice wobbled so much? FUCK THAT SCENE WAS SO GOOD
Anyways, I do look forward to next week and I’m interested how they’re gonna spin and shuffle around things.
Edit: So, I’ve been brooding about why the scene in the broadcasting room felt so short. Then I realized that the whole Little Mermaid Arc aspects are missing. We didn’t get to see Tsukasa sinister face and him stabbing a fish .(
