#mh38

A line that Nagisa ought to say every episode tbh.

Right. Nagisa feels most like herself when is doing sports or stuffing her face like a starved pig, and the latter isn’t really a great situation to make serious conversation in.

This is a really cute scene.

Wow, either Nagisa is really going easy on Honoka or the goalies in this universe are even more useless than i thought.

To be fair, it is probably the former.

WHY ARE YOU TRYING TO BLOCK IT?!?!?!?!

Most people who do sports in school don’t really continue it after graduation. I mean, she could, but it is to early to decide on anything i think.

What she said.

Ah, so she has seen the error of her ways.

Right. That is what i expected. Good.

And with the above, these are two good reasons why too. Isn’t that nice.

It’s happy enough for me at least.

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As per usual, no score for episodes with multiple days of pause between start and finish. But i can talk about how i feel about it i guess. As you may have surmised from my liveblog, i have...mixed feelings about this episode? It did one of my least favourite tropes, shroedingers departure, and the fight scene made me want to stab both my eyes out with a rusty spork.

But it had some very nice moments in between, i liked Nagisa reflecting on her relationship with Honoka, i liked them both engaging in Nagisa’s hobbies for once and having fun, i liked to conclusion Honoka came to.

So i really don’t know. It wasn’t one my favourites, that’s for sure. Let’s hope the next one is better.

So neither of my predictions came true, as per usual.  I really hope they are going to have that talk after the fight then. Having the fate of Honoka leaving dangling through out the final stretch would seriously impact my enjoyment of the following episodes.

.......Why don’t you join them? Bring your friends too. Extended family picnic.

I think i fell into a trance when the extrmely boring and tedious fight dialouge started because i was suddenly startled awake when he said “futile“. As a somewhat recent JoJo convert the Mudada made me go “Oh! He said the thing! The meme thing!“ And that is even though i hate most JoJo memes. The power of Dio is stronger than my hatred of his catchphrase it seems.

0/10, the show is cancelled, and all of you are fired.

These plots never ever work unless you obey three simple rules:

1 - Do not have the person leaving be of the main cast.

2 - Do not do this plot in shows with the theme of a True Everlasting Bond.

3 - If you choose to disregard the above rules, then at least wait until the last two or three episodes before dropping this bomb.

We all know Honoka is going to stay, because of course she is.

And because stupid “Coming of Age“ stories have polluted our entertainment industrie, in which a common theme is the loss of a person with a deep bond near the end, it would be absolutely believable that Honoka might leave if you did this stuff in the last couple of episodes.

As is, it isn’t very interesting. Drama is great. It needs to be good drama though.

I’ll say this much: If Honoka actually decides to leave in this episode, and they deal with it here appropiately (and maybe deal with Nagisa’s reaction in the next one), and end the show with her actually going away, i will be very very surprised.

I would not like that outcome, but i would have no choice but to at least respect it because they stuck to their guns.

Wow Nagisa. Remember the episode where you thought you were moving away, and you were devestated because you didn’t want to leave Honoka and Hikari? Keeping the above in mind, this feels a tad out of character. Not that she’d accept Honoka’s decision, because she absolutely would, but doing it that nonchalantly? I don’t know.

Oh nevermind, Nagisa was just being an idiot. Disregard my above ramblings. The fact that we are actually dealing with that makes me happy.

“I did a Nagisa. Please forgive me and let’s talk about this leaving stuff again.“

It’s very understable, but it is still frustrating that they are so bad at just telling the other what they really want to talk about.

Okay, Nagisa, here is what you do when you are interrupted: You say “I’ll be there in a sec, just let me finish this conversation.“

Oh.

Now this is actually better than what i wrote. Good job Nagisa.

Okay, i once again have a either/or prediction.

I think that either they are going to try to talk it out only to be interrupted by the villains, with the meat of the conversation being after the fight, or they are going to talk it out mostly beforehand and the fight and the aftermath is used to solidify whatever decision they have come to.

Yes, that is exactly what you should say to Honoka, Nagisa. I’m sure she’d take it well.

You know, now that i think about it, if i were to move to another country, and i’d tell my best friend who is also a fellow child soldier in a war for the entire human race and who is basically magically soul bonded to me, i would expect at least a somewhat strong reaction.

If that friend were to just say “Cool man, enjoy you stay!“ i really don’t think i would take that very well. I can’t speak for Honoka of course, this is just how i’d take it if i were in her place. ^ ^

I told you from the very beginning.

Okay, i am feeling a bit better, so like promised, Max Heart 38. I just want to reitarate again for anyone who is worried about the output: No, Lily’s Night Off is not a serious longterm project and isn’t going to replace anything. It is a short-ish comedy VN that i am going to liveblog when i am feeling too woozy or am in enough pain that i would not be able to concentrate on my serious projects.

So don’t worry.

Anyway, if the preview from last time is anything to go by we are going to have another seperation plot? I hope not.

I beg to differ; i thought that episode was great.

“do the exact same thing i do everytime we fight!......:That’ll show’em!“

Le sigh.

NO. Because.....

Look at her Mepple. Look at her face. Does this look like someone who is capable of making sound life-decisions?

It really isn’t.