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elizabeatrice · 4 years

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Walking Blind + Thoughts on The Little Mermaid Being Episode 12

Let’s Talk About JSHK Anime #2

Warning: Manga spoilers up until Tanabata Arc (basically that + the entirety of season 1 + the skipped arcs)

I’m gonna talk about how the anime keeps proving my predictions wrong with skipped arcs, and later right, with consequences. Due note that this isn’t me hating the anime (because I love it). Just my funny experience attempting to Sherlock my way through the anime, plus my thoughts on The Little Mermaid being the finale.

No deduction works when it comes to predicting this series.

It all started when episode 5, The Confession Tree, came out. I was looking forward to it ‘cause I’m hananene trash af. Legit thought the entire episode was gonna be about Kodama.

But then the episode preview pics came out and I was like, “Sakura wtf are you doing here you don’t show up again until three chapters later?”

My first prediction was ep 5 would be entirely Kodama, and then ep 6 would be Young Exorcist. Seeing that these arcs serve to build up Nene and Kou wanting to know more about Hanako, I thought it’d be nice that we set aside two episodes just for that.

But then Kodama finished somewhere around the fifteenth minute mark, and we started Young Exorcist Part 1. Which was, you know, fine. But then instead of continuing, they jumped right to the end of the arc when Nene met Sakura for the first time, and then kept going to No. 5′s rumor and revealed Tsukasa early. Next episode’s title preview confirmed it, too. Ep 6 was gonna be 4PM Bookstacks.

Okay. I still had hope. Maybe they just rearranged the order.

On the other hand, the lack of ‘Part 1′ in the title was alarming. And it came true. They packed four chapters into one episode. A lot of things got cut. There wasn’t enough room for the op, and they had to run the credits while the episode was still ongoing. Though, tbh, other than Tsuchi’s line about him being able to change the books (with dire consequences), I didn’t have much problem with the cut scenes.

Then this thing showed up.

Before ep 5 I didn’t think we’d get Donuts until around episode 9-ish. But nope the No. 7s would meet each other in ep 7 (lmao see what I did there?). Again, I was fine with it, but I was a bit upset about Young Exorcist.

Someone said it may be moved to the finale, and I didn’t like that idea. Mostly because Yashiro, our main audience POV, isn’t in the arc. And it just sounds weird having a finale without your main audience POV.

They could put her there, sure, but that would mean adjusting Nene and Teru’s every future interaction. Even without shipping goggles or Nene’s romance-colored glasses, do you think Nene would still act the same towards Teru if she saw him hurt Hanako like that? ‘Cause that was brutal. Like she wouldn’t run and protect him like she did when they met Kou.

They put Kou and Teru’s resolution from Young Exorcist into their convo in episode 7. This kinda makes Teru a bit useless, though. I mean, he still doesn’t do much in the manga but the tension between him and Kou was supposed to set up this badass fight. Since it didn’t happen, and Young Exorcist isn’t gonna be the finale either, then he’s pretty much useless.

Anyway, the thing about Teru being onto The Broadcasting Club?

Not from the manga.

I’m not sure if Manga!Teru is really onto them. As far as I remember, it wasn’t hinted anywhere in the manga. Do correct me if I’m wrong. So what was the point of that change?

I didn’t get pissed until halfway through episode 7 and suddenly Mitsuba was there, but no fishes.

“What is he doing here, where’s that puffer fish, where’s his murder? Hello?”

I was very neutral about Mitsuba from the very beginning but when he showed up where The Little Mermaid (and my fish murder!!!) was supposed to be I kinda began to grow undeserved resentment toward him (I’m cool now though!). Totally, totally undeserved, because it wasn’t his character’s fault.

I was happy because Mitsuba stans got to see him animated (he was cute, and his VA was so good). But putting him in episode 7??? I mean they just left Hanako and Nene’s tension unresolved like that. That makes the episode really choppy in my opinion. They could’ve had the coolest final shot of the season of Tsukasa murdering that fish to scare and excite the anime-onlys. They missed that chance.

We got to episode 8. Pretty solid. Still would’ve preferred if its first bits weren’t in Donuts, but solid.

Preview title basically confirmed they’re skipping The Little Mermaid too. That was when I lost hope in Young Exorcist. But I tried to compromise. If they weren’t animating The Little Mermaid, then they have to put Hanako and Nene’s conversation and pinky promise in The Little Mermaid at the end of ep 9.

Episode 9 turned out to be my favorite. It was all thanks to Natsuhiko. He really cheered me up over our loss of two arcs. And my prediction was right for once. Hanako apologized for ruining the donuts. That’s definitely not the point of their tension (Tsu-ka-sa and trust), but it was still nice and I’d take what I could get. The hug. The hug was very nice.

I was mostly content, excited to see my boi Akane the next week. But then I thought, wait, we only have three episodes left. And we’re definitely reaching Hell of Mirrors, ‘cause No. 3′s silhouette is in the OP. Then the horrifying thought hit me.

They were gonna skip Searching.

But! The freaking post-credit showed up followed by this:

“They skipped Searching AND Clock Keeper??? Why on earth would you highlight Akane, with Teru of all people, in the OP then?! Paralleling Mitsuba and Kou no less!”

Due notice, yet again, the lack of ‘Part 1′ in the title preview. Before the episode actually aired, this was my train of thought: “Okay so they skipped The Clock Keeper and Searching, and decided to outdo episode 6 by packing 6 chapters (yeah, I counted “Reach Out Your Hand”) into one episode. Ahahaha ... what?”

Thankfully, they proved me wrong. Kay. Good. Thanks a bunch for fooling me with that title preview.

But then it freaking hit me. You got one episode left. The finale. Sure, Clock Keeper as a finale will be perfect. It’s a good hook for season 2. However. You can’t do Clock Keeper without doing Searching. It’d basically be almost the same as doing Donuts without doing The Little Mermaid. The finale wouldn’t feel resolved this way, because, again, there’s tension between Hanako and Nene (and Kou too) that isn’t resolved yet.

Not that Searching addressed the cause of the tension, but at least it brought the trio back to their status quo (well, with a bit of kounene and hananene development haha). Also, without Searching, it’ll only end like this:

Clock Keeper itself is 5 chapters. They can cut and modify. Sure. But y’all saw ep 6.

So that’s why I was sure we’re definitely not getting No. 1 this season. To me, that leaves three options for the finale.

A. Delivery + Tanabata Arc

Best pick in my opinion

It’s the direct continuation to Hell of Mirrors

The main trio are all there, especially our audience POV

More glimpses of Amane is always a plus point

The ‘getting hit by a bull, waking up in the past, and seeing your boyfriend before he died’ is just so random I think it’d be a pleasant surprise for the anime-onlys

Just wholesome in general, leaves the audience feeling good

The-ma-tic!!! You begin the series with Nene’s wish and end it with Amane’s isn’t that just asdfghjkl wish wish wish, everything’s about wishes in JSHK

B. Young Exorcist

Classic boss battle finale

Just Teru’s badassery *chef’s kiss*

Hanako getting emotional (something we haven’t really seen before)

Getting deeper into Hanako’s motive (episode 8 would’ve been more impactful had we had Young Exorcist before it, what with his view of disappearing/exorcism for ghosts being salvation)

Kou’s character development

^ counter argument: he already got the character development he went through in Young Exorcist in episode 6 and 7, plus, he and Teru already resolved their disagreements - though, not as impactful as in the manga

Also wholesome, HanaKou is great I love their friendship so much *sobs*

C. The Little Mermaid

@emee-ems pointed out here: “it started with the mermaid so they’ll end it with the mermaid” and I agree

Yashiro being persuaded to leave Hanako, while their friendship was what began the whole series? That’s some good conflict right there

Seeing Hanako worried about Yashiro leaving him? Good shit

Also wholesome (extra shipping content never hurts, either)

Hanako willingly opening up to Yashiro for the first time!!! That’s a big milestone for them

Yashiro accepting that he’s just not ready instead of not trusting her like she’d thought is *chef’s kiss*

That pinky promise! Starting the series making a bond due to unfortunate circumstances and ending the series making/staying loyal to a bond out of choice??? Good shit

Aaaaannnnddddd the verdict was:

Mmmmmkay.

I did previously think we’re gonna end the season with The Little Mermaid. But here’s the thing. It only works if everything is in chronological order.

Why? Because the tension that led to this arc in the first place is resolved already in episode 9.

The whole point of TLM is that conversation at the end, really, where:

Hanako apologizes for ruining the donuts (he already did in episode 9)

Hanako thanks Yashiro for telling him that she liked him

Hanako admits that he had a little brother and that he killed him (Tsukasa already confirmed both of this for Nene, both in episode 7 and episode 9)

So having Hanako repeating all this seems kinda redundant. Nene already knows. Sure, it’ll be nice to hear it from him directly ... but it’s too late now, isn’t it? It’s been four episodes. She’s met Tsukasa three times now. However, point number 2 is still available.

Furthermore, since Hanako already apologized in episode 9, I’m not sure if the fishes can use what happened in episode 7 to persuade Nene to leave him. I mean, she forgave him already. Tension resolved. They hugged and all. And it’s been so long since then.

Animating the fish murder scene is also kinda useless. It was supposed to give the audience a glimpse of how dangerous Tsukasa is. But we already know that. We saw him rip someone’s heart out and force-feed it to someone else.

The first half of The Little Mermaid Part 1 and The Broadcasting Club at the end of Part 2 are already animated in episode 7. That leaves them even more room for extra scenes. I hope they take good advantage of that.

Basically, they have to make a lot of adjustments and I’m curious to see what they’re gonna do.

I am happy that we’re gonna see The Little Mermaid. The way Hanako wipes Nene’s face with his sleeve, and then cradles her head? I need it, they make my heart melt. Can’t wait.

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walkerismychoice · 6 years

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For Law and Love Chapter 7

Book: Desire and Decorum - Modern day AU

Paring: Ernest Sinclaire X MC

Raiting: PG/PG-13ish

Summary: Ernest comes over to tutor Anna and it’s not a date, or is it?

Word Count: 1912

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"It's not a date." Anna voiced emphatically to Briar through the phone screen.

"Right...." Briar rolled her eyes. "Ernest just happens to think 7pm on a Friday night is prime time for tutoring."

"You are as bad as Annabelle! I'm not looking forward to when you come visit and both gang up on me."

Briar grinned mischievously. "I have a feeling we'll have lots of fun together."

"Trouble is what you two are, but anyway," Anna changed the subject, "I need to finish getting ready."

"And you are getting all pretty because it's not a date. Sure"

"It's not!...but I'm not going to lie. I really like him, Briar, and I think he likes me."

“Oh, he definitely does, so I’m going to let you go. Have fun!” Briar blew a kiss goodbye before hanging up the phone.

Anna was a ball of nerves. She honestly didn’t know what Ernest’s intentions were, but she knew it was something more than just wanting to help her with statistics. Still, she wondered if something was holding him back, always making sure their interactions centered around helping her with her classes. Tonight could be a test of that and she wasn’t sure she was ready.

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“This is too much, isn’t it?” Ernest asked himself out loud as he stood outside Anna’s apartment building. “She’s definitely going to think this is a date.” It was 6:55 and he wanted to be on time, but he didn’t want to seem too eager. He was left alone with nothing but his thoughts while those five minutes slowly ticked by. He was all but certain she wanted more from him than just someone to help her study, but what if he was wrong? He knew he’d sent her some mixed signals, so he wouldn’t blame her if she didn’t know what he wanted, but it wasn’t as simple as it seemed. He’d felt a strong connection to her since the moment they met, and he’d been trying to hold back ever since. He was her teaching assistant, which wasn’t on the same level as a relationship with a professor, but he was still partially responsible for determining her grades and was wary of entering into anything that would be frowned upon. She was also his dead friend’s little sister. Would Harry be okay with Ernest trying to date his little sister? Their father seemed to approve and even encourage it, so maybe Harry wouldn’t mind, but it was still something he wondered about. Despite his reservations, the push and pull was killing him, and he needed to let her know of his interest before it was too late.

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Anna was just finishing her hair when the buzzer rang at 7pm on the dot. She buzzed him up and waited impatiently for his knock on the door. Ernest being punctual did not surprise her in the least. What did surprise her was what what she saw when she opened the door. It wasn’t how gorgeous he looked in his dark fitted jeans and light blue button down shirt that made his eyes even brighter, but what he was holding in his hands.

“Hi.” Ernest smiled shyly. “You look...very nice tonight. Um. these are for you.” In one hand was a bouquet of mixed wildflowers and in the other a bottle of wine.

Anna fumbled for what to say as she took both items from him. “Thank you, but I don't think it's customary for the tutor to bring the student gifts. I should be the one paying you.”

His smile faltered slightly. “I’m not doing this for money.”

“Oh, I thought my dad was paying you.”

Ernest shook his head. “No. I'm doing this because I want to...for you.”

Anna felt a blush warm her cheeks but she wasn’t sure if Ernest noticed because he seemed to be too nervous to look her in the eyes. "Let me put these in some water.” Anna set the wine on the counter and rummaged through the cupboards for something to put the flowers in. Of course Harry didn’t have a vase, but she found a glass margarita pitcher that would suffice. She arranged the flowers and took a few more moments to compose herself. This was, in fact, a date.

"So...maybe we should wait until we get through some work before we open up the wine, otherwise I won't be learning anything." He was still there to help her with business stats, right?

"Having seen you under the influence before, I think that's wise." His tone was dry but the corners of his lips curved into a smile. She wasn't going to live that down anytime soon. “I was thinking maybe after a while we could take a break an order some take-out...I mean if you didn’t already eat dinner.”

“Sounds perfect.” Anna sat at the table and opened up her text book. “Shall we?”

Anna showed Ernest some of the concepts she was getting stuck on and Ernest showed her different strategies and approaches to use. He had a gift for making something that was completely foreign to her seem so easy.

“You think you are ready to solve some problems on your own?” Ernest slid a sheet of paper in front of Anna. He sat and watched her for a while as she worked before breaking the silence. “Has anyone ever told you you’re cute when you concentrate?”

Anna’s heart began to race and she could feel her face flush again. She bit her lip and kept working without a reply because she was almost to flustered to think. “Done.” She passed the sheet back to Ernest.

He scanned over her work with a pleased looked on his face. “You got them all correct. Are you sure you weren’t just making an excuse to see me again?”

“What can I say? You are an excellent teacher...but if that’s what it takes, I’m sure I’ll need help every time new units are introduced.”

Ernest smirked. “Yes, I imagine you’ll require my assistance ongoing. For the record though, I’d accept just about any excuse you made to see me.” He reached a hand across the table and lightly stroked the back of her hand with his fingers, sending shivers down her spine. He gazed into her eyes so intensely she almost got lost in his.

“I’m hungry!” Anna announce abruptly, unsure of how her body would react if they if they kept it up any longer. “What were you thinking...for food?” He probably knew that’s what she meant, but he did not need him asking what she’d been thinking in that moment.

“Do you like Thai food? Spice is one of my favorites and they deliver.”

“Harry told me about that place. He said we’d get it sometime when I came to visit.” Anna’s voice trailed off as a wave of sadness overcame her. As with her mom’s passing, everything got easier as the days went by, these moments of grief becoming fewer and farther between. But grief has no concept of appropriate timing, and she was often caught of guard every time it hit.

“I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to make you sad. We can order something else” Concern and compassion were evident in his voice.

Anna managed a small smile. Some of the people she’d known much longer than Ernest had no idea to act around her when she was anything other than her normal happy self, but it didn’t scare him like it did them. He seemed to get it - to get her - like no one else could. “No, it sounds amazing. I’m sure Harry would still want me to try it.”

“I can order a few of my favorite things to share, unless you would like to order for yourself,” Ernest offered.

“Go ahead. I like surprises.”

Ernest placed on online order and they opened up the riesling he brought. Anna poured them each a glass while they waited. “How long have you known Harry?”

“We met freshman year.” Ernest paused pensively. “I believe it was in English class. I know the other guys make fun of me for not being social, but I’ve never been much for big parties or social gatherings. That’s what I liked about Harry. He liked those things, but he also didn’t mind just hanging out with me watching a game or getting together to study. In fact, I helped him through business stats as well when we were in it together.”

Anna’s jaw dropped. “Harry struggled with a class? Mr. 4.0 without even trying?”

Ernest chuckled. “I guess statistics is the Edgewater family’s kryptonite. From what I hear, you’re just a good a student as him.”

“From what you hear?” Anna questioned.

“From your father.” Ernest answered. “I suppose I should confess I know more about you than you probably think.”

“Oh god,” Anna groaned. “Please tell me you don’t know every embarrassing detail since childhood.”

“No, no, It’s all good things...mostly.” Ernest laughed. “But I must say, I was surprised when I met you.”

“And why was that?”

I could tell from the pictures he had that you were a pretty girl, but in person, well...you are the most beautiful woman I have ever seen.

Anna’s stomach filled with butterflies. How could she form an adequate response to that? Luckily the buzzer rang, and she didn’t have to. She went to grab some money from her purse, but Ernest insisted on paying for the food. The topic of conversation over dinner shifted to some lighter topics, and then some not so light topics. Anna learned that Ernest’s father had died of a heart attack when Ernest was in high school, and the way he was, his maturity and how he understood her all made much more sense. They talked long after their appetites were sated and the bottle of wine was empty.

Anna yawned and Ernest checked his phone for the first time all evening. “It’s getting late. As much as I’d like to stay longer, I have to get up early for my volunteer shift at the Legal Aid center.

If only he weren’t so responsible. “That’s probably a good idea.” Anna reluctantly got up and led him to the door. “You can tutor me again any time.” Anna grinned coyly.

“I look forward to another session very soon.” Ernest placed one hand on her waist, pulling her close while the other tucked a strand of hair behind her ear. He leaned in slowly and Anna tried to keep her breathing steady, thinking she knew what was coming. Instead he stopped and rested his forehead against hers. “I’m so tempted to break my rule of no kissing on the first date.” His voice was husky and barely above a whisper. “But I’m afraid if I do, it won’t stop there.”

To quell her disappointment, she focused on the positive. “So this was a date?” she asked as if she didn’t already know, just to make him say it again.

“Yes. In case it wasn’t clear from the flowers, dinner, and wine, it was a date. Goodnight Anna.”

“Goodnight,” she said as she closed the door. She didn’t move for a minute hoping for some cheesy scene from a movie where he’d realized he couldn’t wait a minute longer to kiss her, but it didn’t come. She would have to be content to bide her time until he was ready because it would most certainly be worth the wait.

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