Nov 06 2006
Bokura ga Ita - 19
The homewrecker Yamamoto strikes again! 
Or so it seems that’s where the plot is currently heading next week but for now we have a “calm before the storm” episode. Yano and Take are pretty edgy around each other lately. They run into each other on the bus when Yano is headed towards Nanami’s house and Take is headed towards a Goukon. On the bus Take tells Yano to stop “being nice to him because he feels bad” but Yano says he doesn’t feel bad at all because Take’s the one who started the battle but dropped out in the middle of it.
While doing homework at Nanami’s house, she tells Yano that she wants him to act like an idiot and tease her because when he’s calm and obedient it makes her sick. (She just can’t make up her mind!) Yano says he was afraid that she’d get mad and tell him to leave again, and she says she wouldn’t do that. In school Yano shows off during gym class and makes fun of Take, who takes it as a challenge and they have a jumping competition until a teacher stops them.
At home, Take’s sister tells him that he shouldn’t have given up. She says that in the battle for love, there is no “fair” sides and no winner or loser. She says that what happens happens and if you want something you have to fight for yourself, kinda like natural selection. At lunch the following day Nanami tells Yano that she will believe in him no matter what and will now be there for him when he needs her.
A couple days later, Nanami and Take end up sitting in desks next to each other (for some kind of event I’m not sure what it was.) She asks him how the goukon went and he gets so ashamed he drops all his papers. He said it was so-so and tells her good luck with Yano. He sees her fixing his scarf after school when they’re about to walk home and looks from afar sadly. The next day, everyone is shocked in class to find Yamamoto has replaced her glasses with contacts.
Upcoming Attractions: Take gets a love confession and agrees to date the girl…only to receive scornful remarks from Yano saying that you shouldn’t date a girl you don’t really like.
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ugh, Yamamoto! what is her plan now?! She still looks ugly though! I want Take to jump right into the game again, he’s too nice! I wonder what he did at the Goukon! LOL!!!
i just want laugh… LOL!
i’m excited to see the next few episodes… thanx for blogging!!!
This may be late, but … does anybody else think Nana is kind of heartless? Consider what happened: Yano was wanting to forget a very difficult, emotion wrenching time in his life–the day his girlfriend died after they had a heated fight–by trying to forget (the same way most men deal with heartaches; hey it works–out of sight, out of mind); but Nana, insistent, picks the scab open. She went as far as dumping him, then required him to rembember that sad event as a condition for getting back together. She usued his new found love of her against him. Take’s right, Nana is the one fixated on Yano’s ex.
Poor Yano, I reconsider, leave Nana, no, give Nana to Take and take Yamamoto. At least Yamamoto is truthful in her decitefull ways, while Nana is cold and calculating (probably unconciously; hit the nail on the head ladies?) covering herself by pretensions of warmth. Couldn’t she see how bad it can hurt a guy to bring up sad memories? She didn’t even consider Yano’s feelings about those memories. Men are built differently than women, so please, don’t expect the same outcomes, i.e., by “talking” through your issues. My advice to Yano: don’t be changed, do the changing, or do a change in partners. And to those maturity fans out there: maturity means different things for women and men. To be mature from a woman’s p.o.v. is a little different (and less fun) than to be mature from a man’s p.o.v. Oh well, Yano lost this round. Nana:20 hit points, Yano:1 hit point (sisters, need I say more?; sorry, he is a man after all).
Sorry for such a long post, but the whole “innocent” act of Nana (aware or not) makes me want to throw her at Take. Anyone else feel this way? Guys, if you’re real men, you’ll understand. Damn, such 3-D characters, I’m jealous.
Well, I did not really watch the show I gave the first episode a try, but that was it.
How could Yano move on if he did not get over this sad incident. Sometimes it is better to reopen a wound, than to leave it alone.
What is a real man? What is maturity?
Dear John (a dear John letter),
Your’re quick and insightful. Thanks. It’s not about healing … yet. Reluctance on Yano’s part showed his attachment to a very personal issue; personal issues held dear to oneself are best left to heal on one’s own terms, not on someone else’s (Nana). The question is whether Nana was right in what she did and how is speaks of her character.
Maturity is easy: it is nothing more than responsiblity to and of oneself, and, to and of others. The question is: What is responsiblity, and how far should it be extended?
A real man … now that’s harder. A story I wrote about an idealized man turned out like crap, that’s why I’m a little jealous of the author. But I can say this about it: In the midst of men, real men stike envy and jealously in the others; they are higher in the pecking order. Look at Yano’s case: Take envies and is clearly jealous of what Yano has or had. I think the same goes for women, but I’m not sure.
I’m sorry John, it’s not you, it’s me.
On one hand, I can see that Nanami shouldn’t pick at old scars…on the other, I can see why she’d be pissed when it seems like he just can’t let go of his previous g/f and only compares her to his current one. I mean in his mind, Nanami would NEVER be number one because he’s so hung up on Nana…which is why this appears to be a double edged sword.
I do like where the show is going and how Yano’s shaping up though. Dunno what to say for Take other than I feel sorry for him.
I also like where the story is headed. Nana, regardless of her flaws, is a strong lead character. It’s just sad to see Yano cave in so quick. I believe Nana should’ve taken Take’s sisters advice about forgetting an old love by immersing herself in a new love, and applied it to her & Yano’s relationship. We’re all scarred in some way or another, but that is what gives relationships character–our flaws. And we should never, ever compare ourself with old flames or loves, face it, sometimes people come up short, and then problems; specially if there’s only true love for everyone. Yano may have lost his.
Well, then a real man must be a dictator and the reason for this is that he stands at the top and unlike our democratically elected presidents, they can easily blow off people that are trying to peck on him.
I do not think, that there is a real satisfying answer to What maturity and so on really is? Or, perhaps I am lacking the intellect to find an answer to this.
I’m sorry John, it’s not you, it’s me.?
Do you mind to elaborate it?
well true love may be seen different for different people. for me, just because you believe someone you love is your true love doesnt mean that they feel the same about you.
i dunno if take’s sister meant for her piece of advice to be about nana and take or yano and nana but if it werent for nana constantly reopening yano’s heart, yano wouldnt have been happy, no one would have ever been able to compare to the dead nana and he would constantly question himself but this way he can let his feelings out and possibly move on.
and for the people who believe in true love, if you lost someone you thought was your true love, wouldnt that just mean that they really werent your true love and that someone else out there really is…
John:
You understand me John. That’s why I failed at writing about an ideal man, I kept coming to the same conclusion: power over others. It just didn’t sit right. But consider this (assuming your male): When you go out partying with your male friends, don’t at most one or two of you dicate the flow of the partying to the others?
“I’m sorry John, it’s not you, it’s me.” is a general exuse people give when they separate, sometimes it’s expressed in a dear John letter (a standard break up letter). Since you usued on of the most general names possible (hope it’s not your real name, if it is, no wonder your’re confused) as your handle, I used it as a pun. Quess it didn’t work, or maybe you’ve never heard that saying before? If that’s the case my friend, count yourself lucky.
kieu:
True love is kind of like the lottery, it’s rare to win, but it does happen; just talk to some old couples. You can also win the lottery more than once. The more you play, the higher your chances; and you’ll just know when you’ve won. Everything else will pale in comparison (at least for a while, until we forget–males stomp all mechanism). And we’re saying Take’s sister, but I’m pretty sure she’s a he; a savy, somewhat loose, he I think.
Damn, the wait kills me. I wish I had the raws.
I have lost interest on the anime now that I read the manga. I really should not have done that! Oh well I paid the price for being inpatient.
Its sounds to me that there gonna come some more problems in the next episodes…
And im so curious to see the end of this story..
Hmmm when this episode comeing out? cuz i tried to find it and i didnt and it should have been on by now..
Dammm i so wanna see it as fast as i can and every time i see the episode im almost start to cry =( cuz its so sad and beautiful!!! and some times im kinda starting to yell “kawai” after i see the new episode >_
I’ve only read up to the fifth volume of the manga and am hoping for the sixth. Where Yano and Take started the battle.
If anyone have read the manga, when will it end? Is it still a long way? Thanx.
omg yes with the advice that Take’s sister gave Nanami - i found it so genius because it meant that Nanami could either be Yano’s new love or she could get over Yano by falling in love with Take.. her advice worked both ways but whatever.. whistle