From then on, everything turns around quite sharply for virtually all of True Tears' main players, for Hiromi in particular. I suppose it was almost inevitable that things would be shaken out into what you could easily regard a more predictable groove, and that's exactly what's happened here. I think I've become so emotionally entangled in this show that it's hard for me to say whether this episode was on a par with what has gone before, namely because it isn't particularly the direction I wanted it to take from a personal point of view. I know I'm not the only person out there with a bit of anti-Hiromi sentiment in me, and seeing everything come up roses for her at the expense of Jun and Noe in particular feels a bit sickening right now.All in all, I suppose the fact that I feel that strongly about this episode proves that it remains a fabulous piece of work, despite the quality of animation being cut a little this week. Whether I'll be able to conquer my dislike of Hiromi over the remainder of the series remains to be seen - I wager it'll take a fair bit of good writing to convince me that she's the one for Shinichirō. Either way, there's still plenty of energy left in this wonderful series.
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"...I think I've become so emotionally entangled in this show that it's hard for me to say whether this episode was on a par with what has gone before..."
Which is why, in addition to RL commitments in recent days, I've had a hard time coming up with a blog post for recent episodes. I did spot a slight dip in the animation quality too, but when even that is still up there with the cream of the competition I can forgive it for that.
The love triangle took a bit of a twist in this one for sure, but while my sentiments regarding Hiromi and Noe swung in the favour of each periodically, I'm now sitting back and enjoying watching it pan out without wishing it to resolve in any one particular way over the others.
What surprised me most of all here is where Shinichiro's mum FINALLY stops behaving like a bitch towards Hiromi...that was one of the last annoying details that had been irking me. That and the Osamu Dezaki-esque still frames that jump in every now and then.
This is still the best show of the season, all the same.
Those freeze frames were one of the big reasons I fingered the drop in animation quality, it smelled very much of "Hey, this saves animating this scene!" to me.
It was definitely good to see things resolved one way or the other with Shinichirō's mum - It was almost inevitable that something like that would happen to ease what seems like the now-obvious path of Shinichirō and Hiromi getting together.
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