FranXX miscellanea:
I write what I write entirely voluntarily because there are things I want to try to put across, so it's all good. And I've never particularly considered investing in another device for posting. I'm not very quick at typing anyway, so I wouldn't really gain a lot there. The increase in screen space would be helpful, but...
(I love how you say that my thumbs'll be killing me: I've never been able to fathom how people can type on a smartphone using two thumbs. I type all my posts using just a combination of my right index finger and the word suggestions.
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Next, back to Mitsuru:
This, again, hits the nail absolutely on the head for me. Perhaps I can so easily identify with this because, for the longest time, I possibly came across to people like that myself in real life. That, too, was an emotional defense mechanism. In fact, some years ago, a former workmate did actually once jokingly assess me as "asexual" in character.
This next part risks self-indulgence again and certainly doesn't belong in this thread, but perhaps in an effort to address any potential misconception of real-life persona that could've been created by that previous paragraph, I'd say that I feel more like I can see a bit of myself in Jirō from Studio Ghibli's The Wind Rises, who seems to be similarly viewed as removed from the arena of romance. There's a scene where Jirō tells his bosses that he's expecting a letter from his fiancée, and they react with hilarity. "You're engaged?!" one sputters. "He's human after all!" roars the other.
(The English dub actually adds a winning extra gag to the script: "I thought you'd marry an airplane!")
In an interesting twist to this topic that I just remembered as I was typing this, I'll add that I myself was once misconceived as gay in a particular instance back in school and unexpectedly experienced being on the receiving end of a quite sinister homophobic remark. The shocking bit is that it came not from a bully as you'd perhaps expect, but from a teacher! And a Religious Education teacher at that!
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You'd really never know, though, because his stand-in did an absolutely incredible job of voice-matching the character.
Moving on to episode 20:
And lastly...
Don't be. (Yes, that was an Eva reference.)
I write what I write entirely voluntarily because there are things I want to try to put across, so it's all good. And I've never particularly considered investing in another device for posting. I'm not very quick at typing anyway, so I wouldn't really gain a lot there. The increase in screen space would be helpful, but...
(I love how you say that my thumbs'll be killing me: I've never been able to fathom how people can type on a smartphone using two thumbs. I type all my posts using just a combination of my right index finger and the word suggestions.
)About Kokoro:
I think it would be considered like that, yeah. None of the kids have had anything close to a "normal" upbringing, mind, and then they start to learn all these new things, and... it results in a lot of emotional confusion.
I'm annoyed at myself for missing the chance to drop in this bit of trivia before, so I'll make up for it now: in a neat twist of fate, Nana and Hachi are voiced in Japanese by Marina Inoue and Katsuyuki Konishi, who you might know better as Yōko and Kamina respectively in Gurren Lagann.It's Hachi.
Nana is Japanese for the number 7, and hachi is number 8.
Next, back to Mitsuru:
(I'll leave this outside of spoilers.)
This, again, hits the nail absolutely on the head for me. Perhaps I can so easily identify with this because, for the longest time, I possibly came across to people like that myself in real life. That, too, was an emotional defense mechanism. In fact, some years ago, a former workmate did actually once jokingly assess me as "asexual" in character.
This next part risks self-indulgence again and certainly doesn't belong in this thread, but perhaps in an effort to address any potential misconception of real-life persona that could've been created by that previous paragraph, I'd say that I feel more like I can see a bit of myself in Jirō from Studio Ghibli's The Wind Rises, who seems to be similarly viewed as removed from the arena of romance. There's a scene where Jirō tells his bosses that he's expecting a letter from his fiancée, and they react with hilarity. "You're engaged?!" one sputters. "He's human after all!" roars the other.
(The English dub actually adds a winning extra gag to the script: "I thought you'd marry an airplane!")
In an interesting twist to this topic that I just remembered as I was typing this, I'll add that I myself was once misconceived as gay in a particular instance back in school and unexpectedly experienced being on the receiving end of a quite sinister homophobic remark. The shocking bit is that it came not from a bully as you'd perhaps expect, but from a teacher! And a Religious Education teacher at that!
Just to add to Rui's point for the sake of @João Gomes, Gorō's original VA was replaced for the last two episodes, 23 and 24:
DARLING in the FRANXX Anime Replaces Yuichiro Umehara With Daiki Hamano
Umehara was hospitalized in May after being diagnosed with autoimmune disease
You'd really never know, though, because his stand-in did an absolutely incredible job of voice-matching the character.
Moving on to episode 20:
In all honesty, ayase, you're probably going to dislike everything that comes after this point. I know that I certainly did on my first watch. The VIRM twist broke my trust in the writing, and I became a reluctant passenger for the rest of the journey. I'd also have agreed with you that the script didn't seem to know what it wanted to do.
That was only on the first viewing, though. I later came to appreciate that the story is far too intricate to have been cobbled together on the fly. As a FranXX veteran, all I can suggest is that you try to just ride out the rest of it, as unsatisfying as that's likely to feel.
That was only on the first viewing, though. I later came to appreciate that the story is far too intricate to have been cobbled together on the fly. As a FranXX veteran, all I can suggest is that you try to just ride out the rest of it, as unsatisfying as that's likely to feel.
And lastly...
I certainly hope so. That's what I'm holding out for too.
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(Jk jk well I do love him but like as in it's not a serious attempt to start a discussion/argument/war on the topic). I've been thinking a lot about Full Metal Panic lately and how I honestly remember much preferring the first season to Fumoffu or TSR (not watched Invisible Victory or Season 5 if that's come out yet but I do have the AL CE of Invisible Victory). There were things I liked about all of the first three anime adaptations.... I'm thinking maybe I should just read the novels? What do other fans of the franchise think? 
