Hibike! Euphonium

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No matter what happen in Episode 13, this is the true end.

I refuse to give up.

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The gift was for Taki. Then what will Kumiko get?

>>2225658
her body

>>2225658
Shuichi D.

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Well, it's been fun.

Never regret thy fall, Icarus.

>>2225734
It's been a long time coming

>>2225734
Literally who?

>>2225757
Kumiko's future boyfriend/husband.

>>2225767
I give up.

>>2225740
Come on, anon. Icarus fell because he flew too close to the sun, you guys didn't even make it past the troposphore of the earth.

>>2225767
You're on the wrong board virgin. Maybe getting b& keep you from shitposting here.

>>2225774
I mean, that anon isn't wrong. Shoe is Kumiko's future BF if we get the same ending the LN got.

>>2225793
That's not quite accurate. The novel's hairpin scene had an entire attempted confession with Shuuichi putting the pin in Kumiko's hair and Asuka interrupting them that the anime version just nuked.

>>2225804
Yeah, but they could easily end in the same thing without showing that interaction. It's not like its impossible to get to the same conclussion without showing that particular scene.

Why did we needed another thread for this? We know this isn't going to end in yuri, and the open end its pretty much useless since Reina already stated her desire to grow up for Taki.

>>2225817
We can have this thread, or we can have one made by Mugino in a day or two with an out-of-context screenshot and "hOORAY yurli WONED" in the comment.

We're doing this.

>>2225817
This. Not to mention, the writer already stated bluntly that any yuri-esque stuff going on in the show between not just Reina and Kumiko, but also all the other girls, is strictly just adolescence. None of them are lesbians.

>>2225817
>>2225831
I agree, but there's nothing in /u/'s rules that says we can only have threads about characters who are canonically lesbians in their respective shows/manga.

As long as people keep posting yuri fanart (and the show has plenty), it doesn't matter whether they're actually het.

>>2225834
True, but you're just asking for /a/ shitposters to come here and stir some shit up with this board by having a thread about this series. Don't know if a couple of fanarts is worth the trouble.

>>2225834
It's always the same pile of fanarts getting posted. Do we really need to make a new thread every week for the same fanarts to be dumped here and the same string of arguments and shitposts? It's the same thing every thread.

>>2225831
Did they say that about /all/ the girls? Thought it was just Kumiko and Reina.

>>2225860
Let's face the hard truth. Very few people care for the other girls.

>>2225860
I highly doubt that the LN author would think differently about the other girls if he feels that way about Kumiko and Reina.

>>2225885
It's not an LN, Yamada was the one who said that, and both are women.

>>2225892
What? Hibikek source material is a LN and the author of that also said that its just a phase.

>>2225896
Hibike is a novel, written by a woman.

The adolescence quote is from an interview involving Yamada. She also said Midori was just adolescent, so her use of the term is kind of in question.

>>2225834
Are you dumb? I wasn't talking about the writer of the light novel, but the anime. She was the one who put yuri tease (ansence in the LN) in the show in the first place, and when an interviewer curious enough to ask her if she intended to deviate from the LN and make Reina gay for real, she bluntly answered that the thing with Reina AND all other girls is just adolescense.

There's no lesbian in Hibike, simple as that. Enjoy shipping all you want, I don't see the harm, but stop being delusional about an "open end" in canon and make dumb posts.

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I wanted more of the third years..

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>>2226011
I want my Kumiko and Reina

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>>2226015
Embrace everything. It's better.

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Also this..

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>>2226022

>>2226022
>>2226023
I thought I made myself clear. I WANT REINA AND KUMIKO

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>>2226057

>>2226054
>>2226057
>>2226059
Thank you, Onee-sama <3

>>2226015
>>2226047
Fuck off with your heterosexuals, this is a yuri board.

>>2226063
Huh? I WANT KUMIKO AND REINA...together. All hail yuri!

>>2226067
All hail yuri.

>>2225873
I-I do.

>>2226063

To be fair, they don't look heterosexuals when they are together.

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The nips have spoken

>>2226226
She's referring to the novel KumiRei, anon
surely, you don't think she's serious when she just drawn a 2 page that feaetured them as adults sleeping together

>>2225648
Your funeral.
People, give it up already.

Give up already.

>>2226512
>>2226515
But Kumirei is so beautiful

>>2226758
Beautiful the same way a flower is beautiful before it withers and dies. I'm sorry you had to become attached to it.

Hey, there's still one episode left, right? A miracle could happen.

>>2226762
>A miracle could happen
Their special hand holding bond will last a lifetime while they marry their own husbands and have their own kids?

Does Madoka need to come in here and tell some bitches they're wrong every time?

>>2226802
Yes.

>>2226765
I think some of the guys in this thread would see hand holding as a fucking yuri win just because they're not getting dicked. Thats how delusional and sad some people are in here.

If this was a western show:

L - Kumiko
G - Midori
B - Reina
T - Hazuki

>>2226840
All women are dormant lesbians unless otherwise dicked.

Stop these threads

Only few more hours till the last episode. My suffering will finally end. Good bye Hibikek, it was fun till S2E2.

>>2226946
Yeah, I think so.
New preview official art shows Shoe's hairpin. What a coherent anime...

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GEH

>>2226959
Geh, I hope I wont see that in the ending.

>>2226961
I hope no but really this plot twist is too stupid. No makes sense and this official art neither.

I promise myself this will be the first and last time I'll fall for yuri bait. I wasn't like this in love lab, b-but kumirei is just HRRRNG

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Can someone make a hibike version of this?

>>2226986
The problem here is not "fall for". In my case I saw the show because it was related to music (Shigatsu kimi no uso was so good) and a friend told me to see it. The show had a good score too. Sure I saw some screens before but don't take it seriously.

The problem here is that it's the story itself that is responsible for telling you their relationship is romantic in a visual, textual and subtextual way. (Merchandishin too...)

So now the plot has flaws. Flaws that will not be solved cus the yuribait was plot. The "relationship" with Shoe no make sense either. This show seems more hetbait than yuribait.

Sadly this anime was good but now is too stupid.
Nice budget, very good art, awesome backgrounds, perfect attention to detail, so good bso, good storytelling and well-paced most of the time and shocking scenes but a TERRIBLE TERRIBLE narrative coherence.

30 minutes. Please tell me the ending, I don't want to go to /a/ onee-sama

>>2227038
because >>2225648

>>2227038
It's called masochism.

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So here, the most emotional scene was Kumiko x Asuka one
actually the very first scene of the season was after Asuka give her a Notebook
shoes moment was nothing as usual

No het ending, Reina and shoe didn't pull any moves. Asuka ruffled Kumiko's hair. Another stalemate maybe?

shit ending

>>2227067
>Reina and shoe didn't pull any moves
That is reserved for Hibikek Love Story.

>>2227079
lol, keep waiting forever for that

congrats guys

Yuri didn't win, but het didn't either. That's nice for the condescending hetfags.

>>2227133
We basically win when we don't lose.

>>2227067
>>2227133
I said it was gonna end like that from the very beginning.
I haven't watched this show at all, by the way.

>>2227137
What a sad statement.

>>2227067
>>2227066
>Asuka ruffled Kumiko's hair

In the end, isn't that all we wanted?

>>2227161
Are you guys seriously satisfied with that? Reina is in love with Tako, Shoe didn't make a move, but we all know he's going to get Kumiko eventually. How low are your standards?

>>2227161
No, it's Kumiko x Reina or nothing at all for me.

>nothing happened in the ending
>neither Reina or Shoe won
>Asuka wants Hibikek's V

Hibikek confirmed for blunder of the season

Personally, I'm all onboard the Kumiko / Shuuicihi (female) yuri end.

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>Reina and Shoe BTFO by Asuka

Based

In all seriousness, it's clear the weak source material brought down Hibike! Euphonium 2. And I don't mean that in terms of shipping. There was talk of the latter half not being as strong as the earlier stuff, back when season one ended, and it looks like it was true. KyoAni probably should have stuck this as a one-season show, or something. Yuri on Ice coming along and stealing HE's thunder didn't help either.

>>2227173
>Yuri on Ice coming along and stealing HE's thunder didn't help either.

That's not very hard to do, that show didn't shy away from the gayness it exuded like Hibikek did.

>>2227173
The problem was that they hyped Kumiko and Reina's relationship (as friends or whatever) as this supreme thing that went beyond romantic love, and then have Kumiko spend almost all the season giving her attention to other people for not good reason at all. She didn't have any reason to care about Nozomi and Mizore's plight, and she never really gave that much of a damn about Asuka.

I don't want to say "shitty writing", but at least I can say that the author, or whoever did the series composition for S2, didn't know what to do with the characters after the first book/season finale.

>>2227177
Didn’t we know from the beginning though that the focus shifts to different characters in each novel, therefore season?

>>2227181
didn't we also know that Reina was head over heels in love with Taki?

>>2227181
That wasn't my point. My point was that the direction they took the story (the original author, and later the person in charge of the series composition) doesn't make sense in context with what we knew about the characters. The "reasons" they used for Kumiko to care about these new characters (and Asuka too) were, at least in the anime, half-assed at best nonexistent at worse.

>>2225773
Funny thing is, Icarus would've frozen dead long before he got "too close to the sun".

>>2227194
Asuka suddenly being the most important thing in the world definitely came off as weird, especially since they already had a character like that for Kumiko who actually got the development to justify it instead of a glorified "wtf i love asuka now" tell-not-show.

>>2227191
That is why I’ve been shitting on kumirei fans all year.

>>2227173
>Yuri on Ice coming along and stealing HE's thunder
That was well deserved considering how each one ended.

>>2227194
I guess I’m saying that in this case the fault lies with the source material rather than the adaptation necessarily.

>>2227175
>>2227208
Did Yuri on Ice actually deliver canon yaoi? I know it's not board related, but i'm curious

>>2227209
Which it's an excuse doesn't really fly on this case because they took out almost every hint of Kumiko liking Shuichi back because reasons. That means they could alter the story to fit certain narrative.

But on the second season they ignored Kumiko characterization and had her do stuff "because that's what the plot demands" and not spending enough time properly developing reasons for it.

>>2227212
Yes.

>>2227217
I’m going to admit that I don’t know how closely either season followed the novels, paring Shuu’s role excluded, but if the second novel just isn’t about Kumiko’s relationship with Reina then I can understand why it didn’t get a lot of air time either.

Also, are you esl? Just out of curiosity.

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>people not understanding Asukumiko
its literally better developed than KumiRei

>>2225834
This, one hundred perccent.

Regardless of what happens in canon there's still quite a lot of /u/ material and fanwork

>>2227232
It's not, but it did have a better ending than KumiRei

>>2227247
Yes it did. KumiRei had zero development in season 2. 90% of their time together consisted of talking about Reina's love for Taki.

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>KumikoxAsuka end
I'm not sure if I love Kyoani or not.

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>dat closeness

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Totally loved the Asuka x Kumiko end.

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I'm glad Ribbon managed to hug her senpai in the end.

>>2227232
I began to see the possibility of KumiAsu since episode 9. Too bad, at that point it's already too late. They (either KyoAni or the author) baited too hard with KumiRei in the first half of the story, KumiAsu development seems like out of nowhere.

They didn't killed Kumiko's character by making her date a shoe.
They ignored Reina's stupid character for the most part.
They focused the final episode with the two best characters in the show.

It was a good show, to be fair. Better than anything KyoAni could have done with that original novel.
Didn't the last novel came out only after the anime started? Maybe they wouldn't have toned up so much Kumiko and Reina scenes if they knew how it ended.

And they could focus on superior Kumiko x Asuka since the beggining

>>2227256
>>2227283
KumiAsu is the truth.

LOL yuri wins XDD

>>2227153
True motto of a yuri fan: beggars can't be choosers.

So just as long it doesn't end in canon heterosexual relationship for two girls openly, for yuri fans that's a yuri ending, even if it's just close friendship end for two girls.

>>2227305
The author never hinted KumiRei that hard in the novels like KyoAni did. Still, it wasn't a complete shitshow, but if they would've focused their efforts in KumiAsu from the beginning, this would've been a way better ending.

>>2227328
Do you really need to see them getting dicked to know that yuri didn't win in this one?

>>2227337
Kumiko is good to go.

>>2227137
I wonder how's the situation on /y/.
Is it as depressing? I don't think so.

>>2227340
No 'cause they get more canon shit than we do

>>2227337
Remains of the time this was the only way for a yuri-ending.

>>2227133
I just didn't want Kumiko to end with Shoe, actually. That's all I was asking of this series, since she's a great character.

Never cared much about Reina. She's shit.

>>2227229
Yes, why?

>>2227340
It's mostly a image dumping board for ships that aren't even close to being canon

>>2227343
They also seem to be more supportive.
Now, I'm not that familiar with the fiji-culture, but I kinda have the feeling they largely don't call a show/mango "shit" because a character had a girlfriend in the past/a relationship with a girl that ends in /y/-win. On the Yuri site I have simply seen too many people who throw away nice yuri because it dares to have this (and the /u/ still wins, mind you).

>>2227343
Is that actually true though? I thought they get the same amount of shit that we do. Yuri on Ice aside, what other canon shit they got from a really popular series?

>>2227351
I meant the yaoi-fandom in general, I'm used to calling us /u/ and /y/, regardless if I mean only the boards or not.

>>2227356
Fujoshi mostly give less of a shit if the guys they ship are canon straight with female love interests

Um.
>did you come for relationship advice?
>yes.
>I used to not like you. but now I love you. I've been so lonely. I don't want to say goodbye.

Is there really any other way to interpret this? I'm pretty sure that's a blatant lesbian confession.

>>2227359
It's better. She used "koi", so she meant romantic advice.

>>2227360
Exactly. Like why is everyone even saying "I say it's yuri ending even if onscreen they're just close friends as long as they don't have boyfriends".

If that wasn't a blatant yuri ending, I don't know what is.

>>2227359
It is.
People isn't just sure how to feel about it because it wasn't towards Reina.

To be honest, as long as it wasn't to Shoe, I'm happy.

KumiShuu is the /pol/ ship

TakiRei is the /b/ ship

KumiRei is the /u/ ship

KumiAsuka is the /lgbt/ ship


/lgbt/ wins in the end

>>2227360
Asuka said koi in the same jokesy way she always does. Kumiko is too overwhelmed to correct her terms at that point so she just says "yes", which kinda shocks Asuka as Kumiko never played along with her romantic advice schtick. It's really cute, shipping and romance aside.

>>2227133
>but het didn't either
Removing the het confession is a complete condemnation. Yuri did not win, but het is completely done

>>2227381
What bothers me is KyoAni still insists on making the other characters within the show KumiShuu shippeers. like, wtf? Blatant shoehorned het pandering right there. Just goes how spineless they are as always.

>>2227382
It feels like they were just trying to pander to both audiences, but it becomes this half-assed thing that makes no sense. They were giving the KumiShuu shippers some hope, but then Kumiko goes and has this weird conversation/confession with Asuka that gives the yuri shippers some hope too. Like, stick to one or the other.

>>2227387
The KumiAsuka one was clearly stronger anyway.

>>2227387
>They were giving the KumiShuu shippers some hope


Except she never said anything that could mean she was interested in him.
Other people shipping them isn't really giving them hope.

>>2227387
Except that they've framed the Asuka relationship as a parallel to Mamiko already, so they can safely say that it was a big sis thing all along. Fuck KyoAni

>>2227394
Stop making yourself feel sad.
Be happy for a victory for once.

>>2227399
I feel like I'm still getting baited.

Nice class S ending.

KumiAsu endgame. Feels good, neesans. I was rooting for the right ship all along, what a pleasant surprise.

>>2227403
It's over, it's not bait if they never pulled a switch.

Not sure how I feel about KumiAsu desu. It's Yuri nonetheless, but it makes me sad about the whole Reina"s character eating shit and tacos this season.

KumiRei shippers now feel how Ted Cruz and Bernie Sanders felt

>>2227414
KumiAsu is beautiful. It would have been better if they got more screentime but it's still good. I like how Kumiko goes over the top with her emotions when it comes to Asuka. No one else can pull out such emotionally raw reactions out of her but Asuka. And Kumiko is the only one whom Asuka felt comfortable enough around to show her true self and talk freely about how she feels deep inside beneath the mask she wears in front of everyone else. I really like that about their dynamic.

>>2227419
In an ideal world Kumiko and Asuka would've kissed on the spot. Japan is still a dumbfuckingstan when it comes to social progress tho so KyoAni has to stick with this open end shit.

>>2227330
>if they would've focused their efforts in KumiAsu from the beginning
Yeah at this point I would want that too.
I've always been for Kumirei, but after this second season in which Reina's character was completely ruined, I started to feel less and less towards the ship.
Then Kumiasu came from nowhere and as much as I'm enjoying this, it was too late (like someone else said) for me to feel some emotional attachment to the new ship. So right now I'm having mixed feelings: my love for Kumirei is still quite strong but at the same time I'm enthusiastic about this surprising Kumiasu end. I think that with time I'll be able to give more value to Kumiasu, like when you're trying move on from you last love story launching yourself in a new one.
If Kumiasu had some kind of developpment from the start, even just tiny actions, I would feel the ending much more. They focused on Kumirei too much for nothing.

>>2227330
>The author never hinted KumiRei that hard in the novels like KyoAni did.
>Takeda: Shuichi is special as well, but for Kumiko, Reina is depicted as a presence that is above him. Before Kumiko met her, he may have been her special guy, but now her relationship with Reina is eternal.
I mean theres this whole interview where she spergs about how great Kumiko and Reina are together

>>2227424
I am still happy there was no het, but KumiAsu is an asspull. I mean, I loved KumiRei, then got really disappointed by the obvious forced het, and now KumiAsu? Wtf

https://track4.mixtape.moe/mbtgju.webm

>>2227429
Kek

>>2227425
>If Kumiasu had some kind of developpment from the start, even just tiny actions,
Except they were. But everyone was too focused on KumiRei to pay more attention to anything else.

>>2227426
This was before they decided to destroy Reina's character. Priorities have changed since then.

>>2227425
Pretty much. As nice as KumiAsu is for people expecting yuri end, it feels like KyoAni just gave us a consolation prize. The relationship was never stablished up until later in season 2 and if KyoAni knew about how KumiRei was doomed from the beginning, they should've started focusing more on building a more believable relationship for Kumiko and Asuka instead of focusing on Reina's dumb highschool crush on a teacher, which is what this Tako love is.

>>2227433
I was focused on Kumirei because Kumirei was the big focus. I personally shipped Asuka with Kaori (and Buchou). Plus the Kumiko-Asuka interactions were always funny/playful unlike the Kumirei ones. It was obvious for me to pay attention to Kumirei the most.

>>2227439
I'll gladly take this consolation prize over hetero though.

>>2227445
Don't get me wrong, i preferred this one over Shoe ending a million times too, but it felt that it came out of left field so much for me to enjoy as much as i would've enjoyed the shipping they've been teasing since day 1.

So i refused to wstch this season until it finished airing due to kyoanus ship baiting.
What the fuck happened?
Kumiko x Asuka?
How?

>>2227449
Watch it and find out. As long as you don't give a fuck about Reina it wasn't that bad of a season.

How is that a KumiAsuka ending? They were both main characters in the novels and I remember reading that's just like the novels ending, Asuka giving that book to Kumiko, I don't know about that "I love you" but there was nothing romantic about it. They were both the same, that's what I got from their relationship. I'm happy there wasn't KumiReina, couldn't stand Reina since the last episodes of season 1.

Natsuuko is the best thing to come out of Hibike.

>>2227449
Watch the second season without caring about Reina or Kumiko/Reina and you'll see that KumiAsu had a really nice build up. That's what I did.

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>>2227288

>>2227449
>What the fuck happened?

Kyoani reminding everyone that they are still the master trolls.

>>2227463
When are Kyoani gonna make a fucking anime about the cute tsundere yuri side characters already.

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>>2227288
>>2227467
That's sweet. All the admiration was well worth it.

>>2227469
An OVA on their future council would be nice, famicom.

>>2227373
But my yuri ship is Yuuko x Natsuki.

>>2227472
KumiRei just happens to be /u/'s overrated ship.

>>2227464
This should be a copypasta.

>>2227476
It's the one KyoAni focused the most. What did you expected?

>>2227493
/u/ too have better standards.

>>2227494
We already lost then. We're talking about Hibikek in /u/, the standards couldn't be lower.

>>2227494
>expecting /u/ to have standards
Spitting distance ain’t a meme for nothing

>>2227494
>/u/
>standards

We lost that fight years ago.

>>2227509
When you start with nothing it’s difficult to have expectations.

So, this is a good end for /u/s right?

I don't know about future but for now I'm pretty okay with how Hibike turned out. Extra happy point for me because I love Asuka.

>>2227522
It's okay, better than the alternative.

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At least these two got a good final moments together. Damn near broke my heart.

>>2227522
It's a "meh end."

>>2227522
It's perfect for me. I never thought my preferred ship would get a confession.

>>2227535
Same here.

>>2227530
>It's a "geh end."
ftfy

>>2225912
>the thing with Reina AND all other girls is just adolescense
This makes me wonder, is it normal for highschool girls in Japan to act gay, because girls surely didn't act that way in my country (sure, there's far more skinship between them than between boys, but what's shown in some of these shows isn't just proximity, but what appears to be actual sexual interest).

You could show this anime to any girl where I live, tell them what the writer for the show just said, and they would tell you that's just bullshit and that the girls acted really gay.

Or is this one of those Japanese ideas that girls can only be gay until graduating from high-school?

>>2227571
it is just a trope
it has some rl basis, but there is no need for it to be "normal for highschool girls in Japan to act gay"

>>2227573
I don't get what you mean by trope.
I lived in Japan for 2 years, and I do recall seeing some signs (in some train station) advising high-school girls not to act too close.

However, I never got the idea that for them homosexuality (or is it just lesbianism?) was just a phase. I know homosexuality isn't socially accepted in Japan, but I never noticed them thinking that homosexuality in youth was just a phase.

Considering most of these authors tend to be politically liberal, it surprises me a bit they would adhere to such forms of thinking.

>>2227522
At the very least it carries on the oft-overlooked habit of KyoAni making their anime adaptations gayer (or at least less straight) than the source material. Give the studio credit. Even if they couldn't go all out with the gay for one reason or another, they realized that sticking with a Shoe ending after all the subtext they added was gonna be a terrible idea.

A lot of anons will still bemoan everything being left at zero, but a par is still better than the bogey most were expecting. The rest is pretty much down to everyone's personal opinions on the story and whatnot.

>>2227582
I think that "it's just a phase" mentality has roots in the whole "Class S relationship" phenomenon decades ago. Girls could act gay with other girls, be emotionally intimate and all, but they were expected to have grown out of that by the time they graduated school. Same-sex attraction was seen as childish. It's similar to the Western concept of "lesbian until graduation", specifically in college where youths are encourage to experiment to figure themselves out.

A lot of it has to do with existing attitudes of heteronormativity, and how everything defaults to it. That's why so many people have "het goggles" in popular/mass media, because they think that a man and a woman sharing the same air is grounds for a relationship upgrade. You can have Girl A stand next to Boy B and Girl C, yet at least a good half of the audience will expect Girl A and Boy B to end up together, simply because they're opposite genders. They'll often still think that even if Girl A and Girl C's platonic relationship is written more believably. Heterosexuality has always been the default, and both society and media continue to propagate it.

Of course, it's not to say that Japan is progressive--because it still isn't compared to other countries--but the younger generation not thinking lesbianism is a phase gives one hope.

>>2227582
>I do recall seeing some signs (in some train station) advising high-school girls not to act too close.
Why was there such signs?

>>2227595
Thats pretty much it. Society has stablished this idea that only straight relationships are the "normal" ones because a same sex relationships can't procreate children without outside help.

>>2227595
>It's similar to the Western concept of "lesbian until graduation", specifically in college where youths are encourage to experiment to figure themselves out.
See, things like these come off as odd to me, since where I grew up, no one expected you to experiment with anything and no one even thought of experimenting anything (unless by that you mean getting laid for the first time with someone of the opposite sex).
Even now, when the society I live in in considerably more accepting of homosexuality, teenagers are still not expected to experiment, since no one actually expects/hopes you to be gay, but if a kid turns out of be gay is one of those things that just happens, rather than something that is encouraged.

This is why concepts like "gay until graduation" are odd to me, since people where I live don't start coming out of the closet until university.

>>2227603
Public morals, I suppose.

>>2227582
>some signs (in some train station) advising high-school girls not to act too close.

>DO IT AT HOOOOMEEEEE

>>2227464
Wow...kyoanus broke Mugino...fuck i almost want to give them another with the Dragon Meido animu, i mean i know they are going to fuck it, but on the other hand they broke Mugino.

Girls tend to be very close and act "gay" as perceived by others. It is just quirk of development, "adolescence", if you want. Those relationships happen between straight girls, gay girls, undecided or any combination of those. This is not lesbianism on its own. Anime like hibike infuse those relationships with girl on girl fanservice and give them some characteristics of romance. In the ends we get our /u/ hopes broken, because authors never even wanted to show lesbians and just threw some hints for flavor.

>>2227528
This. These two were so fantastic together and I never realized megane was a third year.

I mean, I went outside /u/ and saw het shippers being as delusional as yuri shippers about how the show ended. It might not have being /u/, but it wasn't het either.

So seriously, /u/, be as delusional as you want. That's not exclusive to us.

>>2227595
>heteronormativity

>>>/lgbt/
>>>/tumblr/
>>>/reddit/

is this the only series where everyone spends the majority of the thread arguing sexuality instead of just fucking shipping the girls together?

>>2227571
>is it normal for highschool girls in Japan to act gay
what everyone always fails to understand is that REINA IS NOT NORMAL, thats the entire point of her character.

>>2227664
I wasn't talking about Hibike, though (and there are more apparent carpet munchers than just Reina).
My question was based on the writer of the show referring to their gay behaviour as adolescence.

I fuckin hate Asuka so much nobody ever shuts the hell up about her so for Kumiko to say that shit at the end instead of to Reina really drove the nail into the coffin.

I will without a doubt say that season 2 is the worst show I have ever watched in my entire life, next time I'm in Japan I'm gonna shit in front of their headquarters, no joke.

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>>2227681
the funny thing is that Kumiko says this exact same thing to Reina in season 1 but nothing comes out of it.

I mean does it really make a difference if you put Reina in this scene?

>>2227681
Keep the salty tears coming, it's delicious.

>>2227685
drink em up boys i've got an entire pool full of them

>>2227681
Why would Kumiko want a slut hungry for dick when she can have a gorgeous senpai instead? Kumiko is based and knows what's best for her.

>>2227681
>next time I'm in Japan I'm gonna shit in front of their headquarters, no joke
That's a bit excessive desu...

>>2227618
It's less about encouragement and more about "this is likely to happen during this stage of life". The teenage/adolescent years are a very tumultuous period. It's where the most "change" happens. Coming out usually occurs when you're sure about yourself, and that happens after some experimentation, which additionally, no one really talks about openly. It's a private thing.

>>2227653
You do realize that term has been around long before tumblr was a thing, yes?

>>2227682
I mean, nothing would come out of the Asuka scene either, unless we get a movie.

>>2227690
>>2227692
man i fuckin hate miss retarded ass perfect rich bitch

why dont they just rename the fucking show to asukas band

>>2227651
Exactly. Yurifags get so much shit about being delusional, yet a lot of hetshippers will ship with way less.

This is not a Yuri ending, but hetshipping any girls besides Hazuki and Goto's gf with guys is even more delusional.
Yuri has gone to hell because of some otakus need to self insert in bland male characters.

>>2227700
A movie will be the worst thing we could get right now. It would continue to butcher Reina's character and have Shoe pull a brutal comeback to win the Kumikobowl.

Nobody winning is the best we can hope right now.

>>2227697
>Coming out usually occurs when you're sure about yourself, and that happens after some experimentation, which additionally, no one really talks about openly. It's a private thing.
Yeah, but the relationship between most of the "couples" in this show isn't even private.

Also, I'm sure many of the people in the process of coming to terms with their own sexuality, probably do it after a considerable amount of denial, considering being heterosexual is the norm and, to a degree, everyone wants to fit in.

In the case of the girls in Hibike they were rather open about their feelings, as their gay behaviour didn't seem as just some sort of confusion, but them displaying open romance and a degree of proximity you would only give to a lover.

So, writing about a bunch of girls who, as far as characterisation goes, are gay (or bi) only to handwave that characterisation and say it's just adolescence seems poor understanding on both sexuality and adolescence.

I mean, I'm not trying to act like some retarded SJW here, but I just don't understand why anyone would write about these type of characters, only to ultimately deny who they are. As far as I know, the gayness isn't even unique to the anime, but I've heard even the novel (yes, novel, not LN, so fanservice wouldn't be an explanation) has some degree of gayness in it as well. Moreover, if we consider that the romantic-like relationship between girls play an important factor in their actions, why not recognise it? If well-established homosexual relationships ultimately were a factor the novel author or the anime writer wanted to avoid, because of the audience (i.e. a society not yet too open about homosexuality), why even add an aspect that only represents a minority of the population if it's ultimately going to be treated as a non-factor - and it's not just a pair of girls who act gay, but quite a few?

>>2227720
>why even add an aspect that only represents a minority of the population if it's ultimately going to be treated as a non-factor

1) To bait viewership from yurifags, while not explicitly confirming anything in-show

2) they don't see that aspect as genuine

As suggested before, there's an unfortunate lingering mentality that gayness is somehow less real than straightness. With regards to girls, the line between mere friendship and lesbianism gets blurred so much that they're one and the same. That's why "yuri" is overwhelmingly used to mean both "close female relationship" and outright Hot Scissoring Action. There is barely any distinction.

>>2227733
>As suggested before, there's an unfortunate lingering mentality that gayness is somehow less real than straightness.
I see, so they see homosexuality as something that isn't real, like some kind of confusion or mental illness?

>That's why "yuri" is overwhelmingly used to mean both "close female relationship" and outright Hot Scissoring Action. There is barely any distinction.
I honestly find that silly, the audience for Yuri is already rather small, so why not go all the way for that audience?

Also, do people get baited into buying goods?
I mean, I can understand in shows like Nanoha or Saki in which relationships aren't set on stone, but have pretty much go to one side that isn't funny.

However, if I get yuribaited into a show that wasn't ultimately yuri, and even worse, one in that made it obvious that I just got baited, I wouldn't buy anything from that. This is coming from someone who does buy most of the anime he likes and imports it from Japan.

>>2227690
Maybe anon is the kind that thinks Kumiko is /d/ material.

>>2227752
>I honestly find that silly, the audience for Yuri is already rather small, so why not go all the way for that audience?
That's precisely why. They're not going to go all the way just to cater to a tiny demographic when they can just add a few scenes here and there to keep them interested without alienating their primary audience.

>However, if I get yuribaited into a show that wasn't ultimately yuri, and even worse, one in that made it obvious that I just got baited, I wouldn't buy anything from that. This is coming from someone who does buy most of the anime he likes and imports it from Japan.
The thing is, most yuri fans in Japan who like shows like this are 100% aware that the pairing will go nowhere (also applies to yaoi, even more so). It isn't baiting because they're getting exactly what they expect - girls doing things that make them "shippable" in their minds, even if they ultimately go nowhere with it.

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>2017 calendar begins with ReinaKumiko; ends with AsukaKumiko

Really makes you think.

http://iamzeon-blog.tumblr.com/post/154883417144/hibike-euphonium-2017-calendar

>>2227212
>>2227221
As canon gay as you can get in a Japanese anime.

There's something about KyoAni anime that I never quite liked, since Air, Clannad, etc. They are praised for their animation, but I always found their perfect grass, blue sky or music equipments, to give off fake, pretentious feeling.

Haven't watched S2 though. I gave up after S1 EP11.

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>>2227644
Never forget.

We need Asuka dressed and acting as Asuka in GTA III:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-XlbTxrCEo

"That's not a massager."

>>2227799
Fuck kyoanus.

>>2225658
asuka-senpai

We warned you guys about this show but did you listen no you told us to shut up and proceeded to listen to the false prophet mugino. Your suffering and despair is well deserved so don't blame kyoani for not listening

>>2227850
But I like Kumiasu

>>2227644
The other girl, she's a first year, right? That means they only met each other that year. To meet someone you can truly feel close to, only to get separated so soon, it's such a beautiful fleeting relationship.

>>2227850
I ain't suffering at all, in fact I quite enjoyed the series and ending.

Only people who suffered are people like you who trashed it but still kept tabs. And that's your fault.

>>2227427
KumiAsu is an asspull

>>2227433
Of course people are going to focus on Kumirei because Kyoani built them up. You can't blame people for rooting Kumirei instead of Kumiko/Asuka. It came out of nowhere

>>2227443
same. fuck kyoani

>>2227449
it's shit

>>2227476
>this butthurt over kumirei

kumirei or bust. this ending is shit.

>>2227882
funny thing is, asukafags are mad because kumirei has a fuckton of shippers while there are only 2 or 3 kumiasus

>>2227890
>KumiRei has a fuckton of shippers
Had. Those that didn't bail after Reina's character got assassinated are now seeing the bottom up close.

>>2227778
>They're not going to go all the way just to cater to a tiny demographic when they can just add a few scenes here and there to keep them interested without alienating their primary audience.
This is why I cannot fucking stand the fuckwits who take the bait, get everyone else hyped despite themselves, and then either post-hoc rationalise, or brush it off and walk away because they were never really invested anyway, when it all comes crumbling down.

And then these selfsame people will get on your case if they detect even the slightest hint of jadedness at the prospect of having to settle for unsatisfying scraps of bait and ambiguity that only serve as a bitter reminder that you'll more than likely never see a time when it's anything more than that.

>>2227811
Japanese, lesbian and a masochist?
Also include EVA Asuka.

>>2225641
I hate when madohomu artist made this doujin

>>2227908
Only the afterword is shit. The doujin itself is fine, if you like to torture yourself with impossible pairings.

>>2227859
KumiAsu isnt even a pairing, they literally are saying goodbye to eachother

>>2227897
Nope. I see still a lot of kumirei shippers.

btw, it's not even a romantic confession. It basically paralleled kumikos scene with her sister.

>>2227937
It's a sisterly ship

>kyoani
>develops kumirei
>heavy kumirei baiting
>more gay kumirei
>forces shuumiko and asumiko in a few episodes with cringy moments

basically, they baited us only to pull a 180. kyoani is canceled

>>2227720
There’s also a running joke about the author being a repressed lesbian who doesn’t actually realise how atypical the behaviour of her characters is.

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That ending was almost perfect, it BTFO delusional hetfags and KumiReifags at the same time. The only thing that can make it better is if they make out right there and then.

>>2227173
Look at the gay baiting they did in Hibikek. Look at how Yuri on Ice actually had the balls to deliver.

The comparison is embarrassing. It made KyoAni look like such a shallow studio.

>>2228020
Are we really surprised about this?

>>2228004
That would be simultaneously really funny and kind of sad at the same time. And make a lot of sense.

>>2228005
>asukafags thinkin they won

why would they make out if they aren't even attracted to each other? she sees asuka as a sister lmao.

>>2228020
lesson: do not trust kyoani

>>2228056
>lmao
Leave, tumblrshitter

>>2228053
Well, there's a reason why some people took that joke a bit too seriously back when Season 1 was airing. I mean, it would explain why she wrote really gay scenes between Kumiko and Reina and felt the need to explain how not gay they are.

>>2228053
Given how many people end up repressing or straight up just not realising that they’re gay even in liberal countries, I occasionally wonder what it’s like in other countries.

>>2227937
They can meet again someday.

>>2228056
Your tears are delicious.

>>2228004
I seriously always think that's the case with people like that, who think gay is only when someone says it and their actions, no matter how gay, don't matter.
It's the perfect cover up for closet cases, since they can do the gay stuff they want and still call themselves straight.

>>2227901
If you get excited because of them, it's your fault, not theirs.
Stop being so salty about I-I was baited because of these delusionalfags and either take responsibility or simply stop following and shitting on the threads.

>>2228165
Your hobby of drinking tears is weird. You need to check that out.

>>2227977
Do they not know Reina fully intends to pursue that one teacher well beyond the limits of sanity and common sense? They threw all the KumiRei subtext they built over the past season and a half out the window. Same with Reina's character.
They're all gone. The shippers have to realize that, and abandon ship.

>>2228217
>abandon ship
Have you not heard the saying "The captain goes down with the ship"?

>>2228217
I jumped to the Kumiasu train a week ago. I'm glad I made the right decision.

I haven't watched any of this (s1 or s2) because fuck music shows, but I was vaguely aware of Kumiko and Reina as characters because internet osmosis. Is it true that Reina's character basically changes a ton (and for the worse) between s1 and s2? If so that's kind of sad, even separate from any shipping issues.

>>2228297
I'm okay with this.

I really don't get the special connection with Asuka other than just "now I know your backstory".

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Interesting...

>>2228288
>Is it true that Reina's character basically changes a ton (and for the worse) between s1 and s2?
No, it's worse than that. Reina's character changes a ton for the worse around halfway through S2.

>>2228297
Reina is not straight though. Just some people can't wrap their heads around that she can still like girls, despite her obvious like for tacos

>>2228337
It doesn’t matter whether she likes girls if she can’t get past her pathological lust for Taki. Though there is a decent angst fic in there waiting to be written.

>>2228338
I said this for pic relayed because they mentioned Kumiko being on love with a straight girl.

Also what fic? Yours?
I've read one with Reina being married to Taco and in abusive relationship with him before. It was kinda good, bit it felt forced and ooc making Taki a psycho

>>2228345
I read that one too. The drama for the sake of drama and needing to make all men evil was over the top.

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>>2228336
>Reina's character changes a ton for the worse around halfway through S2.
the problem with Reina was that she never changed and they decided to never develop her character

>>2228297
>Reina
>oblivious straight girl
are they really trying to go there? Reina is the kind of girl that would casually shove her hand down Kumiko's panties to say hello

>>2228400
That’s still chiming ‘oblivious straight girl’ pretty hard for me desu

>>2228398
They developed her backwards. The image you posted is a good example.

She went from "this man is a good instrument player" to "I want his babies". The dude could be a psycho killer offscreen for all she knows.

>>2228413
You don't do that kind of obviously gay stuff with your "best friend" without second intentions. It just doesn't happen on its own, regardless of how 'obliviously straight' you might be.

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>>2228398
They "teased" KumiRei without changing her thing for Taki, so the whole thing in retrospect is jarring as fuck.

Honestly, I'm gonna have a rewatch of both seasons sometime soon to see what other subtleties I missed with Kumiko and Asuka. Too blinded by in-your-face bait to realize the endgayme.

>>2228421
>You don't do that kind of obviously gay stuff with your "best friend" without second intentions
You should probably go ask some lesbians about that. Straight girls are notorious for practically mounting closeted friends without apparently realizing what they’re doing.

>>2228430
It was petty fucking jarring at the time too.

>>2228439
It's also because society accepts girls being "touchy-feely" with each other and don't see it as an act exclusive to lesbianism. Compare that with the fact that guys can't do the same thing without being automatically labeled as fags.

>>2228430
>Too blinded by in-your-face bait to realize the endgayme
This. KumiAsu was always there, patiently waiting to steal the thunder.

>>2228474
Of course. It's her favorite way to to go.

>>2228398
It was most satisfying seeing Taki-sensei shut her down when she confessed to his face. He clearly doesn't give a Pence's ass.

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Kumiko really is very gay. We did not win but we did not lose either. At least we got much more than the heterfags

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The end was like: Abandon the ReiMiko boat and get on the boat kumiAsu!

Asuka was our salvation from the Suichi iceberg. Thank you Asuka senpai!

>>2228534
The hetfags got Reina.

>>2228543
Truly, what a blessing. All hail KumiAsu!

>>2228549
Then they gained nothing but a creepy kid who's into widowers.

>>2227429
Lol golden.

>>2227787
So who's the next girl if ever we get another season or movie? Natsuki? Lol

>>2228297
Might be sisterly but I'm in it!

Wow I love season 2 better, just watched the last episode. Regardless of the bait, the show ain't so bad. It's a stalemate afterall, at least KyoAni had been thoughtful and fair with the pandering.

Asuka and Kumiko stood out for me, surprised for the sisterly yuri in the end.

>Season 1 > Episode 8
>Season 2 > Episode 10

Pretty content sistahs.

>>2228575
>>2228478
A few theories on why he REALLY shut down Reina:
>He actually does have a wife... just like Yoshiage Kira did before changing his identity
>He secretly ships Kumiko & Reina
>He's in an affair already with Shuuichi

>>2228337
Reina's probably bi. Maybe she just likes the idea of getting a threesome going with Kumiko & Taki(Fat chance for that though).

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The parallel between Taki and Asuka hit me hard, and convinced me that Kumirei is inevitable. They both had their one-sided love for a powerful inspirational figure, and both Taki and Asuka walked away from them, leaving them to move forward together in the last scene.

>>2226754
Nice gif.


>>2226022
>>2226023
>>2227470

>So Yuuko became the new President while Natsuki Vice.
I fancy the idea that if ever we get a sequel, we'll find these two even more inseparable.

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>>2228595
This scene also felt like a realization that their relationship needed to go further

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>>2228601
And it rhymed with this scene. Yep, this interpretation is pretty much canon to me now.

>>2228595
>>2228595
Still reeling from the last episode and did not see that. Damn these subtleties KyoAni manages to pull.

>>2228288
>I haven't watched any of this (s1 or s2) because fuck music shows
Just wanna to say, shipping aside, Hibike is a great music show.

>>2228601
Except you're reading too much into it. What she was regretting there was Asuka graduating. And not getting gold so that Asuka could have no regrets.

The KumiRei fags are delusional to the very end and beyond it seems.

>>2228595
>>2228601
>>2228603
Where'd you manage to deduce all of these?

While I can agree with the first one, the second and third seems to be a stretch. I'm pretty sure the second one is about Asuka.

>>2228622
That's the surface level interpretation. You need to dig deep for the Kumirei treasure that Kyoani left us. And not even that deep honestly, that scene is pretty clearly directed to emphasize the relationship between Kumiko and Reina.

>>2228627
The first one I completely missed, I just saw it on /a/. I didn't even notice that Taki gave Reina a notebook because I was zoned out in that episode.
The third one I saw in some tumblr post.

The second one stood out to me, and everyone will call me delusional for it because it's clearly about Asuka, but I never underestimate Naoko Yamada.

>>2228628
>the Kumirei treasure that Kyoani left us
You mean the pile of stinky shit. There's no KumiRei treasure. You're glaringly delusional.

Kumiko didn't give two shits about Reina since the end of season two. She's been just one of the friends and it doesn't anywhere beyond that.

>>2228622
Let anon be with the headcanons.

>>2228619
Agreed, give it a try.

>>2228288
If I may add, rather, her fixation on their teacher (Taki-sensei) intensified around season 2 which made her character quite unbearable. Her relevancy is still there but if you're expecting the same amount of screen time she has with Kumiko on the first season, you'll be disappointed around the second half of season 2.

To put it simply, while S1 had a large dose of KumiRei, S2 focuses on Kumiko's other relationships, mainly with her sister, Mamiko, a little bit of building bridges with Shuuichi, her childhood friend and Asuka, her senpai. It's still good imho.

>>2228628
>You need to dig deep for the Kumirei treasure that Kyoani left us
lol

>>2228642
Sometimes that just happens. Friendships start really intensely and seem like you’re going to be amazing friends and then you start to realise you don’t actually have that much in common and things fizzle out and then you look back after things have calmed down and it’s sort of embarrassing.

>>2228642
That's because Reina is in love with Taki. Kumiko allowed herself to be friendzoned and encouraged her because she wanted her to be happy. But now is the time for the gayness to rise again. Reina is still pretty gay too and only needs a small push to move from Taki to Kumiko.

>>2228632
While I remember that scene with Taki-sensei, I wasn't able to coin it together with Kumiko's scene with Asuka. But dang, I love those tiny bits.

Sure anon but I'm not sure with Naoko Yamada, all she did in the past is subtext at best or barely even.

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>>2227161
The 'new' hand-holding.

>>2228670
It's really just because of Midori in Tamako Market. I know it's only one example, but it's enough to convince me that Yamada is interested in lesbians, and wanted to make Kumiko into a lesbian in the anime, because the "sensual" scenes with Reina were what stood out to her the most when she read the novel (I remember her saying this in some interview but now I can't find it)

>>2228668
Too bad Kumiko is head over heels for Asuka-senpai. Reina BTFO.

>>2228684
That's more of a sisterly relationship, and one that can't last. Asuka is ready to move on with her life. But the love between Kumiko and Reina is eternal.

>>2228691
Sure. Whatever helps you sleep at night, pal.

>>2228691
Kumiko lacks what Reina strives for the most in life: dick.

Don't mind the trolls. Ain't worth it.

>>2228706
Prove that Kumiko doesn't have a dick. Oh wait, you can't.

>>2228628
>that scene is pretty clearly directed to emphasize the relationship between Kumiko and Reina.
if they wanted to emphasize Kumirei, they would've just given them a proper scene at the end. FFS the scene itself gets interrupted by Shoeichi of all people

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Beyond her being a Taki-sexual, shame that they forgot about her entirely. She was my best girl in Season 1 after-all. Image random, just shared the same sentiments.

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I'll miss this snowflake.

>>2228711
They have to respect the source material as much as possible. The Kumirei must be subtle.

>>2228716
>respect the source material as much as possible
Oh really? If that's the case, Shuichi would've had a bigger presence and not what he had in the anime.

>>2228709
they can pick out a nice one together when they get a little older.

>>2228717
That's the most they could get away with - because they didn't want the anime to feel too shoujo and alienate the male audience, according to Jukki Hanada. The ambiguity of Shuuichi made it easier for Yamada to sneak in the very subtle Kumirei narrative in S2.

>>2228720
What did you mean by this?

>>2228725
I just feel like they’re a little young to get served in a sex shop yet. But I suppose there’s always the internet.

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>Kumiko, I spend the entire season being rejected by a man 20 years older than me and this is how you repay me?!

>>2228165
kumiko and asuka are platonic as fuck stop being so pressed anon

>>2228217
reina has a life after taki and kumiko will show her the light.

>>2228842
Keep dreaming KumiRei shippers.

>>2228297
>reina
> straight
>kumiasu
>romantic

lel are these asukafags so desperate that they have to make things up top lel. reina isnt straight whereas kumiko's relationship with asuka is so sisterly it's incest

>>2228846
>kumiko's relationship with asuka is so sisterly it's incest
And? It only makes it even more delicious.

>>2228845
They are so desperate for attention right now that I'm not even sure if it's hilarious or just sad and pitiful.

>>2228595
kumirei is endgame

>>2228595
>>2228601
i love these it triggers the asukumifags. theyre now on suicide watch

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>Hibike will end without anyone realizing the best ship

>>2228684
except she's not in love with asuka. kumirei are going to be together later on anyway. stay salty

>>2228839
>>2228842
>>2228846
>>2228851
>>2228860
Literally this.

>>2228691
yes

>>2228865
They needed more screentime.

>>2228867
look at them getting so salty with your headcanon that actually makes so much sense. they only got a platonic confession now they think they won. so pathetic

>>2228848
we already have the attention. you on the other hand still need to shit on kumirei to get one. stay mad

>>2228847
>incest
>delicious
youre a retard

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>ever denying Kumirei after the author said it was eternal love
Now that's delusion. Any other ship was doomed to fail the moment she said that.

>>2228875
kumirei is inevitable

>>2228875
she said it was eternal friendship though

>>2228595
Reina x Taki
Kumiko x Asuka

>>2228880
She uses "fellowship" in the same way Yamada uses "adolescence". They're obviously talking about lesbians.

>>2228874
No, you're a normalfag.

>>2228881
Except they're unrequited, which is the point (well, Asuka isn't totally unrequited, but it isn't romantic or sexual in the first place). Kumiko and Reina are finally ready for each other after dealing with those relationships. It's like poetry, it rhymes.

>>2228889
Who are you to say isn't romantic? A random watcher?