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So this is it, this is THE episode that I spend all of the series waiting for. (dances in giddy excitement)
First of all, while it’s true that a lot of the episode is lost to a musical montage and that’s frustrating, I love every line and every shading of the entire episode. It’s painted in rich, autumn hues that stand out vividly from much of the series. I’d say Clamp wanted this episode to be as much art as it was story, and in that respect they certainly succeeded.
Go Li, with your badass sword drills of awesomeness. If he looks this good at 10, what kind of swordmaster will he be as an adult?
“What’s wrong with me?” he laments, apparently unaware that it is considered more normal to like girls than not. This episode is important, because even though we tend to remember season 3 in retrospect of one long continuous attempt on Li’s part to confess to Sakura (at least I do), he actually spends the first half of the season denying that his feelings even exist. He’s never going to be able to confess to Sakura until he confesses to himself.
Teddy bear reference! (takes a shot)
I think the thing that Eriol picks up on here is that Li would rather run away than ever be forced to confront feelings that he doesn’t want to. This is when he decides he’s going to take running away as an option, and see what happens. He enjoys messing with Li like that.
Those voicemails from Sakura (and Kero) crack me up big time. Li may regret not having been appointed cardcaptor, but I bet he’s never once regretted that Keroberos is not living in his tiny apartment.
The montage arrives. L-chan is not alone in wishing that the episode had held more plot, but I think the writers may have been trying to set this episode apart from the rest of the series. The montage isn’t a thing they do often, certainly not in such a stylized way, so this really gets the audience’s attention. I flatter myself in also thinking that the heavy autumn leaf motif is a symbol of change, which Li is certainly enduring enough of this episode.
Oh Kero, you scamp. Eating all the cookies, you're so bad.
The elevator has been taken over by the world of TRON! Despair!
And there it is, the moment! He calls her by name for the first time ever, skipping right past the entry-level Kinomoto and going straight to her personal first name. And then he hugs her. For the first time he addresses and touches her in a personal, intimate way, allowing himself that closeness that he held so firmly at arms’ length before. The barrier is broken, he’s over his chronic self-denial. Now we get to spend the rest of the season watching him trip over his tongue as he tries to confess to her. Small steps, people.
First of all, while it’s true that a lot of the episode is lost to a musical montage and that’s frustrating, I love every line and every shading of the entire episode. It’s painted in rich, autumn hues that stand out vividly from much of the series. I’d say Clamp wanted this episode to be as much art as it was story, and in that respect they certainly succeeded.
Go Li, with your badass sword drills of awesomeness. If he looks this good at 10, what kind of swordmaster will he be as an adult?
“What’s wrong with me?” he laments, apparently unaware that it is considered more normal to like girls than not. This episode is important, because even though we tend to remember season 3 in retrospect of one long continuous attempt on Li’s part to confess to Sakura (at least I do), he actually spends the first half of the season denying that his feelings even exist. He’s never going to be able to confess to Sakura until he confesses to himself.
Teddy bear reference! (takes a shot)
I think the thing that Eriol picks up on here is that Li would rather run away than ever be forced to confront feelings that he doesn’t want to. This is when he decides he’s going to take running away as an option, and see what happens. He enjoys messing with Li like that.
Those voicemails from Sakura (and Kero) crack me up big time. Li may regret not having been appointed cardcaptor, but I bet he’s never once regretted that Keroberos is not living in his tiny apartment.
The montage arrives. L-chan is not alone in wishing that the episode had held more plot, but I think the writers may have been trying to set this episode apart from the rest of the series. The montage isn’t a thing they do often, certainly not in such a stylized way, so this really gets the audience’s attention. I flatter myself in also thinking that the heavy autumn leaf motif is a symbol of change, which Li is certainly enduring enough of this episode.
Oh Kero, you scamp. Eating all the cookies, you're so bad.
The elevator has been taken over by the world of TRON! Despair!
And there it is, the moment! He calls her by name for the first time ever, skipping right past the entry-level Kinomoto and going straight to her personal first name. And then he hugs her. For the first time he addresses and touches her in a personal, intimate way, allowing himself that closeness that he held so firmly at arms’ length before. The barrier is broken, he’s over his chronic self-denial. Now we get to spend the rest of the season watching him trip over his tongue as he tries to confess to her. Small steps, people.
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