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| Machida, eager to impress his estranged son during a rare reunion, takes him out for goby fishing. Tsunehiro and the others warmly watch over them. However, news of a giant black sea bream sighting takes events in an unexpected direction. |
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| Manager-kun was so worried about what to do with his son during that little of free time they had together that he forgot that at the end of the day the kid just wanted to be with his dad, just like the old times. |
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| You can tell Manager-kun really loves his son and just wants to be apart of his life. |
| Although Machida has become closer to his son, I still think that if he wants things to get better, he should focus more on him than on fishing. I relate more to his son because of my own experience. No matter how difficult things get, all you want is for everyone to get back to spending time together as a family, and gifts or money mean very little, they just use it as a way to forget about that problem. |
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| The manager gets his episode now. I can see why this guy's marriage failed. I assume he cared more about fish than his wife. His son Yuu-kun, on the other hand, kicks ass. The divorce probably put him through hell, so he comes out on the other end being incredibly mature and independent for a 9 year old. Keep going, little guy. -Sasaki actually earns a feat here by being the one to suggest goby fishing. -Ice shapeshifts into her cosplayer proportions. -Manager will fish more with Arua and/or Sasaki in the future and probably end up seeing them as replacement sons. |
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| it was a lovely ep i like how they manage to show us the relationship between the dad and his son, i was not expecting him to not keep the fish... |
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| Very rare that an anime portrays a situation where a kid gets to see the parent without custody after divorce. There are a few shows this year where the kid hasn't seen the parent for YEARS, one where the kid thinks the dad may be dead, one where the daughter doesn't even know the identity of her father. |
| Damn this episode had me in feels. There are often things that you want to say but are left unsaid in real world which you just let go of. This was one of the most realistic portrayals of that. Even though you don't like it life must go on, shown as Machida goes back fishing tomorrow because it's his way of coping with it. |
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| Man what’s up with these emotional ass slice of life show episodes today. First Kekkon suru tte and now this? Really beautiful story with Machida and his son and just goes to show you, kids don’t care about the bs excuses for why you haven’t been there in the past, they still just want their parents. Obviously Machida isn’t a deadbeat dad, it’s clear he loves his son, but I think he’d agree he hasn’t done as much as he probably should have in terms of being there for his son’s big milestones. The fishing trip was a nice way for them to bond and start off a new foot and actually really realistic because a lot of dads take their boys fishing. Few things encourage positive male relationships better than a good old fishing trip, so wholesome to see both of them do anything to avoid the outing ending 😩 Idk if there’s a happy ending in sight with the ex wife, but certainly hope Machida is able to spend more quality with his son like this |
Marinate1016Nov 21, 2024 1:42 PM
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| Not directly related to Tsunehiro A father and son activity. Initially, it felt that there is some gap between them due to the divorce but their relationship improved a bit as the episode went on. |
| 'I am the world's most selfish man.' (俺のわがまま世界１だ) — Ten'ouji Haru |
| Heavier subject matter handled with maturity, elegance, and fishy finesse! Glorious episode but god damn was jii-san simpin hard for his kid |
| I can finally say it, that OP has grown on me lol, I still think there’s a bit too much going on in the chorus but it is catchy af and a bop overall. And this was a bit of a heavy episode focused on the manager Machida and his son Yuu. First half of the episode was kinda painful lol, poor Machida just couldn’t say the right things to his son and was fumbling hard, you could tell he meant well but it wasn’t what Yuu wanted. Things got a lot better as the episode went on tho thanks to Tsunehiro, Hana and Takaaki getting involved, ngl tho Hana shouldn’t have agreed for Machida to Yuu’s proposal, okay maybe catching a large Sea Bream at the location they were at (which was very beautiful btw) would have taken a miracle, but Hana doesn’t know Machida’s situation so she probably shouldn’t have jumped the gun like that lol, it did thankfully work out tho as Yuu had a much better time being invested in fishing because of it, and he actually ended up getting his big catch but sadly let it go, I get why he did tho. And the goodbye was kinda upsetting after the great time they had, it’s just a shame because no matter how much Yuu or Machida wants it, you can’t just make the love happen again like that, not sure if we’ll ever get all the details on why the divorce happened but it’s looking like it sadly won’t work out, at least Machida can still be a good dad, Yuu is a real one too, very respectable and mature for his age. And I see some folks thought that Machida got divorced over fishing, that’s not the way I see it, that very last scene of the episode makes me think he gets so into fishing as a coping mechanism, doing what he loves helps him take his mind off things, of course I could be wrong but that’s what I got from it, no matter what tho I’m rooting for the man. Oh and also, wtf did Ice just become hot like an on and off switch lol, didn’t realize that was how her cosplay mode worked |
TheColonel76Nov 22, 2024 8:00 AM
| Lmao Ice was so pissed her artstyle became normal. Damn is she hot though. Tsunehiro was also hilarious this episode, bro just wanted to catch some gobies and he was really referring to Yuu with honorifics lmao. Loved the focus of the episode though on Machida and Yuu, was really sad too. Yuu just wants his dad back, but Machida is too obsessed with fishing, not that he's a bad person. Reminds me of Aoi's dad from Senpai is an Otokonoko. |
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Reply to sKyBlazer08
Lmao Ice was so pissed her artstyle became normal. Damn is she hot though.
Tsunehiro was also hilarious this episode, bro just wanted to catch some gobies and he was really referring to Yuu with honorifics lmao.
Loved the focus of the episode though on Machida and Yuu, was really sad too. Yuu just wants his dad back, but Machida is too obsessed with fishing, not that he's a bad person. Reminds me of Aoi's dad from Senpai is an Otokonoko.
Tsunehiro was also hilarious this episode, bro just wanted to catch some gobies and he was really referring to Yuu with honorifics lmao.
Loved the focus of the episode though on Machida and Yuu, was really sad too. Yuu just wants his dad back, but Machida is too obsessed with fishing, not that he's a bad person. Reminds me of Aoi's dad from Senpai is an Otokonoko.
sKyBlazer08 said: Lmao Ice was so pissed her artstyle became normal. Damn is she hot though. she took off her cosplay :P |
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| So he immediately called some fishing friend at the end? what an asshole. Shit father. |
| If you haven't watched "Fantastic Children", don't talk about "best anime". Thank you. |
| Yuu was quite a good angler. Was happy to see the son-daddy moments. |
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So he immediately called some fishing friend at the end? what an asshole. Shit father.
| @MyllerPhiem Hahaha. Yo, we all are some colored shits. Chill dude. |
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sKyBlazer08 said: Gotta love how the other two go into a deformed style while for her it's the reverse.Lmao Ice was so pissed her artstyle became normal. Damn is she hot though. |
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| Manager Machida meeting his son Yuu in a long time, whilst thinking of an activity for him which would be great for parenting bonds, it's goby fishing. But even as the relationship between father and his grown-up middle school son can get awkward at the beginning, it gets even more awkward if it's anything unrelated to fishing, or rather, teaching him how to fish, which was once the family pastime before things got awry. And as expected, Machida blew his chances trying to reconcile with his son, and that leaves Tsunehiro having to babysit him while Machida is taken out by Hana for a pep talk. The kids going around realizing a Toshinashi Chinu a.k.a age-old black sea bream, and Yuu betting on that to reconcile the family together, Machida may have no choice getting back with his wife, but doing it for their son is the only appropriate way, and that desperation treads them into the night trying to get one. While Yuu did catch one, it's out of the sympathy for his father, who still adores fishing, and wants the family back together like in the past. Though times have changed, Machida's love for fishing will not dwindle. |
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| Watching both the father and son this episode was heartbreaking. Hopefully a brighter future ahead of them. |
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| A 3rd grader studyng for middle school entrance exams is crazy I'm happy we got an episode dedicated to the boss! Poor guy misses his kid and ex-wife, while his ex wants nothing to do with him. That's a tough situation |
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