１．When the violent drunk with a split personality calls a dude “creepy,” you know that mfer’s gotta be a real psychopath lol. Shinpei beat that man’s face into mash. He’ll never drink again for the rest of his life!
３．Just by bribing a captain? It feels like this is too good to be true, especially since this is only episode 4… I don’t get why they didn’t just have Nitobe buy her like originally planned. Dude was apologetic and would have done it to make up for what he tried.
４．I have a feeling I’m gonna be devastated when this series ends
この作品が終わる頃には、自分はきっと打ちのめされている気がする。
５．How Satoko confronted Shinpei on his “yandere” switch between bloodthirsty murderer and sincere gentleman being a coping mechanism caught me off guard, both for seeing through him as a person and how it was almost like she was directly calling out the running gag itself.
６．The boat ride in 10 days seems to good to be true. Something need to trigger the killing spree Shinpei goes on in the OP. With each episode my anime-only theory of them never leaving the island looks more and more plausible.
７．Yukari huh. I don’t like the sound of that. Yukari is definitely not Shinpei’s fave. 50/50 chance he’d kill her for getting in the way of his marriage to Satoko
８．I hope Shinpei will put those bitches in their place already And that boat deal sounds too good to be true. I hope it’s not Shinpei trying to manipulate her with something like “the boat trip was delayed. We’ll have to stay longer” and all that
１．Hearing Nitobe call Shinpai creepy was fucking hilarious. Dude, you literally have a Jekyll & Hyde thing going on here; you don’t get to call other people creepy. xD It’s also funny how Satoko tells Shinpei that violence is wrong and Shinpei tries to rebut that Satoko hitting him with a lantern is also considered violence. xD
２．Shinpei was doing well with Satoko until he commented that she’s the lightest girl he ever held. Satoko definitely got annoyed at the implication that Shinpei tells that to every girl he carries. Also, I think Satoko just doesn’t like being reminded how underweight she is because of her illness. It is hilarious watching Satoko turn into a tsundere for the last half of the episode. And poor Shinpei has no idea what’s even going on anymore!
３．Find a woman who will flash you her chest in pride over having a bigger scar than you do. Seriously though, good on Shinpei for helping Satoko feel better about herself.
４．Oh my god, these women are so hilarious, like I understand clinging to what little pride there is to have here, but babes be so serious y’all work at the most run down dilapidated literally told us worst brothel on an island of countless brothels, that smugness is so unwarranted
５．Satoko: “Do as I say, not as I do!” – As she advocates against using violence to her man whom she bashed upside the head. Good luck tryin to inject morality into a psychotic killer.
６．It’s a treat to see how Satoko has like no fear when dealing with Shinpei. She’s a total girl boss. A girl boss that seems to be catching feelings and she does not like it lol. That jealous death glare Satoko gave Shinpei then went the opposite way of the bathroom was great.
７．”But hitting someone with a lantern is viol…” “AND ANOTHER THING!” LOL at MC interrupting the yandere “If we don’t marry I might as well kill us both” rant with “I’m going to sleep now” and kicking him out.
８．Shinpei: If you don’t marry me, then we’ll both… Satoko: I SAID I’M GOING TO SLEEP! Shinpei: o.O Satoko clearly views his murderous attitude towards her as a child’s tantrum. Her survival remains her priority, she’s still cautious, but now she has some kind of confirmation that he’s really not inclined to do anything to her. She’s not safe. But she’s safe.
１．Shinpei feels like Levi in a lot of ways. Their circumstances are almost identical. The main difference is Levi ended up with chosen family that kept him moderately sane. It allowed him to maintain a semblance of morality (his morals aren’t great, but they exist). They are equally violent men. They’re both cunning and intelligent. Shinpei is more impulsive and actively enjoys killing. His statement that it felt good is both commentary on the feeling of revenge and makes you question if he was born with that broken brain, or if his environment facilitated it. It is interesting that Levi maintained a modicum of care for human life but Shinpei sees little value in it at all.
２．Levi had Farlan and Isabel. That allowed him to understand some semblance of familial type love. They gave him something to care for not just about. He certainly couldn’t have been called nurturing. Not with Kenny being who he ended up wifh after his mother died. But the trio looked out for each other. The OVAs really showed us who he was. He was a deeply broken and traumatized man who killed for survival. He fought harder for his friends than he did himself. We see him smile once, small though it is, when he is sitting with his friends not long after he ended up in the Scouts. We see him become mindlessly vengeful when they are killed. We hear him cry. I don’t think that occurs again until the end of the series (envisioning his friends at peace). I wouldn’t say he ever loved Erwin, not like he did Isabel and Farlan. They always maintained a relatively adversarial relationship. Erwin captured him like a stray dog, after all. But Levi learned to trust him. He respected him. Thus far it sounds like Shinpei had none of that. He killed his mother’s murderer, but what came after? I’m guessing he became a street urchin and someone worse than Kenny picked him up. Kenny at least taught Levi how to use people. He learned to be collaborative by finding Farlan and Isabel. Shinpei shows no understanding of how to do any of that. And why would he? Who does an assassin need to cooperate with? He views Satoko’s demands for better behavior as frivolous. He complies with her wishes at random, and it vacillates between “she’s cute when she’s mad” and “noooo she’s mad at meeeee”. It isn’t incompetence, nor is it an act. Dude has no clue how to behave. He does whatever works out best for him. It is miraculous that he’s even more poorly socialized than Levi was. Levi was acting like he was 40 when he was 16. Shinpei acts like he’s 12 when he’s nearing 20. They did not mature the same 😂
３．Very true lol. Levi grew up way to fast due to his tragic/traumatic background whereas Shinpei maintained a childlike personality but it manifested itself into a thirst for killing. It really goes to show how tragic experiences don’t affect everyone the same way. Levi didn’t end up exactly like Shinpei because he still had people in his life who needed him. This makes me very interested in seeing how Sakoto will continue to influence him since she’s the first person he’s ever had in his life that needs more from him than hit taken out on someone. Her compassion and empathy are pushing him to devote himself to things other than killing. As unhinged as he is, it’s interesting watching him go all out to make her feel happy and appreciated.
４．The meaning of fireflies as a metaphor for Satoko and her relationship with Shinpei continues. Something that burns bright, deserves to be free, but is destined to eventually (and suddenly) burn out.
５．The symbology in that scene… They might glow extra pretty in their life, but what does it mean when their light goes out? This could lead to him trying to find a way to cure her, and not just “trying to make her glow in her short life”! This too; She might hint about her short life making her want more than just being ‘prisoner’ (literally, or figuratively)!
６．That’s only really “convoluted” if you think that humans behave logically all the time. Even disregarding the idea of Satoko having feelings herself, there is some sense in her feeling incredibly anxious about the “love” of this guy who she’s incredibly reliant on. She’ll be in huge trouble if his feelings suddenly disappear, so it makes sense that she’d be worried about how true his feelings are. But we don’t have to disregard Satoko having feelings, because she’s blushing all over this episode, acting jealous, etc. She’s starting to test his feelings because she’s catching feelings now, and, once again, it’s very difficult to trust the depth of feelings of a man who dedicated himself to you overnight. It also seems relevant to point out that these people are both teenagers. They’re not fully mature adults with tons of experience and great handles on their own feelings.
７．Though Satoko is a privileged and sheltered girl, she’s not stupid. She knows her bid for survival was desperate. It shouldn’t have worked, but it did. Satoko is curious. She wants to know things. Knowledge is the only weapon she has. She has largely been prohibited from knowing anything beyond what furthered the family goal of marrying her off. Shinpei is a chance to learn. But she can’t make any sense of him. He is an open book, but the pages are tattered and the writing is illegible. She knows she said she loved him to get him to help her. She does not understand why he would buy it. It makes sense that Satoko would become more aware of him due to their circumstances. She’s been tucked away in a manor her whole life. She’s never interacted with a man the way she is now. And they’re holed up in a brothel no less. She knows exactly what he could do to her, and seems semi-confused he doesn’t, primarily because of his instability. Telling herself he’s not that scary, despite her having to smash him in the head with a lantern to get him to quit beating someone to death, is a gigantic bump of cope.
８．Let’s humor the idea that Satoko and Shinpei can run away and make a life together…will Shinpei stop killing? It’s all he knows how to do, it’s the only way he knows how to provide for Satoko, and he’s been killing ever since he killed the guy who murdered his courtesan mother. But is that all that’s there to him? Is he just projecting his own persona to mask his true feelings? Does he need freedom from being an assassin as much as Satoko needs freedom?
１．Aww they have matching scars, that’s so romantic. Satoko and Shinpei are making progess, I think? The boatman deal sounds too good to be true though, and there’s lots of other ways for things to go wrong – Nitobe, death flags, and the three jealous hoes.
２．The scars, I love this moment so much actually. It’s like the sweetest thing ever. It’s darling. The reassurance and like the reformation of her outlook regarding the the scar, fantastic. This man is in the middle of an intense yandere moment, and she interrupts him to kick him out the room like a noisy cat, so that she can sleep. That’s so funny. Aoi is so cute, and I love her.
３．I love how this episode expanded on Satoko and Shinpei’s loneliness. Despite their differing backgrounds, they were both really lonely souls who regularly had any measure of happiness and peace taken from them. I like that Satoko was able to see Shinpei’s loneliness underneath his thrill for killing. It’s also very nice to see more of Shinpei’s genuinely caring devotion towards Sakoto. Satoko’s nowhere near ready to admit that she’s genuinely beginning to fall for him but her jealousy of the attention he gets from other women and her taking notice of his kindness towards her are undeniable signs.
５．Her opening the window for the fireflies is a really fitting metaphor. Both she and Shinpei are trapped by their circumstances, while they both desire freedom more than anything else (even if they don’t fully realize it). While the current situation might make that feeling even more overwhelming, it could also be seen as an opportunity to break free.
６．I actually can’t get enough of this show. Their dynamic is impeccable, and there’s just so much going on beneath the surface. This was such a good episode. Laughed for the first third, then absolutely cried at the lightning bugs. The open window was really pretty framing for their conversation. I hope Aoi is as wonderful as she seems. Satoko deserves a friend.
７．Poor Satoko. It’s one thing to be sickly and be unable to play with other kids your age, but being told straight-up that you’re nothing but property to your family whose only value is how useful you are would mess any kid up. Find yourself a man who will nurse you back to health for three whole days and will bring in a bunch of fireflies to cheer you up and act as a metaphor for your existence. If nothing else, Shinpei really does inspire in Satoko a sense of freedom and acceptance she’s never had before.
８．He might be a killer but he’s earnest and he’s breathed life into Satoko in a way she never expected. Deep down she wants his affections, to really understand him, even if she can’t quite understand these feelings and how they clash with her sense of duty.
Shinpei feels like Levi in a lot of ways. Their circumstances are almost identical. The main difference is Levi ended up with chosen family that kept him moderately sane. It allowed him to maintain a semblance of morality (his morals aren’t great, but they exist). They are equally violent men. They’re both cunning and intelligent. Shinpei is more impulsive and actively enjoys killing. His statement that it felt good is both commentary on the feeling of revenge and makes you question if he was born with that broken brain, or if his environment facilitated it. It is interesting that Levi maintained a modicum of care for human life but Shinpei sees little value in it at all.
参考哲学者・思想家 ・ジョン・ロック（John Locke）（1632～1704） 「イギリスの哲学者。『人間知性論』（1690年）で生得観念を批判し、人間の観念は感覚と反省という経験から生まれると論じた。第2巻第1章では、人間の心を何も書かれていない白い紙にたとえている。」 原典：John Locke, An Essay Concerning Human Understanding（1690） 原典本文参照URL：『人間知性論』第2巻第1章・英語原典本文 原典掲載資料：National Constitution Center『人間知性論』原典抜粋
「いつか消える光と自由への願い」マルティン・ハイデガーの死への存在
The meaning of fireflies as a metaphor for Satoko and her relationship with Shinpei continues. Something that burns bright, deserves to be free, but is destined to eventually (and suddenly) burn out.
参考哲学者・思想家 ・マルティン・ハイデガー（Martin Heidegger）（1889～1976） 「ドイツの哲学者。『存在と時間』（1927年）で、人間の存在構造を分析し、死への存在、本来性、非本来性などを論じた。第53節では本来的な死への存在を考察し、自分の有限性を引き受けることと自由の関係を論じている。」 原典：Martin Heidegger, Sein und Zeit（1927） 原典本文参照URL：『存在と時間』ドイツ語原典本文・第53節 書誌情報：Vittorio Klostermann『存在と時間』全集版・出版社情報
「人間の気持ちは理屈だけでは説明できない」ブレーズ・パスカルの心情の論理
That’s only really “convoluted” if you think that humans behave logically all the time. Even disregarding the idea of Satoko having feelings herself, there is some sense in her feeling incredibly anxious about the “love” of this guy who she’s incredibly reliant on. She’ll be in huge trouble if his feelings suddenly disappear, so it makes sense that she’d be worried about how true his feelings are. But we don’t have to disregard Satoko having feelings, because she’s blushing all over this episode, acting jealous, etc. She’s starting to test his feelings because she’s catching feelings now, and, once again, it’s very difficult to trust the depth of feelings of a man who dedicated himself to you overnight. It also seems relevant to point out that these people are both teenagers. They’re not fully mature adults with tons of experience and great handles on their own feelings.
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