Mildly dissapointing

I liked most of this episode up until half of Miura's speech. I think it was good that she opened up about herself, but I think it was out of place to reveal the details of her relationship with Ando and speak on behalf of him as well, explaining her understanding of his feelings. I think that wasn't Miura's story to tell, nor it was the right time and place for it anyway. However, what bothered me more about this episode is that, even though at this point everyone knows Ando is gay and Miura understands his feelings, she still asked him to kiss her, which made no sense and sort of contradicted the point of the whole speech. It was disappointing that it ended like that instead of with Ando being accepted by his peers as he is (and maybe with a proper apology from Ono).

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What a bizarre episode...

It seems like such a strange plot choice to have Miura get up in front of everyone and reveal absolutely everything that happened between she and Jun to the whole school only a month or so after he tried to kill himself. He's at his most vulnerable and emotionally raw and she goes and does that? I accept that she had good intentions, but that's not how you help someone who's suffering like he was. And then Ono standing up there to yell at him some more? Has he learned nothing from the fact that he homophobically bullied a kid to the point that he attempted suicide? And why the kiss between Miura and Jun? Why would watching a gay boy kiss a girl give another gay kid the confidence to be himself? That made no sense. I literally have no idea what the writers were trying to accomplish with this episode. It didn't seem to match the tone the show was setting at all. It wasn't emotionally resonant, it was just weird.

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An amazing episode- you can run, but not from yourself

I loved this episode so much. It was just amazing. It’s as beyond brave for Jun to come to school and for Miura to reveal she’s a Fujoshi and subsequently help Jun accept his sexuality in a positive light. Everything was just perfect. I noticed they played Save me again at the end, which was previously played at his lowest- but now he’s in a better place with stronger friends. Miuras speech was beautiful, maybe one of my favourite scenes in a drama. How the whole school came together to help Jun and Miura was so, well, just amazing (I can’t think of any other word). It started with his two close friends, Miura and Ryouhei but ended with the whole school. You came to love and understand every character better (even Ono) and I think next episode Jun will say goodbye to Mr Fahrenheit but also to the self hatred he harboured towards himself when he talked to him. I also hope he stops seeing Makoto, which I think he did, but I just don’t think it’s healthy for him. I love how they show Miuras and Juns relationship/friendship- it’s hard to explain but like the show says, you can’t simplify stuff just to understand it. It also shows sometimes you should try to understand why a person does something. For example what the kid said about Jun was obviously wrong, but as we later find out he was doing it because he was gay too and was testing his friends reaction. It also how it showed most of the classes reactions were just because they were uneducated on the matter and once they were educated none held the belief that it was wrong. They also showed Ono and Ryouhei when talking about the gay people who hadn’t come forward- are they gay? Or was it just because they were most affected by what had happened and were learning. I don’t like/ I don’t know how I feel about Ono, but there’s chance for change and I think he’s already changing. Words can’t describe how much I love this show. I love Miura, Jun, Ryouhei so much and what they represent. A international struggle, growth as a person, and friendship. I couldn’t stop smiling this episode, it was so good. I can’t wait to watch the next episode-The final one, it will be bittersweet but I’m beyond proud of every character so much, this is an amazing Drama. I hope it ends with a happy ending. Every character has grown so much. Again, I love this drama!!!! <3Ps: Also the woman in the bar is really nice and her words helped inspire Jun to go to school (you can run, but you can’t run from yourself) (might not be quoted correctly but still a great quote), she’s one of the LGBTQ figures in his life I know he can count on and isn’t taking advantage of him.

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