He's all, "I've only had one other girlfriend, and I don't like to party." I mean, we all know that's true, but she has no reason to trust him! Of course those are the answers he's going to give if he wants to continue to prey on her daughter, and he's an actor, for crying out loud! They pretend fake things are real for a living! He would need way more than that to convince me, is what I'm saying. He was pretty gentlemanly about the whole thing, and I really appreciate his willingness to answer all of her questions, but jaded skeptic that I am, I think Hinana's mother was being naive. He already knew Suzu, and as a celebrity he's used to talking to people he doesn't know, so it shouldn't have been that big a deal to him.except that he had to apologize for the paparazzi fiasco, and he would be worried about making a good impression, since Hinana's mother had already expressed her disapproval of the relationship. So Kaede takes drastic measures! He goes to Hinana's house! I feel like this was supposed to be a shocking development, but it really seems like the sensible thing to do. Now that those memories and traumas have been revived, she would be desperately trying to avoid causing her new family to do the same thing.Īnd basically all of that means that Hinana doesn't tell anyone what she's feeling anymore, and Akira realizes that's not healthy but he hasn't been able to get her to get over it, and that's where he wants Kaede to help.
So I guess the effect it's having on current Hinana is that it's part of why she's so careful with her family now. But that kind of thing can leave deep emotional scars, especially when it's with your real family. I mean, they obviously didn't want her around, so it doesn't seem like they're going to try to come back into her life to cause trouble or anything. I mean, it's true that she was adopted into a happier family and one would hope that the jerks who neglected her are out of the picture entirely. That's kind of a huge deal, but the way it went down, it almost seems like they might not go into it anymore. We don't learn the answer to that until the next chapter, so let's go back and talk about something that came up in this chapter, which is the child neglect that Hinana went through. But there was another mystery, and that's why, if her mother seems to genuinely care about her (from an audience perspective, anyway), she seems to have such a hard time with her family. The only real mystery was the why of the piano quitting, and now we know what it is-her grandmother told her to cut it out.
She found out she was adopted, then Suzu came into the picture, so she decided she needed to be the perfect daughter and sister, and she loved to play the piano but stopped. So Hinana's past is pretty much exactly what you expected. But the important thing is that Akira commented on the "what the.?"-ness of it, so at least the story knows it's a bit of a stretch. (At the time, I said thank you, because I was still starstruck by the casting.) I mean, he almost sort of made it make sense. I'm not sure if I'd rather roll my eyes or say thank you.
But first, because Kaede knows his audience, he decides that the best place to talk about Hinana is in the communal bath. I guess it makes sense to do it this way, because Hinana would never confess her dark secrets without some kind of prompting, and there just weren't enough external forces acting on her to make that happen. We start with Akira finally revealing Hinana's past. We were planning to take tomorrow off to play it, but since it's already here now, the temptation is a little strong.īut anyway, we're talking about Kiss Me at the Stroke of Midnight! This is the volume that had a limited edition that came with a CD drama featuring our beloved favorite voice actor as the voice of Kaede! And it's surprising how much a casting choice like that can make you forget all the silliness in this series. We finished our first draft of Sailor Moon volume six and we have half a CD left, so we figure it's a good idea to make sure we're caught up on writing reviews before we let ourselves get caught up in Kingdom Hearts III, our copy of which arrived a couple of hours ago. It was a good day, but not, like, life-changing or anything.) So here's our review of Kiss Me at the Stroke of Midnight 9! Spoilers ahead! But I won't be telling you about it until tomorrow, because it's Review Rednesday! (No need for suspense, though.
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