#hosaka what did you say to kakeru i need to KNOW

[alien-ally]

That’s Enough It’s Not Fun Anymore.

they are milking every microsecond of having to endure The Wait by putting out a 20 min episode every teusday. the most unremarkable day of the week ever. at this rate i’m gonna end up learning some japanese. for good. from how times i rewatch. mind you Without Subs. i am deranged.

[lurkingteapot]

I will not reach you. 君には届かない。Ep 5

Yes I'd resolved to refer to it as "Won't get through to you" from now on but unforch I don't think folks will know what I'm talking about.

Dailymotion user BetterBL came through with the raws, so here we go!

oh, perspective switch!

I wouldn't have believed it either if I were the teacher

Ahaha Hosaka, you GREMLIN. I'd assume you're trying to provoke them but I don't think that's it.

Oh god, Kakeru really did lick his lips there, didn't he.

adsfadf EVERYONE's noticing, this is incredible

Kakeru you're such a dumdum. takeyabu, chikurin, oh god how do I translate that.

oh god these two

is Kakeru's hair darker this ep than it was?

Oh Kakeru, you know that Hosaka got on Yamato's case for yanking you around?

Oh, now they're fighting

Oh Fujino, read the room

these two are so cute and Kakeru is clearly SUPER not feeling it

oh noooo

oh god these two DISASTER BOYS

but also can I just say I hate meddling friends? I HATE THEM. I also used to have this one friend group that kept trying to set me up with random people and I hated it.

god Kakeru you keep telling this girl who's CLEARLY crushing on you about your best friend

Hosaka and Amamiya … Hosaka's trying to be diplomatic so hard.

Yamato's so cute like this, wow. Also that's (part of) Togetsukyo in the background already, they're sitting on the South bank of Katsuragawa near the Monkey park! which makes ZERO sense the way the rest of the sightseeing thing was framed, he'll have to cross the bridge to get to the bamboo grove in the first place.

god the comphet

I kinda like that they're … we've established that the're not friends with Yamato yet, really, but they're clearly willing to be

Wow okay, Hosaka's had it with diplomacy. He really doesn't hold back when things need saying, huh. Who hurt you, Hosaka??

I feel kinda bad for Akane, ngl. Also I cannot figure out where they are and it's driving me nuts – I'd assume Gion, maybe Ninenzaka? but I cannot tell.

Dramatic hair pin drop!

oh, that's the one she bought at the shop that day, huh.

aaah I MISS Arashiyama, goddamn

the sound here is not capturing the eerie noises swaying bamboo makes and that's a bit of a waste imo

I'm not sure that's the side Yamato would be turning onto the bridge from, coming from the grove? I think he'd be on the right side of the road … ah well, peanuts, this works

I miss Arashiyama T_T I have a picture of myself standing maybe 5-10 metres closer to the end of the bridge from where Yamato is standing when Kakeru runs up to him here, and it's one of my favourites to this day.

Oh Kakeru

KISS!!! in broad daylight and surrounded by tourists! (who are not in the shot, I know, but STILL) (also I'm very confused because if they're still on the side of the river they just were on, that's the rising sun, but … okay okay shutting up)

ah, here it is again, one of my least favourite harmless tropes, but I can deal

oh no, sudden unconsciousness is never good.

Going by the preview, next week's episode looks like a RIDE, let's hope they stick the landing.

I had an incredible sense of nostalgia this episode, stronger still than for last week's. Well done, show.