Overview
As a direct continuation of the emotionally charged occasions of episode 3, Sarasa and Ai’s confrontation with a random dude that Ai beforehand had points with. Solely…he’s right here to apologize to Ai, which is a bitter tablet to swallow contemplating her earlier and unresolved trauma surrounding her screwed-up household previous…
Our Take
Persevering with the place we left off with Ai’s cliffhanger of a dilemma, Sarasa nearly divulged Ai’s private info to the stalker who got here to hunt forgiveness for all the difficulty he could have prompted throughout Ai’s idol days earlier than she exited the group altogether and entered the Kouka Revue. I’m glad he wasn’t an terrible particular person and meant nicely. Ai impressed him to get his life collectively and was variety & understanding to her nevertheless it wasn’t all sunshine & ponies…
They actually nailed the portrayal of PTSD as Ai realistically ain’t nowhere close to near getting over her androphobia, Trauma doesn’t simply go away after one good encounter, which I can recognize and at the very least you see small steps of progress seeing her specific precise concern for the dude to a level. Whereas we additionally get observe up with the subplot of Ayako. As one may need guessed from that fat-shaming & humiliation from that particular Trainer additionally inside that final episode, she’s turning into a bulimic now…
Total, this episode actually drives dwelling how laborious being an idol or an actress is, as in some ways it’s disturbingly just like how baby actors/actresses take care of particular issues additionally inside Hollywood. When it isn’t medicine, it’s the intense subject of bulimia, having to take care of stalkers & creeps together with shitty tabloids and different jealous co-stars making an attempt to destroy your profession or take it from you. You hear tales like this on a regular basis however you hardly ever see topical shit like this being talked about in anime. As for Ayako, If she will barely maintain herself collectively as a result of bodily and psychological stress of not consuming (or consuming and purging) then she’ll be a a lot worse performer than she can be with just a few additional kilos. Kinda counter-productive for a faculty to abuse their very own college students like this which I hope is also touched upon afterward…
