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Chisato's got a tight grip on her death flag.

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ProfBasara

This whole situation really brought out Takina's dark side, yeah. Seeing how Yoshimatsu treated Chisato at the end really was the last straw. There was zero hesitation in walking up to him and pulling the trigger. And I suppose that hatred results in an accuracy debuff. And when it comes to Yoshi, I was actually thinking that maybe he had a change of heart deep down and he stepped all over that this episode. He was all in. It's possible that he does still see her as a daughter, just not in the traditional fatherly wait. We do have one episode left, so the potential of a redemption is still there, but it definitely wasn't in this one. They really have me out here hoping for a spin-off/sequel with this LilyBell plotline that they only mentioned once off-handedly before this episode. They totally killed my "Majima is a former LilyBell" theory now that we see who they actually are and how they operate. It does seem like they wouldn't introduce a concept like this if they didn't have any plans of really doing anything with it, but I guess we'll see about that. Speaking of which, I saw someone bring up a theory that the one LilyBell we saw with a unique character design could be Yoshimatsu's son based on them having a somewhat similar look, and that glance he gave Chisato could've stemmed from some resentment that he spent all his time obsessing over her. Which I thought was a pretty interesting one to come up with given his 10 seconds of screentime all series. Him being adopted by him would also work. And again, feels like something they wouldn't throw in haphazardly if they had no intention of expanding on it later. Curious to see what Majima wants to talk about. Clearly, he wants to continue where they left off, but he made it clear that he doesn't really intend to kill her, so I wonder what was so important that he had to blitz over to the other tower and up to a high floor just to do. Just one more episode left in this totally-maybe-sorta yuri anime. It's been a great ride. On that note, I was skeptical earlier, but I feel that at this point, I'd probably lean more towards the yuri camp here. Felt like the usual bait, but given some of the scenes they've thrown in towards the later half, and especially scenes like the episode 9 split when you understand the significance of wanting to experience the first snow with someone, I feel like they're basically stating it without making a big deal of it. Or maybe that's just a sign that the bait's finally worked on me after a full season of it and all the fanart it's spawned, hah.

ikerot

I can get behind Takina being so mad she lost accuracy. For Yoshi, yeah, I've always felt he's the sort of guy who puts his job over everything. We still don't know why his priorities are like this. That theory about that LilyBell is wild lol. How'd Majima get over here so fast? He's a machine. I wouldn't be surprise if he had metal in him 😂 I assume we're gonna have a lil discussion about what just happened haha "Or maybe that's just a sign that the bait's finally worked on me after a full season of it and all the fanart it's spawned, hah." Honestly, dude? Same 😂 There's just so many hints and great details that could make it a yuri. But because I'm starting to believe it, I started thinking about all the ways they could disappoint us. Imagine it was a yuri tragedy this whole time.

ProfBasara

That part about Majima reminded me that we didn't actually get a full explanation or flashback about how Takina got there, which I'm grateful for, since I was expecting that this episode. Instead they went straight to concluding the fight with Majima. They give enough information that you can put 2 and 2 together and leave it at that. Yeah, it's still very plausible too. They've played their cards well when it comes to this. Because they haven't killed off any major characters to date, it feels like this is the kind of series that wouldn't go for such a sad/bittersweet finale, and it gives you just enough hope that it'll end happily. On the other hand, that's exactly why her death would hit even harder, because no named character has died all show. In a way, it wouldn't really matter how "canon" or not the pairing is if they kill it at the end of the series, right? :P