When Saeki reacted to Nakamura’s claims about why Kasuga
wore her gym uniform on their date and what else he did with it with ‘I don’t
care, as long as it was because he cared about me!’, she started to seem almost
too forgiving. Seriously, does
nothing she hears about this pile of insanity faze her? But hey, that’s her
choice, and it’s not like it’s a bad thing that she doesn’t jump to
conclusions, since apart from the fact that he actually was wearing the
uniform, everything else Nakamura said was BS. And since she admitted to Saeki that
her offer to be friends was insincere and that she lied to Kasuga, no doubt
Saeki’s realized anything Nakamura says should be taken with a grain of salt.
And, still, I think that’s the point – Saeki isn’t a judgemental person, and is
willing to accept people as they are – she outright tells Kasuga as much. This is
just her following through on that and not suddenly changing her mind the
moment she learns something unpleasant.
Which is something Kasuga doesn’t seem to have realized. At
the start of episode 11 he’s spent a whole month in a funk, avoiding Saeki,
convinced his life is over, and generally becoming withdrawn. It’s a difficult
and guilt-ridden time for him, especially now that he’s been found out, so it’s
understandable that he’d be bummed out so much, especially when, as someone who
appears to be comfortably middle-class, this is probably the worst thing he’s
gone through. But at the same time, the world didn’t end. He may have destroyed
his chances of having a relationship with Saeki, but she’s still forgiven him.
His parents were disappointed and upset, but they haven’t disowned him. The
only people who know he’s responsible at all are the few who should know (and
Nakamura). It was wrong, and probably something that’ll bother him for the rest
of his life – I know I’ve done a number of things when I was his age or younger
that still make me cringe (I’ve never stolen a girl’s gym clothes, but I have
said some pretty insensitive things) – but he hasn’t screwed himself over as
much as he thinks. He may not have the life experience and perspective to
realize it yet, but in the grand scheme of things, this is a bump in the road. And
there’s nothing stopping him from moving away for college or a post-graduation
job, so yes, contrary to what he thinks, he can, in fact, ‘get outta this
town.’
But enough about Kasuga. I’ve been wondering when we’ll get to
find out more about Nakamura. In episode 10, when Saeki called her house, the
way her dad talked made it sound like her parents may be neglectful, rather
than outright abusive as I was previously assuming, but nothing other than
that. Now that the issue of Saeki’s gym uniform has been resolved and Kasuga’s
clued in to how Nakamura feels, hopefully we’ll finally get to see just what
makes her tick. I stand by my assessment from the first post on this show, but
it can’t be said enough that she’s reacting to it in completely the wrong way,
and I really want to see just why that is. When she told off Kasuga in his
dream, I even started to wonder if she’s going to commit suicide, since he,
effectively, rejected her by choosing not to run off with her. And now that the
person she pegged as the only one who might ‘get’ her has turned away, presumably
she’d feel like she has nothing left. Since he’s finally about to do what she
wanted all along, I suspect that might change, but I suppose we’ll see.
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