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[Episode] Journal with Witch • Ikoku Nikki - Episode 7 discussion (s4.anilist.co)
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Ikoku Nikki, episode 7

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Alternative NamesDiary of a Strange Land, Different Country Diary, Entre les lignes, Foreign Country Diary, مذكرات من بلد آخر, บันทึกจากวิเทศ

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[–] Rottcodd@ani.social 7 points 1 month ago

I think the thing that impresses me the most about this series is that it goes in entirely unexpected directions that make perfect sense after the fact.

This is hardly the first time that an anime has dealt with grief or sibling rivalry or social anxiety or romantic longing or any of the other things this one does. It's not even the first time that one has done a notably good job of revealing insights into such things. But still, somehow this is head and shoulders above... everything I can think of. It somehow reaches extra deeply into things and drags out insights and comments and interactions that expose depths and complexities that I've never seen in an anime before. And they all then just slot neatly into place, as if they were obvious all along.

[–] Endmaker@ani.social 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Michiko is too real 🗿

Gosh, I get called "Emiri's mom" so much, you caught me off guard.

I referred to her as Asa-chan's mom myself.

I love the slow reveal of Minori's backstory. She reminds me of Hoshino Ai from Oshi no Ko, in that

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she isn't really around, and yet she is centerpiece to the story. (And of course there's the surface-level similarity of being mothers who died too early and left children behind)

Also, Asa has moved from denial to anger in terms of stages of grief. It's an easy prediction but I bet that by the end of the season (or the story as a whole, maybe) she would reach acceptance.

[–] ReluctantlyZen@ani.social 4 points 1 month ago

It seems Minori was projecting her own insecurities onto Makio

[–] AntiBullyRanger@ani.social 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

My live reaction of that ending scene:

Oh no. Oh no. Oh nonononono.Minori was right, her journal should have been read after Asa was an adult, experienced similar failings, and empathized with her mother's struggles.

Now unsure how Asa will “rebel” against all of this that she is confusing with disapproval and the [accidental?] neglect.

But really happy they addressed Makio’s neurodivergence. I am unsure how Minori suffered masking all those years. Especially as a forced parent.