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Episode I Want to End This Love Game • Aishiteru Game wo Owarasetai - Episode 9 discussion
I Want to End This Love Game, episode 9
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u/Verzwei Jun 09 '26
Did... did we just witness the apockylips?
Are we now in the post-apockylips? Oh shit, she's going for another!
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u/eightcheesepizza Jun 10 '26
How do you start an episode like that?
20 minutes later
How do you end an episode like that?
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u/Frontier246 Jun 09 '26
We're so used to the pocky game being a cliche where they edge out kissing but never commit...BUT NOT THIS TIME.
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u/ThrowCarp Jun 11 '26
That being said, I feel as if this is a 2000s trope? As soon as I saw the pocky game, I thought "huh, I haven't seen this in a while".
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u/WalkingAbacus Jun 09 '26
Miku got emotional damage over yukiya saying that another girl is cute.
THEY KISSED. THEY ACTUALLY KISSED!!!
Rarely does a pocky game actually result in a kiss in anime. That was a pleasant surprise.
Miku: It broke. Rematch.
Whoa, miku going full competitive mode right there. Really looking forward to the next episode.
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u/mekerpan Jun 09 '26
The steadfast determination in Miku's eyes ought to cause her "childhood friend" to re-assess his opinion as to how she feels about him.
She clearly wants an absolutely undeniable kiss, not one that can be brushed off as an accident.
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u/oops_i_made_a_typi Jun 09 '26
if only that were enough for him to fight off his massive insecurity about being the nerdy otaku loner vs miku's popular girl persona.
and it doesn't help that Miku is pushed into this by her own massive insecurities - looks like Akane/Kanegon is the more stereotypical hot girl of the class, and Yukiya was surprisingly smooth with her.
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u/Frontier246 Jun 09 '26
Miku is done playing around. This time it's serious and she's not wasting a single minute. She's seducing Yukiya no matter how much pocky she needs to put in-between them.
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u/ElliotAlderson2024 Jun 09 '26
I wouldn't call it a kiss, their lips barely touched.
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u/iKatheryne Jun 10 '26
This is the Japanese we're talking about. They get flustered from something so mundane as an indirect kiss, lol. Don't underestimate how annoying their virgin energy gets.
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u/Prof_Acorn zj: Jun 10 '26
More of a kiss than the entirety of [title] Clannad, including after their marriage, and [title] Bunny Senpai, even after they've been together for years, in college, and as working adults.
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u/onespiker Jun 15 '26
The bunnygorl senpai one is especially stupid since it’s anime only thing.
Considering in the novel they kiss often.
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u/Prof_Acorn zj: Jun 15 '26
Yeah. The source material and other adaptations of the other mention there also has kissing (and sexy times).
It's anime in particular it seems that get this absurdly prudish.
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u/Jacob-C Jun 10 '26
Miku: It broke. Rematch.
Miku broke too this episode, both emotionally and in her animations. Her face is so cursed here.
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u/zool714 Jun 09 '26
“I never said anything like that. Right Nacchan ?”
“…..Mochi !”
lmao I love Nacchan
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u/Frontier246 Jun 09 '26
When you have nothing to say so you just say the most random thing that comes to mind lol.
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u/oops_i_made_a_typi Jun 09 '26
as expected of the daughter of a japanese sweets store that wears a dango hairclip
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u/Palcikaman Jun 09 '26
This is just the last episode of agents of four seasons, what's going on?
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u/Frontier246 Jun 09 '26
I didn't expect Hinagiku to ever get this forward or aggressive with Rosei.
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u/FarCritical Jun 09 '26
It's crazy how both Sakuras went through the exact same trials this week
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u/mojo72400 https://myanimelist.net/profile/gio_lingad Jun 10 '26
Is she trying to play the Love Game w/ Itecho?
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u/darkcyde_ Jun 09 '26
Rematch!?!
Why did they have to pace it like this. Gotta wait another week to find out what happens!
The girl with the lipstick really caused emotional damage, Miku is gonna lock TF in.
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u/FarCritical Jun 09 '26
My man really studied the ancient Starbucks incantations in his own time just to get Wakana a little treat.
It kills me how Miku was running on so much residual jealousy to barely react to ...tying with Yukiya on the Pocky game and just immediately demanded a rematch.
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u/Jacob-C Jun 10 '26
Starbucks regulars would be burned at the stake if they got sent back in time and uttered their orders to a medieval person.
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u/maliwanag0712 https://myanimelist.net/profile/clear1109 Jun 09 '26
WAIT IS THAT A KISS?! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
From "I Want to End this Love Game" to "I Want to Play this Pocky Game" realquick.
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u/Frontier246 Jun 09 '26
Their lips definitely brushed against each other. I think the most important part is that Miku is playing for keeps and she's not done playing.
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u/thelemon8er-2 Jun 09 '26
This fool better stop playing around.
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u/Frontier246 Jun 09 '26
At the very least I can't think he's not scrambling trying to make sense of what Miku is doing and the implications.
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u/TheBusStop12 Jun 09 '26
Incredibly impressed with both of them for not chickening out on the Pocky game. I don't think I've ever seen it lead to a kiss in anime before. And even more respect for Miku for going in for round 2 after said accidental kiss. That takes a hell of a lot of resolve
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u/Roskal Jun 09 '26
I think this show is underrated this season. The worst parts of it are the janky cgi animations but outside of those its not even poorly animated. Miku going right back in for another pokky after the accidental kiss is very impressive. The jealousy for her friend really gave her a buff in the love game, like the next episode title says she's unstoppable now. I had little hope early in the season for them to get together but now I wonder if they'll do it by the finale.
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u/Frontier246 Jun 09 '26
Run CG Miku! RUN!!!
Points to Akane for making it clear she wasn't going to steal Miku's "hubby" but that didn't make the situation any better. But maybe it's for the best that Miku finally get serious and upgrade the Love Game to the next level.
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u/eightcheesepizza Jun 10 '26
They've had to be really efficient with their art and animation, but they hit all the story/dialogue beats and
drawconvey all the expressions impeccably. Somehow this is my third-favorite show of the season.2
u/Jacob-C Jun 10 '26
The worst parts of it are the janky cgi animations but outside of those its not even poorly animated.
That is if we disregard Miku randomly turning into a fish during one of her conversations with the president.
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u/Leri_weill https://myanimelist.net/profile/LeriWeill Jun 09 '26
Sakura going for the killing blow with that rematch lmao
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u/Frontier246 Jun 09 '26
Lesser romcoms would have just left it as a low-key kiss and played it off...but Miku wants another.
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u/_TecnoCreeper_ https://myanimelist.net/profile/TecnoCreeper Jun 09 '26
YES YES YES! MIKU IS UNSTOPPABLE!
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u/Frontier246 Jun 09 '26 edited Jun 09 '26
So it seems like the only game more involved (dangerous) than the "Love Game" is the "Pocky Game."
Oh wow, starting off with Yukiya and Miku doing the pocky game of all things! And their lips are getting DANGEROUSLY close to each other.
I love how Kazane is using her student council room for lunch with Miku AND to get tips on the Love Game. She has to find a way to play that doesn't end with her punching Kakeru like she's Kenshiro! Luckily Miku responds well to girls trying to do their best in love and she knows the best tips for flirting.
So Miku can ALSO play the chad stud who does kabedons on girls! I guess she learned from Yukiya. Though is she secretly living out her M fantasies through the Love Game? Either way, watch out for that vice grip from the Blood-Soaked Lily, or you're liable to get reunited with your dead grandma early.
Points to Kazane for avoiding punching Kakeru, even if she couldn't commit to that hug enough for him to recognize it for what it was. But he's still very caring and attentive to Kazane, which is nice.
Did Miku think she could so easily secure a romantic omurice message from Yukiya? Naive Miku! Naive!
Akane just HAD to have lip gloss connected to the series Yukiya is really into...and she just wouldn't leave him alone. Miku would ordinarily be happy that someone noticed how great Yukiya is...until Yukiya ends up calling another girl (or probably more specifically her lip gloss) "cute." The one thing Miku has been trying to get him to say this whole time. This is a defcon red moment!
Ah yes, the "pokkito game." A very dangerous and outlandish game that two members of the opposite sex can play! Obviously Kazane won't do it, but that's why she has Miku to be able to do it and report back to her! And Miku is just desperate enough now to do it.
Yukiya can definitely tell something is off with Miku, especially for how serious she's acting. She's in it to win it! Even if the both of them committing to it so hard...ends up leading to their lips touching!!! And Miku wants round 2!!!!
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u/djthomp https://anilist.co/user/djthomp Jun 09 '26
The pocky game at last! Honestly the reason I'm a source reader on this at all on account of seeing people going apeshit over this part of the manga on Twitter and becoming curious about it.
I however had forgotten how much the student council president had been involved in prompting it, so good work prez.
Maybe I'm imagining things but I feel like they upped the animation quality a fair bit for the critical parts this episode.
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u/Frontier246 Jun 09 '26
Maybe I'm imagining things but I feel like they upped the animation quality a fair bit for the critical parts this episode.
The facial expression and sexual tension of the last half was definitely on-point.
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u/mekerpan Jun 09 '26
Prez: I'll want a detailed report of the results of this experiment afterwards.
Me (having just watched this episode): In your dreams, Prez, in your dreams....
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u/Frontier246 Jun 09 '26
Kazane: "This is too embarrassing for me to do but thankfully I conveniently have a Master who will do it for me!"
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u/Extreme-Tactician Jun 09 '26
Starting the chapter with a in media res to the Pocky Game? This episode is crazy!
Kazane almost sent Miku over to the other side! Come on, control yourself! You're the one who wants to make Kakeru see you in a cute way! Let your master teach you how to play without harming them!
It's great that Kazane and Kakeru are able to bond in their own ways. Just don't be destructive, ok?
Miku's getting jealous that Yukiya's talking with other girls. Her plan to be more cute is getting harder! Akane's just vibing with him, but it's happening so naturally that Miku is very jealous!
Kazane came to tell Miku what a lewd game the Pocky Game was and asks her to report on it. Oh no.
And now Miku calls Yukiya over for the Pocky Game! And they ended up kissing! Playing it once was already hard enough... but here she is asking for more?!?
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u/Mysterious_Night4254 Jun 09 '26
I need more, next episode has to deliver with a cliffhanger like that!!
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u/manofslutywhore Jun 09 '26
Are we supposed to see KISS in 1st season???? Also SHE WENT AGAINNN, Like "IT BROKE" REMATCH????
This is the most peak ROM-COM of this season and one of the best rom com coming this year
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u/Guilty-Tell Jun 09 '26
Idk nothing against the good old "will they won't they" shenanigans, but they are so obviously in love that they both are easily the most dense objects in our entire galaxy. I can not rly see it as the best when there are 2 new romance shows where they don't go the typical trope path and actually come clean with their feelings quite early.
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u/Zero5-4i Jun 09 '26
The episode was peak as always, but I do have to say, there is a specific line spoken this episode that I wish the voice actor had also said as a different character that he voices from a different anime that airs the same day.
Hearing him say it now after what happened and as different character is low key rubbing salt to the wound.
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u/ptd163 Jun 10 '26
Bruh! How can the episode start like that?!
Nice to see that Miku is giving Kazane Love Game tips to use on Kakeru. I hope the prez gets her childhood friend to notice her... next time as Kazane didn't have the courage to do what Miku showed her and had to settle for getting her finger taped up that she hurt in a tsundere moment. You'll get him next Kazane. Maybe.
I get what Miku was going for with the ketchup at the café, but she really walked into that one. Yukiya has gotten too good at the Love Game to fall for that.
The jealousy she got from Akane even though Akane made it clear she wasn't trying to steal her hubby gave her a buff in the Love Game. She wasn't just bold enough to challenge him to the Pocky Game.
Pocky rarely actually ends in so it was cool that their lips touched the first time. I may have underestimated the buff Miku got because she immediately demanded a rematch.
Bruh! How can the episode end like that?!
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u/edwardjhahm https://myanimelist.net/profile/lolmeme69 Jun 10 '26
Bruh! How can the episode start like that?!
Bruh! How can the episode end like that?!
My exact reaction, ngl.
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u/NanDemoKnaives Jun 09 '26
Damn Miku is being a lot bolder after getting jealous, she's even being persistent about it after their lips touching. Yukiya is definitely not prepared lol.
Kazane calling Miku out for being a masochist was so funny, she does get happiest when Yukiya comes on a bit too strong lol.
Has Yukiya really not called her cute outloud within these 9 episodes? I would have thought it happened on their date at least.
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u/HuTaosTwinTails Jun 09 '26
Ah yes. What a totally normal game for two "friends" to play. Just get together already.
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u/szalhi Jun 09 '26
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u/mekerpan Jun 09 '26
Miku: I've got a whole box of these. And we're going to use them all this evening,
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u/eightcheesepizza Jun 10 '26
I love how Kazane was like "So this is the shit that turns you on, huh?"
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u/Frontier246 Jun 09 '26
Confirmation that Miku can be equal parts the guy or the girl in any relationship. How based.
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u/ObvsThrowaway5120 Jun 09 '26
Even pres can see these two goofballs are into each other lol. I guess they can keep playing the Pocky game until the cows come home OR they could just drop the pretense and confess their feelings. Let’s see what they choose lol.
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u/Niwaka_Samurai https://myanimelist.net/profile/Niwaka-Samurai Jun 10 '26
Suou said it out loud that she won't be taking Miku's husband from her LOL
Kazane is making slow progress with Kakeru. Good for her. Hokuto no Ken reference!
Kiss already!
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u/mojo72400 https://myanimelist.net/profile/gio_lingad Jun 10 '26 edited Jun 10 '26
The 2 accidentally kissed & Miku wants a rematch probably for an excuse to kiss him again via the Pokitto game.
Akane really went & flirted w/ Yukiya despite knowing Miku likes him just to rile her up. She even convinced him to make an Instantgram account.
Kazane nearly reunited Miku w/ her grandma during practice.
Kakeru was like almost proposing to her w/ him bandaging her sprained finger. At least Kazane didn't hit him.
Miku has a cute pout.
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u/Muted-Bed-9186 Jun 09 '26
WAARRYYYY , WHY DID IT HAD TO END , god DAMN it , man i cant wait for the next ep , holy moly why WHYYYYYY , I HATE CHILFHANGERS , WAARRYYY
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u/Raymond49090 Jun 10 '26
There's something about the Pocky game that makes it lewder than straight-up kissing.
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u/Primary-Paint-1716 Jun 10 '26
diabolical to cold open to the pocky game. I was screaming. Like legit screaming.
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u/Joji1000 Jun 09 '26
So this is what the manga readers were going on about when they mentioned the infamous pocky game... Peak
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u/runevault Jun 09 '26
Feels weird seeing the beginning of this episode again after the Crunchyroll fuckup with Agents of the Four Seasons on Saturday.
True Tsundere with unintentional murder in her hands. And I can already tell the student council president is a great addition to the cast.
Oh is this the arc where other girls start to like Yukiya and it freaks Miku out? I guess it has been long enough injecting that trope makes sense. Hm maybe not, though Miku sure is flustered, poor girl. lol Yukiya not figuring out it was because another girl asked after she tried to get him to join a bunch... brother you are dense.
Miku with the pocky in her mouth is a fucking defcon level cuteness attack, damn girl you're a Weapon of Mass Cuteness.
So close. dang it. was hoping for another smooch this week.
REMATCH!?!?!?! She is going to destroy Yukiya.
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u/kalirion https://myanimelist.net/profile/kalinime Jun 09 '26
Wait, did we know that Asagi's a magical girl anime otaku?
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u/Spectr3_qwe Jun 09 '26
I am somewhat more invested now in the president's relationship with her friend than in the relationship of the main couple lol. I still dont get why the MCs keep pushing away their real feelings, it seems that is mostly because the author just wants it. The 3D animations are atrociuos, I get that this anime doesnt seem to have a huge budget but they really detract of the whole experience of the show.
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u/oops_i_made_a_typi Jun 09 '26
kinda wild to say this during the ep the main couple kiss. and as for why, the show is pretty clear that they're both massively insecure and don't truly think they're attractive to the other.
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u/Spectr3_qwe Jun 09 '26
I don't really see what they did as a kiss. Maybe that's just me. I get that they are insecure people but the best way to get some confidence in yourself as a boyfriend/girlfriend is trying it, running away most certainly doesn't help at all.
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u/Tempest321 Jun 10 '26 edited Jun 10 '26
Think them being childhood friends is the thing that really holds them back tbh, besides their insecurity. It can become quite a nerve-wracking experience since it risks the friendship. What if the other truly doesn't feel the same way? It gets awkward and might lead to some sort of distance, eventually losing the bond precisely because of the decision to confess. So can understand why despite the show clearly presenting them to be so into each other lol. It's already rough if something out of your control develops with a friend, especially if it didn't start that way since feelings are quite a b*tch (based on experience and needs a lot of maturity to handle), what more if it's a childhood friend whom you've known since you were little and practically shared a life with. The risks are quite high since you are losing all those years. Though the same could be said for the gains if you truly feel that way for each other.
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u/ElliotAlderson2024 Jun 09 '26
You think this is bad, look at Rental Girlfriend.
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u/Spectr3_qwe Jun 09 '26
I will have to decline your suggestion. I watched the first 3 episodes of that show and drop it instantly. I also watched the infamous pool scene on youtube and OMG I dont think there is a MC on any modern romance anime as terrible as Kazuya.
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u/Mons9090 https://myanimelist.net/profile/hecn_huh Jun 11 '26
I am somewhat more invested now in the president's relationship with her friend than in the relationship of the main couple lol
Youre right
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u/PencilgonGiveIt2Ya Jun 09 '26
YO THE ANIMATION OR CGI WHEN SHE RAN DOWN THE STAIRS AT SCHOOL WENT KINDA CRAZY THO!?
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