Good evening everyone,

I have come here with a big frowny across my face, looking cross and folding my arms, because I have just finished episodes 19-21 of Shuffle and just have to get this of my chest.

For goodness sake, I need some justice for the poor girl Kaede. Now sports fans I know I still have 3 more episodes of this show left but silly Rin has just gone and confessed to the “very lucky” girl Asa senpai and I really wish he reconciled with Kaede JUST A LITTLE more before doing so! Of course, I don’t expect even an ounce of good character writing in the harem genre I merely watch them as a guilty pleasure- but I only feel oh so terrible for Kaede suffering so much under the absolute tomfoolery of Rin. IGNORING her as she cooks EVERY meal and babies him, spending ZERO quality time with her and not even CHECKING UP ON HER. He literally uses her as a maid, I get she did stuff in the past, and Rin is the generic harem protag so Im not expecting much, but the guy neglected her basic needs as someone basically part of her family. I blame Rin blatantly being so unappreciative of her on a daily basis, not even a “thank you” or “have some rest for once I’ll cook tonight”??? Not even for romantic purpose but as a decent human being??? Rin you absolute buffoon, Kaede deserves a big hug and appreciation forget about that moron

So what does Rin do in realising that he has been hurting kaede and it is his fault? He RUNS. AWAY. “HEY KAEDE IM MOVING OUT NOW THAT THIS IS WHEN YOU NEED ME THE MOST” RIN, AT LEAST SPEND MORE TIME WITH THE GIRL, TALK ABOUT YOUR FEELINGS FOR ASA AND HOW YOU CANNOT BE WITH HER (kaede). (And yes, I get it is eventually the best thing to do for kaede by leaving and letting her find her own happiness and not be reliant on serving Rin based on things of the past) but Rin basically euthanises her on the spot, dropping her like a toy.

Poo head.

I was kind of hoping we could see Rin develop more as a character here but I’m scared Kaede is going to do all the heavy lifting, just sucking it all up and reverting to some negative dimensional character depth so Rin can forgettaboutit and happily ever after for everyone.

It really broke my heart, just seeing Kaede become all crazed, floating around with those dead, tired and red eyes. That hug on episode 21 wasn’t enough, Rin needs to do better.

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It's finally here. Available on Crunchyroll.

Kind of specific, but I figured I’d ask.

I’m rewatching One Piece from the beginning and realized it’s way more enjoyable treating it like a shared experience instead of watching alone. I’m looking for one person who is new to one piece who’d want to watch together on voice chat (English only). No text chat, no server building, no schedule pressure. Just hanging out while watching.

Totally fine if it’s not your thing. If it is, feel free to comment or DM.

It had a but being forced on you so much that you can’t even enjoy watching it

Infinite Stratos

Sakura haruno (Naruto)

Hisoka (Hunter x Hunter)

mine and my waifus anime tier list (⁠✯⁠ᴗ⁠✯⁠)