{"id":99254,"date":"2024-03-01T15:31:38","date_gmt":"2024-03-01T15:31:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wrongeverytime.com\/?p=39395"},"modified":"2024-03-01T15:31:38","modified_gmt":"2024-03-01T15:31:38","slug":"skip-and-loafer-episode-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gamefootballmobileanimeiphone.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/01\/skip-and-loafer-episode-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Skip and Loafer \u2013 Episode 5"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hello folks, and welcome back to Wrong Every Time. Today I\u2019m eager to check back in on Mitsumi and the gang, as we charge through another delightful episode of Skip and Loafer. Last episode saw Mitsumi adding yet another foundling to her rapidly growing collection of confidants, this time pulling student council superstar Takamine into her inner circle. Having joined Takamine on her extracurricular errands in order to learn from her studious example, Mitsumi instead found herself serving as an inspiration to Takamine in turn, convincing her of the necessity of slowing down and smelling the roses from time to time.<\/span><\/p>\n

Of course, that\u2019s little surprise to us in the audience. Mitsumi has proven herself a quiet inspiration to her peers time and again, drawing characters like Shima and Suzuki into her orbit through her earnest, curious, and eminently considerate personality. Through their interactions, Skip and Loafer demonstrates how thoughtful character dramas need not be centered on those whose lives are defined by psychological torment; the trials of Mitsumi and her friends catalog the scope of human interaction in gentler form, offering a story that is no less poignant or insightful for its fundamental warmth of perspective. Let\u2019s see what awaits our crew next!<\/span><\/p>\n

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Episode 5<\/b><\/p>\n

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\u201cPrickly and Giddy.\u201d Every episode title offers its own variation on a fuwa fuwa sort of feeling<\/span><\/p>\n

We open on a scene outside the city, staring at some rice paddies adjacent to a forested hill. Ah, the Japanese countryside! I really have to visit someday, and I\u2019m frankly not sure I\u2019m going to come back. I feel like my ideal life would be serving as one of the woodland spirits in Natsume\u2019s Book of Friends, maybe eating snacks offered at a trailside shrine or something<\/span><\/p>\n

As much as I have to thank the internet for giving me a platform for my work, the poet Ryokan is still my inspiration – living in a hut in the woods, writing poetry, drinking rice wine when it\u2019s offered. Good stuff<\/span><\/p>\n

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Anyway, this is all just to frame Mitsumi\u2019s message back to Ikajima, so here we are back in Tokyo<\/span><\/p>\n

Midterms are approaching, and it seems sports day is as well! As with the general tendency of maintaining class rosters between grades, events like sports day and the school festival all seem intended to foster a stronger sense of community and cooperation between students. Obviously collectivist societies have their own issues (\u201cthe nail that stands out gets hammered down,\u201d etcetera), but as someone from a society that\u2019s essentially constructed around self-interest, such a community-oriented perspective sounds nice<\/span><\/p>\n

Makoto has chosen table tennis, because she \u201cdoesn\u2019t want the slightest possibility of screwing up in a team sport.\u201d Excellent aggrieved yakuza expression from her as she relays this tactical information<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cIt\u2019s all machismo-driven mumbo jumbo!\u201d Feeling intensely called out by this portrayal of a grumpy high schooler attempting to philosophize their unathletic nature<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cBut honestly, someone had to say it, and I\u2019m glad she did.\u201d Mitsumi is actually impressed by Makoto\u2019s ability to voice harsh truths. She really does see the unique value in everyone<\/span><\/p>\n

Love Shima\u2019s polite but entirely unsurprised \u201cuh huh\u201d through a mouthful of yakisoba<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m a class officer! I can\u2019t destroy our morale by sucking!\u201d Mitsumi carrying the weight of the world on her shoulders<\/span><\/p>\n

Excellent utterly defeated Mitsumi face after Mika fails to improve her volleyball skills<\/span><\/p>\n

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Tomoyo Kurosawa is one of our best current voice actresses, and I\u2019m so glad she gets to do more of her weird wailing noises as Mitsumi<\/span><\/p>\n

Mitsumi misinterprets Mika\u2019s diet-conscious lunches as her simply lacking food to eat, and thus brings her lots of bread. Love this extremely conscientious idiot<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cYou haven\u2019t had to put in all that effort.\u201d Mika, who works so damn hard to project the proper image at school, is of course jealous of Mitsumi\u2019s effortless success. Her lack of self-consciousness is pretty close to a superpower in the context of high school; she has intuitively embraced the wisdom that \u201cif I be myself, I\u2019ll naturally find myself surrounded by the right sort of people for me,\u201d rather than seeking the brass ring of some external conception of popularity and gaining entry into the \u201ccorrect\u201d social circles. To Mika, this comes across as laziness being rewarded by luck, Mitsumi somehow being praised for avoiding the assigned path to social success. In truth, Mika obviously needs to come to a happier relationship with her own identity and put less stock in these arbitrary social hierarchies – but for now, all the work she has done must be justified, and so she clings to them all the more fiercely even as she sees them so effortlessly dismantled<\/span><\/p>\n

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Of course, it\u2019s not like everyone could do what Mitsumi is doing. She has a naturally positive personality and an endless supply of social energy – to people whose inherent personalities are less crowd-pleasing, \u201cjust be yourself\u201d is often a route to rejection. It\u2019s thus understandable she\u2019d spark resentment, even though it\u2019s through no fault of her own; the route she makes look so easy is actually impossible for many<\/span><\/p>\n

Nonetheless, with the two of them alone, it\u2019s clearly time for Mitsumi to befriend the crap out of this girl<\/span><\/p>\n

At the gym, third years who shouldn\u2019t even be there end up shoving Mika, prompting an opportunity for Mitsumi to demonstrate her many gallant qualities<\/span><\/p>\n

More good faces as Mitsumi attempts to scare these boys out of the gym<\/span><\/p>\n

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And there it is. Mika used to be overweight and ignored by her fellow students, so she worked hard to adapt herself into the form her social environment demanded. No wonder she finds Mitsumi\u2019s effortless success frustrating; nothing has ever come so easily for her<\/span><\/p>\n

Convincing portrayal of these long-term anxieties. Even after her reinvention, a reminder of how she used to be ignored brings those feelings rushing back<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cYou two have made the list!\u201d Oh my god, she has a list of everyone who\u2019s wronged her. Mika swiftly becoming my favorite character<\/span><\/p>\n

I appreciate how even in this show celebrating Mitsumi\u2019s personality, there are regular acknowledgements that Mitsumi is actually a pretty uniquely mature, well-adjusted person. If everyone were equally nice, it wouldn\u2019t really feel like a convincing character drama, but Mitsumi\u2019s friends understand that she is something special<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cNext time, just tell a teacher!\u201d Even Mika cannot help but swiftly adopt Mitsumi<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s the difference between us. While I remember the names of people who pissed me off, Iwakura-san remembers the name of someone who was kind to her.\u201d Yeah, that\u2019s the trick – you can try to change your mindset all you want, but if your first instincts are that different from Mitsumi\u2019s, it\u2019s hard to believe you can truly become a person like her<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not a stunning beauty or a pure, straightforward person. Who in the world is ever going to choose me?\u201d As her mind\u2019s eye reveals, in spite of all her efforts of reinvention, she still sees herself as that lonely girl who doesn\u2019t deserve friends<\/span><\/p>\n

Even Mitsumi can admit that Mika\u2019s been a bit harsh to her. Like Mitsumi earlier admitting she appreciated Makoto\u2019s words, these details are important in realizing Mitsumi as a multidimensional person, not just a perpetually positive-minded saint<\/span><\/p>\n

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And Mitsumi\u2019s also found something to appreciate about Mika: how her blunt assessments make her a better teacher, because she can actually tell it like it is. At last, someone who appreciates Mika for her actual nature, not for her performance<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019ve worked really hard to get this good, and it shows.\u201d Though Mitsumi hasn\u2019t gone through similar struggles, she can still appreciate the work Mika\u2019s put in. Finally, recognition for her efforts<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI only play to win, you hear me!?\u201d Mika\u2019s actual personality is then immediately witnessed by Shima, to her absolute despair<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cYou can do it.\u201d Shima, who also sees Mitsumi\u2019s aura as a kind of magic, can appreciate the frightening leap Mika is taking<\/span><\/p>\n

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Oh my god, Mitsumi looks so goofy with her paintbrush-style field day hairdo<\/span><\/p>\n

No Mika, don\u2019t fix it! Stop being a good friend!<\/span><\/p>\n

Makoto wearing a \u201cWeekends Off\u201d t-shirt, a quiet protest against all this unnecessary labor<\/span><\/p>\n

A group of panned stills carries us through the preliminary rounds of class match day. It\u2019s only really at times like this I\u2019m reminded this is actually quite a conservative production animation-wise, as it generally marshals its resources skillfully enough to avoid any sequences that seem ostentatiously lacking in animation. That\u2019s a significant directorial skill in anime; basically every modern production is afforded less time and resources than it needs, so learning how to stretch your resources is critical<\/span><\/p>\n

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Meanwhile, Makoto swiftly fails in table tennis. Well, you tried<\/span><\/p>\n

More bug-eyes from Mitsumi as Mika informs her all the girls are there to watch Shima-kun. Nice to have the socially savvy classmate at last on her side<\/span><\/p>\n

This show\u2019s soundtrack is perfect for setting the tone; all these gentle, quasi-folk rock tracks, evoking a sense of lightness and fresh opportunities<\/span><\/p>\n

Seeing all Shima\u2019s fangirls makes even Mitsumi too nervous to share her snacks with him<\/span><\/p>\n

Theater head Kanechika notes that Shima\u2019s position is likely a lonely one, having to perform for all these people who don\u2019t really know him. Mitsumi\u2019s guileless perspective means someone like Kanechika or Mika frequently has to point out the emotional subtext of a situation<\/span><\/p>\n

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Ooh, some nice thick brushstrokes for conveying the power of the volleyball team\u2019s next opponents. The show flexes where it can!<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI probably was a huge bother to Shima on that first day.\u201d Mitsumi\u2019s inability to recognize her own charm is indeed <\/span>part<\/span><\/i> of her charm, but I\u2019m sure that\u2019s little consolation to her<\/span><\/p>\n

Smart boarding creates a real sense of momentum as Mika follows up on Mitsumi\u2019s pass<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cSometimes you fall in love because you find something in them you wish you had. And maybe, for Shima-kun\u2026 she might just have it.\u201d Mika gets it in one – Mitsumi embodies the earnest approach to life that Shima can so far only imitate<\/span><\/p>\n

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And Done<\/b><\/p>\n

Thus Mika formally joins our crew, rising from her initial envy and mistrust of Mitsumi into appreciation of our girl\u2019s singular personality! As someone who often defaults to cynical or uncharitable first impressions myself, I greatly appreciated seeing Mika\u2019s frustrations so thoughtfully contextualized, as well as this episode\u2019s quiet illustrations of how even Mitsumi can feel frustrated or overwhelmed by these social dynamics. Mitsumi is a very special person, but she\u2019s not some otherworldly angel, and while her friends can learn from her example, they all have their own paths to tread, aspiring to more idealized selves while still embodying the anxieties and fundamental tendencies that have defined them. Learning to like yourself and coexist with others is a lifelong process, but every episode of Skip and Loafer demonstrates how that road need not be lonesome or frustrating, but can actually be walked with joy in your heart and friends at your side.<\/span><\/p>\n

This\u00a0article\u00a0was\u00a0mad<\/a><\/em>e possible by reader support<\/a>. Thank you all for\u00a0all that you do.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n

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