Tsuma, Shougakusei ni Naru. – Episode 2 discussion

Why are There so many double debuts episodes right now?

I am not agaisnt tho,just curious

I sure do love posting my first comment under the assumption that I won’t get the answers until next week. How wrong I was.

“Marika’s” mother sucks, and I’m not sure if that’s a good thing or a bad thing. It does give much more excuse for Takae to be around, but it’s also quite dangerous for the moment.

Wow, what an abusive mom! No wonder she’s divorced.

This episode is really unexpectedly intense, I don’t know if it was because of the visual, animation or sound design that makes scenes where she faces her current mom so intense but got damn I really feel fear for her in that.

Something telling me that because of her trauma dealing with an abusive mother is what triggers her old past life memory after all she was forced to be mature because no one can help her,she has to fence for herself after her parents divorce (so it kinda metaphor in some way lol)

Also this episode pretty much explains why ED which seems to be her perspective has a pretty mellow song.

The last scene really makes me cry, they notice something wrong so they do whatever they can to help (after all they don’t have information about her current life).

Look like this is going to be another gem this season if the anime studio is consistent.

This may be anime but I believe things happen for a reason.

The return of Takae made Keisuke and Mai very happy and fortunate. At the same time, I am sure the father and daughter duo will be the ones who save Takae from her current terrible mother. Why did Takae end up with her mother instead of father after their divorce? Surely the courts would have given the custody to the better parent?

That cake scene tore me apart, man. Can’t blame her at all for not having it in her to have them stop seeing her after that.

And sheesh a ton of seasonals are releasing with two episodes out of the gate all of a sudden

This ep is so real that it really is uncomfortable to watch. Can we just have this series just the MCs family having fun. Is that too much to ask?

You know I expected the Nijimas to be more pushy, but Marika did come back into their lives. Well, when you see your former husband and daughter in such a terrible state, I can’t blame her. This show has a very state of the taste of what used to be happiness. But I feel like it is showing us this reality isn’t realistic. Yes, a miracle brought back Takae. God damn it, the cake scene was really sweet.

Tbh I do not like the direction of making Marika’s comically evil. Like her just searching her daughter’s room for things of value and money was meh to me. I feel like if this show was trying to emphasize that the Nijimas & Marika moving on in their own way, I wish they made Marika’s mom as a good mother. The guilt of spending time with her old family while her new mom was alone would be a more interesting dynamic.

Regardless of that point, this has been a solid first two episodes. The animation is serviceable. Def a good watch for a slow Sunday.

I’m a bit wary how all three of the main cast seem to be disregarding Takae’s cureent life. I’m waiting for her to put her foot down on one of the former husband’s more enthusiastic moments and tell him that she is (insert current name here) now instead of Takae. But I suppose that might come later, and as her relationship with her current mom is troubled, for all her level headedness Takae seems to be indulging in the happiness of reconnecting with her former husband and daughter.

And she has her own little admirer as well lol. I’m not sure I want to see the inevitable episode of the jealous husband truing to outdo his elementary school rival once he becomes aware of his existence… but we shall see, there might be some catharsis there as well if played well.

Not sure if I like her mom being a bitch. I think it might be even more interesting if she had a loving family at home who suddenly have to worry about their 10-year old daughter being out of the house the whole day.

As it is right now Takae only has to worry about not getting caught but in the other scenario there are two families she has to navigate without hurting them.

[This screenshot looks so fucking sus.](https://i.imgur.com/Cg5JvPo.jpeg) I swear to god they’re doing this on purpose.

I just love how [Takae is acting like a mom](https://i.imgur.com/OsZoVoZ.jpeg) to her classmates. That was actually pretty funny.

And now we learn [what Takae’s new mother is like.](https://i.imgur.com/pG5Ciai.jpeg) Considering how she’s taking her own daughter’s money, it would be disastrous if she ever found out about her daughter’s relation to the Nakajimas.

[That birthday celebration was really sweet.](https://i.imgur.com/dybjsau.jpeg) How could Takae even tell them to stay away from her after that T_T

On the one hand, it’s a good thing they showed her side and that she has a reason to be drawn to her former husband and daughter. On the other side, this makes the situation pretty easy at least in terms of story. Because the obvious solution is adoption in the Nijima family. Yes, I understand that it’s not that easy in RL, but that’s why I say from a story perspective as that would solve both problems. So I am interested to see if they bring in another angle to this that could make the whole thing a lot more bittersweet.

So it’s finally here, the show that lit anitwt up when the trailer dropped because of the name.. definitely nothing inappropriate at all here despite the wild title. Very wholesome and emotional first two episodes, I can tell this is gonna leave me crying by the end.

Takae and Keisuke had everything going for them, you meet your dream partner at work, get married, have a beautiful family and it all comes crashing down so suddenly. The flashbacks were really gut wrenching. Like we only saw one of their meals but I’m assuming after the mom died they were eating conbini bentos daily.

I think the wife getting reincarnated and coming back as an elementary school student is a refreshing way to handle the concepts of grief, acceptance and moving on. This whole episode had an air of uneasiness about it because while they’re doing all these things they once did as a family, you just know it won’t last and that it doesn’t feel quite right. Takae is quite literally a different person now and she can never have her old life back. Just using my media literacy guessing cap, I’m assuming the coworker Keisuke has been eating with will become his new love interest and Takae will fall for the boy in her class.

In episode 1, when Takae made the bento for Keisuke and he didn’t eat it at work because the new coworker made one for him as well, it was foreshadowing of him moving forward in life. I imagine we’ll see more stuff like that subtly throughout the show.

This is also kinda reinforced by Takae personality. She still has her memories, but she’s a lot more tsun tsun now than she was as an adult because her life is different and our experiences shape who we are. There’s some really emotional and interesting ways this show can go in and I’m excited, manga readers have praised it so I got high expectations.

Also, fuck Takae’s mom. No wonder the husband left her, abusive pos.

Takae losing some of her memories regarding her parents’ divorce is interesting. She assumes it’s because of the reincarnation memories, but it could be the other way around. It might be that the events leading to the divorce were traumatic for her, and she forgot them as a way to cope with her situation.

Takae returned to the Nijima family to help them, but it seems that she (Marika) also needs help herself. Perhaps the reason she regained memories from her past life is also tied to her own trauma. In this sense, ‘Takae’ may be Marika’s way of coping with her new family’s situation.