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Episode Araburu Kisetsu no Otome-domo yo. - Episode 12 discussion - FINAL Spoiler

Araburu Kisetsu no Otome-domo yo., episode 12: The Colors of the Hearts of Maidens

Alternative names: Maidens of the Savage Season, O Maidens in Your Savage Season

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u/isthewindstillrising Sep 21 '19

Ah... knew this would trip up a lot of non-Japanese speaking viewers...
"Iro" or colour (as in the word for colour itself) is often used as a euphemism for ess ee ecks ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) so for example Iro asobi (colour play) would mean having sex and Iroppoi (Colourful) would mean someone who is very sexually attractive and sensual. In addition to that it also has connotations of passion (not always sexual) like Iromekidatsu (to become agitated, impassioned, excited). And then we have the symbolism for colours.... Blue (and also green, they're kind of the same colour in japanese) is overwhelmingly a symbol of naivety and youthful energy as well as the blues (pun intended) from growing up... Hope that gives it a bit more context :)

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u/FlorianoAguirre Sep 23 '19

I think it's much much simpler and easier to understand than that. White means purity, and this girls reject the notion that staining it with color means they are impure or just worst. Color means change, new experiences, growing up etc.

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u/isthewindstillrising Sep 23 '19

Yeah, good art like Araoto can, and should, have a sense of ambiguity :)

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u/Atario myanimelist.net/profile/TheGreatAtario Sep 22 '19

Interesting, is that an ero/iro thing?

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u/isthewindstillrising Sep 23 '19

Don't think so, the use of the word iro in that context goes back before english/latin became widespread in the japanese vernacular... hmm...