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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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7 Link 9.03
8 Link 9.6
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u/ZBLongladder https://myanimelist.net/profile/zblongladder Sep 21 '19

I think it's more explicit than people are giving it credit for...Niina pretty firmly rejected Momo in episode 10, so, at least to me, by the finale the question between Momo and Niina wasn't "Will they or won't they?", it was "Will their friendship survive rejection?". Which I think is a perfectly reasonable theme in context...after all, if you're going to explore teenage romance & sexuality, dealing with rejection and its emotional fallout is definitely a part of that. And Momo & Niina's big emotional moment during color tag wasn't Niina accepting Momo's feelings, but Momo accepting Niina despite her being unable to return those feelings.

Actually, come to think of it, Momo has a big theme of rejection...after all, she had to reject what's-his-face, and that quite definitely went poorly. So I think after that, being able to reconcile with Niina and stay friends is a reasonable conclusion to her character arc.

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u/Bainos https://myanimelist.net/profile/Bainos Sep 21 '19

Niina pretty firmly rejected Momo in episode 10

I don't think she did, unless I missed something ? This is what she replied in episode 10.

If she rejected her it was not in episode 10 but in this episode, with this scene and this one. On the other hand, she contradict herself in this scene and this one.

There are two possible interpretations. Niina could have rejected Momo, being focused on Izumi, despite knowing she didn't have a chance. Or she could have refused to answer her before confessing to Izumi, so that she would be properly rejected and could move forward without regret for not taking her chance.

Distinguishing the two is further complicated by the fact that the scene between Niina and Momo occurs before the scene between Kazusa and Izumi, and Niina only gets properly rejected in the latter.

By comparison, Hongou's interest in Milo was clearly addressed and buried.

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u/ZBLongladder https://myanimelist.net/profile/zblongladder Sep 21 '19

At least to me, it seemed like Momo definitely interpreted episode 10 as a flat out rejection, even if Niina didn't fully articulate it...I mean, she spends most of the last two episodes jealous and angry towards Niina. And her asking Kazusa if she had to sleep with her or Milo-sensei in episode 11 seemed like the moment she lost the last shreds of hope...basically, at least in my reading, Kazusa's answer of Milo confirmed Momo's fears that most straight people just aren't interested in same-sex intimacy, and there was no hope of her converting Niina to lesbianism. To me, the scene where she asks Niina how she can hold her like it's nothing is Momo struggling with the unfairness of the fact that her crush doesn't just reject her, she doesn't see her as a sexual being to begin with.

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u/rasifiel Sep 21 '19

She was angry in final episode exactly because she wasn't clearly refused, but Niina wanted to confess to Izumi.