Chiikawa — How Japanese Fans React

I was shocked that Chiikawa actually yells "heave-ho!" while rowing lol

オール漕ぐちいかわが「オーエス」って発声してることに驚いた😂

I genuinely think this'll end up printed in a school morals textbook someday.

将来は道徳の教科書に載ってると思う

There's honestly too many moments here to just chalk up to fans reading extra meaning into a character they like. He genuinely seems to be quietly sizing up every situation and doing the best possible thing. So yeah — competent.

推しによる有能さのこじつけだけでは説明できない挙動が多すぎるんだよな 常に俯瞰して見て自分にできる最善の行動を密かに行ってる印象 つまり有能

The only solution left is for those two to be punished. Even if the siren really is the reason the mermaids get eaten, there's no way to prove it — there's no evidence. It's just the weak getting devoured for the convenience of the strong, no real reason required. That's basically the law of the world Nagano-sensei draws.

解決策はあの2人が罰を受けることしかないんだよ。人魚が食べられる原因を作ったのがセイレーンだったとしても、それを証明する手段も証拠もない。ただ弱者が理不尽に強者の都合で喰われていくだけ。まさにこれがナガノ先生の描く世界の摂理なんだよな。

People keep saying "yeah, but he's also the one who drags them into most of these messes" lol. Which, fair — but that's basically the only thing anyone can actually hold against him.

複数回「でもコイツ問題持ち込むの多いよな」言われてて草 逆に言うとそれくらいしか突っつけないんだよなうさぎって

"There's no paradise waiting wherever you run to." That line alone is basically the moral of this whole episode.

「逃げだした先に楽園なんてありゃしねえのさ」 この話のオチはこれに尽きる

Usagi's rap verse, on the other hand, was way too smooth for its own good.

うさぎのラップパートがメロすぎました

Can start a fire. Can play an instrument. Can row twice as hard as anyone else. Can rap. Shows instead of just talking. Can hold his breath for a full minute underwater. Can dodge while rapping. This guy's the MVP of the movie.

火起こしできる 楽器もできる ボートも倍漕げる ラップもできる 作戦より行動を示す 陸に浮上するまで1分間、無呼吸運動できる ラップしながら回避できる 本作のMVPキャラだわ

Chiikawa is like Demon Slayer — just because kids love it doesn't mean it was ever actually made for kids...

ちいかわは鬼滅と同じで子供から人気があるだけで別に子供向けじゃないだろ……

I bet at some point in the movie he was thinking "I really should've brought my usual weapon" lol

劇中で1回は「いつもの武器持ってくればよかった」って思ったろうなw

Even back when I was reading the manga I felt this — this arc forces you to sit with a moral question that has no solution. There's no way out of it.

原作読んでたときから感じてたけど、この話って解決策、解法のない「道徳」を考えさせられるよね。強制的に。

The fact that Usagi's the only one still asleep while everyone else is getting grabbed by the kelp just adds to his "strong character" energy lol

昆布に捕まってる時にうさぎだけ寝てるのが強キャラ感を加速させてるw

I honestly think of it as a modern-day Brothers Grimm fairy tale.

現代のグリム童話だと思ってる

The background villager who panics and hugs Usagi the second someone mentions an islander getting eaten was so cute.

島民が食われた的なこと言ってる時にパニックでうさぎに抱きついてるモブ可愛かった

That dull thud of a sound when they finish her off — I cannot get it out of my head.

56すときの鈍い音が頭から離れない～