This is one of the best self aware moments in anime.

Jurai uses all the chunibyou stuff he has accumulated to make himself feel more important than he actually is and to cope with massive insecurities he has about himself.

In the same vein he takes all the people in his life who genuinely care of him for granted. He doesn't feel that Hakoto will ever abandon him or turn her back on him so he treats her however he sees fit. Her outburst is one of the only times he actually has to examine himself and develop his character - something he desperately needs.

It's a great take on how so many people are in real life. They are so desperate to feel important or special that they are willing to overlook the people who truly care for them in order to achieve that which they think they are lacking. They look down on ordinary people as if it's a bad thing but it's all to cover for the fact that they can't fit in with such people. This scene gets glossed over all the time because a lot of people who watch it feel it hits too close to home and I can understand why that happens.

I love this scene for challengi g that though. Anything that allows you to confront the uncomfortable parts of yourself is positive for personal growth.

All comments from YouTube:

@crunchyroll

2y↑356

Watch episode 7 here! got.cr/Watch-WSBBC7

@kiray6547

2y↑3

sağol :)

@samuelsoares4065

2y↑4

😟😢

@Clearness122

2y↑4

i want to like but i dont want to ruin the comment as it has 69 likes rn so this is my way of liking this commemt

@Skippygamer1

52w↑3

...............good........golly.......wow..........the voice actress needs a raise for doing that scene so perfectly!

@Paul20661

44w↑4

When Anime Just Hits Different.

@battlehenge4

2y↑7.4K

The fact that she remembers all those names despite not knowing anything shows just how much she cares about him and wants to understand him.

@typeouetco1626

2y↑131

if she really wanted to, she would have googled it. She knows these words because she hear them all day, every day

@alexmore3865

2y↑165

I guess the point was that she knows about them just as much as other people but she doesn't act as a very knowledgable person since she knows she didn't go deep into the topic enough. Of course it's just my opinion. Although I didn't actually watch this anime I thought that I could relate to her. You know people are talking about things they don't understand all the time when actually they are dumb and didn't study them.

@jacknguyen5220

2y↑372

@@typeouetco1626 That's like telling someone they should've googled "holy grail", "Gilgamesh", etc., if they wanted to understand the fate series. They may give you random historical facts, but they won't explain the recontextualization that happens when these things pop in pop culture.

@sador2023

I forgot for a second that mf like you exists

@sador2023

2y↑13

@@alexmore3865 maybe it's just something she just doesn't understand....

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@j.alfonso8036

2y↑9K

Fun fact: The VA (Saori Hayami) recorded this entire scene in one take, and the staff was left speechless.

@Evit-jq2ic

2y↑663

I’d believe that, I mean dam(n), she sure can talk for a long time as well as talk about the many subjects she doesn’t understand. It’s impressive.

@vullord666

2y↑555

That’s the appropriate response. I was left speechless when I first saw the scene mid episode. I wasn’t expecting it and at one point wanted to pause it but knew I couldn’t. This brings back memories. Still one of my favorite anime

@enriqueu1319

2y↑56

Itsnt a Fun fact...more like a curious fact

@Evit-jq2ic

2y↑61

Where is the link for the recording of Saori Hayami when you need one?

@Evit-jq2ic

2y↑6

@@shadow-lu7kl ?

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@JDjade1

2y↑3.4K

THIS is how you bury a main character in under three minutes. Nicely done.

@eren34558

2y↑238

this is also how you call out anime's writing

@Void_Out

2y↑166

@@eren34558 I mean, not really, it’s just a non-nerd who doesn’t understand a nerd, it’s not some deep criticism, just a moment between characters.

@AnMComm

49w↑151

@@Void_Outnot exactly. The main reason she doesn't understand said nerd is because they take a few buzzwords and call it deep.

@ApexGale

44w↑241

@@Void_Outt's not just a "non nerd" trying to understand a nerd. it's the fact that said nerf has been friends with her since childhood and effectively excludes her from his hobbies when she is actively and desperately trying to hold onto their relationship. "don't ask me about x because you wouldn't understand anyway" is basically him saying "i don't feel like making the effort to involve you." he uses all these terms and phrases that look cool, that he only understands at a surface level and as such his only explanation is "it just sounds cool, only other nerds get why."

hatoko is 100% right here and the fact that the show resolves this within the span of 1 episode instead of making it a genuine character arc for the mc is the reason why a lot of people say this is the only good scene in the show.

@imviciously

43w↑15

bro didnt even hug her, so lame

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@truestatic362

2y↑5.6K

One of the best examples of Anime voice acting in History

@enriqueu1319

2y↑102

And so Saori Hayami became my favorite seiyu with this scene 😎👍

@kiray6547

2y↑4

Anime and episode ?

@enriqueu1319

2y↑92

@@kiray6547 It is called...READ THE DESCRIPTION

@Toto-jf2tw

2y↑21

@@kiray6547 bro the name is in the title

@kiray6547

2y↑2

@@Toto-jf2tw episode ?

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@omnid.slayer7244

2y↑2.9K

She used the words "i don't understand" more times than any other anime character in the anime world
Give her a medal

@enriqueu1319

2y↑18

Respect to this seiyu

@grom2216

2y↑3

Fushi, from To Your Eternity: and i took that personally

@cesareoespinoza5642

Is she his mom? Or ? I haven’t seen this anime is it good?

@oofspoofthekingofoof3413

2y↑6

@@cesareoespinoza5642 not mom, a childhood friend

@needsahonby1127

2y↑6

She said I don't understand more times then friendship is referenced in fairy tail. True Champion

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@omnid.slayer7244

2y↑3.2K

It is honestly impressive how they managed to make a scene where she is constantly using the word i don't understand so emotional

@trexz3720

2y↑4

Stop.

@trexz3720

2y↑2

Being.

@trexz3720

2y↑3

Everywhere.

@trexz3720

2y↑2

Go.

@trexz3720

2y↑3

On.

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@bilelalouane

2y↑3.3K

Based Saori Hayami really single handedly keeping this show relevant off this one scene. Just an amazing performance and VA all around, one of the first VA's I started being able to pick out without checking credits.

@PrinceAli628

2y↑15

Yo me too!

@shizu2345

2y↑28

Seyuu coomer forgetting naoki hiramura's animation job, otsuka's writing and mochizuki's storyboard.

@ElricSowrd

2y↑2

That was her!?

@tonyq8156

2y↑1

This show is relevant for me because of Chifuyu and Kuki but thanks anyway

@lacscareace

2y↑1

@@Toadfather if you have source., I would be eternally grateful 🙇‍♂️

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@bryanthuynh9489

2y↑1.4K

The anime community have been posting this clip for years to showcase the incredible voice acting ,and Crunchyroll now finally decides to post it for more people to see

@lookatthepicture4107

2y↑6

Holy shi-!
I hadn't noticed when they posted
I legit thought "I didn't knew crunchy had post it"

@Destruire_esa_ilusion

2y↑19

if i remember, this is alredy posting by crunchyroll in the past, but the video has eliminated, and he posting again

@Destruire_esa_ilusion

2y↑5

I think I remember that, I'm not sure but I remember seeing this same scene before here, so if I'm okay, this is reuploaded

@TewPaqs

2y↑2

@@Destruire_esa_ilusion yes it is reuploaded, you're right.

@714acedeck

44w

no it wasn't originally uploaded by crunchyroll

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@Skapo

2y↑1.7K

Masterclass in voice acting and writing for sure. This was a powerful moment as it showed how Hatoko had always been listening intently, always tried her damnedest to understand, relate, and empathize. She could precisely relay all of the specific terms, mythologies, and references he was constantly portray. She even had some deeper contextual understandings of what they were. What she "didn't understand" wasn't the subject matter that Jurai was spitting out, but instead why he placed such existential value on these things he was in no way related to and much more importantly why he insisted on excluding her as being an outsider who just doesn't "get" it. He always viewed her as an indifferent normie and more than anything was taking her friendship for granted. He didn't understand the ways she was reaching out and he thought so little of his exclusion of her efforts.

Easily one of the most impactful and emotionally nuanced exchanges I have seen in any anime. It's really too bad they didn't spend more time exploring these dynamics and kind of just leaned into the typical genre tropes for the rest of the season. Feels like so much lost potential with this show. Haha Could've been one of the greats!

Always gonna upvote when this scene gets posted.

@missingno9

2y↑22

I was thinking of watching the anime after watching this clip to see if there will be further development of these two. I guess it wouldn't be worth it with what you said. :(

@jy61

1y↑14

@@missingno9 Haven't watched it since release but I remember being fine with how they resolved it. A lot of people weren't though. Avoiding elaboration for spoilers, but while the show is overall pretty mid this and its resolution I remember being pretty happy with.

@ApexGale

44w↑38

@@jy61The resolution feels very half baked, imo. He just sorta goes "you're sorta right but don't worry about it, it's not that serious" and she is suddenly okay with it

would have been much more interesting if they had let her presence be the one that tethers him back to reality, brings him down from his daydreams so that he can explain why he thinks the way he does

@SuperCatacata

41w↑4

Lets be real, it was never gonna be "one of the greats." Even if it didn't lean back into those tropes.

But it certainly could've been much better

@donovanlee5459

40w↑1

Placing existential value on things he is in no way related to? Sounds like faith and religion.

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@Gridaka

2y↑1.1K

I remember watching this anime and thought it was a pretty good comedy but I was simply left speechless during this scene because it was just so impressive seeing Saori Hayami do this in one take without stopping

@husseinal-zubeidi8056

2y↑2

What just happened?

@Jake_Ritter

2y↑4

Worth watching?

@xaoz2362

2y↑48

@@husseinal-zubeidi8056 he's one of those "i am a superhero" types, and talkes about anything supernatural and stuff that she mentions.

@husseinal-zubeidi8056

2y↑1

@@xaoz2362 oh okay thanks

@freshswagga100

2y↑19

@@Jake_Ritter besides this one scene...no

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@zerosen1972

51w↑262

@Oblivious.Amnesia

40w↑8

I can understand others comments on this being good voice acting but I think actually looking at the scene and understanding it as you have is much better. I was struggling to try to put words to my thoughts in explaining this until I came across your comment which nailed everything super well. Thank you random internet stranger!

@BoundReborn23

40w↑8

Couldn't have been said any better. The first time I saw this clip I didn't finish I couldn't finish it, now 7 years later, life has pruned everything out of me. And I do really get where she's coming from. It is actually sad. Strength to everyone who's fighting any sorta insecurities and difficulties in life that's making them act out that way. And if gets too tough, turn to Jesus. That's how I made it through.

@cryzzanimations1128

2y↑167

She really just questioned that man’s whole life

@Psusanoo

2y↑10

And most of the comment section too

@keshkeq

@@Psusanoo bruh

@nobuffer101

2y↑462

I was going through a similar phase when this anime came out, when I first saw this scene I had to turn off my computer, sit down, and do a reality check because it really felt like I was being lectured. I guess that's one of the many reasons why this is the best scene in the show and in my opinion, one of the best VA performances in all of anime.

@andrewmiller3478

2y↑39

A way I saw it when self reflecting from this show, was that everyone has different interests. Not many people can fully relate on why their interests affect them the way they do, but there are similarities. She explored the subjects not out of her own interests, but to understand the guy better. He enjoys the mindset and hardship that makes a hero, the battles and journey a hero goes through to fully be legendary. He loves the tropes that create iconic stories. She likes him. Everyone can be broken down into simpler explanations on who they are and what they like, it gets complicated when experience and personal interests combine.

@rRekko

46w↑31

@@andrewmiller3478 She likes him and wants him to improve, because he is stuck in this permanent ''i'm pathethic, powerless and i can't even control my own powers, they devour me'' mindset, which filtered to his real life. You could say she wanted to understand the stuff he liked to know what he found cool about being a loser who can't do anything properly and won't even try to improve, blaming his lack of progress on something else.
I say the author did an amazing job at pointing out all of those things with her speech. Adding this is a parody of the chuunibyo syndrome to her speech, it feels like a commentary on how people need to separate their enjoyment of fiction and real life relationship and behavior.
Heck, she even tells him to speak with his own words, meaning she knows he's just putting up an act and hiding behind a mask (which is the most normal thing in japanese society) instead of facing reality. Which also serves as a way of telling him (albeit in a very harsh manner) that she wants to be closer with him and is tired of him putting barriers between them.

@okesimole7817

40w↑4

@ZetaNeonFox you have to be harsh in this kind of subject or the point won't get through

@starflame34

2y↑580

Viewers: This scene is just crazy, so emotional and the VA is amazing!

Studio: No season 2, lol!

@empty3306

2y↑127

Mainly because the anime wasn't even good. This is like 1 of the 2 good scenes from the series.

@ambulancekun3142

2y↑2

@@empty3306 to each their own opinion, stating you opinion as if it's a fact is embarrassing.

@dacg950729

2y↑53

@@empty3306 just true, the voice acting on this scene is God tier, but the anime itself was average at best

@empty3306

2y↑10

@@dacg950729 below average

@Malick-ix9io

2y↑3

Who knows?

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@Christopher-rp8zv

2y↑632

I’m honestly speechless by this amazing performance. You can feel the hurt, sadness, anger, and confusion from her voice mixed with hard facts makes this scene powerful. But there’s one question about this, why does it have to be in this show? It’s pretty sad that this scene is the only thing memorable about it. At the very least, I’ll give this show some credit for making this scene possible. Saori Hayami, you’re a legend.

@wtfduud

43w↑24

I think it was just the writers venting about how nonsensical all these anime tropes are.

@Alicielle

28w↑63

To be honest. When I saw this scene way back when it first released in 2014, something changed in me. I was quite the shut in and was fascinated by the same stuff as Jurai. I never had much friends or close family. When I saw this, I realized maybe how other people felt around me. That’s why I stopped doing research and started to delve way deeper into things I am interested to explain people properly. I wanted to be understood and wanted to people to understand what I say. Now almost 10 years later I’m on my best way to become a teacher and go into elaborate and detailed explanations for about everything people ask. To make myself understood. And in hinsight it’s all because of that scene…

@alejandrorivas4585

21w↑4

Real talk, how did you do it? I feel i wanna make a similar change

@endginuity8391

2y↑1.2K

This really defined how non anime fans feel when they had to deal with their friends or partners who were

@vullord666

2y↑87

Or better yet comics or convoluted game series like Final Fantasy. I read comics and play video games, but I still want to give this response when people start quoting golden age or silver age.

@endginuity8391

2y↑56

Or when they start preaching and acting holy and above themselves and others in anime and your like I love you but now is not the time

@carlycrays2831

2y↑66

Really about anything. All fandoms and things have weird terms and ideas. And it's OK to want to share your interests, but do so responsibly.

@nickkerr6068

2y↑25

This is how I feel when people talk about anything because I live under a rock

@Skapo

2y↑85

No. That's missing the point. It wasn't about how non-fans feel about deal with friends or partners who are. Instead it's about his active disinclusion of her from that part of his life and his blatant superiority complex. This despite her strong efforts to learn and empathize.

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@aleng8144

2y↑370

I haven't seen this anime but that the girl remembers all this shows how much she cares about him and how much she tried to understand him.
Huge respect 🙌

@pkphantom

And how much of a loser he is for not only being too stupid to figure that out, but to be so self absorbed to dismiss her interests in those things so easily

@TheLastShadow45

50w↑101

This scene been living in my head rent free ever since I watched this show many years ago.

Fun fact about this scene: Hayami Saori only did this scene in A SINGLE TAKE. She tried to do it again in a Q&A cause someone asked if she could, she tried but couldn't even get close to how she performed it the 1st time.

@gruberu

44w↑22

It really feels she was either fully in the zone, or had a experience where she could at the time, relate to those feelings. It really is a powerful scene, and to find out the anime is a comedy is crazy

@catsinthebag980

2y↑179

To this day this is one of the greatest anime voice acting moments! You can hear the passion, the crackling of the emotion the character is going through. You could even close your eyes and imagine the expression someone would make pouring these lines out as if experiencing this kind of pain, it’s beautiful work.

@reinaldofernandez

40w↑2

And Saori Hayami did it all in one take....leaving the studio crew speechless

@Sleepy12ftPanda

51w↑9

"speak to me in your own words"

damn

@NekoToChiru

2y↑94

Dude I never seen this anime but I felt her emotions so much that I got goosebumps and tears up
Like she got a god tier voice and her acting is incredible

@animemangathoughts8247

2y↑2

I feel sorry for Hatoko getting upset of Jurai just not talking & annoying her. This scene has excellent emotional drama that this is my personal favourite.

@64gbdata11

2y↑81

This scene got her so many awards because "Hayami Saori" did this in one take.

@enriqueu1319

2y↑103

In this scene..Saori Hayami became one of my favorite seiyu/voice actress in anime. The sadness and rage in her voice in this scene reflects how much passion she displayed that left me speechless 😮. MY RESPECT TO HER 😎👍

@rem9477

2y↑472

Haven't seen this show in a long time and this scene brings chill through out my body. It even made my heart stop and I started to cry. Nonetheless this was a good show. Wish there was another season

@enriqueu1319

2y↑9

Me too. For an anime that is called BATTLE in his title...it was VERY LITTLE battles inthere xD

@lorddio4280

Who are you?

@rem9477

2y↑1

@@lorddio4280 I am Jotaro Juji, and this will be your final day. Plus you have the guts to approach me? Well I will welcome it. Koi!

@Destruire_esa_ilusion

2y↑2

@@enriqueu1319 well, in the novel, have many battles, and more intenses, and have hatoko yandere, in some point of the novel

@lorddio4280

2y↑2

@@rem9477 Ho ho then come as close as you want.

But really who is Rem?

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@BasaraToujou10

2y↑191

This scene was so fricken epic! Absolute chills, had to replay this like 5 times cuz I couldn’t believe it!!
Saori Hayami🐐

@akashiseijuro9136

2y↑92

I speak with no fear of being wrong: this is one of the best scenes of all time, Flawless interpretation!!!!!

@ow_su

2y↑5

I speak with no fear of being wrong. There's a high chance you're wrong.

@marcusvinicius917

2y↑5

@@ow_su no, he is right.

@Music-qb2wm

2y↑1

@@ow_su I mean just look at the view count on this scene compared to how irrelevant this series otherwise is. This one vocal performance literally elevates the entire show all by itself.

@lelouchvibritannia7702

29w↑1

I speak with no fear of being wrong: this is the best voice acting in any anime show

@mattxx3120

2y↑57

One of the most unexpected and powerful anime scenes ever. The voice actress did really well in this one.

@samizo5842

2y↑198

One of the best scenes in anime, I watched the entire anime just to understand what brought this scene and it was worth it 😂
I really wish they would make another season 😭

@yamadder511

2y↑9

I watched this series years ago, but forgot what happened, can you remind me what led to this scene

@iSniper

2y↑31

@@yamadder511 he is chuunibyou and she doesnt get it

@cyechan50

I think the LN finally got licenced.

@yamadder511

@@iSniper Ahhhh

@samizo5842

2y↑21

@@yamadder511 spoiler alert for those who didn't watch it.

She loves him but she doesn't understand how he thinks, that's why she can't connect with him, besides she feels threatened because of a competition with another girl that understands him
She feels hopeless and might lose him
And in his scene she burst when he tells her she won't understand

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@javierflores09

44w↑9

I came back here after Gigguk's video though I have often found myself back in this clip whenever it pops up in my feed, this sole moment elevates the series by a hundred-fold, a true exemplification of what outstanding voice-acting can do to an anime.

@cryog3nic_759

2y↑119

Ask me again why Saori Hayami is my favorite female VA in the anime industry.

@cryog3nic_759

2y↑3

Also, don't make me choose between her and my favorite male VA, Kenjirou Tsuda.

I simply CANNOT choose. They're both too good.

@oussamasouibgui

no one give a damm fk

@Jayhawk416

2y↑5

After watching this, I don’t think I need to ask you anymore lol

@SummerRainer

40w

@@cryog3nic_759 Why is Saori Hayami your favorite female VA in the anime industry?

@PyramidWalker

24w↑1

I don't understand.

@sasuke4612

2y↑38

This scene still gives me chills every time I watch it. Such an amazing performance by Saori Hayami. I cannot praise it more. So good!
What's sad is that nothing comes of it, story wise. Not much development of anything. At least in the anime.

@flankboi9788

41w↑7

I remember seeing this clip on instagram a few years back. I had never seen the show before, but I sat and watched the entire clip. I must have been in my freshman year. The way she portrayed these emotions so beautifully left me speechless for a few minutes. I have been a Hayami Saori simp ever since then. I love you Meltryllis.

@anghelhica

2y↑20

This is why Hayami Saori is my favorite voice actor ever. She might use the same tone for many characters but in terms of actual voice acting she is above all the rest. The way she conveys her character's emotions so effortlessly even if its in 2d. But even if we talk about range she can go from Himawari(Boruto), Shouko(A silent voice), Shinobu(Demon slayer), and Yumeko(Kakegurui).

@HaouRex

2y↑3

You forgeted Yotsugi (monogatari) Ha-chan (Mahotsukai Precure) and Yukino (Oregairu). All of those are perfect works...

@anghelhica

2y↑2

@@HaouRex Hayami is credited in voicing 200+ characters. I only chose those three as an example to her range

@Droidkaju310Productions

2y↑13

Talk-no-jutsu at its ultimate level

@bryannaing6316

2y↑56

I know this is meant to be an emotional scene but I just can't stop laughing at how she's calling out every chuunibyo

@sistane

2y↑16

Every time I see this scene I get chills. Saori Hayami does such a great job in capturing the emotions it's insane.

@_CRUMP_

27w↑4

To this day, to this very moment, this is the only time in an anime that I’ve heard the studio mic peak.

@webbinlink641

2y↑13

All these years later and I still consider this be one of the powerful/impactful/heart tearing moments in all of anime

@shadowninja1275

2y↑16

It's got to be one of the best voice acting I've ever heard.

@zar2085

1y↑25

2023 and this is still one of the best voice acting performances in any show(not just anime) period. Even if the show itself is average at best. This VA should be proud of her work.

@caioellery9117

1y↑11

literally didn't watch a single episode of this show but found this scene clipped somewhere and it blew my mind. i knew Saori Hayami was amazing, probably already was my favorite seiyuu, but this right here is mind blowing. i have no clue on what is going on or the context behind this and it still managed to grab me in a way i forgot what was going on around me. masterclass in voice acting

@ajtheva6694

2y↑14

If there was ever an Oscar for best voice performance... I found a heavy contender. That was amazing.

@blueblazedemon

41w↑6

Gigguk fr put this in my recommendation

Eminem could never

@Raiaka

2y↑9

So glad to finally have an official link of this scene that's not at risk of being taken down. While the anime may not have been one that I personally connected with, this is one of my favourite anime scenes and one of my favourite examples of voice acting ever.

@Erkille7

23w↑4

she singlehandly dismantled every cringey person

@xMacieX

2y↑11

The only time I've seen Soari Hayami voicing a character like that and I was amazed since I first saw that scene in the anime. Usually she does other roles but this is one of the best if not the best tantrum I've ever seen in anime.

@Franckzzz

2y↑6

Definitely one of the best voice acting I have heard yet. Really happy that Crunchyroll finally decided to upload this scene with English sub, I remember trying to search for this scene a year or two ago (it somehow wasn’t on yt anymore) because I remembered this incredible scene and wanted re-experience it.😊

@USMC49er

2y↑10

Best scene in the whole anime. You can feel the frustration coming from her as she tries desperately to reconnect with her childhood friend.

@dark_fusion1288

2y↑20

Even after 8 years its still one of the best VA performances out there!!

@Z_Z_Z_Z_Z_Z_Z

2y↑12

That was nostalgic 😭😭 hits really hard

@Paul20661

44w↑8

When Anime Just Hits Different.

@Natsuzumaki9

2y↑7

no one can deny it, she's a queen at voice acting, this performance was at peak before and is still at peak even now

@baronbrrrrett

2y↑5

This is the greatest two and a half minutes of voice acting you will ever hear

@latioshunter

2y↑14

The whole scene did a 180, it was hard to keep up. Absolute chills the whole way through that shows just how amazing of a friend she has been for trying her best to keep up, but alas, couldn't take it any longer. How many years did she bottle it up? How many book recommendations did she get that she never understood? How much research did she do? These are the qualities of a friend... but a best friend would have spoken up from the beginning.

@Mark-ti8vv

44w↑9

Gigguk sent me here. I agree.

@CrownSlayer

42w↑11

One of the greatest voice acted scenes in anime history. Saori Hayami is legendary.

@TheGuyver360

2y↑14

I am very impressed by this actress. She made an incredible speech, using Japanese, English and even northern terms flawlessly. What she said this guy is indecisive, wishy-washy, lazy and just uses big words to pretend being smart and cool. I appreciate the fun of being a chunni but it sounds like this guy cannot sperate reality from his own BS world.

@smokedog9677

21w↑3

I love those kinda moments in these type anime, they hit so much harder.
Also....he had that coming.

@Celeste2435

18w↑2

What gets me the most, is this person he is supposed to care for, is standing there pouring her heart out. She trying to relate to and understand him, but durring her entire breakdown he just stands there dumbfounded, cant even be bothered to put down his phone let alone hug her. 😢

@SpaceAndyx

2y↑85

I still remember watching this when it was airing.
No way it was 8 years ago...
Anyways, the build up to this scene and this scene was just amazing.
And now that I'm older, I can totally understand what she really means. How the main character just being a chuuny, spilling out all this nonsense just because it sounds cool, without actually knowing more than the little he reads on the first wikipedia page. He didn't deserve her.

@lNovalandl

2y↑1

@Firelord Eliteast67 no he doesn't that's the whole point, just because you read the wikipedia page about schrodinger's cat does not mean you understand quantum physics

@castkeyboard

2y↑6

@Firelord Eliteast67 "I'm something of a quantum physicist myself!" 🥴

@jy61

1y↑4

I mean, the real problem comes when you try to explain why you find something cool. It's perfectly fine to like things just because you think they're cool even if you don't really understand them. But if someone asks you "why is it cool" and you can't explain it, it becomes hard to connect. That's not a problem when 2 chuunis talk since they both will find it cool, but a normal person won't get it. And if said normal person keeps wanting to understand, it becomes painful.

@jackmayor3574

1y↑13

@@jy61 because there is nothing to really get. There's nothing productive about being chuuni. It's just embracing delusion.

@windrose5988

44w

@@jy61 To build up on what the guy above is saying there isn't anything to get. Chunni is just people trying to escape reality by acting as what they as cool because their real selves are probably very lame people, they're the kinds whose entire interaction with fiction is to escape from reality, pretend they're the cool guys fighting with amazing powers. They don't learn anything stories are trying to tell them, they consume for the sake of consuming.

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@JohanJimenez0120

2y↑11

Saori Hayami voice acting is amazing 👏

@NanoUchia

40w↑2

She really tried to understand, you can tell cause she remembered everything he's said. She tried until she couldn't

@vehlajatt22

2y↑9

hayami saori is truly built different, she's a true pro

@hussein5725

51w↑5

Going back to this, it's one of the best examples of Hayami Saori's brilliance, she will always be known for her dreamy soft voice (which is understandable) yet her display of emotions is among the greatest ever, see fight scenes where she expresses anger and frustration, for example Atalanta Alter in Fate/Apocrypha and Fate/Grand Order, the amount of pain she displayed was out of this world, she overshadowed some of the industry greats in these shows

@ankushvp1994

2y↑10

One of the best performances in anime, ever.

@TheSaltyGamer969

2y↑3

Hands down one of the best anime scenes of all time. Superb delivery from Hayami, Saori.

@AntiSocialSquared

40w↑11

I only watched clips of this anime so I never really understood what was going on but it really took me a whole year to realize she confronted bro for having middle school syndrome 💀💀

All jokes aside, you can feel the depth in that one-take scene where Saori Hayami just pours in so much emotion and yet articulates her words so well at the same. Really brings in a refreshing level of respect for VA's out there and just how powerful their voices are.

@rMjojo

40w↑2

From what I remember, she is confronting him because she likes him and she is trying to get to know the things he likes but him being your typical anime protagonist (dense), he doesn't realize it so he doesn't really take the time to teach\explain all the nonsense he like to do.

Like you see in the clip, but this time she snapped

@XadePsyconic

2y↑26

I come back to watch this every once in a while. I know this sounds nerdy, but it's actually a pretty powerful scene. It comes from out of nowhere and hits like a damn truck when you least expect it, like 7 episodes into the show. You can tell that the writer and the actress really felt strongly about this subject.

@ichi_san

2y↑42

what gets me is that she so desperately wants to understand him and the worlds he speaks of, but it's as if he's been using it as a way from gatekeeping her from becoming closer to him :(

@mintosnake4290

2y↑1

How so?

@uchihanarutohd6407

2y↑10

This clip just made me decide to start the series. Good job Crunchyroll and good job to the VA that was amazing :0

@xrecon18

31w↑1

Listen... that voice acting is insane! Really caught me in the heart

@LordofFaet

2y↑15

I passed on reading the light novel of this because I just wasn't interested in another series that was more comedy than action. But after seeing this I think I'm gonna read it after all, if only to get the proper context for what seemed like an explosion of emotion so sudden and expected that my buddy had a full on, "Miss this is a Wendy's" expression for almost 3 minutes.

@requisthedemigod6417

How was it?

@rolandch.4281

2y↑2

Me when the clip got reposted:

"You're as beautiful as the day I lost you."

@slothrop9345

29w↑2

You can really feel how, on one hand, this is just the character talking about another character in the show, and on the other hand, the writer is absolutely seething as they line all the Light Novelists up against the wall to put them down.

@onesmileybaldy8303

2y↑20

There was a clip of this scene on Funimation’s channel with millions of views but it got nuked a while ago(probably because they already planned on transferring everybody to Crunchyroll)So thank you for posting this Saori Hayami voice acting greatness here too!

I read all over the comment section of the deleted video that she made it all in one take and was actually crying at the end with everyone at the studio at a loss for words,don’t know how true this is but I certainly don’t doubt that it actually happened.

@Nekomon.

2y↑1

Yeah. Animelab. Man it had some good analysis and takes on the scene in the comments which is a shame cause they are lost now. Like how different interpretations of the scene or how it made them felt. Saori Hayami is for sure the G. O. A. T

@geekandfreak1558

2y↑3

You can tell those are Years of pent frustration seeing the light

@marcvsoaken

16w↑2

I think she is absolutely right and absolutely right in her way of thinking...like evil can be good and good can be bad, dark and negative feelings are cool and more valuable than pure good feelings, as well as mixing terminologies and mythologies without delving into what is being said just because the person thought the term or myth was cool.

@oliverporo3037

40w↑6

Vi este anime cuando estaba en emisión, está escena me dejo bocabierto, desde ese momento esta actriz de voz se volvió una de mis favoritas, dios, actúa demasiado bien.

@peterwu9648

2y↑10

Well, I don't understand how she did this in one take. Masterpiece.

@merfyn4838

2y↑1

They get the scrip weeks or even months before hand ofc. She must have practiced like crazy before the take. Still shows her determination and talent. Even if you know the script by memory you still have to do the acting and bring life those words and she did wonderfully.

@TonyNguyen-tl1jy

2y↑4

To this day this is still one of the best voice acting scene I've ever watched in anime.

@ikiyou_

1y↑2

"The worst thing she could say is no, right?"

@pintobeans8639

44w↑3

Saori Hayami the VA did this in one take, literally one of the best voice acting moments ever.

@king_fisherXX

2y↑4

VA did not take a breather for a whole 2 minutes 💀

@kevina6416

1y↑6

No of what she mentioned has any meaning. The essence of her sadness is not being able to connect with who she loves. Him just dismissing her for not understanding was just the spark to her outburst

@alexmoon273

She explained her confusion and what she's fed up with very well. Good job writer and translator

@bocodamondo

2y↑11

i can see why this VA is in soo many animes nowdays lol

@ArkanMatlub03

39w↑3

If I was the director and the VA said an extra line or two I would force the animators to make an extra cut and animate it. No way am I leaving that one take masterpiece.

@danicarrizo824

2y↑2

years go by... I see it over and over again... and it still hurts the same as the first time.

@NyctoNel

2y↑7

This guy just had his world torn down in a matter of minutes...
Gotta admit, id probably just say "i'm sorry" while scratching my head and go for a walk after that one...

@Nekomon.

2y↑1

Funny part is that he freezes a few moment's before frantically chasing after her. That moment he stops to process all of what she said afterwards just made this scene even greater than all of this cause even Jurai was in awe by what he just heard. He didn't know what to do or say. He just froze.

@12345kmo

40w

This. This scene came out of nowhere and I cried, not out of sadness, but out of feeling the emotion she was unleashing. I watched the episodes as they released and it was a fun watch, there were some sad moments but overall it was something that was a casual watch, until this moment.

This one scene is something that has always stuck with me because of how out of left field it comes. We see this cheerful character breaking down without buildup or foreshadowing, it just happens and even then the actress makes it feel so natural.

@schkiddows6835

44w↑26

Why thank you Gigguk for showing me this truly amazing performance

@brandonwong8614

2y↑2

Man I'm so glad this is still remembered

@TheUnexpectedFan

26w↑1

Pound for pound one of the best performances in any anime you'll ever get to see. Sounds so real I feel her pain.

@Toga17701

2y↑12

Him: worst case she could say she doesn't understand...
Her:

@ivansalcedo2290

52w↑3

She poured her Heart and Soul into that
Meanwhile he's just like 😮

@MulettoMotorsports

2y↑20

Jun was the walking example of "I'm unique but that doesn't mean I'm useful"

@theunicornbay4286

41w↑1

"A purple garbage bag is rare but is still garbage."

@huh5950

41w↑2

The VA went CRAZY with this one, this was LEGIT Oscar worthy, it would have taken it in any festival with an animated movie

@dtroy4807

2y↑2

This scene out of context is basically the meme " Babe please stop, your not even making sense "

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