The Problems With - Golden Time

[@mollywopper2005]

How is that unreasonable or unbelievable that koko gets depressed and dosent want to see her friends because she crashed there car? If I crashed my friends car and almost KILLED a whole group of friends I'd absolutely feel terrible and get depressed and not want to see anyone for a while, it's not like koko never sees them again she eventually gets over it and restores her relationships with them... Its a completely reasonable thing to do, just because you wouldn't handle it that way dosent mean no one else would and its "not believable".

[@carolinewheeler77]

As someone who has to constantly hear about drama from my frat boy friend, the characters in golden time honestly acted MORE reasonable than most college students in relationships.

[@gamingred7396]

"Imma break up with you, cause im shit at driving and it made me depressed" that's basically what's Koko is trying to say..

[@protambike7258]

I agree if I am koko i may do that

[@istoleyourtoast8037]

@Stumpanelli yeah but we've seen how rash koko was throught the story so i dont really have have an unrealistic problem with that tbh

[@combatcarl]

Koko is also a very superstitious person, I can believe she would overreact to a dream she interpreted as a vision.

[@TheAverageAnimeFan]

Golden Time was golden. That was until this shit turned into the sixth sense...

[@progmistro]

No, I'm pretty sure that is looked like gold, but turned out to be tungsten

[@Arr_original]

@@progmistro yes

[@froggycaden612]

Problem with Golden Time: Not enough Nana Nana is best girl in everything

[@vDREEGONv]

i have this theory that Nana is actully "NANA" O_O

[@doliague2590]

+DreeGon no its a tribute to her

[@अण्वायुवरीवर्त]

N 2D kun I know I'm replying to a 3 Yo old comment I should be low key But if u read this reply u should be even down than me

[@ashgenwinner2888]

@@अण्वायुवरीवर्त Nahhh BEST GIRL IS TAIGA if your reading this coool is guess

[@अण्वायुवरीवर्त]

@@ashgenwinner2888 Ohh Shit girl, this feels anxious even though it's just 8 months old N I'm not lying, I don't remember who is taiga All I remember is KOKO not even the name of Main character ╯﹏╰

[@mbdragon8873]

Even with all the flaws i still love Golden Time. When i watched it i didn't really noticed the flaws at the time watching accept for the LAST EPISODE which I had to go FULLRETARD to enjoy.

[@mbdragon8873]

***** haha

[@maddylou1857]

ay nice propic cx

[@mbdragon8873]

Maddy Haynes

[@vDREEGONv]

i liked the cliche ending :) its "cliche" because it fucking works BITCH XD

[@memorganic]

MB Dragon well it was a ghost bridge so it's kinda acceptable

[@PlagueBunny]

I can change! I can become 2D! I can become anime! Lol

[@aztrid44]

The reason why the characters seem stupid is because they're realistic! They make unreasonable desicions for the same reasons as us humans do. The characters blaming themselves for dumb reasons after the accident is very realistic. Knowing me, I would probably do the same. Ghost Banri influences things like weather and traffic because of a curse he put on Banri. This is a japanese show, so remember the japanese legends and stuff. It's common for people to believe in things like spirits and curses over there. I will not argue about the whole amnesia thing, as I honsetly am not at all informed on that topic. I personally liked the last episode, but that's probably because I'm a lot like Kouko and I like clichéd, cheesy romances XD

[@KevinNyaa]

aztrid44 I don't support the argument that just because characters act realistic doesn't make them well written. Just because a show translates stupid behaviour from real life doesn't equate them to being good characters. I'm not going to support unjustified stupid behaviour.

[@aztrid44]

Fair enough

[@bridge-moonproductions6823]

***** I completely agree. That's a problem I have with WataMote. People say Tomoko is well written because she's a realistic character, but the problem I have is that she never learns from her mistakes. The manga is 79 chapters in, and she still acts the same as she did in the beginning. Having jokes about how socially awkward someone is will only be funny for so long.

[@aztrid44]

Bridge-Moon Productions totally agree with you on that. There's a good reason I dropped Watamote less than 4 episodes in...

[@vDREEGONv]

i feel the same way :)

[@Anonymous4045]

I legitimately thought I was high when watching the last few eps

[@RedFlyer411]

The scene with Koko saying she wanted to break up with Banri I had to pause it and think it over. On one hand I know she is being over dramatic and she needs to come back down from her high horse before it bites her. But on the other hand she had been in her room for a long ass time thinking. And when you spend so much time beating yourself up over something you start thinking crazy thoughts. As some in one or two relationships I know what it's like when you do ONE THING WRONG and you think it's the END OF EVERYTHING and you messed up and then you won't be loved anymore and you freak the fuck out and do the stupidest sh*t! And you try to bail fast. Which probably what happened to Koko Luckily Banri brought her back down to Earth cause I would've cussed her out first.

[@3InchesofLove]

+RedFlyer411 It makes sense especially with her personality type. There is a reason why couples that go through trauma too great to handle end up separating. Look at the statistics for couples that go through the loss of a child. They rarely stay together. This was a trauma almost like that where she almost killed her friends. The guilt of it all probably smashed on her and she was already an insecure person to begin with always doubting whether banri loved her and just like you said she probably felt she couldn't be loved so instead of getting dumped she did the dumping first as a defense mechanism to protect herself. Psychologically given her personality it makes sense. I didn't watch the rest of this video because spoilers but I'm sure I'll see more things that make sense and come back to argue the points. So far I really like this anime though and i dunno if it's better or worse than toradora but i'm sure there is a point to make for both sides of the argument.

[@ErikPT]

I can relate to the Koko character about separating with her partner but Jesus Christ, did that backfire.

[@jjjj-us8qk]

Most people think that Koko dream was stupid I strongly disagree is not because she broke up with him because of dream but don't forget their some dream that can come true.

[@andyrew2150]

We actually need more anime like this it really hit home Guy loses memories, gets a gf and friends, there is his hs friend that goes to the same college and he slowly regains his memories. Such a good story

[@monstergame9596]

Now i see what you meant by "I never seen a show killed itself before"

[@andrewsharpe7630]

Darling in the Franxx

[@enntheelementale7461]

I was wondering why this felt like the most painful anime I've ever chosen to sit through... this explains a lot. Thanks

[@dotnet3660]

At the beginning, I thought Ghost Banri was there for us to understand what happened with Banri's "amnesia" thus making better character development. But then, he started like "possessing" Banri and causing shit to go down that wasn't logical, and it somehow made a weird love triangle between a man with two split personalities with Koko and Linda. Also noted was that we don't actually learn a lot of side character's backgrounds, not even Koko, as the story was pinpointed for his sake only, for example I didn't learn much about 2D-kun other than he has a drivers license and he is good with computers. The romance was kinda rushed as well, and if I'd ever give a grade rating at this, it would be at least be a B- or a C+ It was kinda enjoyable nonetheless, and I had fun with the humor points.

[@SANDWICHshuriken]

I want a 2d-kun spin-off, he was the best character in the series.

[@vDREEGONv]

lol ?

[@needbike6495]

Linda is the best

[@kristofspellen2024]

watch Sakeno - how to raise a boring girlfriend. Its basically 2d-kun in highschool.

[@pizzamozzerrella8567]

@@kristofspellen2024 thank u btw any other good anime where the MC is Yui Ishigami.Bro ,the Ishigami ep made me cry

[@Comfirrmed]

@@needbike6495 Linda is the problem with the show

[@Leon-mv1bn]

Why did the mom send him to college when she knew he had a disorder with post amnesia? He clearly needed help and you send him to school without frequent medical check up's established to make sure he is actually OK? They just now give him some kind of medications for it at very end of season 2? Come on fam, make it make sense. That's not realistic to send your child off when you know he has these issues and need supervision at all times. Before sending him off, contact the school so they can be notified and keep tabs on him. Koko and ESEPICALLY LINDA, who already knew, could have called the hospital and school itself and drag him to get some help. Ugh

[@yeahboyz9314]

She probably knew linda is there

[@kennyshot4140]

I feel like koko started off only liking banri as an escape from her rejection with mitsuo, and because of that, they ended up actually growing close, but I wanted banri to be with Linda, but I didn’t want koko and banri to get hurt, considering they became very close over time, but I didn’t want Linda to not get to be with banri after hiding her feelings for so long. So it would be so much easier if koko never started trying to like banri then he could be with Linda and nobody would get hurt

[@dontmindme5926]

Then what happens to new banri. We simply had two different human being in one body.

[@TheCosmosIsEvil]

@@dontmindme5926 Fuck him, dude abandoned his past and his soul, people forget that new Banri is literally a husk of a body, His soul unable to return. Plus Koko is straight up messed up in the head, like super fucked.

[@vashishtramoutar8122]

Linda was about to make a move before he saw kaga sitting alone.... She was almost in. Plus he complimented her lipstick like a boss prior. She however insisted that banri go check on kaga.... It was meant to be.

[@andrewsharpe7630]

Yeah, we could have had a plot where Koko broke up with Banri and came to terms with the fact that her stalker/obsessive/bullying behavior was bad and that she was only using Banri as a crutch; Koko learns to not predicate her happiness on things/people outside of her control. And Banri could "confront his past" and realize that his feelings for Linda are what matter the most.

[@thewingedserpent5823]

@@andrewsharpe7630 yeah, and and voldemord could have succeeded in killing harry and we would have an entirely different story. "Things would be different if things were different". What a vapid statement

[@Flashfrost1]

Maybe the characters being written horribly isn't horrible at all. Maybe the writers were attempting to make them make stupid decisions because people are like that in real life. The car crash confessions are completely believable because the friends are trying to make Koko feel better by dropping more blame onto them. They justify it that way. People are like this in real life. The things that don't make sense to me are ghost banri, the memory loss and gains, and the last episode. Other than that, all that drama is realistic and if the writers were going for that, they accomplished it. Trust me, I've been through stuff like that and seen it. IT MAKES SENSE.

[@beta511ee4]

Flashfrost1 Written horribly? Aren’t you contradicting yourself?

[@Melujin]

the fact that Golden Time isn't in the top romance anime list :(

[@lingeringrespect5138]

Your right it makes me a little sad

[@lulilua9603]

@@lingeringrespect5138 ending was sad not fair

[@chaosforever]

Yeah man wtf

[@WorldofSoupS]

GHOST BANRI WAS THE ONLY WAY FOER BANRI TO FINALLY CHOOSE LINDA!!! Don't hate ghost Banri dude. Also, if Koko was a good girlfriend, she should've helped Banri when his memory came back, and not just completely abandon him. At least Linda and Banri's other friends actually HELPED him. I agree with the rushed ending as well, and I think the reason Linda came back to say yes was only implemented to satisfy the LindaXBanri fans, but no, it didn't help. Also the whole weather thing may just be a coincidence also.

[@yurisavinsky547]

she was afraid she couldn't take the pain, thats why she dumped him.

[@SODIUM10]

I wish linda and banri would've ended together. I hate koko for some reason.

[@jimmymarriott8284]

@@SODIUM10 I hated her too she was a pain and if she love him she would of help even ifshe didn't know what to do but Linda she was the best she helped and show how much she cares and made sure he was going to be ok and if they ended the show with Linda loving him and not Koko then I would have been happier with the ending but over all I thing the show was good

[@sardius119]

Tbh it's new banris's fault. Ma boi was simping and sympathising on some random good looking girl rather than getting close to the one who helped him in his troubles. When Linda was bout to invite Banri to somewhere in one of the first few eps, ma boi just kept staring at Koko. Personally , I would have liked if Linda was the mc and new Banri just fell for her all over again + koko was not a character lol.

[@utubesubscriber1100]

I'll tell you the problem right now Banri doesn't end up Linda and that is the biggest flaw and ruined the show for me

[@3InchesofLove]

+Haise Sasaki I guess this isn't really a spoiler since the whole opening songs and ending songs only show koko and banri lols

[@RyuLightorb]

+Haise Sasaki it would of ruined it for me if he didn't end up with koko

[@zacharyc4310]

Thank you! I shared my very similar thoughts on this anime with a friend and got my opinions 'shut down' because i was basing my dislike for the anime on the ending scene, the repetitiveness of koko x banri scenes, and "most importantly" the end ships

[@Son_Milton]

Name _ obviously they weren't

[@terriblethunder140]

Bob Mcgee I completely agree with you

[@GLENLOVESUBWAY]

Kevin, why, no, my feelings

[@broguy7677]

you are a strong independent woman and you don't need a man too make you happy, LOL!

[@Elias_90]

cause he probably found someone

[@NZAnimeManga]

Great video- really well thought out, scripted & put together! keep up the good work! :D

[@marcjavillonar8137]

The pacing in golden time was terrible. The anime goes by too fast where koko falls in love just a few days after being rejected

[@therock4656]

Golden Time: Looses sense at final episodes Darling in the Franxx: Write that down! Write that down!

[@achanwahn]

1:35 Dude has obviously never been in that kind of love. When you get to the point of "now or never" after years in a relationship, or pining over an unrequited love, you have one come-to-jesus moment and then you move past that person. It can take forever to officially get over it, but moving on starts with that first moment of acceptance that it's over, or just never gonna happen. You accept and move on. Yeah, she was psycho, but she's not incapable.

[@DragonSlave]

The supernatural stuff was so unnecessary and random XD

[@jgkabir]

Basically why everyone hates Golden Time is because Banri ends up with Koko. Deal with it, she was best girl anyway.

[@mrnoname4009]

Ghost Banri started gaining more control over things bc he's starting to realize how to do things he's new to being a spirit.

[@elianyaa]

Ugh. I hate how much I love this show. As insultingly dumb as the second half of this show is, the first half does enough to get me to really like the characters, and regardless of how silly some of the stuff in the latter half is I can't help but enjoy it. I would make an argument that some of the Koko nonsense drama is justified just because of Koko's nature, she's driven by emotion, it's not all that surprising that she'd break up with Banri in the spur of the moment because of some guilt and a dream. Of course, they really could have parsed that information better, because it comes across, really, really badly in the scene. The scene where they're confessing their guilt was awful. I can see what they were trying to go for there, they didn't blame Koko for what happened, but there are so many better ways to relay that information. There's no reason for them to blame themselves. Ghost Banri is really what kills everything of course, even if I can see the creators were going for with a lot of the other bullshit they pulled, I have no idea what they were thinking with Ghost Banri. He's less an extension of Banri's character, and more a really awful(and poorly explained) plot device used to farm drama. You get the sense that he's a manifestation of Banri's suppressed memories, but then it seems like he has some influence on the world, but even if he didn't it's bad writing because of the massive amounts of coincidence used. Plus, the last episode is atrocious. I like the pairing they end with, but my god, it was incoherent. I wish I could find a way to slice it in which this show is good, but it's not. It's my guilty pleasure : /. I do think some of the second half stuff is so bad it's good, which makes this show unique in the fact that it went from genuinely good, to so bad it's good.

[@KevinNyaa]

I can see why people like it, trust me. I even said I liked the 1st half a lot, but Ghost Banri in the 2nd half just killed it for me. I really did try to like this show.

[@mamaobama7132]

ghost banri is supposed to be a metaphor for him liking kinda and koko at the same time and don't know who to chose

[@beta511ee4]

Ellie Your opinion, m8.

[@Kebein.]

1:50 -> in a later episode she says that she tried to act like she was over it, but she clearly wasnt and even admitted that.

[@vDREEGONv]

BUSTED XDDDDD

[@ClovesnSpice]

I am not able to finish ToraDora in a single sitting and get bored easily with Golden Time I watched the etirety of it right away and remembered most of what happened years later with ToraDora I didn't even remember Taiga lived next door to Ryugi and forgot about the blue haired chick completely

[@anuskamukherjee7887]

Then u should stop watching anime....go study

[@ClovesnSpice]

@@anuskamukherjee7887wdym?

[@edwing3366]

U didn’t rly understand why koko broke up with banri at the end

[@AnimeEverydayYT]

Golden Time was pretty ridiculous, it's funny how easy it is to create drama in an anime. You just need to think a little bit about Banri's ghost story to see the writing is absolutely horrible. Great video kavin :)

[@dv7551]

AnimeEveryday this ^^

[@beta511ee4]

AnimeEveryday Okay, What about it doesn’t make sense?

[@iFireRenegade]

Well said. FUCK GHOST BANRI! I feel the anime peaked when it was dealing with the whole Linda situation. Linda was the best girl.

[@KevinNyaa]

iFireRenegade Indeed. Linda is best girl.

[@AnimeFlyz]

***** Hey Kevin. What are your thoughts on Blood C? I just saw a video of it and it has to be one of the most disgusting, disturbing things I have ever seen. So much pointless brutal violence that just made me feel uncomfortable.

[@KevinNyaa]

AnimeFlyz It's like Elfen Lied, only worse. There's no memorable or likeable characters that receive any development. Story went almost no where since it's actually no finished, and as you said the gore and violence are pointlessly over the top. I actually found it quite funny. Even though it's animated by Production I.G. it was subpar for their standards and the music... I'm not sure even existed. So yeah, Blood C pretty shitty.

[@AnimeFlyz]

***** ok. i was just wondering cause I saw a video showing a bunch of deaths in the show and was like, "this violence, it looks as hilariously bad as elfen lied, I wounder if Kevin has seen it?". Higurashi is still #1 in my heart (horror wise). I guess Blood C was lacking in the amount of Data.

[@haydenz0]

There's no way for the doctors to know Banri did not have amnesia because he showed no signs of swapping personalities, so they told him he has amnesia because that's what it looked like.

[@Tommykee999]

I watched golden time then forgot I was watching it lol

[@imaduddin2458]

I got depression after finishing this anime

[@carnagekills693]

I felt that.

[@killer_boss01]

I felt good with this one, because everyone won, but fucking school days almost killed me, and your lie in april is very sad

[@rippyribbs4328]

@@killer_boss01 tbh, it was so satisfying seeing makoto getting what he deserved since he is an fking ass

[@soulking0782]

Have you seen Akame ga killa

[@killer_boss01]

@@rippyribbs4328 for shure, and very shoking hahahaha

[@faithjeon7135]

“If your gonna create drama, at least make it believe because other people will see through this shit.” True “However way you look it, it just feels like the characters make unreasonable decisions for the sake of making fake drama “ This literally sounds exactly like people I’ve encountered

[@Anonymous4045]

Koko really went from "I've always been in love with mitsuo, we're destined to be together!" to like 3 eps later "screw mitsuo, I'm in love with banri! We'll be together forever!" to "I'm so awful at driving, and I dreamed he left me, so screw him!" to "nvm I love banri

[@boopbop9827]

The reason why Koko can recover so easily is because she has banri to talk to and she doesn't fully recover really because you can tell in later episodes that she still cares because she is worried about mitsuo, for example, when he gets rejected by okami.

[@shivpuri5769]

I mean, that scene was believable enough for me, she didn't want to break up because she thought she endangered everyone but over the fact that it seemed easy for banri to give up everyone in his past life and she thought he might do the same to her some day and wanted to avoid getting hurt from that Edit: but I do think the show is overrated overall, people have called it the best romance anime of all time. I call bullshit.

[@kaushik8022]

There were a few problems with the show as you mentioned about the ghost banri having super natural powers and workings if amnesia but the things you've mentioned about kouko breaking up with with him and fighting with him after the accident were not that true. Imagine how would you feel after endangering your friend's life, probably feel guilty, but as you mentioned and as it is also mentioned in the anime kouko is quite a complicated girl, she does have problems in working with her emotions. She probably felt more guilty and ashamed of herself than how an average youth would've had, also her father hit her fucking hard in front of her friends. She was a sensitive girl, and also she was too worried about the dream she was having and that also effected the guilt she had for endangering everyone (happens to literally everyone) that's why that topic was brought up during their fight. And ghost banri doesn't take over banri as far we they showed it was only once ghost banri took over him. The other times he just remembered past like episodes, that was the reason why he spaced out when kouko greeted him, he wasn't even there.

[@JustJoeKing5]

Ghost Banri is based on a Japanese folklore called Ikiryo which is essentially a disembodied spirit or Living Ghost. Since Ghost Banri held a grudge against Banri it led to a curse being placed on Banri causing bad luck for Banri. It was shown in one of the episodes that Ghost Banri was mad that Banri had essentially denied the feelings Ghost Banri had for Linda leading to the curse being placed. The curse was lifted at the end of the show however because of Linda as Linda had essentially gotten rid of his tether to Banri and that let Ghost banri move on and without Linda’s involvement the curse probably would’ve followed Banri for the rest of his life.

[@RegularDude-gm2mc]

Bro I was so heated when he pimp slapped THE FUCK outta her, like she was in a car crash and almost died/killed her friends…

[@RegularDude-gm2mc]

@@JustJoeKing5 ok but how was linda able to see ghost banri? And more importantly, how was she able to physically hug him and speak to him? Also the fact that she said yes to ghost banri means that she was also able to hear everything he was saying as well

[@vurtualboy]

First issue, the driving thing. If you say it's your opinion, that's fine, but that's Japanese culture. You goal in life is to bother and be as burden to people as little as possible. Suddenly she's in a situation where 4 people could have died because of her. What would that do to her parents and their hospital? Quite more than you seem to grasp. This isn't an American show, and while I agree with some things, you have to take into an account that the point of view that this is coming from is a completely different culture. I've never gotten into an accident myself, but her reaction kind of opened my eyes to realize that even getting close to an accident with someone else in the car, narrowly avoiding another car or something, was what could have been inches from a situation that could have led someone to die because of me. Instead of rejecting the scene, it made me more open minded about my situations. Sorry I'm writing this while watching -- then you go on to think it's stupid for why they blame themselves?... have you ever watched anything other than anime from Japan? Especially older samurai movies, maybe try something from Akira Kurosawa. As baffling as you might find it, it's not an anime thing. There are people who blame themselves for stupid shit like that in real life, it's the kind of culture based around respecting others. You never want to say it's someone else's fault. And no, going on that logic, no new drivers would be allowed to drive in a more dangerous situation, such as night time when everyone is sleepy. That was just a derp on your part. "Dissociative fugue (formerly psychogenic fugue) is also known as fugue state. It is caused by psychological trauma and is usually temporary, unresolved and therefore may return. An individual with dissociation fugue disorder is unaware or confused about his or her identity and will travel in journeys away from familiar surroundings to discover or create new identities.[17] The Merck Manual defines it as " one or more episodes of amnesia in which patients cannot recall some or all of their past and either lose their identity or form a new identity. The episodes, called fugues, result from trauma or stress. Dissociative fugue often manifests as sudden, unexpected, purposeful travel away from home."[18] While popular in fiction, it is extremely rare." From wikipedia. Seriously, I know you're trying to grasp desperately because you need it to fit into your "Problems With" series, but just lazily not looking something up, and telling them they got it wrong is just annoying. Everything else is you not understanding metaphoric drama. Is ghost banri even a real ghost? People seemed to hate that "breakaway from reality". But at the same time, it literally could just be a visual representation of his old memories which are still somewhere in his head. Sort of a dramatic irony for the viewers only. It's pretty ingenious method of dramatic irony too, if that's what it is. The big turn off of the series was when ghost banri was able to "curse" him, because that just takes it away from the whole dramatic irony thing. Then again... was he cursed? It can rain on days that you think it's going to be sunny, and ghost banri was apparently not in control as we may have thought, as he was crying for someone to wake up during the car scene. I really want to go into the philosophical importance of his memories and "identity", but I really enjoyed that part far too much, and going over it will double this post. I just finished this series recently... am I fanboying? I don't know, maybe I am unintentionally, but I really see these "problems" to be quite a stretch, or just plain wrong, or misunderstanding of the culture it comes from. You know what may be fun, have a "good things about" series, where you try to stay open minded, and force yourself to see the good parts of a culture. Jeez that was quite a write up. Don't go look at review right after finishing a series.

[@christianguerrero70]

Oh great another person summing up retarded behavior by just saying "Its japanese culture" lmao just shut up! XD

[@vurtualboy]

Christian Cain Are you fucking stupid? How is that "summing up". I explained ONE aspect with "it's Japanese culture" and thoroughly explained the rest. Guess what, media from a country tends to reflects that countries general social tendencies/cultures. Guess what else? Different countries have different, sometimes conflicting cultures. God damn, they really need to neuter people of such dismaying intelligence.

[@vurtualboy]

Christian Cain I love how you dismiss a valid argument as stupid and generic and give a stupid, generic, blanket reason for why it's bad. LOL Please neuter yourself.

[@christianguerrero70]

vurtualboy lol yes I dismiss anything that doesn't agree with my point when I know I'm dead right. Golden Time is a stupid

[@vurtualboy]

Herp Derp, boy, I know my way around the internet, trolling isn't gonna get you anywhere here.

[@luisrufini1013]

Golden Time had a good first half,but the rest of the show was bad. Toradora>Golden Time.

[@chotanbanarjee5534]

not at all. TORADORA=GOLDEN TIME

[@thelazydire]

@@chotanbanarjee5534 You can't compare Toradora to anything cuz it's that good

[@ender7888]

@@thelazydire nah

[@ethanjohnson1569]

@@xanderszunsol9963 the ghost I’m Toradora was a metaphor just clearing that up

[@miso5778]

Toradora is the most overreated romcom ever. Couldn't even finish that trash. Its just boring. And I can't even comprehend how are we supposed to like the main heroine. She is literally just a violent bitch. Koko is needy and obssessive as fuck. But at least that is better than the worst kind of tsundere. You actually need to be a machoist to like that chick. I would rather take someone who needs massive attention then a girl who kicks the shit out of me for no reason.

[@RaiosSephi]

The dream Kouko mentioned, because of driving and suddenly wants to break up with him. It happens... in a similar note that women and prolly sometimes men dreaming of their man or woman cheating on them, suddenly slapping their partner. With their partner dumbfounded and all, asking... "What did I do????" The 2nd time Kouko wants to break-up with Banri because she found the video from the Okamera. Banri doesn't want Kouko to know what is happening to him which somehow breaking their promise of no secrets from each other

[@Chinatsu_Kano]

Problems with Golden Time: No season 2 or OVA Only few characters and didn't show Kouko's brother..

[@husniabu-awad5194]

She had a brother!!!!

[@jjjj-us8qk]

I think they mentioned in the manga but not in the anime is true they never showed him in the anime I wish I could see him

[@darredondo52]

Coco didn't get over mitsuo overnight. The reason bandri wanted to end his friendship with coco was because all she did was talking about mitsuo even thought she supposedly was over him. He couldn't handle it anymore. The feelings coco had for mitsuo definitely lingered.

[@abhimanyumuni9716]

i agree it wasn't overnight she just didn't know it was love that was making her grow closer to banri and getting over mitsuo but when he told her that he won't be with her anymore she came to realise his importance his love and her feelings too ..she didn't know what real love felt like ,banri changed her ,approached her when she needed the most, this all made her like him and they grew closer when they were dating their feelings grew deeper they fell in love deeper.

[@icoz5316]

This anime is honestly fantastic, I skipped this one when it was came out but I'm glad I went back. I watch a shit ton of anime, like 2-3 shows a week but this one really stuck with me.

[@katherinea9360]

I understand your reasoning, but when you said that that Golden Time cannot be better than Toradora, I lost it. People have opinions and you should respect that. Nobody can have a wrong opinion, because otherwise you would be calling it a fact. It is not a fact that Toradora is better than Golden Time because there will be someone who say they liked Golden Time better.

[@vDREEGONv]

YES, YES XD. Fucking FINALLY someone gets it :)

[@ruidechen]

So you can't say Madoka is better than SAO or that Baccano is better than Asterisk War because people have opinions? You're mistaking opinions with facts. Just because someone's opinion of 1+1 is 3 doesn't mean we can't say that 1+1 is 2 and that's the only way. While people's opinions and taste are different, there are certain objective standards that can be applied to stories. Yes, you can ENJOY and like SAO over Madoka and so on, but that doesn't mean one can't make a factual statement that Madoka is just better than SAO while still having the statement retain it's truth.

[@beta511ee4]

ruidechen No way? I think that’s being a bit close-minded.

[@beta511ee4]

ruidechen What you’re describing isn’t so much fact, but rather just an informed opinion and backing up Why with facts about the series.

[@remwill7]

i dunno. just watched my first full run of golden time today and i find it good. or maybe its just the happy ending effect talking.

[@josephcatalucci2769]

Just found your channel and am now binge watching all your videos, they are so good!

[@SilverSwordsman385]

Even if I don't understand how Linda and Ghost Banri could communicate at the last episode, I loved the rest of it because it gave all the closer I thought it needed.

[@MultiMOden]

Aight I can somewhat agree with this, but as for Koko, she is clearly Bi-polar. I can relate to her an EXTREME amount and she reacts the way somebody who is bi-polar would definitely react. Extremely irrational. I made the TINIEST mistakes before and I completely shut down because my brain handles it that way and thinks "NO ONE WILL THINK I'M PERFECT ANYMORE, IT'S ALL OVER" so I find koko's erratic and stupid behavior believable. BUT FOR EVERYONE ELSE and the ghost stuff I agree. p.s this anime is based on my life

[@AvstraV]

7 years later: here i am :D

[@Lekyori]

Look man, I actually understand the whole anime. Like I can see where their coming from and everything. There’s just one thing. ONE FUCKING THING. FUCKING GHOST BRIDGE SEEN AND GHOST BANRI POWERS. LIKE WTF. I can let the power of ghost Banri go but the ghost bridge thing is so f-ing stupid. Like Linda hugging ghost Banri. That’s so dumb. Honestly they should’ve just made Banri combine his memory but Banri’s feeling for Koko are so much stronger the Linda and Banri just remember everything and the interaction just goes on like it did with Koko. IMO

[@JustJoeKing5]

I believe this was different from how it was shown as she was talking to Banri in that scene as shown when she was leaving. My guess is Banri interpreted it as meant for Ghost Banri. As for Ghost Banri having powers, Ghost banri is based on a Japanese folklore called Ikiryo which is a Disembodied spirit or a “Living Ghost” Ghost banri was fine with Banri until Banri had rejected his feelings for Linda which made Ghost Banri hold a grudge leading to the curse being placed as he felt Banri wronged him. Linda lifted this however when she accepted Banri’s feelings for her but she knew that he liked Koko more so didn’t persue him leading to Banri getting over it and leaving which lifted the curse

[@DON.KENNYEL]

Golden Time is my favorite Romance Anime ever made!

[@hannashbelledelosreyes6065]

It saved my heart by breaking it. I realized how relationship are just so hard. I watched this 5 years ago and I still love it.

[@riskzoner]

DUDE I FKN LOVE YOU. THANK YOU FOR THIS VIDEO THIS WAS SO FUNNY TO WATCH!! XD

[@Cr4zyCh1ld23]

If you do SAO I think it will be a 1 hour video

[@monstergame9596]

more like a 1 mouth video

[@DMN-rv1nr]

Maybe like a 3 year video

[@RubenKarp]

I think I stopped watching after the episode when (Spoilers) When Banri saw Mitsuo walking with Linda

[@harukanan3565]

Me too😭😭

[@westonroberts2541]

Good the ending was shit

[@evoldoheadley8610]

I stopped at ep 10 Ghost banri ruined it for me

[@taleofafeeder5097]

I don't think you actually watched the show, there was a reason she broke up with him, they show it so many times, it was because he was taking antidepressants and thought she was the reason as to why he had to take them.

[@TheBashful0ne]

I watched Golden time for the first time this weekend. Koko should've stayed broken up with him when she saw that breakdown because he was highly unstable imo. I didn't like that she "loved him" so fast either. It didn't seem right. And I also didn't like that "old banri" would be clueless to where he was. You follow current banri everywhere he goes whether he wants to remember or not. You know about everything, that's why you cursed yourself. You know his day to day life. So why were you acting like you knew nothing when you switched bodies at the festival? You would think he would've switched bodies, assessed the situation on how to handle Koko because he loves Linda, and start over from the bridge like he wanted to. It just didn't make sense.

[@bigedman365]

How was the ending bad? It was clearly anticipated to happen since the beginning of the last episode. Many things foreshadowed this, like Koko coming to see Banri, showing him the "Remember" on the back of his mirror. Then him looking at the mirror in his room, remembering this isn't his because he isn't perfect. I thought it was an excellent and smooth transaction to the "cliche" ending. I honestly don't know if it's cliche because sad endings happen a lot too so why can't those be cliche??? I thought this was an amazing happy ending and would rather have this then a sad ending like Plastic Memories, that ending had be crying.

[@Zeno-Makaveli]

I like this new video series! I'm looking forward to more of this series! :D

[@KevinNyaa]

The Problems With: Code Geass R2 will someday be made.

[@opikhrasek567]

Actually the reason why Kouko broke up with Banri in e22 was bcs she knew that he is probably get his memories back and lose the memories he has rn, so she wanted to end it before its too late so noone gets hurt by the fact Banri lost himself. It wasnt the best decision, but it wasnt random.

[@pvcvalley]

The Virgin Tada Banri vs the Chad Ghost Banri. Prove me wrong. Protip; you can't ;)

[@gamingred7396]

LMAO

[@xyzgamer100]

@@gamingred7396 Man I highkey love ghost banri

[@pinksoda8702]

even tho i loved the romance between ghost banri and linda more than the dumb one between banri and koko both banris are annoying

[@MountainDewottStudios]

Ghost Banri was a simp

[@sardius119]

@@MountainDewottStudios new Banri was a simp too + the ghost atleast simped on someone he knew for a long time unlike the new one.

[@Luxcy]

Saw you pull up Skype and i was all like "oh yeah Skype existed lmao"

[@kidd595]

Fun fact: nana in this series is actually based off of nana osaki from the anime nana

[@achanwahn]

2:28 & this nightmare is called your 20s. Did he not know ppl like this in college?

[@krisskrossSSS]

The title Golden Time to me seems pretty fucking ironic. There was nothing Golden, I felt sad for the characters and all the shit they were going through. I would never be as strong as Tada Banri and Tada Kaga Kokou

[@vDREEGONv]

lol ur actually right XD should have called it *Trouble* Time XD

[@andrewwilson5154]

Main problem with this is it was so good I've had an anime hangover for a week and I can't pick anything else up

[@N1ghtS4ad3_Vods]

i do not care what anyone says golden time had me balling i have never and i mean never cried like that over a show apart from that i loved every second

[@DtectiveX]

Oka blames herself because she thought she made her big scene about her injury and causes Koko to be sad and stayed away from them. Koko is responsible for the accident and she became extremely depressed because of it. She stayed away from her friends because she thought that her childish behaviour causes harms to her friends and also she needed time to be alone. Banri talked to her and she let her feelings out. The fact that she knew and she told banri about her childish behaviour shows that she's growing up The whole amnesia thing and the ghost Banri doesnt make sense but personally I don't think it affected the romance part of the show. So what I did was I simply categorise the anime under romance/supernatural myself. Imo, the romance part of the anime is great. The part where Linda hugs ghost Banri I think they are trying to imply that the ghost can't move on until he hear the answer from Linda that he's been waiting for though i admit it's badly done.

[@Milty2001]

I always feel like banri should've ended up with Linda sure she was the cause of his amnesia ,but she redeemed herself by supporting banri's relationship with koko.

[@yourlocalanimekid3932]

Golden time has to be one of my fav anime so he may be right but it won’t stop me from loving the anime and thinking it’s better it helped me get through a lot of stuff and made me happy

[@transformers121000]

It really sucks when a show is pulled down due to one stupid plot point but anyway even with ghost banri trying to ruin my experience, I still enjoyed the show and its characters and if I had to choose between re watching golden time or rewatching toradora, I'd probably go with the former.

[@sabrinagiang]

Okay, the part where Koko mentioned she wanted to break up with Banri due to the dream she had was believable. I can vie for this because I've done this to my boyfriend LMAO cause I'd wake up in the middle of the night after a nightmare and confront him about it. Just for reassurance ... I'm sure a lot of girls do it; there was even a meme going around that related to this. Sorry, as girls we can sometimes get too emotional. :') Regarding the story's plot revolving around a case of amnesia, you categorized it as D.I.D. however it actually does resemble a form of amnesia called Fugue state where trauma to the brain causes the person to develop another personality and forget who they are (hence the amnesia), they usually lead lives as new people and after some time regain their memories with some cases not even remembering what has occurred in their fugue state. Obviously the ghost aspect of it is not true but does fill in the blanks of the story in some way if you can put it that way ... Around 6:50, the only reason Banri didn't say anything and gave 2D that response was because he was blanking out, I believe it even shows the audience a flashback prior to that scene. That or ghost Banri was attempting to take over. Lol but that ending, seriously I agree the scene with ghost Banri and Banri over at the bridge and Linda just running up to ghost Banri like it was some sort of natural occurrence, what.

[@nx9919]

I strongly believe, you can like Golden Time if, and *ONLY IF* you turned off your brain, and don't think about it too much.

[@beta511ee4]

NC18 What’s so bad about that?

[@guardianstudios8524]

Anterograde amnesia - the patient cannot remember new information. Things that happened recently, information that should be stored into short-term memory disappear. Retrograde amnesia - often thought of as the opposite of anterograde amnesia. The patient cannot remember events that occurred before. IN VERY RARE INSTANCES , BOTH retrograde and anterograde amnesia CAN occur TOGETHER.

[@TipperTwo]

The Problems With < Reactions < Just Watched < NoobsWisdom

[@eris4169]

YOU USED THE MUSIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 10/10 favorited

[@sammario11]

Oh my god. I totally ate this shit up the first time I watched it, but now that you pick it out... OH GOD YOU'RE RIGHT

[@Akatsuki1289]

The only thing I agreed with you on, was Ghost Banri. Every single time he intervened from the shadows (or so it appeared), I was like, "Fuck you". He was really just a metaphor that the writers of the show got a bit too carried away with. Even then, he becomes the part of Banri that the audience learns to reject, which makes him a rather strategically placed plot element. But seriously, it's literature/ media. In the end, it's up to the viewer's perspective (pure opinion) whether or not it works.

[@BDotFlockaaa]

"due to her terrible driving, koko wants to break up with her friends and her boyfriend. Fucking What?" had me dead lmfao

[@trentenschroeder9783]

the point of her wanting to brake all contact with them is so she wouldn't heart them any more

[@critical_crunch]

I just finished this anime. Can someone pls explain the ending? It’s super confusing.

[@TehAnimeHQ]

I have to disagree kevin Sakurasou > Toradora and Golden Time Ive also seen only 2 episode of Golden Time and hated those. If it just gets worse glad I didn't stick with it.

[@KevinNyaa]

What? Sakurasou is better. Never said it wasn't.

[@TehAnimeHQ]

xD much better :P

[@weplaygamesiguess7682]

I think Sakurasou was funnier but not a better romance then those two.

[@zachmontminy]

Teh AnimeHQ Sakurasou has even worse Characters than Golden Time tho

[@sirravixfourhorn7681]

Sakurasou was more about friendship than romance. It shines when it ontrasts the time and effort the protagonist and several characters invest just to achieve something with others who can do so effortlessly because they are talented.

[@minimalistuser8280]

This anime should have been a 13 episode one .The whole second half can be put in one episode and it wont effect the story much .

[@hithummah]

the story would be more intrusting if Koukou was using Bandri as a rebound guy so later he can go back with Linda. Linda>>>Koukou

[@latinalover26]

hithummah so true and at least let both ghost and amnesia combine

[@Son_Milton]

Wow you guys really love sad endings....smh

[@mylesnya]

That last episode was something else but 2d-kun for life

[@xxepicxyoshixx]

Maybe the writters forgot they erased the dudes memory already.... Then the same day they gave him his memory back forgot about it and erased it again.. Just to give his memory back again. I believe this was done on some random bridge they claim exist but no one has seen...

[@KevinNyaa]

3deep5me

[@HyuugaCharlie]

yeah the amnesia stuff literally was the worst part. it added the edge, but why do they have to make him lose his regained memories. he should have regained them, then had to decide how he felt and go on, not flip back and forth like a damn yoyo.

[@REALTOMMYTOMXD]

You forgot how in both toradora and golden time the main characters' best friends (or love intrest's first love interest) died their hair blond for no fucking reason.

[@quintiax]

I agree mostly with you. But I still loved the anime because of the characters. And I have to tell you this: (Even I'm laaaate.) Buut you said when Koko want to break up due to a dream, if it is true and Koko is in a true depression, you'll will rethink it and rethink and rethink and you'll get distrusted to people. And when Koko breaks up 4:26 it is because Koko was afraid when Banri loses his memoru she'll be once back alone and get hurt once again. But further than that, I agree.

[@MtnAdew-dn1gx]

Personally I liked golden time more than toradora. I see why people don’t like it as much though.

[@emericanchaos]

So many people get this wrong. Spoilers ahead incase you've not watched this yet. Ghost Banri isn't a Ghost. In the beginning of the series Banri decides to press forward and accept his new life. This opens him up to the idea of a girlfriend. Over the course of the show we learn of his past with Linda and the terms of their relationship. His crush, her fake rejection, and her true feelings. Last episode. Banri's old memories return and the new ones are gone. He packs up and goes home. He finds out about 2D's email campaign and then hangs out with Linda. Koko shows up to "return a dvd" and tries to slip him the mirror in Hope's of jogging his memory. She had a message written on the back of the one she tried to give Banri. This plan works and Banri regains his memories of Koko, chases after her. Linda follows to throw the shoes because Banri is a 7 yr old who runs faster with new kicks. Which brings us to the bridge. Sitrep: Banri reverted to his old memories and then had his post amnesia memory returned thanks to Koko. He now has all of the memories. He makes it to the bridge and encounters "Ghost Banri". Ghost Banri says that real Banri ignored him and shut him out referring to Banri's decision to move on and have a fresh start at college. Linda comes running in and confesses to "Ghost Banri" and then walks away from real Banri and throws her support behind Real Banri x Koko. "Ghost Banri" is a manifestation of Banri's memories and desires before the accident. That's why they can't talk to each other. Only one set of memories was in play until now. Ghost Banri says that real Banri ignored him and shut him out referring to Banri's decision to move on and have a fresh start at college. Linda runs in, confesses to old Banri and then leaves supporting new Banri and Koko. This closes the love triangle and settles Linda's plot line. We're being told that Linda loves Banri and didn't shoot her shot when she had it. It would be unfair to expect him to leave Koko for her when she rejected him earlier for superficial reasons and now Koko is in the picture. Linda confessing to old Banri also serves as a sneaky fan service to appease anyone who was Team Linda. With that understanding I can see how some may not like this ending. This show did a great job of developing characters and their relationships to one another. It provides a more natural, realistic, and mature relationship between the love triangle. To see a cheap fan service ending where both parties in the love triangle seem to win feels like a cop out. It doesn't fit with the style of the show up to that point and the execution of the concept feels sloppy. I would have much preferred some dialog from Linda before Koko's surprise visit. Have her begin to resolve her plot line by confessing to Banri and then immediately stating that she can't be with him and that she will always be a friend, etc. With that bombshell Koko shows up, drops the DVD off and heads for the bridge. Between those two events we have strong cause for Banri's memory to comeback. Now he goes to the bedroom and finds the mirror, memories return, internal dialog about how he tried to run from the past and how it's a mistake... Linda can tell by the expression on his face what's going on and tells him to go after her. Banri grabs the shoes and runs out the door and we have the Koko scene on the bridge NO ghost Banri. Plot lines are closed, same story is conveyed and the only thing we really lose is the fan service Linda x Banri moment which, now isn't necessary. I feel doing this through dialog rather than the messy, confusing, and random supernatural feeling ending that was would've been more in line with the themes presented in the show and would've created better tension. The old crush confessing her love, the new girl showing up and causing the new memories to append is way better drama than ghosts living under bridges.

[@novaslayer8449]

I just got done reading the manga myself and this help me understand the ending abit better, was a tad bit confuse. I kinda got the idea that both old and new Banri merge together and he had at least most of his memory though it stated later that some were still missing. Overall I enjoy the story and kinda wish it was abit longer and the ending didn't feel so rush,(that was alot to fill in with only 45 pages). At the same time I get what the video is getting at as well if the anime jump around abit to much, with the manga being around 50 chapter each being around 25 to 40 pages each and the anime only having 24 episodes alot of content had to be cut which in cases like this can hurt the story but I have no idea if this is true AS you can see I really late to the game with this one seeing the video is over 4 years old.

[@generalgunter1694]

about the kokou forgeting bout her past with mitsou quickly, i think it’s normal bcuz he’s been avoiding her for like a whole 1-2 years and she started feeling that he didn’t want her so she started to accept it and was waiting for the day that he will be straight forward, so that’s y she wasn’t really sad about it (opinion)

[@bigedman365]

I do admit some of your points were true and funny but those points didn't make the show shit. It was an amazing anime and I for one like it because it's set in college (not high school) and the relationship actually happens early on in the show which is nice. All the characters were lovable and they really only said they blamed themselves because they care for Koko, even if it didn't make much sense.Loved Ghost Banri 2D-Kun favorite side character

[@guangaotian5567]

BigEDMan I completely feel the same, I would write a detail comment to prove it but typing on the phone is very difficult than typing on my laptop so please forgive me brother.

[@Xapper0]

Wait... There were people who enjoyed Golden Time? It was mediocre at the start, then it just became stupid at the second part...

[@KevinNyaa]

I disagree, the 1st half is better than a lot of romantic comedies out there. Of course if you don't like the genre then you won't particularly enjoy it.

[@Xapper0]

I've practically labeled myself as a romantic comedy type of guy, but I guess I'm more of the moe slice-of-life guy... Then again, I haven't really watched Tora Dora :

[@585padilla]

Xletricity if u want a fuckin amazing romantic anime you should watch(if u havent all ready) Sakurasou in my personal opinion it's the best out there then again i still haven't even watched clannad so i cant say for sure if its the best :)

[@Xapper0]

Momo-Chan Plz Yeah, I really liked Sakurasou. Something about Tora Dora made me drop it, for whatever reason.. Then again, that was back when I wasn't much of a rom com guy... I'm too scared to watch Clannad... I worry that it'll make me cry...

[@KevinNyaa]

Clannad After Story is my favourite series of all time. Many tears were shed.