Well, since I did one after episode 4, I might as well finish this off.  Episode 4 was a nice turning point, ep6 probably was one too, but was too soon after ep4.
I have to say, I don't really like the two new characters - they're pushing the harem aspect too much and don't seem to offer anything in the realm of uniqueness.

Mana (Masuzu's sister) is an interesting one.  I suppose it's coming off the idea that rich people are sometimes rather unsympathetic, and she seems to act like that.  Masuzu seems to have a number of similarities, but is more refined (but cares more about others than her sister) whilst Mana just comes off as obnoxious.
I had expected that Masuzu's relationship with the rest of her family would be the climax of the story, but it didn't turn out that way.
Though Mana's personality seems to have changed dramatically in episode 12 - presumably she realised the stuff Masuzu was going through and became more sympathetic?
One also does wonder what happens after the story with this relationship.

Himeka seemed to promote the idea that 8th grade syndrome is a wonderful thing, similar to what Masuzu seemed to be doing.  Otherwise uninteresting character.
I didn't get why Kaoru was trying to push Ai onto Eita when he knows that Eita is in a relationship with masuzu and Chiwa.  Kaoru didn't get much attention in the show, but he was always shown as some considerate guy who listens into Eita's problems.  Perhaps he thought Eita was no longer 'anti-love'?

So, to go back to my previous post:
- Both Eita & Masuzu started out hating love relationships, but seem to have changed by the end; interesting way to conclude the show To be honest
- In regards to the show promoting the idea that most love relationships are shallow, it still seems to show the idea, somewhat in a self parodising way (Himeka and Ai's attraction don't seem particularly deep).  However it does also suggest that it's not take lightly, a number of times, eg Ai's fake relationship, Masuzu becomming less sure of herself when she gets closer to Eita, or the seriousness in the final few episodes; perhaps suggesting that love can come in various forms, such as a common interest against 'normal love', as opposed to the stereotypical childhood friend thingy
- Masuzu's use of the notebook: hard to say if there's some deeper purpose.  It's clear that she, along with the other girls, do take an interest in it, and Masuzu, at the very least, used it merely for her own entertainment purposes.

Probably the main thing I wonder about: did Sekai actually get pregnant or was Kotonoha correct?  I really believed the former (and still do), but there seems to be a number of hints around the place that the latter could actually be feasible.

Also, black blood?  Is this meant to be symbolic or something?  I can guess Sekai's might've been just the lighting, but Makoto's was just weird.
I'm not sure if it's just me, but is a high schooler living alone a common thing in anime?

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Eita's aunt classifies the ending as either a harem or warzone.  Due to the show seemingly promoting the idea that ordinary relationships are uninteresting (or perhaps that relationships shouldn't simply be classed into categories), I'd say that the ending fits neither of the categories.
After all, Eita's aunt failed to understand Eita's relationship with Masuzu - she did pick up on the fake part, but failed to see beyond that.

It's interesting to note that the aunt said that, for:
- harem ending - have to manage flags
- warzone ending - have to pick one person

Eita seemingly picked Masuzu, tried to ditch Himeka and Ai, but didn't seem to try to get rid of Chiwa.  He visited her, as if he wanted to, but otherwise didn't seem to have much of a plan.
In a sense, he got both 'endings', but for the wrong reasons:
- he got the harem, because of flag mismanagement
- he got the warzone because he couldn't decisively pick between Masuzu and Chiwa


So in short, IMO, it's a bit of both.

Interesting, although censoring by making the blood black doesn't seem like much censoring.  They did mute any voices at that point though...
I just read that apparently a daughter murdered her father, caused the delay of the last episode... interesting to know.

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