Genshiken Nidaime - Episode 11
Madarame drama! Club reunion continues with Saki coming by and later Kousaka, and the Sasaharas. Madarame and Saki experience relief over formerly hidden feelings.
Hato had all the drama last week, so now it's time for Madarame. Other former Genshiken members are coming by the university exhibit, so in drops Saki, Madarame's big time crush. He's never said anything, since she's been going out with Kousaka even before they joined the club. After much teasing by Sasahara's little sister, especially over the cross-dressing Hato, it comes out that everyone knew about Madarame's unrequited feelings for Saki, except Madarame thought he had kept them secret. The whole club arranges for a meeting to get all the awkwardness out in the open, and it had to happen in the club room, where Madarame first realized he fell in love with Saki.
This show deals with a lot of inner fantasy and its appreciation, but it still treats people as if they're real. Finally telling your crush about your feelings after four years, and then being honestly rejected, is a huge relief. And Saki wasn't stupid either. She's known almost from the start about Madarame's feelings, but thought that hiding that knowledge, since Madarame couldn't bring it up because she was already in a relationship, was the better course. But she always felt like ignoring his feelings was hurting him too. So finally letting him know that she knew was also a big relief to her. This kind of stuff is way too real for an anime, because it's this crazy little stuff that seems crazy and little now, but in college, this was big, huge dramatic stuff. Now I'm feeling all nostalgic for those overwhelming feelings. Ah youth, where did it go?
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