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The Ramparts of Ice Turns Its Post-Breakup Episode on Igarashi
The show has carried Igarashi's breakup with Koyuki as emotional baggage without getting inside his head, so an episode that splits the blame between his projection and her habit of hiding behind excuses changes what the series can do with both of them.
Reporting from 1 source: Anime News Network.
Episode 18 of The Ramparts of Ice (TV 2) brings Igarashi back into the story and gives him his own perspective on the breakup with Koyuki. The episode sets his view of the relationship against hers, then moves the two toward overlap in a park heart-to-heart where years of unspoken frustration come out. It drew a community score of 3.9 from the review's readers.
The flashback gives Igarashi his own read on the relationship, and it does not flatter him. He went along casually, paid no attention to how badly Koyuki was being bullied, and broke her boundaries while calling it the normal thing to do. He is also the most normal teenager in the show, not manipulative and not carrying much trauma.
Koyuki does not come out clean either. Her arc is about hiding her emotions too well and taking any excuse not to speak up. She is comfortable enough now to get into a verbal slugfest with Igarashi at the park, which the review notes as proof of how far she has come.
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- Anime News Network The Ramparts of Ice Season 2 Episode 18