Kokoro Connect

[Ryllharu]

I have to admit, I was rooting for Heartseed during that scene. Inaba thinks she's so smart, but like he said, she's just isolating herself in a way that she made herself believe would keep him from interfering. But he makes the rules, so he can change them whenever he likes. Moreover, like he said, she's hiding herself in a "room" anyway, so he doesn't really have to change any rules. Inaba staying away from the other four isn't going to make things any better. In fact, it's more likely to make the other ones lash out trying to help her. Even Yui was willing to listen to them every once in a while. Inaba just shuts everything out and tries to go into full zen mode.

In the end, she's hurting herself the most, because she's so socially isolated in the first place. No wonder she wants to maintain the status quo, it's all she has.

The only problem I have is why she was so insistent on pushing Iori and Taichi together in the first place, particularly if she wants him so badly. I get that Inaba felt Iori was suffering and would finally have a shot at happiness if Iori had someone as selfless as Taichi after all she's gone through...but Taichi and Iori would have had the, "You are Iori" conversation anyway, so she would have been fine.

[Buffalobiian]

I have to admit, I was rooting for Heartseed during that scene. Inaba thinks she's so smart, but like he said, she's just isolating herself in a way that she made herself believe would keep him from interfering. But he makes the rules, so he can change them whenever he likes. Moreover, like he said, she's hiding herself in a "room" anyway, so he doesn't really have to change any rules. Inaba staying away from the other four isn't going to make things any better. In fact, it's more likely to make the other ones lash out trying to help her. Even Yui was willing to listen to them every once in a while. Inaba just shuts everything out and tries to go into full zen mode.

Given the situation, I'm rooting for Heartseed as well because Inaba was pretty much just running away from it. Overall, I'd still say Heartseed's in the wrong for messing with people was what I was trying to say.

The stuff discussed this episode suggested that Inaba was more interested about "keeping" her friends rather than actually caring about the friends per se. That's what I took from the comment that she's trying to preserve the "atmosphere". It probably comes from the fact that this is as close to having friends as she's ever had, and she doesn't want to lose those relationships. Since entering into a love triangle could jeopardise that, Inaba decided to dismiss her own feelings.