©Norio Sakurai(AKITASHOTEN)/Dangers in My Heart Committee
Love can be dangerous. When The Dangers in My Heart first came out, it gave the impression that the “danger” in the title referred to something more tangible, such as a threat of violence. However, it turns out that the danger of the series is the insecurity of our main characters. Anxiety about uncertainty about the future, change, and growth can make you feel like your life is in danger when you’re a dramatic teenager who’s afraid of everything. But by overcoming that fear, you may realize that what you thought was so dangerous was actually a necessary step toward growth.
This episode specifically addresses two types of “danger”. One is a real potential danger to a person’s health. Anna is a model, actress and idol. The series touched on the real problems of those industries in Japan, but this episode goes into more detail. If you’re familiar with Japanese idol culture, many of Kyotaro’s concerns throughout this episode seem very real, and the Internet can be a scary place when it comes to learning the details of his private life. their private. Anna oversleeping ends up inciting an incident because Kyotaro understands the true feeling of being the boyfriend of someone who is about to face trolls, harassers, and potential online stalkers. I also like that Anna’s manager didn’t suggest they break up when he assumed they were dating, but this is an unfortunate reality that both of them will have to face as they get older. I think the way the troll situation was handled was a little too neat and convenient. It’s worth noting that the stalker happened to be a fellow actress, but historically speaking, that’s a little too easy.
The second “danger” faced in this episode is fear of distances. There was always the underlying idea that Kyotaro was insecure about Anna existing in a different world than him. This episode begins with Anna’s friends and the rest of the supporting characters commenting on the same thing. This isn’t something that only he’s worried about, but it’s worse for him because he also feels extra pressure to be with her even when he’s not physically with her. body. Anna leaves to travel, their main line of communication is suddenly cut off, and fear of a stalker lurks. But in the end, they both unintentionally proved to each other that they would do whatever they could to bridge the gaps that their insecurities caused. I especially liked how both solutions forced them to reveal their feelings to Anna’s parents.
Anna has to use her mother’s phone to draw a map to Kyotaro’s place to assure him that everything is okay, which also means she has to confess to lying to them about where she is. . Kyotaro stands outside in the cold and has a face-to-face encounter with Anna’s extremely clumsy but scary father. Neither of those actions are actions you would perform for a simple friend. It was scary, but continuing to confess their love for each other in different ways was their method of solving that fear little by little. Now, if only they could confess to each other!
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The Dangers in My Heart is now streaming on An.