In Japanese, 'juice' is a pretty universal term for anything that's not tea or alcohol. It can refer to basically any sweet drink that's not booze.
Jane Doe
2026-02-24 11:54:59 +0000 UTC
You mean "consenting"?
It was "have sex with me and I can enable your dream" situation between a grown adult and a desperate teenager, the power dynamics are pretty clearly an issue here. Like he is on the less predatory end of the spectrum but it's very much creepy and predatory.
Ryuuji Gremory
2026-02-13 23:13:42 +0000 UTC
It was so, so, so obvious. Like, it took until he said "As a man" for it to click for her?? THAT was the cut-off point?? Not when he literally said he was interested in her and would look at her in a sexual context??? Not anything prior. Just him mentioning he was a man. XD I am so, so, so worried for what Alicia could have wound up enduring with a danger sense with such a reversed polarity.
Princess Paladin
2026-02-13 03:31:39 +0000 UTC
Kana: *Consenting*
Alicia: "SLAP HIM SLAP HIM"
Me: What exactly are your standards, queen
Princess Paladin
2026-02-13 03:30:03 +0000 UTC
As a man who used to be a stupid college kid
Director's moves were so obvious at the start
Cool of him to take the higher road of the creep spectrum tho
Ragnar Pendon
2026-02-13 02:43:39 +0000 UTC
"He's married so he's safe" Oh, Princess Alicia, Queen of Rats, honey. T_T EDIT: He's not here to sleep with you?? He's a good guy??? my wonderful rat goddess, where did all your trust issues go? this is like a flaming pillar of red flags a mile high! T_T T_T T_T i really hope you've protected yourself better than this irl!
Princess Paladin
2026-02-13 02:14:51 +0000 UTC
All the different ways that older men are weird about younger women is so weird it starts to feel like the "author's barely disguised fetish" meme, the fact that Ai's manager seeing Ai as a daughter was so surprising doesn't help lol
RF
2026-02-12 23:13:19 +0000 UTC
She was never going to tell Aqua. That's the entire point. She's protecting him because she wants him to be happy. Maybe she doesn't want her BF to be a murderer, and that seems like a good call to make from my perspective! XD
Princess Paladin
2026-02-12 22:30:56 +0000 UTC
Real "you're so mature for your age" vibes 😬
cyberspacecat
2026-02-12 21:36:40 +0000 UTC
I'm surprised Alicia didn't get creeper vibes, I was so viscerally uncomfortable ever since he was drinking with her alone and invited her to his "office", it was just sending all the worst signals.. (especially given the themes of the show)
cyberspacecat
2026-02-12 21:36:09 +0000 UTC
Oh fun, Aqua's worst nightmare is starting to become reality.
StabKingPro
2026-02-12 18:34:47 +0000 UTC
also if a married man (or woman) is telling you his relationship is "open", don't let shit happen until you confirm that crap is the truth. Same if they are "in the process of getting divorced". these are just go to's for liars.
Zachary Jackson
2026-02-12 17:00:12 +0000 UTC
"She's so nice, that's so kind of her!"
Later: "..."
SAME exact reaction!
Hawk
2026-02-12 16:50:53 +0000 UTC
The girl at the bar wasn't a friend more like someone she likely previously worked with (feel like kanas attitude made that obvious) plus if you look at her face when kana isn't looking she seems kinda detached or maybe disgusted? She was definitely the one who called the photographer (or someone in connection, maybe someone who told her to set up kana?)
OfficiallyGames
2026-02-12 15:13:20 +0000 UTC
I was waiting for this reaction since I saw the episode, I usually get those creepy vibes from characters WAY later than Alicia does, so I'm super surprised that this time I was getting the creepy vibe from the director as soon as he showed up. we totally matched up on the opinion of him still being a super creep, but at least he didn't force anything on Kana so that's a point in his favor, still L mans tho.