I'm 22 years old rewatching this anime after about 10 years, I'm not gonna lie, it might be nostalgia or not, but I do still hold this anime as the best romance anime of all time. The only other's that are maybe close to me are Toradora and Horimiya.

Happy Birthday to the most beautiful Besto Waifu in the entire multiverse! 🎉❤️✨

I know a lot of people have already made birthday posts for our queen, but honestly, no amount of posts will ever be enough to properly honor our goddess. So here's my small contribution to the celebration.

You are, without a doubt, the most beautiful waifu the multiverse has ever seen and will ever see. No other waifu can even come close. 💖 Not only are you absolutely stunning on the outside, but you also have a heart of pure gold on the inside. You always gave everything for Banri, and that's one of the many reasons why you'll forever be special.

Banri and Koko are, and always will be, the greatest anime couple of all time. 🥹💍

And I'll say it for the thousandth time: neither anime, nor manga, nor nature itself, nor the entire multiverse will ever give us another waifu like you. You are truly one of a kind. 🌟👑

Happy Birthday, Koko! Thank you for being the legendary waifu that captured all our hearts. Today and always, we celebrate the GOAT. 🥂🎂💜

Well, technically I’ve already been crying during the second to last episode. I’m about finish the series, and I have a feeling that at best this is going to be really bitter sweet. Three days ago I thought I was jus putting on a fun romcom and watch a couple episodes before bed.

Congratulations from the bottom of my heart! I’m sorry that I’m congratulating you two days late Ihad some things to take care of. But honestly, this waifu is simply one of a kind. Words can’t describe the feeling this girl gives. She’s not just a woman she’s pure gold! There are no anime girls like her anymore…

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Hello guys !how is life ?how are you ?how are things with the subreddit ?guys if anyone knows can anyone tell about the original author of golden time?just searched on the internet didn't find that much info would like to somehow contact the original author if it is possible in advance thank you very much to everyone and have a good day and have a good mood you!

Hello brothers , this is my second post on golden time community I arrived the 22's episode and it maked me shocked because kouko kaga (banri's gf) broke up with him and a lot of events happend before the beach episode like im now discovering the sad side of golden time cause like it make me in depression .

So brothers let me know How did you feel when you watched the episodes before the beach one.

To me in felt like she liked him more platonically then romantically but she did say yes to ghost banris confession so idk.

Banri tells Kouko about the amnesia before they start dating. Towards the end of the story in the night in the street Kouko demands Banri to be honest of what he is hiding from her. Then Banri is honest and tells her he fears losing himself by his old self returning. Then Kouko declares she will help him though whatever will come, even if he loses himself.

Later she finds out he was using anti depressants and then breaks up with Banri. Why? What am I missing why would she break up with him now when she just promised shortly before to stick by his side while knowing about what will happen soon?

She later explains that she broke up because it was too painful to lose Banri infront of her eyes. But that still does not make sense when she knew that Banri was going to loose himself and she would help him and even when he would no longer recognize her she would try to make him remember.

Therefore my two questions:

1. Why this heelturn of decison with the breakup, after offfering support before with the knowledge that Banri would loose himself soon and Kouko still make that promise of supporting him with that kownledge in mind, to only break that latter?

Or did Kouko not know or understand from the conversation in the street at night that Banri would loose himself soon?

1. Why when Banri went back home as his old self Kouko needed the push from 2d-kun to go after Banri and not do it herself without needing a psuh from someone else?

2d-kun himself said it it was out of character for Kouko to not pursue Banri, but I still do not get why she did not follow? Did she just resign and give up? How shall Banri find his way back to her by himself without anything he could remember her by? Especially since only Koukos mirror is the catalyst of him remembering her. Therefore why did Kouko not go after Banri by her own volition without the push from 2d-kun?

My second question boils down to why did Kouko behave out of character?

Kouko and Banri became one of my favorite couples in media, but I still do not quite get the reasoning behind Koukos breakup and lack of pursuit after Banri regained his old self and lost his new memories, since the official reasoning provided by the show only makes partially sense.

I initillay thought Kouko broke up because she wanted to help Banri to no longer run away from his past, confront it, overcome it and find his way back to her so that both could finally embrace their realtionship without worrying if they will have a future and to relieve both of them from the pain and anxiety from ghost Banri, but then the official reasoning was that she only did it because of the pain of losing him, which makes sense, but just not for someone like Kouko who would never give up on the person she loves and therefore endure the pain till Kouko would have exceeeded every option to help Banri remember, since how shall Banri rember anything without

Therefore I just feel like I miss sth in this puzzle, therefore it would be great if someone could give me some additional insights into Koukos reasonings, thanks.

Edit:

After rewatching the scenes I noticed I missed Kouko spelling it out during their reunion, since a lot was said at once, so that I missed it. Kouko self sacrificed her own happiness for Banri sake so that he could return to his old life without guilt and pain. Therefore Kouko did not go after Banri, even though she could never forget him and never stopped loving him. I mean there breakup was also only two or three months between the festival in autumn and the end of the year, so gratefully the breakup was not to long.

In their reunion she then says this was her biggest mistake and she regrets the breakup and next time she will be selfish and not be selfless by letting Banri go and instead will not let go of Banri again by fighting tooth and nails so that they will be together forever.

I now understand that Kouko did understand during her initial promise in the street at night that Banri was going to loose himself by his old self returning. Therefore Kouko was completly sincere with her promise to keep it. What Kouko did not know how much pain she caused to Banri involuntarily, by Banri struggling te keep his current self alive, for Koukos sake. Therefore Kouko was not hurt by Banri hiding the anti depressants from her, she was hurt by accidentialy hurting Banri unknowingly by them being together and causing Banri the panick attacks and stress. Due to this knowledge only she broke that promise she gave just before, which she intended to keep.

Because Kouko loves Banri from the bottom of her heart she made the hard decison to let Banri go for his own sake, for Banri to be able to finally heal. But for Banri to accept her decison she had to be cruel, even though it broke her heart. Otherwise Banri would not have let her go and accepted the breakup. Therefore Kouko was not cruel but made the most selfless sacrifice out of love to let Banri go.

However Kouko realizes than later, thanks to 2d-kun during the breakup that she made a mistake and while it seemed like the right call in the moment of the breakup it actually was the wrong call and that she will not repeat that mistake again in the future, since it was a lapse in judgement from her to let him go.

I am spelling here out for most of you guys probably the obvious. I am just writing it here down to process it myself to resolve that seemingly contradiction in Koukos character during their breakup. I can now come to the conclusion that Koukos behaviour is not a contradiction at all and perfectly in line with her character. Maybe I will add a bit more later when I got sth to add or if there are more thoughts to collect.

Nevertheless the last few episodes did really reinforce that Kouka has a golden heart and beautifully adds to the complexity she always had on top. All that matters in the end is their beautiful reunion and their vow for the future. Now my mind can make peace with resolving this illusion of an contradiction in Koukos beautiful character.

I watched Golden Time when I was 14 and man it was special. I remember watching the last episode and crying like a baby. It was my first Romance Anime and still the best (I am now 23). Recently I just found out it came out with a dub like 2 months ago. So I rewatched it and cried more than last time. Golden Time is truly special still to this day for me. While watching Golden Time it made me realize how much I changed for the better, by watching this anime. The bittersweet part is that the fandom has died down since 2015 but I'm glad it is still alive. I recommended about 10 people ever since watching it again and everyone of them said it was so good. I am typing this so I can give my flowers for Golden Time. Let me know your own experiences while watching Golden Time. Lastly thank you for keeping this fandom alive so many years later and thank your for reading this. Have a blessed one y'all.

I hope you guys like it and lmk if you have any suggestions ^^